Game Art and Illustrations: DRAWING CHALLENGE : INSECTOID CHARACTER

So I was set the challenge of designing an Insectoid character, obviously meaning it must be based on or share characteristics of an insect or insects. I started off looking at different Insectoid heads and drew some of these to build from.

RESEARCH DRAWINGS.

From this I focused on the right hand drawing (a type of mantis) and decided to develop a character from that just top get into drawing insects and their body parts.

NIGHT-CRAWLER DRAWING.

I decided I should produce some quick silhouettes to look at insects form and how that can be made slightly humanoid to make it a character.

INSECTOID SILHOUETTES.

These helped me look at the insects more as characters. I reverted back to what I did for monsteres and created a character based on a spider sort of theme. quickly sketched with a pen.

DUSK CRAWLER HEAD.

DUSK CRAWLER.

I then quickly drew this in Photoshop too.

DUSK CRAWLER PHOTOSHOP SKETCH.

I started this intending it to be my final image but decided I didn't like it as a design and it wasn't as structured as other characters I have designed. so I started again.

First I drew a head for a character.

INSECT CHARACTER HEAD 1.

I also added shading, colour and background to this.

INSECT CHARACTER HEAD 2.

INSECT CHARACTER HEAD 3.

INSECT CHARACTER HEAD 4.

I also made this into a silhouette to use for the full silhouette for this character.

INSECT CHARACTER HEAD SILHOUETTE.

I then went onto producing the silhouettes for this character with and without the detailed head.

INSECT CHARACTER SILHOUETTES 1.

INSECT CHARACTER SILHOUETTES 2.

I then made a side and front view silhouette.

INSECT CHARACTER FRONT AND SIDE VIEW 1.

INSECT CHARACTER FRONT AND SIDE VIEW 2.

INSECT CHARACTER FRONT AND SIDE VIEW 3.

After getting to this point I then decided again I didn't like this design and moved straight back into silhouettes this time with a pen. I came up with these two designs.