Art, blog, and project repository of digital creator Lukas Stormskull
I review monster designs, spotlight creative efforts that I like, share art-making and creative resources that I’ve found, and ramble about monsters and dragons.
The Halloween season is officially upon us, and I am just rip-roaring excited to collect this year’s completely unnecessary spooky merchandise.
In honor of this, the most fantastic holiday season, let’s talk about monsters a little more in-depth.…
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The How to Train Your Dragon franchise is just behind Game of Thrones for public media recognition of the word “dragon”. It’s exciting to see an entire world based around the existence of dragons of all shapes and sizes.
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I’ve already reviewed the dragon species of the Flight Rising world, so let’s take a look at the familiars, the non-dragon companion critters (okay, let’s be real, they’re petpets). These vary greatly from fairly-normal animals to intelligent, sentient, clothing-wearing fantasy peoples.…
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Big teeth, big claws, and big glowing eyes should work, right?
Meh.
Simply mashing together hyper-predatory traits isn’t scary. It’s just cool. A monster that can devour me in one bite may be threatening, sure, but it’s not frightening.…
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While I’ve been working on Aerill, my own fantasy extraterrestrial planet, I’ve come across a number of awesome, free, web-based tools to help realistically generate or view your planet’s surface.
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Continuing from my post on Favorite Gen 1 and Favorite Gen 2 Pokémon, let’s look at my favorite creature designs from Generation 3 and explain a little bit about why I like them.
Nubs!
Wanna make a monster persona? Let’s do it! Monstersonas are awesome because there are no rules or restrictions – it can be almost entirely human-looking but with bizarre behaviors, or completely bestial, or abstract and surreal.
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Continuing from my post on Favorite Generation 1 Pokémon, here are my favorite creatures from Generation 2 and my review on their design elements.
CrobatThis furious little purple demon is the final form of the blind, obnoxious Zubat, though I always thought it looked more like an alternative to the huge-mouthed Golbat.…
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Warning: this contains minor spoilers for plot events!
“Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King” is a PS2 game that I inherited a copy of from a family member with no context or prior knowledge of the series.
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