SELF

Side note: that dragon is there by accident - it's been lurking in my pile of Stuff I'm Working on and happened to be lying underneath at that time, although now I'm kind of thinking of somehow incorporating the act of drawing dragons...

MAPPING LEGBA

Only a few more drawings to go for this current book-thing. I think I finally managed to figure out how to tackle this particular character (based on Legba). He kind of evaded me for a little while. And here's my laptop being used as a lightbox for a bit of resizing, because I'm all technical like that.

CHEETAHS: I HEAR THEY RUN QUITE FAST

 

Stumbling around t'interwebs for videos of cheetahs in motion, I came across this video by Gregory Wilson:

 

Cheetahs on the Edge--Director's Cut from Gregory Wilson on Vimeo.

 

It's a little bit mesmerising, even if it does unnerve me slightly how the cheetah's head doesn't seem to move at all...

AND ON WITH THE NEXT

I had an early morning text message telling me not to come into work since it'll no doubt be a very quiet day, considering it's snowing again and the world outside has turned back into Narnia. Hopefully this means I can get a fair bit of work done today, although I'm thinking blanket+tea+napping on the sofa in front of a film might happen first.

 

This is the central character of the next book I'm doing the drawings for. The last book is all finished (more on that soon), so now it's time to get on with the third.

ON AN OVERCAST THURSDAY

I don't know what it is about tree-filled skylines, but I like them right now. And there's a dragon for good measure.

IN-FLIGHT

THE DRAGON MADE ME DO IT

I had planned on getting an early night last night, but failed due to dragon-drawing. Eh.

THE PROBLEM WITH TEAPOTS

I've been trying to find the right teapot for part of an illustration (the same one with the teacups. Strange, that, eh?). Not being able to find the 'right' teapot has been annoying me for days, but this morning I squeezed in a bit of pre-work drawing, and I think this might be it.

TEACUPS AND DOORS