Drawing Finale!!!

After countless sleepless hours, finally finished!!!

Written Assigment

Written Assigment

yayyy more photoshop

Right this is the point Im at now... Cant really figure how I shall add colours in though, want to keep it quite dark =S

the first stages of the photoshop painting (:

Starting off with the simple shape

Adding the outline...

 Shading...

 Texture, and more background

 Finally, adding some light....

So this is the stage I'm at now, more to come (:.....

Influence Map

I know this is a bit late, I've been referencing to these pictures throughout the project, only just now had the chance to put them onto the map, enjoy (:

Creepy Mermaid??

 This was the first initial 2D sketch. I tried to create something more original and different from my last design. As you can see I've kept the idea of a very enlarged neck and slim, eel shaped body. I also kept the idea of the half human/ half eel face. However I tried making it to look more like a half human, because it would be quite a comical picture to see a fish with legs... Considering a gulper eel is a deep sea creature I would imagine this sort of hybrid to have a creepy look, and if somehow the splice DID happen, and I'd end up with no legs but just a pair of arms, I'd end up having a very strong upper body if I had to drag and balance my whole body weight on my arms.

Here is some more initial sketches. I especially like the top one, where it looks as the eel is crawling out from behind a rock.  I need to look in more in how the upper body works and the muscles that attach the arms to your back. I noticed the way my hybrid moves resembles the ghosts from 'The Grudge'. which makes me think my hybrid would end up having quite a creepy look.

 http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/4973013534_bfd777d5a3.jpg

 http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/037/d/0/kayako_saeki_by_yashamaru666-d38xfid.jpg

 http://chrisrrau.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/monster-the-grudge.jpg

Adding my features to the splice

After having some practice with drawing my own face features i decided to do some experimental drawings to see if I could create a gulper eel that looks more like Alicia, but still keeps the key features of the creature.

By using the power if a layout pad Ive been able to create a drawing that sits between a human and an eel. As in the drawing above my hybrid already has bigger cheeks and similar eyes.

The 2 above sketches, are very similar to the last drawings i made (Eels head with my own body), the difference is that this time its not only JUST the eels head. But eel's head with more Alicia features. I especially like the top image as the posture flows together nicely. However, I noticed it looks a lot like something taken out of avatar... the bottom picture however looks too human...
As you can see I have also considered giving myself fish- like skin to add to the hybrid effect.