Illustration

 The week we had to create redefined bigger sketches for our mythical creature. Below I have created three variations of my Naga character. Since I have trouble drawing I found this useful tutorial on how to draw a Naga step by step. I'll have that linked below.  https://dragoart.com/naga-c330-1.htm 

 Sketches Here are my sketches for the monster/mythical creature project. After some clarification on the project requirements, I decided to broaden up my ideas and sketch out numerous kinds of monsters. Instead of doing all Naga sketches, I branches out with the Wendigo, vampires, sharks, and a weird hybrid spider/man monster. I am still inclined to do the Naga, but I wanted to get some other ideas I had out there and see what they might look like. Because my drawing skills for humanoid beings isn't great, the sketches aren't the highest quality. When I choose the three I want to progress further, they will be more detailed and better drawn. I wanted to take this time to get out as many ideas as I can. 

After considering my choices I have decided to go with the half serpent half human creature. I decided on this creature because I love the ocean and how ambiguous it is. Who knows, maybe a creature like this does exists and we just don know it yet. Highly unlikely, but you never know. I have done some research on mythical serpent creatures and have decided to make mine based of of the Naga. The Naga is takes many forms depending on who you ask. I am focusing on making it half human half serpent. The main website I looked to gain information on this creature is  https://www.blackdrago.com/species/naga.htm#:~:text=While%20the%20Naga%20are%20quite,Garuda%20and%20the%20snake%20charmer. This website contained a bunch of information including various powers, enemies, and basic information on what a Naga is. I don't want to take everything from this website and include it into my illustration because I want to make it my own. So in order to do that I will remove, add and manipulate some o

 This week we were given our last assignment which is to either create a children's story book or to create a mythical/monster illustration. Right of the bat I know I am doing the mythical/monster illustration because that falls into my interests more than a children's book. Another reason is because part of the assignment is to animate it and that is what I am most interested in. My initial ideas for my mythical beast are as follows: Vampire Werewolf Minotaur Serpent Giant snake Centaur Right now I want to narrow down my ideas and begin researching on the creature I want to create. I do not know what I want to do yet, but my first though was a snake like serpent creature that is half human half serpent. Almost like a Naga, but slightly different. here is picture illustrating what a Naga is. I would like to incorporate the human aspect to it as well to give it that mythical creature aspect to it.  

 I have decided to change up the design style up just a bit to ensure cohesiveness with my gif. I have changed the style of the ghosts. Instead of having them drawn in the sketchy chalk style, I had made it a flat ink white style using the gel ink brush in procreate. I felt that the stark difference between the sketchy style and the bright smooth fire style made it look a little off. These changes make the piece look more cohesive and I believe that it looks and works better. This was a great exorcise for me because I love animation. Anything animation related is my go to and I hope more projects can have some kind of motion or animating to them in the future. Below is my final gif and time lapse. it is consisted of 20 frames. Twitter: pic.twitter.com/zgavqysQ5L