Summer Design Doodles

It's Been A While;

Here's a small update for you all

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So, between camps and trudging through summer assignments, I have put some work into my designing skills. Specifically: creature design (One of my passions). For this, I just drew away at an empty canvas until it was full to the brim with ideas. (Some old, some new) I have found this kind of exercise to be both helpful to my skills and my peace of mind. Doodling with nothing in mind helps me to calm down or relax. And to be honest, I think I had some real gems come out of this sheet (More or less that grassy snake and SNAKEOPOTTAMUS).

Beyond that large project, I also put some time into minor world building and Sci-Fi designs. (science fiction being one of my favorite story settings) In particular, however, I focused on alien technology and biology (Both of which I find absolutely fun to create).

The struggle with this particular robot to the left was the way in which I wanted to get my concept across. I knew I wanted it to have two specific modes, but I didn't want the long, tedious work of coloring both ideas in, or making sure that they looked similar enough to be the same machine. With some tweaking, I was able to use the same sketch layer for both robots, allowing me to maintain proportions and size throughout the designing process.

In terms of coloring, you can see I clearly took a few shortcuts, taking the  most common color and slathering it behind the lines messily, yet effectively. (There is a certain art to making something look sloppy in just the right way and I by no means have gotten that one down) 

And as a bonus, here are some more creature designs from earlier in the year: