Working out a couple of my favorite sketches. Still trying to keep things loose, but making sure to reach a stage that I can be confident enough moving forward. Ended up using the top half of one, and the bottom of number two,

Working through some rough sketching, trying out a bunch of stuff. Favorites that move forward are 1,4, and 8.

Initial idea sketching, really had no concrete direction at this point. Just looking to set some ideas down

Initially i was really just looking to find a look for metal plates that appear to have been grown like leaves