Sketchaholic Marathon:little ugly creature

Here's my entry for the 

Sketchaholic Marathon held by the 

awesome peeps of Imaginism Studios.

If you haven't checked it out I 

highly recommend you do.

It's a great way to push yourself 

and grow as an artist since each image
has to be completed and uploaded within the hour!
This is where my one hour monster tutorials really comes in handy ;)

The topic for this one was

'little ugly creature'

These are the same peeps that offer 

some amazing online courses.

The teachers are not only working professionals,

but some of the top talent in their industries.

If you're interested follow this link.

Here's a look at the layers I used(above)

Above:

Layer set to Normal
Greyscale sketch using 2 different brushes(doesn't really matter which)
and smudge tool for the 'hair'

Above:
Layer set to Normal
Grass layers using a brush that looked like 3 hairs :)

Above:

Layer set to Overlay

Black and white used to create the sunbeam

and also adjust light and shadow

(I use an overlay layer because I can lighten or darken 

without distorting the actual drawing)

I also added in some fireflies/dust particles here.

Above:

Layer set to Colour

Colours added on this layer.

Above:

Layer set to Overlay

A blue/green gradient was added to

create a mystical forest type feeling.

And of course I applied my 1hour monster techniques,

although I went with the 1st thumbnail I created since

I started late.  This creature was completed in about

40min. start to finish :)

Thanks to T.bear, Peter Chan and Bobby Chiu for today's Sketchaholic Marathon!

cheers!