The final (and shortest) part of the series! With all the bits and pieces complete, it was time to put on my creature's skin and give it a test run. Pure chaos is what it was. Wearing it and walking around made me realize that I really should not have labeled it as an outfit …
Continue reading Creating my Creature Part 6: Giving it Life.
Or as I like to call it - hell on earth - this has by far been the most exhausting and mentally damning part of my project. Not sure what I was thinking nor whether I was thinking at all when I first decided to do it, but after the first 9 pieces of paper …
Continue reading Creating my Creature Part 5: Crafting the Skin
With the flesh complete, I figured it's the perfect time to look into the layer that follows - the skin. At the moment of writing this, my costume's base is pretty much complete - the head, the shoulder piece, the hip piece are all done, the only things I would consider missing are the foot …
Continue reading Creating my Creature Part 4: Furthering my Concept and Figuring out the Skin
Inevitable rambling section: The third entry to the Creature Creation will work as an official entry point to the process of creating the actual look(-s) after all the preparations and other previous developments. This stage I feel was the one I both anticipated and dreaded most, mainly because it meant that I would now have …
This post is the second in the Creature Creation series. The first post was a quick rundown of my criteria and foundation for the designs, it also worked as an entry point to the series in which I will be creating a part of my final piece - the costume(-s). I still am unsure how …
Continue reading Creating my Creature Part 2: Beneath the Flesh
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Initial rough Developed rough Final design It appears that each look being more difficult to figure out than the last is a trend, and will probably carry on to when I finally get down to designing the elder form. The fact that I still have not fully figured it out yet just goes to show …
Initial rough Developed rough Final design The Young Adult stage was definitely one of the most difficult to figure out, but as a result, the one I feel as though has the most inspirations and intricacies. I think this stage might just be my favourite as a lot of the development process ended up being …
Initial rough Developed rough Final design The Juvenile was a very simple stage to come up a concept for. As someone who has had his fair share of dealing with children and babysitting, I know firsthand how chaotic the experience can get. The superiority complexes, the recklessness, the impishness - the only way I felt …
Initial rough Developed rough Final design I based the Hatchling on larvae. I had considered other inspirations but none of them stuck out like larvae. Looking at different kinds of it made me realize just how good of a base it is due to the vast variety of options available. The Hatchling stage would cover …
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