How to Draw MONSTERS That Are (Actually) Scary!
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Күн бұрынOur resident horror art fanatic Jessie is here to help you make your art scarier! In this short art lesson, Jessie gives her top tips for developing strong monster designs, as well as ways to make your illustrations invoke fear. Stick around until the end to watch her skeleton creature drawing process (it is straight out of a nightmare)! 😉
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🕓 Timestamps:
0:00 - Expand your imagination
1:38 - Learn the anatomy
2:34 - Get weird!
3:16 - My old creature design
4:26 - Tips for making your art SCARY!
7:52 - Skeleton monster speedpaint
@Wingedcanvas 7 ай бұрын
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@Somerandomweirdofromhell 6 ай бұрын
What software of app do you use to draw??????
@orangeismyfavoritecolor 6 ай бұрын
@@Somerandomweirdofromhell It’s Photoshop! You can see the little logo in the top left corner if you look closely at the UI. :) Also, hello fellow aroace lol
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
All of our Instructors have their preferences. You can learn more about each instructor's preferences on our Discord server in our brand new Meet the Team forum! discord.gg/wingedcanvas Jessie uses Photoshop, but some of our Instructors use Clip Studio Paint, and others Krita. We have a wide variety! @@Somerandomweirdofromhell
@MarianaMartinezOfficial 7 ай бұрын
I really like the point of gore ≠ scary because of how true it is. I hate when books/movies just put more gore instead of taking the time to make the monster actually scary!
@LittleCupcakeOfMemories 7 ай бұрын
I totally agree, whenever they add random or exaggerated gore I just do the equivalent of eye-rolling in a sound
@AverageHamsterNamedCupcakee 7 ай бұрын
ye
@missnoneofyourbusiness 7 ай бұрын
MFW the Backrooms monsters. Some people can't grasp that something can be disturbing without being conventionally disturbing.
@habibishapur 7 ай бұрын
Every tumblr 12 y/o should read this.
@LillianGraceFullofficial 6 ай бұрын
@@habibishapur YES FR
@pxndx_2340 7 ай бұрын
i need this cause every other video has been cute monsters or just “look at the anatomy and break it”
@saix_unicorn 6 ай бұрын
tbh yeah, that's really helpful, and those tips also work for other things too, like creating vehicles. We meed to create vehicles in my 3D course and it has been difficult to create something so those tips help me very much
@Saltboi1823 6 ай бұрын
Don't just hit the anatomy with a hammer, shatter the anatomy, take a screwdriver, and a sledgehammer, take apart the anatomy and strategically shatter every single piece of the anatomy into fine pieces
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
We're glad you found value in the video! Let us know if there's anything else you'd like to see! - Shield
@QueenyBunny 2 ай бұрын
Jokes aside, the anatomy one is great advise. There's nothing more terrifying to me than unnatural, twisted anatomy.
@lilyflake7793 7 ай бұрын
I think junji ito has the perfect monster examples to get inspired by.
@wren_. 6 ай бұрын
if you want gross monsters, i’d also recommend the monster designs from fear and hunger (indie horror game)
@oo.Mollyn 6 ай бұрын
@@wren_. Oh absolutely, though some are more humanoid and have that distinct human shape, fear and hunger is a beautiful example of monster designs.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Very true, some really awesome designs! - Shield
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
@@wren_. Good point! Fear is definitely strengthened when it comes from something that we can relate to. - Shield
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Sooo true.@@oo.Mollyn - Shield
@lazyartist1984 6 ай бұрын
Honestly, one thing I've always been a little unsettled by is ballet. Not just the creepy and crazy flexability of a ballerina, but the stories about messed up teachers trying to force the students to be perfect using things like whips, knifes even, verbal abuse, ect. So I made a ballerina monster based off of my fear of ballet. For now, I'm calling her Perfect just because I don't have a good name just yet but I love her, she's horrid.
@thetageist 6 ай бұрын
Perhaps the film Black Swan would interest/inspire you for more stuff related to her!
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
That's such a great idea! A lot of times terror is most terrifying when we can relate to it! Have you joined the Discord? We would *LOVE* to see what you've cooked up. discord.gg/wingedcanvas - Shield
@psycless 6 ай бұрын
Ms. Annity, are you there?
@gh02tdu2t 5 ай бұрын
never watch suspiria lmao (or do!)
@poorme1art 4 ай бұрын
I think that is a Perfect name :)
@Ki0lin 6 ай бұрын
I think Junji Ito is one of the best examples of this. He make gory things like a half rotten fish with alien legs. But then he draws thing like a girl who has two faces which dangles onto each other with some kind of weird web things. He doesnt just scare out of disgust and discomfort but it also made me have weird nightmares and experienced body horrors beyond my comprehension. He makes things out of weird concepts too like acne or spirals. I think in my personal opinion one of the scariest ones of his work I know of is "slug girl" which made me want to crawl out of my skin and hide in some crack in the wall.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
He really does have the mind of an artist, able to turn even mundane into terrifying! He finds terror in everything/anything - and *THAT* is scary! - Shield
@oo8962 5 ай бұрын
Ugh that spirals story is really disturbing. I had wavy hair and I got chills looking at my own hair curls because I remember that story.
@dicedmeat7857 5 ай бұрын
i feel its also the fact that because its a manga, limited colors lets us focus more on the details
@horse9722 7 ай бұрын
This actually helped me recover from art block because I was trying to stick to just getting concepts from nothing but I realized sometimes you have to gradually build up ideas
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
WOW, what a compliment! Such high praise. Really glad you've been able to overcome your art block as a result of the video. You're so right, sometimes it just takes time! - Shield
@cathi.e 2 ай бұрын
I sometimes look/think about my really old human drawings from when I was like 3 or 4. For example, I would draw a circle for the head, then two lines coming out of the head for legs, and lines coming out of each of the legs as arms. Use that as a reference for anatomy. Absolute terror.
@voidinkstudios8753 6 ай бұрын
I actually just did a whole month of horror monster designs as a challenge. I wanted to lean into the themes of body horror, medical experimentation, and agony. So, while my pieces were gory, they weren't overly so, I don't think. There were hints of the atrocities committed against the human body. One running theme in all of them was the Y-Incision, which is the cut made during autopsies. The main idea was to practice anatomy, and to do that, I played with the question "What can I do with just human body parts, and rearranging them?" The goal was to make these creatures feel like they were miserable and in pain every second they existed. Because that personally freaks me out, the idea of torture and losing your own mind.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
A whole month! Good hustle! The best way to make something scary, is to scare yourself! That sounds very "Silent Hill" of you! - Shield
@ugh_doll 6 ай бұрын
I'm also miserable and in pain every second I exist
@thesetwofloofs5397 Ай бұрын
do you have them posted anywhere?? I’m really trying to get better at monster design and I love love love body horror
@TheVeyZ 6 ай бұрын
I'm working on a survival horror graphic novel, and one of my main issues was designing the monster. The novel is lightly inspired by Lovecraftian/eldritch horror. No matter what I drew, it just wasn't scary enough. But after doing some more research on cosmic horror, I realized it was best not to show the monster at all and instead show what the monster was capable of and how they affected the character's sanity and the environment around them. I made it more of a looming threat rather than a physical one.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
WOW, what a smart idea! It's true, often we never see what truly scares us... We just know it's there! A possibility! - Shield
@TheVeyZ 6 ай бұрын
@Wingedcanvas The fear of the unknown and how your mind plays tricks on you when you're scared.
@toxictoxicities 7 ай бұрын
Omg thank you for saying gore ≠ scary, the amount of times I've heard "I love horror!" only to be shown just- body horror stuff is disappointing. Like sure shock value works but it really does come down to the atmosphere, suspense and creating tension- a sense that an environment is not safe or out of ones control. Great video btw
@toxictoxicities 6 ай бұрын
@@abjectmadness1111 yeah it's like a middle ground, but with body horror I feel more disgust rather than fear. However I reckon there are some cases where I see body horror done really well to make me uneasy such as body parts twisting and cracking bones- but majority I see is like, guts shock factor things in body horror in most media -shrugs-
@abjectmadness1111 6 ай бұрын
@@toxictoxicities That’s more slightly gore though, not like, body horror. “horror fiction in which the horror is principally derived from the unnatural graphic transformation, degeneration or destruction of the physical body.”
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Awwe, thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video. That's so true, sure gore is... well... gorey, but true terror dwells deep within the human psyche! Utilizing what we can relate to works wonders to get that real scare factor. - Shield
@billythesillyy 6 ай бұрын
i think the scariest freakiest monster thing I've ever seen is the hunger games wolf mutts (get chills thinking about the concept). granted, i dont like horror movies, so i probably have a pretty mild opinion of horror but... also im not talking about the ones in the movie. im talking about the description in the book. spoilers ahead so in the book theyre like... wolves made out of the tributes' dna or whatever. has their eyes and hair type. and its like super psychologically tormenting to see the people you killed attack you. also theyre just wolves with too-human eyes. its just really haunting. i think the human eyes in the wolves combined with the horror of knowing how they were made just makes them super spooky.
@LittleCupcakeOfMemories 7 ай бұрын
"To make something scary you have to get scared" Me, a monster f*cker:
@JayRHood 29 күн бұрын
I feel you
@captainnnsol 14 күн бұрын
Mark me down as scared _and_ horny
@hitbyatank 6 ай бұрын
I’ve never in my life experienced “Uncanny Valley” until I saw a bunch of AI generated people. Fingers all fused and contorted. Eyelids overlapping and mushing together. Jesus it was scary.
@vantablack6288 4 ай бұрын
honestly you could make a horror story involving all of that
@alexdonthavelastname2182 7 ай бұрын
My favorite artist that has a cutesy yet also insanely creepy/gorey/scary style is Neytirix. I LOVE her work. She gives thijgs that eery sort of vibe yet its so detailed and awesome!
@TragicJade 6 ай бұрын
Same
@angelraven5629 6 ай бұрын
Yes! I love Neytirix! And I have been trying to learn how to do horror from her, I have one picture that is half finished and it looks really good for my first try.😊
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
She creates some SUPER surreal and awe-inspiring art! - Shield
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
@@angelraven5629 Good for you, it's always a good idea to study the artists work you love and try to design outside your comfort zone - Shield
@alexdonthavelastname2182 6 ай бұрын
@angelraven5629 yeah! I've tried. but it doesn't turn out exactly how I'd like. But then again, I don't expect much, lmao.
@fulana_de_tal 6 ай бұрын
For some reason the bit about the godess that accepts bones as sacrifice made me think of how exactly would someone obtain the spine of a newborn, and that landed me on the idea of a story about a young woman, her face, that could have been beautiful otherwise, shattered by grief and guilt, presenting five intact skeletons to the godess, all of them so small, their little hands so tiny, each of them belonging to a child that never got to have a single breath of air. This woman, in exchange for the small, so small, sets of bones, desperately wishing for the godess to make her able to give birth to a living child.
@brutusmagnuson315 6 ай бұрын
Generally, I’ve found applying predatory aspects to something strange works really well. Even out character designs, movement can be unsettling. The reason I think Weeping Angels from Dr Who, or SCP 173 are so unsettling is that, in nature, stealthy predators will often stop moving when potential prey looks in their direction
@spaghetto9836 6 ай бұрын
I've caught on to that too. Or if you mix prey with predator aspects, like lateral eyes that are meant to scan the environment or a herbivore set of teeth, yet predatory behavior.
@pep-o-butt672 6 ай бұрын
my favorite advice for drawing monsters is an idea a character designer shared from a stranger things interview they said: unknown is scary. and it's true for me, as soon as i recognise animal features on a monster they stop being scary, distorted human features creep me out though.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Yes! That's such great advice. Stranger Things was really good at implementing this concept! - Shield
@error404idnotfound3 6 ай бұрын
Maybe that’s why bloodborne works so well
@darcy606_artist 6 ай бұрын
something that I really struggle with in horror is that I'm not easily scared by things. what others find scary, I tend to find really cool looking, so any time that I'm trying to create something horrifying, I have no baseline. I have no idea where the line between cool and scary is for the majority of people.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Hmm, that definitely sounds like a predicament. Since you're not easily scared, though, maybe that means you can create *TRULY* scary things even easier. Figure out, what does scare you? Heights? Needles? Flying? This could even be Fear, itself. (My dad used to love saying "There's nothing to fear but fear itself.") Then use that as your baseline to build a character of true horror! - Shield
@darcy606_artist 6 ай бұрын
@@Wingedcanvas I'll definitely have to try and work it from that angle, then. Heights and needles creep me out so I guess I'll have to lean more into body horror and like creepy endless liminal heights. I find people to be pretty gross, too, so Hellraiser with liminal/uncanny valley stuff is probably going to be the way to go for me. stuff that when you look at it, you can feel it, is the only thing that really gets to me.
@olaczyk 7 ай бұрын
"so this creature was called chocky milk" I CANT
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
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@peloidvoid1619 6 ай бұрын
I love drawing monsters. But when it comes to uncanny /creepy designs, it is hard to get right.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
You're so right! It's definitely a journey to get it right, but if you don't try you'll never get there so the first step is to give it a shot. Sometimes you draw something and it doesn't hit the mark, but when you eventually do hit the mark; it hits hard! - Shield
@ShiryuCain 6 ай бұрын
For the "expand your imagination" part. And just to share if anyone's interested, I made a funny twist of a phoenix in one of my roleplay campaign as a chapter boss. the typical bird of bright flame and molten material, rightfully pissed because someone thought they could destroy something he cared about. The twist came from the "reality" of the thing I'd say. Firstly, the thing emitted enough light to blind anyone looking directly at it. Because yeah, it's an elemental of flame and fury, he's going to be BRIGHT. Second, it also emitted enough radiant heat to give you second degree burns if you got close without protection. Thirdly and most importantly, his light was "toxic", especially in his cone of vision. The characters that he looked at soon got ill, started vomiting, losing hair, fur, feeling extremely dizzy. Because why make a simple spicy bird when you can make an avatar of nuclear fury?
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
That sounds like a PHENOMENAL concept and I can imagine it wouldn't be an easy battle... Maybe this is one of those instances where you turn tail and run for camp! If you haven't yet, you should create a character sheet for this boss mob and get it circulating because that's a great idea! Check this one out I found a while ago, he's quite a character: www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/qt2ggr/ocart_the_librarian_a_boss_monster_from_my/ - Shield
@carriioneater 6 ай бұрын
i do have a bit of a hot take, you can make unrealistic styles fit the uncanny valley, but you have to push it I've seen folks with super cartoony styles make pieces that have genuinely shaken me to my core and gotten stuck in my head, it's all about the features, how you set up the expectation of how a human looks, and then how you break that expectation, and rendering can be a HUGE help it getting it across, especially with dingy colors, dark shading, and stark white scleras contrasting with dead, pitch black irises, (also folks, uncanny valley is not an adjective, it's a concept, "thats so uncanny valley!" sounds like "that's so color theory!!", the word you're looking for is just uncanny haha
@themutedmusic8811 6 ай бұрын
also dont forget that cute styles and realistic styles can mix! take Murder Drones for example- cute style, still really effective horror
@thomasworthy8255 6 ай бұрын
I'm not even an artist but this video grabbed my attention instantly, not sure what that says about me.
@kaiheejeu 6 ай бұрын
Could be used for writing or music or sum you use to create. Or you might wanna start drawing
@anony_apis 7 ай бұрын
its a shame horror doesnt go too well with cartoony styles
@kodakasaur9518 7 ай бұрын
school live, madoka magica, and other similar shows tho (They’re anime, but I figured the art styles were stylized enough here)
@LittleCupcakeOfMemories 7 ай бұрын
Coraline, Adventure Time, the clusters in Steven Universe, TMNT (specially 2003, 2012 and ROTTMNT movie), Paranorman, Frankelda, Leyendas (tho the spooky things are more to the environment than creatures), Dogs in Space black evil thingies, Poppy playtime characters (I mean in design they look cartoony as they are toys), a lot of the analog horror media, etc.
@LittleCupcakeOfMemories 7 ай бұрын
Forgot to mention the GOTG cartoon; maybe the style isn't that 'cartoony' but the monsters and alien races are good examples that one could simplify further or take inspiration from.
@LittleCupcakeOfMemories 7 ай бұрын
Sorry again (I can't edit comments) I see that in the video she mentions uncanny valley not doing well in cartoons... But I things those ones like in Infinity Train, 12 Forever and such, the creatures do look uncanny, and my sister has a kinda anime style, but some people have said that some designs give uncanny valley. What I think is the line where you see uncanny valley in a cartoon it's when said character has a bit more of 'structure' or 'details', or maybe just give them one of those puppet looks, a porcelain mask or things like that to make it work. I think it is not impossible, tho you'd have to push the style just a little bit.
@roboticspider4554 6 ай бұрын
Actually horror can go very well with cartoon styles. The style is well known to actually amplify the horror because it often feels 'wrong' in an unsettling way, if done correctly. A few examples off the top of my head are dreaming mary, Fran Bow, Eversion, Little Nightmares, etc.
@TheShatteredone 7 ай бұрын
I needed this I need to draw Alastor but scary XD this might help
@Lucas-i-dont-really-know 7 ай бұрын
Niiice
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
You've got a good starting point now! DOOO ITTT!! - Shield
@xamdotdot 6 ай бұрын
finally a monster design on how to make actual monsters, thanks for this!
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Awwe, shucks - you're ever so welcome! Glad you found it helpful. - Shield
@rafaelz6211 6 ай бұрын
So true that gore doesn’t mean scary. Love it. Super helpful video
@9ightdreamer 6 ай бұрын
This reminds me that one the first monster of my comic is inspired by the concept of a peaceful/pretty girl that seems sweet and calm until she becomes hostile and aggresive. Her character is inspired by ghost Peach from Another Princess Is In Our Castle and and a bit of The Lady and a bit of The Princess from Slay The Princess! And so on!
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
That sounds like a great concept and really creepy! Good work. Have you joined the Discord? We'd love to see it! discord.gg/wingedcanvas - Shield
@brown7180 6 ай бұрын
Gore's only really scary when it implies the violence someone indured. The mirror cells in our brain- depending on the person- can often make us flinch away or get shivery when we witness something that looks painful, bc we're subconsciously "what if"-ing that event about ourselves. I personally think its part of the effect of body-horror; being, a physique that looks painful or uncomfortable to have, like the classic walking on all-fours, belly up. Or the empy eyesocket look. If someone's guts and bones are just showing, or they're already deadits just disgust. There's nothing to be afraid of besides germs.
@scrumpitboy9125 7 ай бұрын
can we get some tips for shapeshifter characters, like how to make a character that can change shape but still keep the aspects of the base design, whether its something like 1985 thing type creature of more goofy like plastic man and stuff
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Think of what you can make similar from one design to another, whether that's colour or anatomical similarities. for instance, when I draw a Zorua shape-shifting into other pokemon, i tend to keep the eyebrows of Zorua on the shifted Pokemon just to give a visual difference. - Jessie
@thatonepossum5766 7 ай бұрын
Can’t wait to see what goofy name the chat gives this monster. xD
@Just1Moth 7 ай бұрын
his name is chocky milk XD, its from a livestream Jessie did time ago and they mention it in the video (9:21)
@thatonepossum5766 7 ай бұрын
@@Just1Moth oh I was in that livestream! I thought this video was a live stream, not a premiere. 😅
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Chat always comes up with some great names. - Shield
@shrug_shrugsly 3 ай бұрын
My A.D.D. is gonna give my brain a power outage from running so hot today, but somehow I’ve been GLUED to your video. Top notch points, explanation, and advice❤❤❤
@Murilab 2 ай бұрын
When designing my first scary creature, i found that making some parts of it polar opposites gives that sense of unfamiliarity. I mostly design inhumane humans, and making the voice completely different or giving it parts of completely different things eg: spider and a sheep; gives it that interesting yet eerie character
@vendoses5741 7 ай бұрын
when ever I make creatures, my imagination doesn't go as wild as it should, and I just make something centipede like, or humanoid.
