"King Rat" Martian of the Month #22 and #27 Spread, Brush Set, and Bonus Previews!

This month I've got a pair of little horrors for you! First, "King Rat, lord of the space fleas!" which was top pick in our poll this month. While painting his horrible coat of matted fur, I kept wondering what on earth must live in that? So I added #27, the Malignant Space Flea into this month's spread to give him some more support. I am really looking forward to seeing how these characters play together in game!

We also painted #28 "The Baragnat" on our twitch stream today, (which we actually finished in one go!) and I have an animated version of it for you as well!: 

WACK!

There are more preview GIFs to share, but before we get more into that, here is the new brush set:

The main brush, "Hyperion Chalk" is the primary brush that I have used for concepting out and painting the background art that appears in this month's tutorial, as well as for the concept art for these monsters. For downloading these Photoshop brushes, I'm trying out Patreon's new larger download options this month, so you should be able to select this set from the attachments below.  Let me know what you think of this. Does it work okay? Did you prefer the old method? Either way, I hope they serve you well! 

PREVIEWS!

Lastly, I have a few GIF files exclusively for those of you in the Monster Tier. They show off some of the game battle screens in motion! 

This one tests some of the atmosphere effects. Most of the UI and the player art is still placeholder stuff, but it gives a clear sense of how the backgrounds move in game. 

This very busy one tests an asteroid belt, ships and space stations in the background.  Don't ask about the oxygen! It's SPACE MAGIC!  (Actually, most of the scenes will have a lot more "mid-ground" art, which should communicate that the characters are safe inside a station rather than outside in the vacuum, but we wanted to really focus on the backgrounds for this test, so they are just out here in the black.) 

Check out this month's tutorial (which should drop tomorrow) for more on how I am concepting out and making these backgrounds! 

-jg