This was going to be a difficult sketch to do. I would have to create a unique monster (how do you catch a unique monster?. . . You neak up on it.), plus draw it in a difficult perspective—I needed some good reference.

The first thing I tried was photographing a toy monster. It seemed like a good idea, but it just didn't work.

Then I used a 3D program that had a library of generic people already built, picked a male figure and distorted it to match the shape needed for the monster (well...kinda'). Then I picked a camera lens and camera angle that would give the dramatic perspective represented in the layout. The 3D model was then rendered at the size that the final pencil would be drawn, then it was printed.

This helped a lot, but most of the sketch was drawn from a mental picture that I had of the monster.