Drawing a Creature: Part 1 – Silhouettes

by Tim Von Rueden

Hello and welcome to the Drawing a Creature series. In this part Tim Von Rueden takes a look at going through the process of creating 10 creature silhouettes. This is all done with a hard edged brush using black and white to build shape and values.

↓ Below is a quick step by step on what the tutorial covers ↓

http://www.seventhsanctum.com/ - Here is the website for the random name generator

1 – Using solely the hard edged brush I take a look at creating shapes and values through black and white

2 – I continued to use this process for the rest of the creatures

3 – Once I finished the sketches I added a quick color gradient with a shadow to ground them a bit more

If you have any questions feel free to leave them in the comment section below ↓

 

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16 Responses to “Drawing a Creature: Part 1 – Silhouettes”
  1. Genny Moua
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    Thank U So Much This Is So Cool!

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     Feb 23, 2012 at 6:33 pm
  2. jonathan johnson
    Posts: 20

    awesome im going to try that tomorrow in painter and thanks for showing that been looking for something like this thats good for ages :D and are you going to be choosing one to fully render for a part 2 or are you going to do all of them rendered :)

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     Feb 23, 2012 at 6:34 pm
    • Tim Von Rueden
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      I was thinking I would take three and give a 15 minute pass on each, and then choose one to fully render out.

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       Feb 24, 2012 at 3:44 pm
  3. oldman44
    Posts: 70

    Thanks Tim,

    You hooked me on another series. I have been a Si-Fi geek since I was a kid & hooked on D&D RPG’s since the 60′s. Anything having to do with Lizardmen & such creatures definitly perks my interest. Never thought it was possible that I would one day be able to bring some of those creatures to life. You are beginning to make me believe that between using Blender for the modeling & using the techniques you are teaching it might be possible to bring my imagination to life after all.

    Keep the tutorials coming. I need all the practice I can get.

    -OldMan44

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     Feb 23, 2012 at 7:40 pm
    • Tim Von Rueden
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      As always your comments bring a smile to my face. Thank you for your continued support :D

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       Feb 24, 2012 at 3:44 pm
  4. Jeff Ps
    Posts: 12

    yeah!!!
    Very nice
    this helped me a lot, now I can draw some creatures without any difficult

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     Feb 23, 2012 at 10:09 pm
  5. Bob Steve
    Posts: 3

    Thanks for another awesome tutorial! I’m finally able draw something that isn’t a stickman!

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     Feb 24, 2012 at 11:02 am
  6. Jonsen
    Posts: 1

    Are you using one of these drawing boards for the computer?

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     Feb 24, 2012 at 11:11 am
  7. john mervin
    Posts: 38

    I enjoyed this! one of you best post yet!

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     Feb 24, 2012 at 11:35 am
  8. Mike Pegelow
    Posts: 1

    Thanks for the tutorial, i really like to draw silhouettes.
    I know a great tool were you can get awesome ideas from as well, its called “Alchemy” and draws mainly with stored shapes and the results are really good.
    If you want to try it out(if you don’t have already)take a look at: al.chemy.org

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     Feb 24, 2012 at 11:52 am
    • Tim Von Rueden
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      I love alchemy, it takes that control factor away from me which is great since I over-analyze my pieces, Jonathan Williamson is actually going to be doing a tutorial on getting started with Alchemy sometime in the near future.

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       Feb 24, 2012 at 3:47 pm
  9. Tom
    Posts: 1

    Wow, that’s a very nice tutorial! thanks :)

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     Feb 24, 2012 at 3:53 pm
  10. Matt Wilson
    Posts: 2

    This was amazing. Thanks for a great video

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     Feb 25, 2012 at 12:14 am
  11. John Naxio
    Posts: 1

    Very nice tutorial. You make this look easy. I have this A5 Wacom tablet but it seems to be too small. You never seem to have to zoom in to do art.
    This video was great, i cant wait for part 2, but it kind of needs the shortcuts to learn faster :) .

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     Mar 2, 2012 at 9:47 am
    • Tim Von Rueden
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      Thanks man! I actually prefer the smaller sized tablets to the larger ones, I feel you don’t have to move around as much and lets me focus on specific areas without having to move my hand too much. But that is all personal preference. Part 2 is coming very soon, check back next week!

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       Mar 2, 2012 at 10:20 am
  12. jonathan johnson
    Posts: 20

    this is a cool site that does a random generator for sci-fi/fantasy worlds or characters or story plats etc. http://donjon.bin.sh/ hope this site also helps :)

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     Jun 23, 2012 at 1:21 pm

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