This months contest over at sketchtheatre.com was themed “Dragon Rider”… f**k yeah I’m entering. Here is a WIP (Work In Progress, for those who didn’t know.)
6in.x8in. Graphite on Sketch Paper
The dragon and rider design are based of the work I did for my Visual Development project a few weeks back. I will give a more in-depth description of the piece when I’m finished and submitted. Check back soon
I did this yesterday, using that profile sketch of this same character and myself as reference…
5×7 Graphite and Micron Pens on White Copy Paper.
Background done with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
I pretty much just used the profile sketch to make guidelines for the proportions (forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, etc.) and then just used this continuous line sketch technique until I got a silhouette I was satisfied with. Then, I just attacked it with some details 
Lastly, I gave it that those finishing touches with the Old English type for the copyright and a custom Photoshop brush for the texture. Enjoy
birds have been my subject for study and research the last couple of days, more specifically, Tyto alba, or barn owl. im in the stages of researching and collecting reference for the skeleton drawing of the barn owl which will be posted later with kind of an interesting back-story. for now, here is the pencil drawing i did for the surface of the owl. it was interesting to find out that the shape of the face and its feathers help the owl pick up and pinpoint sound. that might have been basic barn owl 101 but it was totally new information for me. im more than just a little interested in these animals so anyone with fresh insight leave a comment and also, animal anatomy experts, please tell me of any mistakes ive made in this drawing. particularly in the wing area
8.5x11 graphite & ink. photoshop
this is one of my most satisfactory creations done in my creature design class. i think ive said this a few times before. but the focus of this class is to correctly and believably combine the features of two or more species of animals into a mythological creature. this one here is a unicorn based off descriptions in the book “the last unicorn” by peter s. beagle and “the book of beasts” by t.h. white, which mostly describe it as a thin, slender creature more like a deer or antelope than a horse. also, ive incorporated a new way to post my black and white art. this one here simply has a thin frame with a copywright stamp on the bottom. ill be posting another drawing soon where you can see more of what im talking about with this new presentation format… so stay tuned!! errr stay online or whatever
ps. i would also like to give some credit to eliot goldfinger for his amazing book “animal anatomy for artists.” this book has been my primary animal musculature and skeletal reference
8.5x11in each. graphite & ink. photoshop
heres another page out of my sketchbook that was done to help me with one of my classes (creature design) where we have to take features of different animals to create our own version of such mythological creatures as the satyr, unicorn, cerberus, harpy etc. doing the studies helps me get familiar with the design of certain animals so i that i can more easily make subtle changes. ill attach some examples later on of the creatures i been creating but for now heres the studies done in kind of a continuous line style
9x12 graphite & ink
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