Speedy Concepts: Mutated Fish Creature

In this class, we were practising making quick concept designs, using mutated fish creatures as our subject. 

First I did some research by finding some iconic but also interesting sea creatures. 

After this, I started blocking out some silhouettes, picking a different kind of fish as I went along and trying to keep them recognisable. I used a mostly hard round brush at 50% opacity.

Then I painted a bit on top of them using the same brush and colour picked the grey in the background.

My favourite looking one is the octopus. I did it last, so by that point had gotten into a good flow. I need to practice more so that I can get into a good flow from the beginning. The octopus has a really nice silhouette and also has the most character. It looks scary. The creature that suits the brief the most is the hammer head shark, because the octopus hasn't mutated on the outside; in my head, I was thinking it had developed some bones similar to humans and walks on the earth. But it doesn't look very different. The shark, however, looks the most mutated. The swordfish and the eel are very stiff, but I like the eel's design. Like the octopus, this eel would walk on earth but would not carry itself out long like it would when swimming. I thought it would always walk around twisted up.

I learnt to quickly get ideas down and then to quickly refine them. Looking at the swordfish over to the octopus shows this. I also would have never normally wanted to design a mutated fish as it doesn't fall in my comfort zone, so I definitely learnt how to think outside that and try something different.