Floating Demon with Fire!
Here we are. The second of my story characters. This one probably took about 2 hours. The good thing about making all of these story characters into illustrations is that I’ll be forced to come up with names!
Thoughts: This one (and the many that will follow in its footsteps) were largely inspired by the Dragon Warrior series of RPG games. You’d walk around and randomly encounter enemies, who would appear only as an image. Throughout the game, you’d fight the same (visual) monster as you progressed… but there would be subtle differences (different color, more weapons, etc). In the general mythology of my storybook world, this would be a “middle”-level demon. In honor of Dragon Warrior, here is a quick throw-together of such modifications.
What I learned: With this exercise, the thing I found myself wondering about the most was how my “style” of illustrating will change as I progress. In a very real sense, I would argue (at least in my experience so far) that your style is slightly refined with each illustration you create. And with this one, I found a small part of myself deviating from the direction I thought I’d be going. For instance, is elaborate shading necessary on more simple drawings (like this one)? I don’t think it is (to get the effect I ultiamtely want), but I still used it here (as I’ve been using it previously).