Tentacle Monster

This week I was given the task to create a monster of some sort with the theme of tentacles. So I looked at a few notable animals in the real world with tentacles or tentacle-like appendages. These first few sketches were done on paper.

 These next drawings I did in Photoshop, using my original sketches as reference material. I also selected a colour palette. I choose mostly an orange/red theme for colour because its very fleshy quite squid-like. I added in blue for the jellyfish pieces of the creatures to make in look more 'gloopy' and slimy.

 And this is the final creature design, I based it mainly off my forth idea, but added some more tentacle-like features; suction cups and more movement. I still think the image is a bit flat though, I need to try experimenting with more colours to simulate texture and shadow. The shell on its back also doesn't look quite right, the perspective seems off, and like the rest of the image, it looks flat, not much texture or tone.

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