Once again, Britain just can't believe how cold it is!!!

When the flu gets you down, Day and Night Nurse keeps you safe and warm!

Harry Potter - missing moments

I've decided to re-start an old illustration project. I'm reading through all the Harry Potter books to find some golden moments or characters that were left out of the films and giving them the attention they deserve! Here's a rough sketch of what will become the tapestry where Barnabas the Barmy is trying to teach a group of trolls to do ballet:

Just fooling around with some texture brushes - I've been trying to avoid the digital "look" as much as possible when doing illustration work and this watercolour technique is really growing on me!

More life drawing

Life Drawing

Day out: Regent's Park

Maleficent is, of course, (c) Disney

brain fart

Frankenstoned!

a 30 min speed painting in honor of today :)

I've finished the project now..

But I thought I'd still put up all my work-in-progress anyway. I decided on the design a bit late, so I made a quick model sheet:

Medieval Goblin

So, I think I've decided on the final design. Went from evil towards a more pathetic look:

PDP project

or "Professional Development Practise". Either way, it's time to start working on my self-chosen summer term project. After 3 months of 2d brain drain I decided to focus on puppets, which should (hopefully!) end in 10+ seconds of animation. Here are some of my first conceptual development designs for my character: