I did a little experimental thread over on my Twitter stream. I wanted to encourage a couple of things – namely audience interaction and I wanted to provide them an actual reason to share the thread.
Simply put: I provided a series of polls for folks to vote on to determine how I constructed a monster.
Here’s a link to the thread in case you’re curious.
The results to the first poll (bipedal or quadrapedal) was:
![](https://dragonbones.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/FaDmILKXoAAliaQ-1024x576.jpg)
The second poll was what kind of terrain the creature spends its time in. The audience chose subterranean so I added digging claws and narrowed the torso to make the creature more wedge shaped.
![](https://dragonbones.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_1601-1024x576.png)
The third poll was how many heads the creature has. Crowd said 2.
![](https://dragonbones.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_1602-1-1024x576.png)
And the fourth and final poll was what kind of tail to give it (or to give it none). The crowd picked a long straight tail with a club end.
![](https://dragonbones.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_1603-1024x576.png)
After the final poll, I finished the tail and posted it and then felt like I should go ahead and paint it. Since I was already in an experimental mode, I took the sketch, blurred it a bit, and then mixed the sketch lines in with the digital paint layers. Here are the final results.
![](https://dragonbones.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lets-Make-A-Monster-full-color-two-heads-monster-dragonbones-mrlich-1024x576.png)
Here’s the process video if you enjoy that.
Process Video for the first Let’s Make A Monster
I really need to get back to the work for my Patreon page, but this was an excellent little experiment and I plan to do it again in the near future.
This is the character I’m currently working on for Patreon:
![](https://dragonbones.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_1607.png)
(This post was also put up over on my One Post Wonder blog. Cross posted here for availability to everyone.)