I'm so glad this was helpful! :)

Thanks Adam! Glad you liked it :)

I love Carlos Huante's stuff! Thanks I'm glad you liked this one.

You're welcome! Glad it was helpful

I'm so glad!

Thanks! Glad you like it. Much more in the works!

Thanks a ton! Nice of you to say

That's awesome! I'm so glad that you like it. Welcome :)

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! I love a good creepy weird monster.

I know what you mean, there is something very weirdly endearing about that nightmare face :) Not what I was intended but it somehow seems to fit :)

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks!!

I'm so glad!

So glad that this was helpful!

Awesome! Glad you liked it

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks!!

I would guess this took 3-5 hours including the initial design process.

Hi Robin, I actually just did this from imagination but I have some guiding principles about painting anatomy (real and fictional like this one!) that make this process much easier. I'll be publishing a video on exactly that in the coming weeks.

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Sorry but I don't remember which stock music library I got this one from. I just opened the camtasia file to take a look (hoping for a track title) but the music is just named "ambient piano" (which doesn't help much!). I wish I could provide specifics.

@@fowlerillus that`s okay, thanks You have a great vibe in your videos, big respect to you your voice sounds like ambient too, man ) )

That is a multiply layer. I make a selection of the entire silhouette and fill in with a solid color (an orangish brown in this part of the video) I then mask it out and then just selectively reveal it by painting white on the layer mask wherever I want these shadows to appear. The best part is that you can change the color of the multiply layer later in the process. In fact, you can see that I changed it to more of a cyan later in the process. I hope that is helpful!

@@fowlerillus Thanks Hardy! I sort of understand it, just need to practice the masks and using multiply more, especially when adding color. I generally paint characters/creatures exactly like this, and was super inspired by H.R. Giger, and Carlos Huante, especially the way they render the compression and tension of fleshy creatures.

@@BTT16 Cool! Glad that points you in the right direction. Definitely check out Anthony Jones too - great creature art

Perfect timing because we are in creature design week in my Concept Art Academy mentorship. Research is important to make sure that your designs are grounded in reality and relatable as a plausible living breathing organism. After that, the most important factor seems to be the gesture, action line and movement flow that your main shapes create. Trying to find pleasing S curves seems to be a great start for many creatures - like how this weird alien's stance has a subtle S to it. I know it's abstract but seeing these designs as action lines really makes a huge difference

@fowlerillus is there a discord I could join. I tried joining from the link but it just brings me to a free sign up page to something else of yours

Sure! You can join the discord www.digitalpaintingstudio.com/community @@hiimzucky7089

Thanks! Glad you liked it. You're right, there are no layer blending modes at work here. Because of the way I apply value (low flow, low opacity with repeated taps of the stylus) it makes the whole layer somewhat transparent so the red hues below show through. It's a great way to modulate skin tones.

@@fowlerillus Thanks!

Hi Lex. I use Photoshop on an iMac with an Intuos Pro but you can get this kind of effect with any popular digital painting app like Procreate or Affinity. It's more about concepts and techniques rather than software technicalities. Definitely check out www.digitalpaintingstudio.com if you're looking for learning resources. If I can ever help, just let me know. Cheers.

Ok thanks I’ll will look into that just I have affinity photo am I able to paint on that?

@@lexrex9736 Unfortunately, I think Affinity Designer is the painting app but I'm not 100% sure.

@@fowlerillus oh ok I’m thinking on buying a Graphics tablet soon, for now I draw digitally with an Apple Pencil on a free app called ibispaintx. Do you have any Recommendations Of some good graphics tablets? And is it possible to draw without having a monitor and just see what your drawing on the graphic tablet itself?

He usually uses 20-30% opacity and flow.

Be sure to check out Concept Art Architecture www.digitalpaintingstudio.com/p/concept-art-architecture We do a huge medieval castle project