@rmk6222 6 ай бұрын
I mean those are scary as well. I just make the libs longer and add teeth. So yeah you are not alone.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
I can't wait until you let your imagination go wild to see what you'll create! AHH - Shield
@emericswitch2718 6 ай бұрын
Seeing the design of Choccy Milk, I'd recommend looking into the proper shape of human vertebrae. Yours are all very cylindrical, and I think it could actually look a little creepier with a more accurate shape. They're fragile at the neck, with no body (the first two at least), and slowly get wider the lower you go. The lower (lumbar) ones also have more of the various spikes that you see from behind. Hope that wasn't rude, just a suggestion:)
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, our livestreams are only two hours so the amount of detail and time put into a piece is heavily burdened by that factor. Thanks for the suggestions, though! - Shield
@emericswitch2718 6 ай бұрын
@@Wingedcanvas completely understandable, I'm a nitpicker:D
@Laura-bs2hw 7 ай бұрын
ok ok ok ok i have idea. take basic horror aspects, and flip them. unnaturally big eyes? how about unnaturally small eyes. smile too wide? make it too thin. do this with anything you wanna see flipped and create your own creature. also take a body part and focus on that like a human but there's a lot more legs than there should be.
@Heeroneko 4 ай бұрын
One of the most horrifying things is the real anatomy of a human child's skull with all the teeth made visible.
@Wingedcanvas 4 ай бұрын
Preach it.
@matthewgarner7215 2 ай бұрын
On the topic of your drawings having to scare you in order to scare others, Scott Cawthon had nightmares about Bonnie when creating FNAF.
@Wingedcanvas 2 ай бұрын
Good example.
@bluesapphire170 6 ай бұрын
Oh this reminds me of one of the creatures I made. Its is a semi humanoid race of creatures with painted porcelain masks as faces. The only human thing about them are the faces however, they don’t blink, they don’t eat and they don’t open their mouths when communicating. The rest of the body is a mix between flesh & mechanical, with an open rib cage and exposed spin alongside metal plating , the number of arms depends on the individual, super tall with kinda animalistic legs in the design. They also wear white clothing. I tried going for the uncanny valley route, which is the irony of the entire society made of killing machines who are 100% pacifists. I love the contrast.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
YIKES! Great concept! - Shield
@bluesapphire170 6 ай бұрын
@@Wingedcanvas Thank you! Its one of my favourites!
@im_skrunkly 6 ай бұрын
using disgust isn't always a bad thing, sometimes using gore in a really specific area and strike viewers really hard. this isnt art related but i saw a video that was realistic fnaf springlock audio and it was disgusting in the moment and literally gave me nightmares that night.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
You're so right, this isn't a catch-all and gore can definitely be scary but it's easy to use it as a crutch. - Shield
@DrinkedTooMuch 6 ай бұрын
"Terrifier" is a good example of how people mess up horror by just throwing in as much gore as possible. There were very little moments that were close to being scary, but not really... if you don't have a good plot and a good way of making a monster behave in creepy, scary ways and you start to focus on gore because of it, then you just fail...
@JayRHood 29 күн бұрын
8:10 Holy sh!t, Fromsoftware should hire you as a concept designer. I could 100% see this as a Dark Souls boss
@robertcarey45 7 ай бұрын
This was very helpful, thank you Winged Canvas.😃🎃❤️
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
No problem! Glad you found it useful. - Shield
@robertcarey45 6 ай бұрын
You are welcome, it is.
@Ilovegagaification 6 ай бұрын
I’m at the part of the video where ur talking about “biblically accurate angels” and I’m thinking about you talking about pushing these concepts further. I feel like a lot of angelic influenced art and horror these days draws from the same inspo, but there’s actually 9 different types of angels in the Bible. Regular angels are also biblically accurate, but the ones with all the eyes and spinning wheels are known as Thrones. There’s 7 other classes of angels that people are just ignoring that I believe are great for drawing inspo from
@avacadotoast5571 6 ай бұрын
Yeah! I personally haven't seen anything based on cherubim, which look pretty freaky and cool.
