Did some sketches of the little monster from the animation I posted earlier. His working name is “Rodney”. He reminds me a little bit of Bill Peet’s style (total accident, but it probably slipped in from my childhood memories. I think I might have read ALL his children’s books when I was small). He came out looking kind of like the monster version of a pink chinchilla.
Also, doodled RhinoBot. Really need to work on my mechanical stuff, it’s just not something I have a natural aptitude for. Figured I could try to ease into it by taking an organic concept that I am comfortable with (a rhino) and turning it into something mechanical. Rhinobot is generally used as a siege weapon- its snout is actually a diamond edged drill that can be used equally as a ram. Its single “eye” is actually a high powered light- so Rhinobot’s drivers can see where they’re going. Essentially, it’s a slightly more modern version of a trojan horse (but with ramming power, reinforced metal sides and the ability to cram a whole army inside instead of just a few greeks). So actually, more like the bastard child of the USS Monitor and the Trojan Horse…
need to do something more interesting with its legs, maybe with more of the prosthetic cheetah style- since you can do more innovative things with robots than you can with organic creatures…
I ran 4.5 miles this morning and spent most of the day working on the job search, so this evening I took a little break and cranked this out. I think she’s the best so far of the unintentional series of somewhat scantily clad women wielding interesting weaponry and probably ineffectual armor.
I was trying to go for a slightly different look with the inking and the coloring style, too. I kind of dig how it came out. I was sort of thinking of her as being something between a rogue and a druid as far as class goes (I am always tempted to play druids because they usually get to be shapeshifters or have animal companions, but they’re generally just weaker versions of rogues).
I was thinking of her as a non-celtic/gaelic druid class (so the fantasy desert equivalent, with maybe something akin to a cheetah as a familiar instead of the usual bear/wolf/raven/boar option). I might do a series, possibly with equally scantily clad men, just for y’know, equality.
Did a tiny bit of research on the armor-mostly just looked at different armor styles that appeal to me (I still really dig chinese armor, it’s got all kinds of neat swoops and spikes and such) and mixed them up.
I also doodled a horse. It started out as a realistic horse, but quickly devolved into a silly horse. I have real trouble with horses. They just look wrong, proportionally. On one hand, they’re big, strong animals. But on the other hand, they’ve got teeny thin legs, unlike other big strong animals that have nice sturdy legs (rhinos, elephants, hippos, etc).
Working off my vague doodles from graduation. She’s still looking kind of generic. Also working on new painting techniques.
must research better armor, me thinks.
Haven’t updated in awhile- Been working on semi-topsecret practicum project at school. Will update other sketches perhaps later. But in the meantime, was noodling about in photoshop and did this graphic-y thing:
I most uncreatively, call it “Modern Ladies With Dogs”. They aren’t any women in particular, I just got carried away with colors….
(click for the large image)
I have been very stressed lately and that makes me kind of snappish and irritable. Drawing helps-ergo, a new little monster ( see the rest here). This is Gordon. He is a little grouchy, but that’s only because he always rather stressed out, which makes him edgy and occasionally snap at people. But underneath he means well and he *does* always finish with excellent results.
someday i will write and illustrate a children’s book with the little monsters…
