Anthropomorphic Sketches

For this assignment I had to create an anthropomorphic character which is basically a combination of an animal & humanoid. This particular exercise asked for an anthropomorphic character of the amphibian variety.

Phyllomedusa Bicolor

For this exercise I selected a particular strain of Phyllomedusa bicolor which is a tree frog indigenous to the Amazon basin. The one I selected was the frog shown above. This particular frog has hallucinogenic properties. This gave me the idea for a frog who is "trippin" getting high on his own supply.

Trippy Toad

This is the initial sketch that I made using the graphics tablet.

This is the image after I have added some colour, I also wanted to show that the frog was under the influence so I put a psychedelic swirl in the eye of the frog and gave it a purple background. 

Personally I feel I could have done a lot better on this picture, I could of added more detail and made the mood of the whole image meld together better. I think I could of made better use of the shadows and the lighting especially around the t shirt. The parts of the piece that I like are how the eye came out as well as the underbelly of the frog which I wanted to look like the reference image.

Officer Porkies

This is an idea that I had for this assignment and decided to do it as a side project.