Minor/Major Project: The Leshy - Final Design

Minor/Major Project: The Manticore - Development

Sketches exploring the manticore's face.

To match the manticore's scorpion tail, I've given him spikes potruding from his mane and spine. I also imagine it to have fur distribution similar to that of a werewolf cat, with much of the body being like a tough, human skin, with fur on the back trailing from the mane, surrounding the spikes.

Sketches exploring the manticore's body.

Minor/Major Project: The Cellar - Background

Influence map for the cellar

The cellar will only be part of the background in my animations of the creatures, but needs to appear both as having a previous practical use (storage, wine cellar) whilst also now being a workspace for the Rodriques family. The background won't have much detail, but having a full design will come in handy for Adelaide's journal.

Rough Sketches

Possible room layout

Minor/Major Project: Adelaide's Journal Mock-Up - Feedback Please!

Intro to Spring-Heeled Jack

Most pages will have images that can be clicked on and enlarged. The placeholder image on this page would be a sketch Adelaide has done based on previous artists renditions of Jack. The "T" symbol opens a pop-up window that contains the info in an easier to read font. Clicking the megaphone will play audio of Adelaide reading the journal passage.

Easier reading.

The pop-up will also have the megaphone symbol for audio, and can be closed when the reader is finished.

 Things to work on:

• Journal - I feel Adelaide's journal needs major editting, and passages need to be re-read and reduced so they're not too long.
• Font - Whilst the Abuget font works great for the title, I'm worried it looks too messy/unintelligible in the journal. I will either have to find a different, more readable font.

Rough creature profile.

The creature profile will outline Adelaide's encounter with the creature, with further info on the creature as well as a breakdown of it's diet, habitat, and physical appearance. Clicking the image leads to the following pop-up:

This opens a window with easy to read stats, an audio option, and a "magnify" option that opens an interactive window, where the reader can look at a 3D model of the creature and how it moves in a simple environment. The creature will have a number of idle animations (standing, roar, attack) that the reader can cycle through.

Minor/Major Project: The Leshy - Finalising

Minor/Major Project: Dobhar-chú - Development

Giant river otter studies.

Looking over my previous Dobhar-chú post, I was advised to do some studies to get to grips with the creature. The closest thing to the Dobhar-chú for me was the giant river otter found in the Amazon, with it's larger form and more beastly appearance to the sea or eurasian otter.

The Dobhar-chú is said to be dog-like, so I looked at pictures of various dog breeds to try and merge them with the river otter. I like the bulldog and alsatian the most, and will most likely give the Dobhar-chú a body resembling that of squatter breeds such as the pitbull or bulldog, to match the river otters short legs.

Personal Work: Cabinet Man - Character Design Challenge

This month I decided to enter the Character Design Challenge on Facebook, for the theme "Ghosts & Poltergeists!". The character is based on the song Cabinet Man by Lemon Demon, which tells the story of a man who is "half human and half machine", living inside an arcade machine where he can "[eat] the occasional maintenance man, and [drive] a few kids to madness". It was nice to work on this as a warm-up/break, and has let me practice digital painting (and get used to using reference when I need to). 

Personal Work: Inktober 2018

I only did a few pieces for Inktober this year, but wanted to participate nonethelss. The first two were following the official prompts, but after that I wanted to go with the flow and just draw whatever I was inspired to.