I'm uploading a small backlog of sketches today, and I'll start with the "scarier" creatures.
Hob Goblins are nasty little man-eating monsters that I used to draw a lot back in high school.
They have a short torso with all limbs roughly the same length which allows them to run on two limbs or four. They're probably about as accomplished at walking upright as the fossil hominid Lucy, but opt not to do it very often. I didn't finish the loose sketch because the gait seems a little awkward; it needs something more like a leap and less like a gallop. I still like the gesture though so I left it on the page.
From an Irish folktale of the same name about a woman whose home is invaded by a group of twelve witches, each with an increasing number of horns growing from her forehead. The first five are in this sketch. Eventually the woman is able to save her family by following the instructions of a spirit living in the well outside.
The story's an interesting one, I might illustrate it in a full painting some day.
