I noticed that your aliens looks like Na'vi from Avatar, and I'm wondered, what was your inspiration when you were creating your aliens?
I also interested in about to know more about them
Well, I watch sci-fi movies since I was a kid and this basically shaped my imagination. And Avatar had a really HUGE impact on me. The na'vi, the creatures, the amount of details... Everything was very magical and incredible, no wonder why you think there are a few similarities with them. Since I always loved this kind of "straight" nose feature that the na'vi have, I applied this design on Reeda and many of other ocs. But It wasn't a direct reference, I would say that at first it was more a "subconscious" thing rather than intentional.
Later, it kinda became intentional because I want to make it look right, so I have been studying the structure of their skull to make it right. I also got a bit of inspirations from Venom for her metamorphosis and head shape:
I think that most of my creations might carry some inspiration from Avatar because the visuals are simply stunning and it's a way for me to simply pay homage to one of the films that shaped my imagination. Here are other examples too:
(...These are just a very few examples :') I wish I had more to show)
About the inspiration, what inspires me is the sence of wonder that the characters can have and what I want them to be. If I feel they need to be scary, I get inspired by the horror and the unknown. If I feel they are misterious and "beautiful", I get inspiration from birds, animals and the essence that I want them to portray.
But my biggest inspiration is this little sentence: What if...?
What if I create a person mixed with a manta-ray?
What if... I make a monster that isn't what it seems?
What if I mix birds and magic to create something new?
Explore the limits and possibilities of stories is what inspires me✨️ This little sense of wonder is what keeps me moving forward.
And there's one more crucial thing: I also dream a lot.
Like... lucid dreaming. Dreams with stories with part one, two and three, new characters and designs coming here and there, epic stories and tales that I feel the urge to write. I just naturally have this mini oniric universe inside my head and I have too much information, so I never run out of ideas! NEVER! (It makes me crazy sometimes, too much information)
I have wrote about eight dream journals untill now. This is what boosted my creativety, inspiration and even improved my memory. I can remember with details several scenes after waking up. And in many of them, I dreamed with my aliens. I dreamed Reeda I also dreamed the blue merman above. I dream them and I just know what to draw.
Well... I think I got a bit carried away and I wrote a gigantic thing, lol
My tip to be a better creatir is: be a dreammer and see the little wonders of the world, it can help a lot with your creativety ✨️
I hope that it was enought to answer your question :] Thank you for sending this ask!
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