Day of the Triffids

For My first illustration project we were asked to create our own triffid plant by using the descriptions from the book "day of the triffids" by John Wyndham. First of all i looked at pitcher plants and carnivorous plants in books and on the internet, i developed my ideas for the head of the trifid from these and added detail with quotes from the book such as the whip contained in the base of the head. I then started to sketch some ideas of the trunk and legs of the trifid, in the book it was described as the plant walked.

"When it "walked" it moved rather like a man on crutches. Two of the blunt "legs" slid forward, then the whole thing lurched as the rear one drew almost level with them, then the two in front slid forward again. At each "step" the long stem whipped violently back and forth; it gave one a kind of seasick feeling to watch it"

 I based the trunk on roots of plants and trees, but also looked at the shape of turnips and vegtables to see how they grow into the ground and how my plant could come from the ground. These are some examples of the sketches i've done of my ideas for the Triffid.

This is my final design for the triffid. I decided to keep the drawing rough to show the personality of the monster, which is menicing and creepy. I then added watercolour to them.