Alienated

We recently learnt about how to use reference images to our advantage in our artwork. Getting a stance for a character right can be extreemely tricky so using reference allows you to get a starting point for a stance and it helps work our proportions. Starting by drawing a basic outline around the reference to get the foundation and to avoid copying too much is the best way to do it.

To try it out, I had a go with a male reference and created an alien from it. This is the original stance:

I built on it and using the reference ended up with this image: