07-12-2013, 12:18 PM
Studying composition more, trying to get comfortable with thumbnails and such with traditional media. So these are all pencil and marker sketches. Found that composition was much easier to do if I had an idea of what the scene might contain within a framework of a story, so I took one thumb and then made a series of thumbs as if storyboarding them. It was surprising how fluid this felt and is definitely something I'll try again. Finally took one of the thumbs, made a larger rough sketch and then drew out an quick concept for what the monster in the sketch might look like. All these processes seem to synergize quite well and give a lot of options for concept/illustration ideas from just one simple thumb!