The Wolf

Here's another piece I did for my composition class. I'm still sticking with my central concept of the story of little red riding hood set in the future, but I'm slowly starting to stray away from the original structure of the story and giving it my own spin. The title of this post is extremely misleading as there is no wolf in the painting, only a mass of cloth and flesh. I decided stretch the story a little bit and portray the wolf as a shape shifting creature. I thought it fit nicely since the wolf was a devious character in the original story. Plus, I just wanted to draw a monster. I've actually been drawing a lot of weird creatures in my sketchbook as of late. Lots of skinny legs and whatnot. Fun stuff.

and here's an early sketch: