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Tuesday 08 July 2025
Ekkk the Mrire
About This Sketch
‘Ekkk the Mrire’ is a character development sketch of a creature designed for one of Scott’s current projects the ‘IALFEC‘ universe. Ekkk the Mrire is an amphibious creature that may appear in some of Scott’s planned animated stories, but for now Ekk the Mrire has been placed on alien planet on a beach like terrain which is likely to be close to the home of this creature. Ekk the Mrire is a hominid, bipedal creature, it is highly intelligent with a glottal and guttural language. It is at home in the water as it is out.
The original sketch is created using coloured graphite pencil on cartridge paper.
The featured image of Ekkk the Mrire was edited by DS Coremans using Photoshop. The background for the image was removed and the colours of the image were boosted using a colour filter.
In the alternate images of Ekk the Mrire, different backgrounds were generated using Photoshop’s internal AI generator to help Scott decide which environment was right for this character.
This hybrid work between Scott and Darren is something they have been working on together since early 2025, so that both of them can learn new skills, but also so that Scott can get a better sense of how these characters could be developed as he continues to work on his skills as an animator.
Key inspirations for Scott at the moment are from some of his favourite animated movies. From Dreamworks; the Shrek franchise, from Blue Sky Studios; the Ice Age franchise, and Disney in general, which recently celebrated its 100th anniversary as an animation studio.
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