Friday, November 21, 2008

Theracian Rider

A page from the ole-sketchbook.. Just fooling around with an alien reptile based humanoid and his insect inspired beast.



I had sketched something similar to a post made by Wallasaurus, also inspired by moles in certain design features. Though I had drawn this without seeing his mole dragon I thought it was cool that we had some similar ideas about the evolution of the wings and nose. I had actually opted to remove the eyes completely and make him more of a forageing creature that spends a lot of time in the dark, in caves and underground.

11 comments:

RAWLS said...

Great details my friend! Nice work!

William B. Hand said...

Love the Theracian Rider pic. The similarity between the rider and steed is fun, and they're still both quite distinct. etc.

Moai said...

Always a pleasure to see work from you, Mike. I love the tiny little feet on the mount creature in the first image, and the mole dragon is awesome. I think I like the little side critters in the mole dragon picture even more than the dragon itself, though. Are those its prey?

William B. Hand said...

HEy... I'm not "RECENT SHOWS & BOOKS", I'm WmBHand. Gaah. Try to do a thing...

Unknown said...

very cool and well thought out stuff Mike. I expect no less from you , of course :)

Mike Corriero said...

Thanks Rawls

William, I was wondering who "recent shows and books" was ;) thanks for the compliments man.

Moai, thanks man. Yea I end up filling up the rest of my sketchbook pages with "little" doodles and little creatures if I draw a bigger sketch first. They weren't meant to be his prey but they could be. I was still in the underground blind mole stage, so I just drew up two quick little creatures fitting that subject.

Scott, thanks man I appreciate it.

anima-base said...

Good design of monsters.
I love your drawings.

Vinod Rams said...

Love the design on the top guy. Very Star Wars Terryl Whitlatch-esqe!

Mike Corriero said...

anima base - thanks
vinod rams- thanks man, Teryl's designs are always inspirational.

simon dominic said...

Beautiful sketchwork, a good sense of solidness for these creatures, great job

anima-base said...

I wonder how can I join this contributor?
anyone tell about this.