157 (texture studies pt.4) +158

from these studies for "#157", I was going for the texture of #158 here, above,
and failed with this:

this just looks like a bad sketch for the bark textures seen a few posts ago...





So, I sketched out some lines in Photoshop with my drawing tablet from this scan/composite:




(here I took #158, and distorted it into the shape of #157,
using the exact same texture, and I think it turned out o.k.)

157 (texture studies pt.2)

tree bark was my inspiration here.

156 STEP BY STEP

Here is the step-by-step progression for the illustration of this MACRODON
(final version seen above).



1- Once I laid down the black silhouette shape I Instantly got an idea of what this MACRODON should look like, I didn't want to loose my idea by over-working it, so I penciled in some loose sketch elements, and then scanned the concept drawing into the computer:


2- At this point I sketched further details of this MACRODON on Photoshop with my drawing tablet and a large brush.



3- I continued to sketch the MACRODON figure with strokes with a variety of widths, some overlaying, and then decided to complete the illustration based on this stage of of my sketching. (4- final version seen at top of post)



5- And finally, since I was still quite attached to how the digital sketches looked, I formed this composite, with a scan of the final drawing and some overlays of the digital sketches.