Finer detail than world building, but also necessary. I need to start making up decent generic bases for characters. But before that I need to start researching mythical creatures again. Humans are all well and good, but if I start on fantasy or sci-fi, I'm going to need some ideas from the myths and legends of the world.
Like, I have ideas for a Naga-like race, but need to draw Naga's to help develop the idea.
Thankfully, I have a small book by one of my favourite artists, Finlay Cowan. The book in question is Fantasy Artist's Pocket Reference: Incredible Characters. It has a large number of characters and different ideas - I find it very easy to get lost in it. It's very wide ranging, taking ideas from Western, Eastern and other mythology. The variation helps, I've been stagnated in Western mythology for a while.
So I'll probably get stuck into that and come up with a few character/race ideas.
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