@Skittlesdoeswhatshewants Күн бұрын
When you said base your monster off stuff you're scared of I immediately had an idea: a spider looking thing with needles in some of it's hands
@sanstheskeleton2684 6 ай бұрын
my favorite "monster" ive made is a shadow person that collects those who get lost in th woods or dark places(mainly children or those who are of the same intelligence level.) and adds them to its "family" called the crowd(also made of shadows). it means well.. but once someone joins the crowd they cant leave.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Ohh, I love "the crowd" - that alone is a scary choice! Sounds awesome, good work! - Shield
@yourhideousvalentine 2 ай бұрын
To be afraid of what I'm creating by using my own fears is a fantastic idea. Guess I'm going to make a lobster/crab/crayfish monster.
@Wingedcanvas 2 ай бұрын
I love that for you. If you're in our Discord make sure to share it! I wanna see. discord.gg/wingedcanvas
@shamkraffl6050 Ай бұрын
I had this one nightmare, out camping with people i have never seen. Suddenly there were these humanoid, green, bald creatures. They looked human but the body and head was slightly enlarged, black eyes. They had a curious behavior of keeping their distance at first but slowly close in. They made absolutely no noise while moving around. Completely silent, no breathing. When touched by them, you turn into them in seconds.
@LilLadyAy 6 ай бұрын
Polar Express was so effortlessly creepy
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
TRUE! - Shield
@zerosdreamverse2106 6 ай бұрын
i don’t normally comment on these kinds of videos but i’m glad i subscribed to this channel! i’m somewhat of a young artist who has been drawing since 2017 (although i’m still not great at it) and i have avoided tutorials for so long because they have never seemed to help me in any way, and i would end up just not following the steps and doing my own thing. but this channel really helps me and gives me tips that i can *actually* use! these tutorials actually inspire me to draw more unlike most others, and they give me advice that kind of sticks in my brain, so whenever i draw something i remember that advice and i use it. most of the tutorials i’ve watched have never done that, so i’m glad i stumbled across this channel!
@Sammyiswatching 6 ай бұрын
I just saw the first point and came up with an idea with a lot of eyes which personally creeps me out
@the-postal-dude 6 ай бұрын
the game gohome has some of my favorite monster designs. the pulsating, morphing almost non-solid head of the main ghost, along with the ghost that jump ropes with its own organs legit kept me up for a day or two.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Yeah, those are some frightening concepts! It really hits home! - Shield
@Julian_wears_feather_hats 6 ай бұрын
my absolute favorite stream from winged canvas. you can tell how much jessie loved talking about horror in the actual stream. also i love chocky milk, he is the best thing i’ve ever seen.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Oh she's an Eldritch horror-obsessed with the macabre! Glad you enjoyed.
@SykoBoy260 2 ай бұрын
"humans, like you" she could never relate
@blackblueexotics2594 2 ай бұрын
I have one character that I’m making for a webcomic, and watching videos like this really helped. My very first design wasn’t nearly as uncanny and terrifying as I had hoped, so I kept trying and eventually got to one of the scariest things I have ever created, and I’m really proud of its journey! ^^
@PLKinka 16 күн бұрын
I think the scariest monsters are kinda like a teraphy for a creator, putting all the parts of something that scares you into one. Just like Lovecraft being scared of the unknown lol.
@masterzoroark6664 4 ай бұрын
Gore is a still image version of a jumpscare, in a way. It jumps at you imediately and doesn't stick with you for long once you stop looking
@dahurgthedragon9010 7 ай бұрын
I saw something horrifying in a nightmare of mine. Problem is: I don't have the artistic skill to create it lmfao
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
We have a lot of other art tutorials on our channel and even classes (wingedcanvas.com); from complete beginner all the way up - maybe they can help you so that one day you'll be able to realize this truly terrifying design! - Shield
@ConflictingJumps 6 ай бұрын
Monster design is fascinating and complex in terms of connecting and using the abstract and the real, the impossible to the possible in how you made the angel bird creature (as it could exist). Another way of making the looker and yourself be really creeped out is by using universal fears like the unknown, darkness, decay, etc; and by what you said on exploring different ideas like getting inspired by nature (ie sea bunnies and sea slugs) or architecture.
@bilonic111 6 ай бұрын
Gore isn’t scary but body horror is, Junji ito is a master at that for instance.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Ain't that the truth! - Shield
@Sun_S3t_22_Official 3 ай бұрын
When I started to get obsessed about designing fantasy creatures, I realised that when you create any living being, you must use anatomy. And that it wasn't a "screw anatomy" because it was a "create their anatomy". New sub 👍 And this actually gave me a great idea to design monsters. When you mentioned the thing about basing them on our fears, an idea came to my mind and it's a great concept. It was basically the concept of being trapped on a paralel dimension on a giant dolls house with children that has buttons as eyes (their eyes are removed) and their mouthes like a C, and also filled with stuffed toys with human eyes. The scariest thing is that you don't know anything about why they are this way or why everything is dead there even if it looks like it's going to move.
