The starting graphic is really useful because its an easy way to start your....
Emoji!
This one i thought was pretty good but then i realized i forgot to add the inner glow back on and now there is no stroke.
As you can see I wanted to make one that looks like a bear, and for this one I thought it would look better without the stroke and it did.
Next we were going to start on our
ELAR MONSTERS
Before we started tracing it on illustrator we used photoshop to brighten it or darken it to see the lines.
This is the after result of my hard work, and as you can see I used a inner glow on the body. And that the spikes are much pointer. I also straightened the horn, but other than that it is pretty much the same as the reference.