Everybody Knows I'm a Mother F****n' Monsta!

For my creature, I tried mix an elephant with a giraffe, and put it undewater. It only kinda worked, but I ended up with a cool lookin' monster, so who cares.


Same as before, I give the creature what is basically a cel-cut rendering to serve as an underpainting.




I detailed all the little parts beofore touching the skin at all. I pulled up some reference of elephants skin and started going to town on those wrinkles; first adding all the cracks, then the highlights, and evening out the midtones where needed. A multiply layer to add more dimensional shadows, and the creature is finished.

After a quick water background, I have a snazzy-lookin' creature.

Can't You See the Private Jets Flying Over You?


For the head and hands assignment, I tried to capture a rapper in the height of a performance. I think rappers are interesting personalities, because they get thousands of people to scream they're heads off at glorified poetry slams.


After collecting reference for the colours and lighting, I do a quick value/ colour "map" to give me an idea of how the final painting will look.



Next I do a basic flats/ screen/ multiply layer composition to establish a cleaner base to paint from. After it's done, I flatten it and paint on a layer on top of it. This way, any mistakes won't destroy my underpainting, and I can always reference back to it.


Quick recomposition at Omar's request. Apparently you need to see more of the torso, or somethin'.

Details


Here's the final. I would have liked to keep the chains in it, but it would just be too much painting. There are a few areas I would like to clean up a bit, but overall I'm really pleased with it.