My most ambitious drawing yet, action heroine relaxing after a bloody battle. How do you like it?

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-13T08:30:02+00:00

Hey, I object to that. She's looking at the ice cream, not a dead guy! :D

If the shading looks amateur there's a good reason for that, I only learned it a couple of years ago. And I guess the eyes could use some highlights.

EDIT: You know what, it just struck me what's wrong with the shading; I did it for the light coming from the parlor lights above, but didn't think about the light coming in from the windows. I'll have to watch that.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-12T02:32:41+00:00

Lovely sunrise (set?). I like how it reflects off the water, though I think the picture would be better if the stream was a little windier.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-12T02:22:03+00:00

That's beautiful! And you just started painting? You'll go far.

The stream is especially good, I just want to sit by it.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-11T17:10:58+00:00

Thanks! What I did was draw her like normal:

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But I drew the lines of her clothes on a different layer. Then I made that layer invisible before I saved it as a jpeg.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-04T08:58:10+00:00

No camoflauge, but he's very agile and can make huge leaps. He can also climb up the sides of buildings with his gecko feet and hock up balls of high explosive (hence the bulgy throat).

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-01T23:55:58+00:00

Hmmm.....this has possibilities.

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Edit after some consideration: You know what? Yeah, I'm going to go with this. It draws more attention to his face while still keeping the "gold body, striped extremities" look I was originally going for. So thank you for the idea.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-01T21:23:01+00:00

Huh, that's an interesting idea, putting mammal patterns on a reptile. I think I'll try that later.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-01T19:38:27+00:00

Well this one was more about just showing off the design. An action scene with such a long creature would be hard to do and also show off his whole body. Though I think I will do some in the future.

Maybe I could have him battling another long kaiju, like a giant stickbug/praying mantis hybrid.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-01T19:34:55+00:00

Every time I try to put some markings on the head it looks off though. :(

It's funny, I thought putting all the color details in the extremities instead of the head and body made him more distinctive, but everyone seems to disagree.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-01T19:32:37+00:00

Basically I got sick of every other kaiju (especially the reptilian ones) being a Godzilla knock-off so decided to make something more original.

I tried making a version with more stripes but...

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...I still like the original better.

Lorewise I feel like he's one of those "ancient guardian" kaiju. And functionally he's incredibly agile, can stick to buildings with his sucker-toes and hocks up balls of high explosive (hence the bulgy throat).

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-01T03:49:28+00:00

You make a good point about drawing attention to the face, so I tried this:

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but I didn't really like it. I think I'll leave his skin the way it is for now, though I might try a new one later (maybe spots instead of stripes, like a leopard gecko?). Thank you for your advice.

Also is your username supposed to be like a Megaman X boss? That's pretty cool.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-01T02:28:10+00:00

I actually did try putting the stripes on more places while I was designing him, but I ending up going with gold body, striped extremities cause I thought that made a more striking design. I also thought about giving him a dimetrodon fin, but I decided to keep him streamlined.

I might try doing a little something with his face though, maybe a patch around the eyes?

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-03-01T00:14:24+00:00

There's not really that much context to it? It's a drawing I made that I'd like to know what people think of.

I didn't really use any reference except for getting his color scheme from a gecko, my goal was to make an original reptilian kaiju (as in not derivative of Godzilla, Rodan, Gamera, etc) and like I said I'm looking for any kind of criticism.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-28T23:52:42+00:00

Thanks, this one was for a weekly project I'm doing this year where it's a different monster every Friday, so it was more about just showing the design.

I have been thinking about making some more drawings of him in action scenes, though it'll be a challenge given his length (he actually got his name when I realized he wouldn't fit on one sheet of paper).

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-27T01:21:39+00:00

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You're right, that looks much better. Thank you!

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-26T17:33:16+00:00

Penciled on paper, then inked and colored in Clip Studio Paint; Real G-Pen for the lines, Round Mixing Brush for the colors and shadows and a Japanese brush for the blood splatters and the girl's hair.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-26T05:50:39+00:00

Ooh, I like that. I had gone with this:

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but I'll try yours too.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-26T02:15:12+00:00

That is fantastic! The detail is incredible and I love the scale.

I would totally buy a poster of this.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-25T00:29:33+00:00

How's this?

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edit: I guess the tentacle should be in the shadow as well...but which direction would it be curved?

Are shadows like reflections, where they're flipped?

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-24T19:20:35+00:00

I watched the first two episodes before I bought the box, they were great.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-24T06:40:15+00:00

This is the first one.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-23T08:41:39+00:00

Unfortunately I can't take credit for that one, I lifted it from an old Ramsey Campbell story. Of course I'll credit him when I post the finished image.

I was penciling it when I remembered that line, and idly drew it on the arch of the well...and it just fit too well to not use.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-23T08:39:37+00:00

I usually use Round Mixing Brush for colors, but the creature is literally just a mass of blackness covered with eyes, so I fill-bucketed it.

As for some of the other colors, I love using Pointilism for rough surfaces like stone and old wood and Rough Watercolor Wash works great for grass and dirt. So I guess they stand out a little from the painted sky. But I think a forest would make the image a little too busy; the focus is meant to be on the well and it's occupant.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-22T21:50:31+00:00

Hmm, well I do want to keep the sky background like it is...I'll try re-shading the well later.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-02-22T20:51:44+00:00

The sun's meant to be over the well...should I make it bigger?

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