Some work from an internship a few years back. 

Pencil and Photoshop. Copyright Sony Pictures 2008.

Comments

[Davi Blight]

These are mind blowingly good. So much personality and character in these designs.

very jealous man! Hope to see you posting more often here :)

[Jason Felix]

Rock solid work! Remember seeing your environment paintings and glad to see that you can tackle any subject with grace.
-J-

[David Melvin]

Damn, totally agree with Davi and Jason, this is some serious goodness. I've been trying to bring life like this this to my characters for a while and you've made it look easy. Excellent, and looking forward to more.

[Aris Kolokontes]

Beautifull alien designs!!! Awesome work!

[Ryan Firchau (firecrow78)]

Wow Ben these rock!!! Love the top design most, fantastic work, they all have bags of personality and show a great eye for design. They look familiar somehow, did you have them published anywhere? I’m thinking perhaps the Alien race DSP book. I totally agree with David on this, you have made them look effortless. Great designs keep up the good work.

[Ben Mauro]

Hey thanks guys! I was definitely pushing myself to get as much personality into these as i could at the time.

Ryan- at the time i didnt think i was ever going to be able to show these, so i used a similar color pallete as the hammerhead looking guy on another alien design i did for myself....which i then let Scott publish in Alien Race a year or so later we were wrapping up the book.

[William B. Hand]

I really like the feminine horn-playing, hammerheady, type. Your technique is great.

[Jeff Miracola]

Excellent concepts!

[Cory Trego-Erdner (Moai)]

Alien musicians, huh? Awesome work! Nice shapes and effective rendering.

[Chuck Lukacs]

Beautiful.. Love how both the heads and costume shine equally..