Monster design sheets

Nine samples, with their recipes

Every sample carries its recipe as text — subject, style, palette, framing.

Reading 1Swamp lurker

subject swamp lurkerstyle painted conceptpalette soft even studio lightframing several angles, a human silhouette for scale

subject swamp lurkerstyle ink sketch pagepalette off-white paperframing head and limb variations around the main drawing

subject swamp lurkerstyle anatomical studypalette sepia ink and light wash on aged paperframing detail insets of a claw and the jaw

Reading 2Sky leviathan

subject sky leviathanstyle painted conceptpalette soft even studio lightframing several angles, a human silhouette for scale

subject sky leviathanstyle ink sketch pagepalette off-white paperframing head and limb variations around the main drawing

subject sky leviathanstyle anatomical studypalette sepia ink and light wash on aged paperframing detail insets of a claw and the jaw

Reading 3Cave mimic

subject cave mimicstyle painted conceptpalette soft even studio lightframing several angles, a human silhouette for scale

subject cave mimicstyle ink sketch pagepalette off-white paperframing head and limb variations around the main drawing

subject cave mimicstyle anatomical studypalette sepia ink and light wash on aged paperframing detail insets of a claw and the jaw