Drawing Demons And Other Evil Monsters

 

The above drawing was a simple sketch I drew whilst thinking up a cover drawing for one of my many comic books, and it was then I thought of trying to do a tutorial on how to draw a demon, I have already done one on hubpages, but what I wanted to do was do a really in depth step by step guide and not just drawing a demons head.

 

What follows below is a detailed journey of my artistic insight into drawing one of my favourite creatures in fantasy art, a step by step way of not drawing like me, but finding your own style of drawing along the way, inspiration is the way forward for artists in fantasy art.

 

 

Starting to create any type of drawing is a small task, when you don't know how to approach it, a blank piece of paper stares at you and a slight thought of frustration sets in, what do you draw?

 

A sketch begins with lines and doodles, not knowing what you want at first can be a good approach, it is a bit blind as to the outcome, but I prefer this method more, especially when I have the artists block on days when I am ready to draw but can't.

 

The image below is the first draft sketch process you may do, obviously at this stage there is no need to worry about it, as drawings change through the draft process as your designs progress, so does the result of your art, just remember that the more ideas you can get on a page, the better your ideas for final selection later on.

 

 

The best thing about the rough drawing stage, is that the drawings don't have to be perfect as they just serve as random ideas and creative designs that will help you build on what you have drawn.

 

 

Working on draft ideas from your sketches is like working up a sculpture in layers, the wire frame like lines and squiggles that result from such creative work, help you build up a more refined image, and form and structure is achieved.

 

The next step is to take a few ideas that you drew on the draft and work on them more, start again if you wish and use the draft sketches as reference to help you draw more what you intended in the drafts, I tend to work on the drafts more and refine them on that page, but's that's just me.

Working out how you could re-draw your ideas in new ways also helps you to get used to your new creatures, especially if you want to draw them over and over again.

 

This is something I do, because I have several demonic characters that appear or will appear in my future comic book efforts, so there is a need for some kind of drawing continuity with this.

 

Developing your draft sketches beyond basic ideas takes some time as you want to if possible create a few variations of the same design if you can, I often find this quite useful to make a decision on which drawing to really work on more.

 

I often work well on what the head or face would look like in a seperate sketch, just because I love to draw and is also an excuse to draw more demon drawings.

 

See the developed drawing below for what I mean about this stage of demonic art drawing, it's a variation on one of the demons I drew on the draft sketch.

 

 

 

 

With the draft process of sketching out of the way, now is the time to really add flair to your demons, developing this way you can add things to them in this stage, like details and other elements that make up a a cool looking design, this could be, but not limited to: weapons, clothes, armour, ancient jewellery, tattoos.

 

I find adding this kind of detail makes your demonic creatures stand out more with personal touches as it adds character to your creations.

 

The personality of your demonic creations needs to be thought out in some detail here, as your final design depends on it, adding little touches like this also create a visual interest in your art, and by a visual interest I could mean the composition of your art, the focus of what you want the viewers of your art to look at, so consider drawing your creations in surroundings and places towards the end of your final drawing, work them into a fitting scene that they would suit well.

 

The following drawing is one I created elsewhere, but it fit well with this guide so I worked on it some more and found some detail that I could add to it, notice I have added horns to the demon, which wasn't present in the head design, small things like this you will find alter your final drawing as time goes on.