Creatures.... 'In The Works'

The Panther, herself, is actually done...  I just need to finish the background. 

She took me far too many hours to count, but she was so georgeous

I had to capture her.  This is good ol' pencil crayon on paper.

K.  So if you have never seen Blue Planet, check it out!!!!  That's where I found

out about these amazing creatures.  There're called Leafy Water Dragons, and

are freakin cool.  They basically float around the coral reefs off the coast of

New Zealand.  I was compelled to capture an image of one of these babies.

So here it is...  This is done with pencil crayon, oil pastel, and ink on paper.

Again, background not done, but you get the idea.

If you're noticing a trend with my 'In The Works' stuff, I promise, I do complete

my pieces.  I just have to walk away from a piece sometimes, until I can work

up the nerve to complete it.  It's my equivalent to writers block.  I hit a point

where I become petrified of destroying the work I've already done. 

But I always get back to it, eventually.  I'm also pretty sure I'm not the only artist

who suffers from this, lol.  I don't think any artist ever feels

that a piece is exactly what they had in mind, even when 'complete'.

The Character Development Process

These are two of the fairies for the graphic novel I'm working on with my friend. 

Bear in mind they are very much in the developmental phase, but this is the look I'm playing with...

Her hands messed up, but aside from that I'm pretty happy with her.  She's supposed to be quite young though, essentially a new fairie, so I think I may need to work on that a bit...?

Art markers on paper for both.

This guy's my warrior fairie.  His hat's an acorn topper,

and spear head is a rose thorn. 

He's also Canadian, eh!  

Based on our outline thus far, we have different fairies/deities that

represent different phases in life and time of year.... 

i.e. Winter would be the final years of ones life.  He'll be Autumn. 

I still feel like there's more work to come on him though, 

but he's getting there.  He may look quite different by the time I'm done. 

You know what's awesome? Robots! =)

Just me messing around today...  Don't ask why that one is on the wall....

Green-bot's solar powered BTW, lol

I may be biased as his creator, but I think he's cute.

An Oldie, But A Goodie....

I did this one back in highschool.... Grade 12, I think (2004)?  Acrylic on wood panel.  

It's supposed to represent the connection between Nature and Man.