Jake posh

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Discover how the budding concept artist and illustrator gets creative with his wacky creature combinations and studies

**WICKWALKERS** “Whenever I get the chance, I love filling up a sketchbook spread with a complete narrative.”

**AXOLOTL LORD** “Often I’ll do literal studies and then try drawing some stuff from imagination with all that in mind, keeping the shape language, forms and anatomy intact but adding stylisation.”

**MONKEY MONKS** “Injecting a little attitude into some primates.”

**ORC** **DRAGONS** “Drorcs? Combining cool-sounding words is a sure-fire route to fun designs.”

**THE FOOLS** “I love waking up and sketching something new, starting the day on my own terms. Preferably something that’s unique to me. Masked clown adventurers? Sure, let’s run with that.”

**THE** **HORNTOAD** “In an effort to figure out my process, I created the ramblings of a madman. But really, I think about process a lot.”

**I LOVE FROGS** “I love all animals, honestly. And I think you have to if you want to make compelling creature designs; sprinkling a little realism in there can really help to ground them. That’s why I do these, buffing up the ol’ visual library.”

**ORC** **WEAPONS** “They make your innards ‘outers.’ Starting with silhouette is always a fun time, figuring out which bumps and curves on the weapon are bone and which ones are blade.”

**TAR** **PIT BEAST** “I use my sketches for two things: exercising my brain and

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Imagine FX Magazine

26 September 2023

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