Creature Designs

Been trying out some character design to see where my skills are at. They're very time consuming considering the form changes and colours, but I'm not being strict and trying to keep them quick, intuitive and fun. About 15 hours in total for both. Before I would do something for fun and just be deflated by what I think I should be learning. Now I'm just taking it easy and taking it back to the days of painting something for the fun of it
I copied the style and process of Mr Jack Art, an Australian artist who moved to the US to work with Blizzard - living the dream! A source of inspiration for myself.

Here is his tutorial for the Hydra. There are many more tutorials on his DA account-
http://mr--jack.deviantart.com/art/Hydra-Progress-113069710
Creature ideas from Melvyn Yeo's DA account-
http://melvynyeo.deviantart.com/…/Fat-Katydid-Nymph-4106574…