WIP of an illustration - still a few more things I need to add in, but coming along so far.

Doodle while running Open Studio for PreCollege.  Working on a Hellboy illustration an’ needed to practice drawing his face, haha. 

Edited and colored on my iPad, so it’s a little low-res.  Since I’m still getting used to working in the apps I used, it was a good lesson. XP

theartofanimation:

Yoshitaka Amano

This man is pretty much the reason why I initially got into illustration. <3

…and realize that this is the third project within the last month where I’m dealing with humanoids with more than two arms.  

Zbrush, I sculpted a four-armed warrior character (and then found out about Asura’s Wrath from Morbi and dammit I should have changed it to Asura that would have been so much cooler), Advanced Media I painted a four-armed merchant of the same species as the Zbrush dude, arguing with a customer (which was also a throwback to a painting I did freshman year that, while there were some anatomical problems, I’m still relatively happy with); and now for illustration I’m creating 2-3 children’s book illustrations depicting Hindu deities.  

Ganesha’s been depicted with 4-6+ arms, Vishnu [as himself] typically has 4, Kali’s been seen with anywhere from 4-10+ arms depending on which form you’re looking at (not to mention 10 heads, on occasion), and Shiva seems to typically have 4 as well, from what I’ve cross referenced from a couple of books and paintings.  At least I’m not drawing Ravana (HEY LET’S FIT 10 HEADS AND TONS OF ARMS ON ONE BODY WHOOOO).

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME AND MY NEED TO DRAW PEOPLE WITH EXCESSIVE LIMBS?!