More References and Ghost Thumbnails

The next thing I did was look at different ways that ghosts have been designed in modern media. The second monster I wanted to design was going to be one, after all.

Specifically, I wanted to explore the idea of the 'wraith'; one of the more aggressive ghosts often associated with death;

From the research I did, the most common attributes of a wraith are a long, flowing cloak, a cowl covering most -if not all- of the face, only exposing an eye or two, and occasionally the mouth. The colour of the wraith tends to vary very little as well; most are coloured a shade of grey/ blue/ black, with highlights that tend towards red or blue colouration, emphasizing once again the relation of a wraith to the idea of death.

Given that wraiths are so strongly tied to death, I asked myself,"Hey, why don't I explore some designs that people will recognise as somethIng like the Grim Reaper?" 

The following designs kind of stemmed  from there.

I also wanted too try and capture a personality that was sort of mischievous, highly aggressive, quite haughty and bordering on evil. Some of the designs feel much more solidly 'evil' than others, so for the sake of tying them all together, I'll say that this was an attempt at designing a 'bad guy'.

Admittedly, I thought the scythe would be a silly addition, so I didn't try incorporating it in any of the designs. 

Now all I have to do is finalize the design for each monster and paint them up.