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NaArMaMo 2008, Day 13: The Macra

Doctor Who fan art featuring a Macra (60ft smog-breathing crab) from the series 3 episode Gridlock.

This is my thirteenth piece for this year's (Inter)National Art Making Month, in which you create a new piece of art every day in August.

This was drawn on a tablet PC using a variable width brush for the lines and the airbrush tool for the colouring. Total time spent was about 3 hours, about 40 minutes of which was the line art layer.

I was out for 3.5 hours this evening watching a film at the cinema, so I knew today's art had to be quite a quick one. I drew the lines in my lunch break and did half the colouring before I went out.

It was actually quite difficult to find good screencaps of the Macra as they're always in group shots, badly lit and surrounded by thick smog! I also couldn't find a full body shot with extended claws so I had to combine the claws from one image with the body from another.

I think this has turned out very well given how little time I spent on it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who or the Macra, this is solely fan art, I do not claim any ownership of the characters or show.

Description
NaArMaMo 2008, Day 13: The Macra

Doctor Who fan art featuring a Macra (60ft smog-breathing crab) from the series 3 episode Gridlock.

This is my thirteenth piece for this year's (Inter)National Art Making Month, in which you create a new piece of art every day in August.

This was drawn on a tablet PC using a variable width brush for the lines and the airbrush tool for the colouring. Total time spent was about 3 hours, about 40 minutes of which was the line art layer.

I was out for 3.5 hours this evening watching a film at the cinema, so I knew today's art had to be quite a quick one. I drew the lines in my lunch break and did half the colouring before I went out.

It was actually quite difficult to find good screencaps of the Macra as they're always in group shots, badly lit and surrounded by thick smog! I also couldn't find a full body shot with extended claws so I had to combine the claws from one image with the body from another.

I think this has turned out very well given how little time I spent on it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who or the Macra, this is solely fan art, I do not claim any ownership of the characters or show.