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| Dermoids Got Guts pencil art with a retro comics spin. |
Most of the sketches shown here are experiments playing off a variety of metamorphosis themes. This concept features a lumbering Quasimodo-type
Dermoid emerging from an quivering tent of entrails. It's a blend of a quasi-human marsupial with larval development. Crazy ideas can make for cool art, especially in horror fiction.
My sketching process tends to include exploration of technique and visual context to shape a design. The style for this sketch is unusually open and cartoony compared to others in the
Dermoids Wicked Progeny series. All those great influences just keep surfacing. I love the comic art of
Darwin Cook,
Bruce Timm,
Carmine Infantino and
Steve Ditko; it really shows in this sketch.
Following an artistic urge away from the
established approach can be a good move, if time allows. Most anything that leads to previously unconsidered creative solutions, can lead to better work.
Dermoids Wicked Progeny © and TM Tom Hicke.
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