Illustration

 This week our final illustrations/gifs are due. After a lot of stress and hard work I have finished my creatures. I have made improvements from the last check point which I think are for the better. I took the feedback and tried to implement the shading aspect for detail and realism, but I'm not so sure I 100% got it right. I struggle with illustration and shading is a whole other problem for me. I tried my best to shade areas with darker colors, but again I don't know if I completely did it right. None the less, I am happy and content with what I produced. I never though I could draw something like this and I can't wait to keep practicing at it. Drawing is the one thing I wish I could excel at, but for now I got to keep practicing. Below are my final products.   

 Final project UPDATED SUBMISSION  To reiterate my thought process for this project, I wanted to do something more abstract instead of a more literal connection to the article. I wanted to illustrate the overall motive and goal of the man in the article. His whole goal year after year is to get the chance to scare some kids on Halloween. I wanted to illustrate his goal finally becoming a reality by illustrating a spooky skeleton hand holding the souls of the trick or treaters he finally scared straight. One last minute change I made was to add masks to the ghosts to add another connection to the article and that this year if Halloween isn't canceled, most kids will probably be wearing some kind of mask under their costume.      This project was a fun experiment for me. This was the first time I had done a project in procreate and it definitely won't be the last. Procreate is an amazing program with so many options for brushes which is what allowed me to experiment with this pro

 This week 90% of our mythical creatures are due. I have completed all the main illustrating and started on some of the animation parts. I have completed the main camo transition for the camo illustration and the enhanced bite animation for the enhanced bite illustration. This time around the animating was more difficult. I would assume this is the case because my illustration is more involved and more realistic than the ghost ball gif. Difficult or not, I am still working hard and I already have a solid plan for the last illustration animation. I plan on having the Naga throwing the trident at the Garuda. There is still room for improvement and each will have additional parts to them that will surely get competed by next weeks due date for the final. below is my progress.