Concept Art Exercise: How to Paint Dramatic-Looking Monsters

Digital Painting Tutorial: Painting Monsters
Concept Art Genre: Sci-Fi Creatures
Subject: How to Paint Dramatic Monsters

Let's go deep! Sea monsters are awesome. There are so many creepy and beautiful creatures lurking down there. Let's borrow from those great real world references and bring some nightmares to life.

I think just about everyone has a childhood memory of being afraid of the water. What is down there? Can it eat me?

In this 15 minute video I challenge you to practice blending realism with your artistic technique—to create a compelling monster. So grab your stylus and let's paint your world.

Key Take-Aways: How to create monster drama by playing with pose energy, childhood fears and contrast to produce something memorable and awesome.

→ Pose Energy
→ Drawing Upon Childhood Fears
→ Contrast

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Digital Painting Challenge: 5 Monsters in 5 Weeks ✍🏻
Improve your ability to draw realistic and compelling creatures, as you challenge yourself to paint 5 monsters in 5 weeks with Hardy Fowler.

HOW TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE:
→ The weekly challenge will be posted every Wednesday at 11am (CT)
→ You have one week to finish the monster of the week
→ Post your painting to your gram and tag @hardy_digitalpaintingstudio

We’ll be hand selecting 5 artists (one each week) for an invitation only feedback & mentorship session with Hardy Fowler or enrollment in the DPS PRO or CORE course of your choice!

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PAINT YOUR WORLD
Hardy Fowler is a professional Digital Painter with work seen in productions for Disney, Games Workshop and Neon District among many others.

Hardy's online academy, Digital Painting Studio, teaches the master-level skills, process and mindset he's learned from decades of experience as a professional digital artist.

CONNECT
→ https://digitalpaintingstudio.com/
→   / hardy_digitalpaintingstudio  
→ https://www.artstation.com/hfowler

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