@WeirdOwl Thanks, I'll definitely try to sculpt the monster in ZBrush. After I do the first two, the textures on him will take a bit more experience than I have right now
@chiara.arcidiaco Thank you! With my painting, I'll start with five colors for all the major parts (skin and clothes on the first two figures, skin and tentacles on the monster) and two or three for everything else. Once I've done that I'll usually do an ambient occlusion pass with a dark blue and then start playing with adjustment layers. I tend to use a gradient map to bring some more color to the shadowed areas and add a rim light. It's easiest to see on the showgirl's leg. After that its just little touch-ups and adding those sharp highlights.
My next creature hybrid a mix between a manta ray and a flamingo. I decided to color this one since the flamingos color is one of its most iconic features
Just some figure studies and painting practice. Not really for any part of ArtSchool but this seemed like a good place to post it.