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. 

Minor/Major Project: Fae Folk - Development

My original idea was to make the fae a twist on the well-known image of small people with butterfly wings, possibly exploring goblins. I've decided to make the fae spirits, who can sit amongst the woodlands and wildlife almost unnoticed. Some forms will be obviously non-human, while others may require more inspection.

Minor/Major Project: The Jersey Devil - Studies and Initial Ideas

Initial influence map.

My initial influence map focuses heavily on the "demonic" or "devil-ish" aspect of the Jersey Devil, but since then I've wanted to look more into the "kangaroo-like" descriptions of the creature.

Goat and kangaroo head studies.

 Most notably, the Jersey Devil is described as having "clawed hands", which in my mind match those of a kangaroo. With this it seemed best to look at the similarities between goats and kangaroos, and consider how the two animals can be combined to create the Jersey Devil. In terms of facial structure, the animals already resemble each other (dependent on goat breed).
For the lower half of the body, I feel the leg structure can be combined quite easily, though I will need to look more into making the hooves work for the Devil to walk and hop on. 

Kangaroo and goat leg studies.