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How to draw a monster

Drawing monster is on of the common fantasy based art. You can see all sorts of monsters from movies, video games, to comics book and etc.

Monsters and creatures are plays an important role in any fantasy based story.

To design a fantasy based monster character, one has to go through these steps.

1) Research and analysis : There has many ways to do research; television shows, documentary magazine, internet and etc. Learn and practice based on their apperance, shape, behavior.

2) Reading : Books of mythology, history, geography…this is to learn more about the monster possible behaviour, habitat or surroundings.

Monster design is categorized into: -

1) Werecreatures - Based on actual animals of the our world then, transform them into humanoid form. These monsters have their own language, culture and habits.

2) Alien Creature - These monster design defy the logical means we have in this world. They can be considered alien to our world.

3) Based on old fiction, the Mythology e.g. pegasus, hydra, basilisk and etc.

Today, I’m going to show you example on how to draw a monster based on old fiction - The Minotaur!

STEP 1

First, start with rough sketch, draw up a basic shape. Find some picture reference from books, monster books.