I've never really thought to share such studies but A. I got a copy of the gorgeous concept art book The World of the Dark Crystal, which I never thought I'd get to own. It's been reissued to celebrate "The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance" series which, goodness, is a genuine miracle. Like, go watch it right now instead of reading this. Anyway, the book is a fantastic collection of Brian Froud's concept art for the film and loads of world-building notes.
And B. it is Goblin Week, my dudes! And so, here are some Brian Froud-y gobliny "Dark Crystal" critters. Drawing these little guys was so much fun and it makes me want to draw more studies like these (eyes the "Labyrinth" concept art book on the shelf).
You'll notice a note on the first page. The Sketchbook I'm currently using is a Design Ideation LS PAINT. And it is... fine. It just doesn't take watercolor paint very well at all and the pages are thin enough to bleed through. It was very nice for these pencil drawings though. Note the pages are actually a creamy white paper; the rusty background on these images seemed to suit these little goblins better.
And now for some bonus sillyness:
