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August 11, 2013
Before 2016 / writing
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What am I up to? Where have I gone?

I realise that things have been pretty quiet on this blog lately. Truth is, I just haven’t been on many adventures, if any, and as a result have little to share with you. I could post pictures of the meals I eat, the view of the street from my studio window or tell you about…

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August 10, 2013
animal / Art / Before 2016 / characters / designs / digital / drawing / illustration / images / pets / sketches
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Lost and found

As with most of my work, I start with nothing and gradually build up an idea. This is no exception, I began with a white square on the screen and a brown, charcoal-effect brush tip selected After scrubbing out a background, I let my pen flow until this gangly hound took shape. He is out…

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August 8, 2013
Art / Before 2016 / characters / designs / digital / doodles / illustration / images
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Flower girl

I’ve been going back to some older drawings that I have scanned in over the years, to give them a makeover. These kind of designs can be tweaked and added to many times as my style develops. As soon as I drew this girl, a colour scheme sprang to mind – pastel lilacs, blues and pinks….

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August 7, 2013
3d / Art / Before 2016 / characters / designs / digital / images / Work in progress
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Three dimensional fire breather

Work in Progress: It seems I just can’t get enough of these mystical beasts, starting to wonder if I should go back to fluffy critters for a while, but not just yet 🙂 Working in 3D is my new favourite thing, getting to work with the virtual clay  and mould it to create anything I…

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August 6, 2013
Art / Before 2016 / characters / designs / digital / doodles / drawing / illustration / images / sketches
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Stone scales

Its good to be back, I missed being on here yesterday! Oriental dragons are so varied and intricate, this is my first in that style. Starting with a pencil drawing, I then added shading and highlights (using a white pen). As with most of my work, I continued working in Photoplus until I was happy with…

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August 4, 2013
Art / Before 2016 / characters / designs / digital / doodles / drawing / illustration / images / sketches
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Dreaming of dragons

Back in dragon mode tonight, I may well add more to this little guy  but I need to rest my brain for now! I loved my little dragon doodle as it was, however I love to experiment so went ahead and tried out a different style anyway I gave him a ghostly look, with gentle…

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August 3, 2013
animal / Art / Before 2016 / characters / designs / digital / doodles / drawing / illustration / images / pets / sketches
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Everybody wants to be a cat

I like to scan my pencil scribblings, then I can work over the top without losing the ‘charm’ of my original sketch. I then go over the outlines to make them clearer, before playing around with colours. What started life as a very small doodle, has evolved into the cat you see below! I think I…

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August 2, 2013
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Song bird

One of my favourite things to do, is pick a song at random and draw the first thing that comes to mind while it is playing. The main part of the piece is drawn out during the first play through, then while the song loops I add definition where needed. This is an older piece,…

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August 1, 2013
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Wild child

Here is a sneak peek at an idea for a possible series I am working on: I grew up with books, films and tv shows about humans transforming into animals, from ‘Woof!’ (a child who could turn himself into a dog, but it was a secret, shh!) to Harry Potter and its many animagi. Naturally…

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July 31, 2013
animal / Art / Before 2016 / digital / doodles / drawing / images / pets / sketches
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Sketchy pup

My dog is quite the poser, which is handy as I love to take photos of my handsome boy. You can see how this sketch built up, starting with a pale study and moving through darker shades until I had picked out his features nicely. This really is a quick study, I used a photo for…

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