Combining Animal Skeletons-Part 1

So this looks quite awkward. I tried to combine animal skeletons according to their skills. Like combining an excellent swimmer with and excellent jumper or a good runner with a flyer. But there is still something not right about them. Need to do more..

Inspiration: Animals Real and Imagined by Terryl Whitlatch

After a bit of research on the web I came up with this mouth watering book on Creature Design by Terryl Whitlatch. I absolutely love the way he combines all known creatures to create new ones. But he is not doing it randomly-like we did on our first Anatomy Unit he is trying to create the creatures again from inside out. He  meticulously combines the skeletons and muscles of the creatures and pays great attention on the textures and colors. Besides creature concept Art there are also stylised Character Designs. I am really considering buying  this now :D

Alchemy Experimentation

I had a play around with this awesome programme. It can literally generate ideas for you. I tried to come up with different head shapes for my sea creature and I am packed with a lot of helpful images already :)

My Cute Bug

I always had an affection towards Cute characters and have understood the method to make something look cute: giving it the proportions and the facial features of a baby. In other words, a cute character should have a big sized head, small body, huge eyes and small mouth. This character was based on a bug. For some people insects are regarded revaulting and creepy, but by adding the 'cute' features it automatically becomes familiar to the viewer. So once again it is proven that when adding familiar features to characters we become attracted to them.

Silhouette Experiments

It's been great fun making up silhouettes. I tried to combine all my research and come up with an elegant sea creature. Strangely ost of them turned up like serpents and Dragons rather than sea Creatures.

This is the silhouette I found interesting so I tried to define it a bit more and add some shading and lighting to it. I want it to look wet with scaled skin, covered in moss and corals.