@clementineshamaney5137 6 ай бұрын
Feels like perspective and composition should have been mentioned. Stuff that looks like its about to pop out of the frame or have a sense of scale is what I really like
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Great idea, thanks so much for the suggestion! We're always making new videos; maybe you'll see this mentioned in a future one! - Shield
@MoonyCat Ай бұрын
It's important to note that gore by itself is not scary, but it _can_ be if it is used correctly. It's all about setting and context
@aliceatrocious 2 ай бұрын
A lot of the advice you gave also works with writing horror. Remember that less is more. Also, the moon goddess you described reminded me a bit of brimston, from the daughter of smoke and bone trilogy, just with bones instead of teath. I loved the art for her as well
@Wingedcanvas 2 ай бұрын
So very true.
@Norsq_ 5 ай бұрын
YOU KNOW THE WALTEN FILES?? WHEN YOU SAID CARTOONY STYLE I GOT IN MIND THAT!
@Isaacdraws535 7 ай бұрын
this is actually really helpful, thank you
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
You're very welcome, glad you found value in the video! - Shield
@theoutergod8666 6 ай бұрын
I am going to struggle with the "Draw what scares you tip," because I contemplated for a long time and there is nothing really that scares me. Whenever I see a scary, unnerving creature, I have more of a "ooooh shiny!" response... Unless... I would draw a tax monster.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
If taxes scare you, use that as inspiration!
@avacadotoast5571 6 ай бұрын
Maybe a tax monster could work! A monster that takes something other than money...
@theoutergod8666 6 ай бұрын
@@avacadotoast5571 Yeah, that came to my mind the second after I thought it would've been nonsense.
@Fuckingballs 4 ай бұрын
Whenever I actually use gore for a creature or monster it’s because I’m showing a monster eating someone, or maybe it has its organs on the outside. (generally the intestines or lungs) but never will I put a whole bag of gorror onto my monsters. I usually make them just malnourished to show that maybe it’s extremely hungry, therefore more rabid and willing to do horrific things just to get food inside of its body. Also, this helped a lot cause now I have a new concept (basement monster) :)
@Ernesto-Pesto 3 ай бұрын
It's so fantastic that you use actual professional design methods like "What if" and Mind Mapping - you are such a professional about serious and methodical work! As a professional product designer and a free time drawer, I appreciate to see this approach being used among astists, too. Spread the idea, I'd love to see more artists work like that!
@froznpyro 6 ай бұрын
Creature design is like being a mad scientist. Just an unhinged doctor/engineer smashing together bits because you can.
@Aardfolf 9 күн бұрын
What if nothing really scares you? I usually create "monsters" not to to scare or horrify, but to relate to.
@Dochy8709 Ай бұрын
One thing I always was afraid of is a large brute like a man who just by looking at them you can tell they can crush your skull with ease, something that also scares me is a monster that has their bones shown while their being covered like ink or blood, another thing that scares me is bloodshot eyes that you can see inside a dark room and having the fear seeing it for the first time and having no idea what it might look like so having the surprise of a giant brute with ink/blood covered bones would scare me more, and the last thing I want to say that scares me is the concept of someone being exposed/being experimented on to make it into something disfigured while still looking like a it was a person.
@maki5365 6 ай бұрын
i think what also adds to the 'scary' factor is taking kind/harmless or even pleasant things and adding them to achieve a feeling of discomfort. Like babies, dolls or even a smile could become the most unsettling part if done right
@ralphmodynlosugarteeth3188 Ай бұрын
4:31 actually that design is really good, because it swings around something you clearly know and something that is off, in this example not having a mouth but an eye that resembles female genitalia. It's the uncanny valley what I see in horror. The sweetspot for horror is in the exact midle. Edit: I see that you mention it in the video. Also a great reference of not gore(disgust) but horror is fear and hunger, the second one is just amazing.
@Az-I-Dream 2 ай бұрын
Honestly this could be used for writing horror too.
@JewelWildmoon 6 ай бұрын
The first thing to come into my mind for something that would scare me is a giant roach that looks close enough to a human.
@x__Primus Ай бұрын
Man I wish I knew how to draw cuz in my head I come up with craziest coolest ideas and then I try to make them and it doesn’t look the best I’ve heard tracing can help people get used to drawing so I might try that
@BLNK44 5 ай бұрын
About the uncanny valley, one point is it relates to robotics. Other things may fall into that but the main concept is how a robot/android looks close to a human but it moves, speaks, acts way too alien to that of a human. Dope video!
@OtterPxp 5 ай бұрын
I downloaded this video in case I needed it, and now I'm designing a monster for my friend's roleplay. Thanks, this helped me a lot!
