Carolyn Bernhard

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creature design

Dino creature

Digital

Dino Creature

A cat-faced dinosaur creature. I never came up with a satisfactory name for this one.

December 25, 2012 Caro Tagged animals, creature design

Firebird

Digital, Vis-Dev

Firebird

Firebird design for my thesis.

December 15, 2012 Caro Tagged animals, creature design, deathless 1 Comment

Marabou Stork

Digital

This is a marabou stork. They are 5 feet tall, look like creepy old men, and will eat anything they can swallow.

November 23, 2012November 23, 2012 Caro Tagged animals, creature design

Scimitar Yak

Digital

A creature design based in part on my favorite bovine, the yak.

November 20, 2012 Caro Tagged animals, creature design 2 Comments

Qilin

Digital

 

Qilin-inspired creature design, along with a simplified 2-D animation version.

November 7, 2012November 12, 2012 Caro Tagged animals, creature design 2 Comments

Horse

Digital

 

I think this is maybe the 3rd horse I’ve ever drawn. Trying something a little different with the painting technique. Not sure how I feel about it yet.

 

ETA: uploaded a slightly altered version after getting some crit from my instructor.

October 26, 2012November 12, 2012 Caro Tagged animals, creature design

Finished pixiu

Digital

The finished pixiu painting and a cutesy character version.

October 20, 2012November 12, 2012 Caro Tagged animals, creature design

Pixiu sketch

Traditional media

Working on a new creature, my take on the pixiu, a Chinese mythological beast.

October 17, 2012 Caro Tagged animals, creature design

Caracal

Digital

Caracal

Another one for my creature design class.

October 11, 2012January 5, 2013 Caro Tagged animals, creature design

Canids

Digital, Process, Traditional media

 

Some pencils-to-digital paint from my creature design class. And a cool-down costume design idea for Wolfgirl.

October 7, 2012 Caro Tagged animals, creature design, sketches, wolfgirl

Fun with Brush Pens and Mao Bi

Traditional media
Ceratosaurus
Flightless Vulture Creature
Hadrosaurs
Pterodactyls
Swamp
Gnarled Tree
Ink Trees 1
Ink Trees 2

Took a class in the Spring that focused heavily on the use of Japanese brush pens and Chinese calligraphy brushes. And…dinosaurs, for some reason. I don’t usually use traditional media, but I did fall a bit in love with those brush pens.

August 8, 2012August 8, 2012 Caro Tagged brush and ink, creature design, dinosaurs, trees 2 Comments
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