In most children's books, I found that monsters all have similar characteristics - hairy, big, colourful, sharp teeth, big eyes etc. I want mine to look different from that: almost human looking, a shadow figure, ghost-like, sinister, and evil looking without it being too detailed to show that it is just a figment of the main character's imagination and that it doesn't really exist - that it isn't something you can touch or get rid of physically.
After sketching the rough layout of my book, it suddenly occurred to me that the shadow demons in Disney's The Princess and the Frog - the scheming, greedy, serious, frightening and sinister personality of these shadows and how they look was exactly the kind of thing I was looking for for my monster. Can I just say I absolutely adore princess and the frog! :-)
sketches, inspired by the shadow demons:
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