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| Ink on two separate pieces of 5x7 inch Bristol board paper. |
Hey everybody! Here's two more monsters from MONSTER PORTRAIT MONTH! This fine couple has a particular fondness for Frankenstein's monster and the monster's bride, so I was happy to "Monsterize" them accordingly. This was kind of tricky, but loads of fun!
Here are some of the earliest little sketches I drew to plan out the drawings. After that, I moved on to working on the likenesses.
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| Light pencilling of likeness. |
I usually start the finished piece by trying to lightly sketch a likeness of the subject. Though, I have a tendency to press the pencil down too hard and often have to roll or press a kneaded eraser on the drawing to lighten it.
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| Monsterizing! |
After achieving a likeness, I start "Monsterizing" the person by erasing and adding elements. For some reason, I find separating this into two steps helps me to get both the likeness and the monster qualities roughed in better than just sketching them out as the monster from the get go.
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| INKS! |
After lightly sketching it out, (sometimes tightly, sometimes loosely,) I then ink over the pencils while still referring back to the original photo and my preliminary sketches occasionally. After that, all that's left is to erase any stray pencil lines and then retouch some if the inks that may have faded when erasing.
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| Final Piece! |
For the rest of these two guys (their bodies and her hair,) I referred to stills from the classic Universal film as well as the work of
Jack Davis (among others.) Here are the same steps with Sarah:
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| Final Piece! |
Believe it or not, but there are still more monsters on the way! Until then feel free to check out how you can get your own
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