I have created various creature designs based on my research into animal anatomy, context library and other artists process

Beetle concepts inspired by the process of James Hawkins in his gears of war DVD

It was recommended in my studies of animal anatomy that gesture drawing was a good way to capture the attitude of the animal that can then be applied to my creature designs

I have studied several animal skeletons to help with my creature designs

i have further explored the Context Library, which i can use to inform my creature designs

Animal Anatomy Studies

In several journals it is recommended to study animal anatomy to back up creature designs.

Digital Tutors has a good tutorial that shows the various similarities  between human anatomy and animals. as well as several ways to study animal anatomy.

many of the same techniques are explored in Anatomical Perfection

I have also found this article that has a variety of animal skeleton process