Curious Eddy

This is another project that I did over the summer last year. We had to create a city that was being invaded by a large animal or creature. I decided I would do an illustration with my creature, Eddy. He is primarily based off an Edmontosaurus with some prehistoric elephant and other things in him. He is a very gentle creature who usually lives in swamps and wetlands. Here he is roaming through the canals of a city looking for food. This city is something that I have been designing for about a year now for The Pollywawg Project, which is a long term collaborative project between a couple of friends and I.

I do have to admit that this was a totally new challenge for me because it was a hybrid technique that I had never used before. I first did an umber underpainting in acrylic on canvas, scanned it in and colored it completely in Photoshop. For some reason I had a hard time with the texture of the canvas. I now know that I should of used that texture to my advantage instead of fighting with it so much.

Here is the final product along with it's long process. Let me know what you think.

Just a few of my thumbnails.

Sketches of the city for the final product.

Value Studies

The entire coloring process.

A study of an Edmontosaurus from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

P.S. Going to be changing up the layout of this blog soon. Starting to market myself more and as soon as I can get things up and going the layout of this blog will change along with all my other social media.

~Danea Fidler