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 this image was some concept sketches for the main protagonist of the story a telepathic semi aquatic native of the planet the prison is situated. His species is heavily despised by the local humans due to a wave of xenophobia that has swept throughout the colonies and as such his race suffer greatly at the hands of the prison guards especially when those hands happen to belong to the head warden.

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I created a more refined image of the top right concept in the previous image as it fitted best with what I was looking for in my protagonist alien.
It was very important that out of all my aliens this guy has to vaguely resemble a human at least emotionally more than any other alien character but still remain quite alien at the same time. I found that by removing his mouth and focusing on his eyes and brow line I can still give this guy some powerful emotional expressions to guide the viewer visually through this guys story.
I will develop this guy further to breath some life and character into him and to also refine the design to enhance the visual interest as I feel he is looking a bit plain at the moment.

Here are some more designs for the Behemoth esk alien who is apart of the trio that is lead into the prison along with the protagonist. I have ideas for this guy bursting free of his restraints and causing a big riot and almost stepping on the main protagonist alien who barley escapes the slaughter but who's abilities during the skirmish don't go unnoticed.

Here are my first sketches of some strange creatures mainly based on sea animals and bacteria I like the guy on the left as I wanted one of my alien trio to represent aggression and looking very sharp and deadly so I think I will run with him for that purpose.
As for the other two I can see these perhaps being characters already present in the prison at the time the protagonist arrives at the prison and they are inmates he meets during his captivity.

After Discussing my ideas and alien concepts in the lecture it was pointed out that my designs looked kinda like they could be costumes worn by ordinary humans due to there anatomical structure being very similar to a human as opposed to an alien being.

I not only want to experiment with new body shapes but to consider the design aspects of these creatures and to make them visually more interesting and impactfull on the viewer.