@unknown6476 5 ай бұрын
GREAT tutorial!! Thank you!❤ Your works are amazing
@MusicForMyDemons 6 ай бұрын
Your drawins are all so adorable in their own little way
@Alex13751 3 ай бұрын
2:48 dude this drawing gave me chills, idk why its just scary that something like this could just be observing us from above lol
@WhackyDogg55 6 ай бұрын
I think gore can be a good support to the horror (in appropriate cases). Sometimes, blood and viscera add to the horror of the monster. But yeah, it can be overused and it can be wrongly used, so do so with caution. I only say this because I like gore and I think it can be compelling :)
@Daydream_1ng 3 күн бұрын
Fun fact: Gaboon vipers actually walk, they don't slither. They may not have legs, but they use their ribcage to walk *The end of the video just made me think about that, thought I'd share it* :)
@DeathonNope 6 ай бұрын
I know this is a video on art but this genuinely helped with my horror writing
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
WOW! That's awesome to hear and we're always glad to help. You know what, I just read an article actually "Writing is Visual Art". You might enjoy it: medium.com/signifier/writing-is-visual-art-126ecae2ff1 - Shield
@ArtistOdysseyMaster 6 ай бұрын
Thank you! This is very helpful for yet another character of mine
@Pinkblood_art 6 ай бұрын
Amazing! I've always wanted to be able to draw more creatures or horror, and its good to know I'm on the right path but also way long to go, can't wait to apply these tips ;3
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Yesss!! We (Especially Jessie!) love hearing we're helping new horror art nerds! Keep practicing and you'll be a master in no time. - Shield
@davisgoodrich8183 6 ай бұрын
I disagree that you should be scared of your own creation, because I’ve found the artist is always immune to their work. But I agree that you should find the horror that really resonates with you, and find out what is creeped about it to you.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Great outlook, I think what she meant was if you start from the point of conceptualizing from things that scare you - it's hard to go wrong! - Shield
@thetageist 6 ай бұрын
Good advice all around, and I love the examples you gave! I realize now that I really need to brainstorm with my thematic elements to properly come up with designs for my horror monsters.
@Wingedcanvas 6 ай бұрын
Really glad you were inspired by the video. Good luck with your monster designs! - Shield
@ParadoxSupreme-hl4lg 6 ай бұрын
You made very good points! Also, one of the monsters i made is also a ribcage centipede, and i was cool to see another one! I also did get a little creative in other ways with the design, like my blood vessel "wings".
@zionleach3001 3 ай бұрын
0:05 I've heard a lot of people say look to Nature for inspiration, and some people have used stuff from fiction as inspiration. From my understanding it stems from what the monster represents. Like the Weevils of Torchwood and the Lycans of Order 1886. Being slightly uncanny, the Lycans look like something that could exist. While the weevils look like a guy in a creature mask or a deformed ape. While monsters in Resident Evil and Silent Hill look like something that couldn't possibly exist.
@Mize-pz3vo 5 ай бұрын
Honestly this video helped me so much! I’ve recently been trying to create scary monsters but they all kind of look the same and are not scary enough and I can never get food inspiration, but this helped me soooo much! Thank you so much!
@javiervillalobos5196 2 ай бұрын
thank you! I really needed some advise for my first actual horror piece, and it is a fire monster, so the examples were spot on!
@Wingedcanvas 2 ай бұрын
Great to hear!
@poorme1art 4 ай бұрын
6:43 I love Zdzisław Beksiński works!
@kavinaderrow3269 6 ай бұрын
Girl, that baby thing is some Junji Ito-level stuff. *I love it.*
@drawinghoror 4 ай бұрын
Gambar dan Penjelasan yang sangat bagus.. 😍😍
@morbidly_grimm_555 5 ай бұрын
I made my own creature based off succubi, wendigos, vampires and etc. And I'd like to share it here! This creature is Cordis comedentis 【Latin for heart eater】 This creature starts out as a larvae that is in a thin layer of organic skin like shell that is very translucent. In its younger stages it grows up like a normal teenage girl. Some strange things are its pointed ears, dark smokey pigmentation around its eyes, its increased speed of growing hair and nails, and its scars on its stomach and back. Though the bust and hips will grow more but thats a important feature of their appearance and how they feast. Now in the later stages of its life it will often perfer a home away from the public like cabins, abandoned castles, or tree houses. They lure in humans, primarily male, to hang out at their place for a chat. The men, blinded by their alluring figure, will happily oblige and go with them into their home. Then once they have their prey they will feast on the victim, primarily eating and feasting on their heart before using the rest as a blood bath to maintain their feminine and young beauty to continue feasting until they die at the age of 500 This species only consists of females since the males weren't able to survive without proper substance These creatures can look like any race, or religion of any woman which is why they're harder to distinguish from normal female humans. They might be responsible for the fear of witches back in salem.
@jet_prince8270 28 күн бұрын
A creature that I found very scary and I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from is The Boiled One Phenomenon or PHEN. From Dr. Nowhere on KZfaq! The Boiled one is such a disturbing creature in the fact that it looks scary, but the things it does are terrifying too. It’s like a sleep paralysis demon, but it’s a state of paralysis you can’t wake up from. This thing forever haunts you and there’s nothing you can do about it. That to me is terrifying, it was one of the Analog Horror series that made me genuinely disturbed and anxious. I think it’s terrifying because it has almost human assets to it, but it’s clearly not human, it’s head is like a triangle, it’s mouth has no teeth but it’s skin folds and creases. Its eyes are supposed to be like a humans, but they physically can’t be human. I just find them such a fascinating and terrifying creature!! I want to design a creature like PHEN, but I have no clue where to even start!