Feature Sketching: Dagon eyes

After looking at the descriptions given for the Dagon I have started sketching up some ideas for the features of the creature.

I started by sketching the eyes based on the small description of ''Glassy, bulging eyes''...

Above: The inicial sketching of eye ideas. I started by playing with different pupil types and the wideness of the eyes. Each idea that I liked I played with a bit more and also experimented with eye surroundings like the bags or eyebrow lines.  

Above: I have picked features that I liked from the drawings before and expanded on them

Above: Two final ideas that I like the most, I tried to sketch them as cleanly as possible to see which I like. The top sketch is the one I have decided to keep as the Dagon eye. I prefer the smaller pupil as it shows madness and more awareness than the bottom. And I prefer the heavier eye lid and deeper and darker bags of the top sketch also. 

Modual 2: Chosen book and ideas

After reading the brief for Modual 2: Narrative Illustration and looked through the list of books we were given I decided to do some brief research in to the books that seemed most appealing to draw and I came to the conclusion that I want to use Necronomicon by H.P Lovecraft.

My first step to illustrating the book I first want to find the pieces I think would be suitable so I will read through each book in the Necronomicon. I have decided to illustrate a few different books in the collection, the first one I am working on is Dagon. While I start building the characters for this book I will continue reading to find more books in the Necronomicon to illustrate.