It is, indeed. I think he´v captured the Series spirit quite well. And, of course, it´s a damn great piece of design.
In my case, im learning 3d while i´m doing it, and, on the other hand, im taking as you can see, a lot of liberties with the artistic direction. I do have some drawn sketches of where im going, but, it´s so cool that when you´re learning, some things just ´happen´