Arsus (SeptemBear Challenge)

The SeptemBear challenge is behind us, but as usual, it won't stop me from participating with - again, as usual - only one illustration! I mean, one mermaid for MerMay, one dragon for Smaugust and now SeptemBear - see the pattern here? Anyway, until drawing becomes my only full-time job (yeah, right 🙄), you'll have to settle for rare posts and partial art challenges, sorry.

Since I already drew my favourite bear last year - that mutant zombie bear from the movie Annihilation - for this year I chose Arsus, a Hulk-like character, from the Russian movie Guardians (Защитники). It was the Russian answer to Avengers and other similar team-up superhero movies, and although it was a box office bomb with "a derivative plot, bad acting and direction, cheap CGI, plot holes and overall low quality", I thought it was entertaining enough.

The Bear Monster

Sorry guys, I'm late with my drawing again, but please "bear" with me. 😉 For this Halloween I decided to combine one of the scariest and most uncomfortable creatures from the Netflix movie Annihilation (plus the lighthouse that's very important for the story) with "usual" Halloween elements (jack-o'-lanterns, bats and the overall eerie atmosphere). I must admit it was supposed to be scarier and not this "cartoony", but somewhere down the road, while I was drawing it, the plan obviously changed and the illustration turned out pretty silly. I hope you like it anyway. Happy a little belated Halloween, everyone! 🎃