Once the team figures out which of the many creatures available it wishes to include in the game, what comes next is a matter of sketching out the possible designs and sculpting details in basic 3-D models. It’s a fairly involved process, the sort you can see in depth on the official site if you want to know how a monster goes from a twinkle in the design team’s eye to that irritating snarling thing you hate fighting.
The game’s Rise of Tiamat expansion landed on Xbox One earlier this week.
Source: Creating Creature Art