the monty dilemma v3

The working title, in a nod to the surreal absurdism of the news, was Octomom. Now, I am making my own absurd reference to a recent plot device on a rather bizarre webcomic called 9 Chickweed Lane.

The reference images were a bunch of cephalopods and one of DA's own The original source image, which I stuck to somewhat faithfully: [link]

The idea was simply to start working on some of the ideas I have in sketchbooks that are surreal, absurd,or just plain goofy and whimsical...and finally render them. I liked working on this one quite a bit; the stock image was almost a perfect positioning of what I had in mind (the original sketch dated from a few years ago and is about 3" x 4") but allowed for a more detailed fleshed out variant.

Clutch pencil, Pentel brush pen, Pigma microns, gouache, acrylic paint, copic markers, watercolor + Photoshop