Creature Design thread! Post your comic's monsters, robots, and spirits here!

[JessJackdaw]

@AnnaLandin Ahh, oh gosh! I hope we see more of your monsters in your comic soon! Your take on Japanese mythos is so cool!

@WakaXO Give feet a chance! Honestly, that's why I have most of my characters barefoot. XD I hate drawing shoes!

@MissMagicGirl Ghosts certainly count! I wasn't sure how to label the thread really... Everything but humans, didn't really have a good ring to it.

@TrustyShamrock Ahh thank you! And you can put your robots here! The only requirement is non-human thing, and that fits. XD Doesn't have to be organic.

@Sketchu But, but... that one's form is too cute to cause discomfort and fear... I wanna hug it.

@mrjonzap Oh durr... it's so clear now. XD It's been far too long since I've seen InuYasha.

@Riko Oh gosh! Why haven't I read your comic yet?! This looks so rad! Imma put it on my reading list!

[60Six]

Oh dang, thanks!! I'm super stoked to see your comic once it's up too (Especially based off those monsters you posted). That second one is exactly the kind of monster I lose my shit over.

[Redsheis]

Here are some creatures form my comic Demon Shrine I usually find references based off the world and theme of the creature in its environment in the comic. When it comes to making them I tend to do 3 to 4 versions of the critter along with color and silhouette...... the same process I do for human characters. ^^ I still do tweaks/changes for them before they make there final debut on the pages.

[WakaXO]

daaaanguh that dude looks intense. the glowy bits are aweshome. and teh tail looks like itd be a pain in the butt to draw but it turned out real good!

Thank you! ^///^ It really is a pain to draw, I couldn't help myself but to design a difficult character... ^^;
But its ok to have a few challenging characters right? ;v;

@JessJackdaw ha, I am the opposite, I love drawing shoes but can't draw a good foot to save my life... I will have to practice for future scenes with Sparkles Mc-Pangolin Man (also I will probably start using your nickname for him, before I was calling him pine-cone-butt XD )

@Riko your monsters are so cool! Anything that steals faces is automatically super creepy XD

[Shiori_Saku]

I regularly do doodles and such and I often do VERY RANDOM DOODLES that turn out really good and so I take those and run with them.

But for my comics I actually have a few rules for the Demi-god forms of my Shrine Beasts. Take Bar for example. He's the one Demi-god character that has been introduced so far although he doesn't look much different from a normal tiger aside from his excessive size but here Bar is rather the exception. Demi-gods have a second form that they can call upon to use when their natural form and power is not enough and Bar rarely uses his. The more often a Demi-god uses their second from the more warped their second form becomes and eventually their natural form also begins to show signs of warping.

The older Demi-gods (that readers will meet later and in other stories) all show signs of this but so as not to put out any spoilers I wound show any of them yet....

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[joannekwan]

My angels

vs. my demons

The reasoning being, most of the demons that appear in my series are born of human sins or are tied to the human world so they take on humanoid or recognizable animal-like forms. The angels, well, they're just out of this world.

[JessJackdaw]

( Bumping this thread because I wanna see more monsters from you guys. XD )

So I'll post more preliminary designs of the creatures in my comic! Most of my sentient creatures are based on fantasy classes, but taken in a more scientific light.) Probably hardest part I encounter when designing these creatures is finding out different ways to fudge eyebrows on creatures without eyelids. XD Seriously how do you make bug faces emote without going humanoid?!

Anyway, post away guys! : >

[doctorglasgow]

Dang, some of the monsters ITT are neato as heck. Makes me want to contribute as well.

The Fishinkas are the "sexy" fish-girls from the horrible video game my protagonist has created. They're meant to be simple, desireable, and marketable. In the game, they're essentially just weird sexy pokemon, but in the TV show based on the game, they're more active "characters". Think of a really braindead mashup of Pokemon, Steven Universe, and Naruto, and you get the world that these things inhabit.

The brown one is Lantern-Chan, and her rival is Eel-Chan. They have nebulous "bloodline abilities", whatever that means.

[SirGutsalot]

Here are some of the creatures from my new horror comic, Lacrim which is entirely centred around these monsters:

I basically draw what comes out of the recesses of my mind - I'm sane, I promise

[pwh13]

Both from Brujagh
A Neuro-Com Necromech. Designed to be a Hell-class weapon, (for destroying 70% of any population or infrastructure within a certain area) it's a fearsome mech.

Badger, Flesher Hybrid. Basker, an agent from a rather shady organization can transform into this monster with its own personality. Uses explosive powered punches to deliver punishment to targets.

And here are the two beating the crap out of each other:

[isaacfriedman]

Looking at all the awesome designs here I feel like a total amateur... but I'll post mine anyway.

[shaneoid77]

Unfortunately I haven't designed any creatures for my comic but I LOVE drawing monsters, proportions can go out of the window (to an extent). So here's a few examples off my horrific creations mwahahahaha

[R.n.P]

A new one from my comic THE LAST SAMURAI
He's the Man-Eater, Goblin

[Morair]

@Sketchu I actually think its kinda cute lol. like I just want to wrap it in a blanket, give it warm cup of hot chocolate and sit it by the fire

[hades]

My comic Ark's main character is a dragon of sorts.

I also have a lot of anthro styled characters in the comic.

I also have these buggers for upcoming stuff...

[mannykat8x]

Fighting Dreamers has a big variety of monsters, most of which haven't shown up in canon quite yet, and some I haven't even drawn concepts for. But they all have the common string of being a specific shade of purple, blobby, and bright yellow eyes. And also vine-looking corruption. I'm trying to vary up my creature diversity while keeping the consistent color scheme/eye theme with each of the classes and it's turning out to be a fun challenge!

They follow an Alphabet theme, where A-Class or "Average" are the most basic and least mutated, very easy to kill.

And the Z-Class ramps up the body horror and is the one you do NOT WANT TO SEE EVER cause they're a sign that a Dream Universe is minutes away from destabilizing and getting destroyed. It's the final stage of these mutating monsters and fighting it is a deathwish

The other monsters are just varying levels of mutation and danger, mostly following the whole rule where the closer they are to Z, the more dangerous they are. Some of them I've had outside help with and others are my own creation, and it's really interesting to draw out monster concepts based on some of my friends and their written descriptions of these things

E-Class is one I distinctly remember a friend coming up with, although I should update this concept a bit

[mannykat8x]

OH DANG DUDE loving the whole "MOUTHS AND EYES DO NOT GO THERE" theme these monsters have, I'm personally SO HYPE ABOUT THAT KIND OF THING

[SirGutsalot]

Thanks! ^^ They're a lot of fun to draw ( it's almost addictive...)

[brandiknudsen]

The underworld in my comic Carnikids (visited by the little brother of the Grim Reaper, B.C., in Chapter 2) is full of strange, illogical creatures! They're fun to make, I may make a bestiary book collection of all my creatures someday...

[JalenET]

Note: This contains minor spoilers for Peacemaker Chronicles (2020)!

I Finally finished a monster design I've been working on for ages meet Empress!

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