Created for generous patron T. T., a character that evolved into "...a particularly aggressive carpet, after an incredibly long passage of time and a series of unfortunate events."
This was the ancestor of the commissioned creature. Like all my commissions, this one started out with a batch of simple sketches, all depicting a flattened pseudo-arthropod evolved from a humanoid creature.
We combined the best bits of different sketches, and I created the refined sketch seen below.
I printed out the refined sketch, posed it on a flat surface, and photographed it to better understand how a flat creature would look.
This photograph formed the basis of my final drawing. I also drew a separate plate for the flat shadows it cast on the ground.
Final combined drawing:
Screentones:
And finally, colour!
Thank you all for your support on Patreon, and beyond. Please let me know if you want me to illustrate your creatures in a similar way!