Tanks & Plane Sketches

Steadman & Seuss inspired Disney's Thumper

So I was having trouble coming up with something original on a thumper redesign.  What I did instead while surfing the web for great art, I decided to say "How would Dr. Seuss and/or Ralph Steadman" design thumper?  Here's the process and resulting image.  I spent about 3-5 hours on this because I really wasn't sure about the style's of each respective artist.  The resulting image in my opinion lacks the spontaneity I see in Steadmans work and I would like to have designed the whiskers a bit better.

Hand & Feet Sketching

Animal Redesign

This was a fun little exercise.  All together I spent about 5 hours on this project.  I noticed various animal features that I wanted to incorporate into my creature design.  Although the final piece is not as good as I think I can do, the process to figure out what I wanted helped.  I created a list of animal features first.  Then a little background on the climate.  And lastly I figured out why this animal/creature exists.  There could've been a lot more depth in all of that, but I didn't want to split hairs.  With a basic back story I was able to be satisfied with the final design.  The pose i feel could've been pushed more like I was able to do in my initial ballpoint sketches.  Enjoy!

Animal Drawing

Took a trip to the zoo and learned quite a lot about how to break down complex beasts into more simple to draw shapes and forms.  Hopefully these read well, but I know that I need more practice at it.