After I added lion studies to the ape and monkey studies I started again to make sketches for my lion/mandrill cross-over: The Mandrillion. :) So the first picture was trying out to find the right posture. It was a little tricky since on the one hand I wanted it to feel really dynamic - like you are being attacked. On the other hand when you face the mandrillion head-on you can't see much of his features (like his lion like legs). So I added a little explanatory sketch depicting the length of the arms and his lion legs. I hope this is showing some progress compared to the other sketch, where you said the mandrill and the lion are too close to each other. @David Colman are you planning to do more classes? I really enjoyed this one. Regards!

I made a mix of a mandrill and a lion. I made some shape breakdowns before.

I picked Cull Obsidian as the ape like fantasy figure and did some tracings. Was really fun!

First I was starting digital and I continued on traditional media. The dark one was my last sketch and I really think I am making progress. Next step: Life Drawing! Let's go!

I drew couple of skulls. I really enjoyed the process. I hope I will be able to memorize the basic shapes!

Here are my sketches :)

Combined an ape with a lion. I also tried not to use a hard round brush but keep everything loose. Done in 1h. Hyped for the course!

How can it be that the shadows are warmer colors than the highlights? I thought that it is characteristic that shadows have colder colors...