I've had a slew of visuals stuck in my head ever since I watched the Stranger Things series from the Duffer Brothers. For some reason one thing i really wanted to try was making their inter-dimesional monster in my cartoon style. Maybe because its form was so wonky and vague, hidden in the shadows in the show itself, I just wanted to get a handle on it.
In any case this image was in my head for a while and I had to bring it to life.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5e7fec49e69fdb6f572fe49f1a21b328/08b7bf4ae5f0b1d7d650fcc2_rw_1920.jpg?h=e59bdd3cff927c022c5ee1e3e3159f7b)
Of course I started with a pencil sketch. I even inked my favorite one. But I wasn't super happy with it...
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5e7fec49e69fdb6f572fe49f1a21b328/b297e328eab90483f109a022_rw_1200.jpg?h=a90e935b0928ebf92c05f050f831081c)
...so I scanned that drawing and redrew the pencils in more detail & corrected some of the proportions.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5e7fec49e69fdb6f572fe49f1a21b328/b5308a3f52e2fb712fa0b6b8_rw_1200.jpg?h=d6037e43d9061b2ea31d43b649407125)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5e7fec49e69fdb6f572fe49f1a21b328/0a82dcd03d7fd11ffca185e6_rw_1200.jpg?h=be062f76851bf4068eec010d6a49144f)
Then inked it digitally in Manga Studio.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5e7fec49e69fdb6f572fe49f1a21b328/f3a060490d510894fc9c83bc_rw_1200.jpg?h=f1be851f5a37078cfea6e00c58ddd999)
Added color & shading.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5e7fec49e69fdb6f572fe49f1a21b328/4c5082c9717d0aaa469628f9_rw_1200.jpg?h=a9207b92bf59476ed7f5ee637ff6c633)
And the added in a creepy wooded background, so it didn't feel out of its element.
Here's the whole process happen ins super speed! (except the background painting. I forgot to hit record during that part. )
Hope you enjoy!
-Nate