I've been having a lot of fun painting monsters lately!
This is my nightgaunt, re-done. The original is
here. Obviously, I made him a lot more cartoony than he was, but I personally like that. I like the high contrast look, even if it isn't realistic.
Next, is an ogre. Just to prove to myself that I could, I tried to do him more realistic and less cartoon. That got boring fast (but hopefully it's obvious from the flesh tones and other colours), so I decided that I'd give him a colourful patchwork jacket. I imagined him gathering up fabrics from his victims, but running out right at the end and having to substitute a pink blanket he found.
And finally, this is a Mindflayer (aka, Illithid), a classic D&D monster. I have no idea what they're supposed to look like, and I was wanting to try out some new colours, so I did him purple with a green-blue cloak and a yellow shirt (for contrast). The colour might be a little too much, I haven't decided yet, but whatever. I also tried a new background with him, instead of folding a piece of white paper I bent it upwards. Dunno if it's even noticeable.
Just for reference, here's a group picture of all my recent monsters together (it helps to know the scale):
