Creature’s portrait concept art step by step. In this tutorial, I will show you a rough creature’s portrait concept design. This is a step by step process of how to create a quick concept sketch with just black and white or achromatic (You can also use monochromatic scheme). Then you can take your design into more detail once you get your lighting established.
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Anyway, this Chubba creature concept took me about 45 minutes or so. In this process, I didn’t have any design in mind to begin with. It takes quite a bit of time to think of the demon’s head design and texture I will give him. Whenever I design a creature, I would have to look at some real animal references. That is one way to make your creature looks convincingly realistic because you borrow some elements from real animals. Also, before you do any concept design, don’t forget thumbnails.
Below are step by step how to draw and design a demon creature’s portrait. Step one, I make a rough sketch to get the idea of its shape and form. Step two, once that establishes, I begin to give it basic light and shadow. Step three, I then add lighter value on the main or focal point (face). Step four, I can now add color onto its head and body using overlay or color or multiply. Step five, I usually merge all the layer down so that I can actually paint over with normal paint. Step six, I can now add some texture to its head, horns, and tusks. Step seven, I decide to add more light onto the creature to make it stand out more. Done!
creature concept art tutorial
Here is a bigger final piece of Demon’s creature portrait design.
Demon creature portrait concept art
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Continue to part two character design coloring process.
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