A Message from the Past

So I was feeling kinda gloomy today and I was flipping through a semi-recent sketchbook and found this little comic I did about how great i was feeling at the time. It's like me-from-the-past is sending me a secret message!

Sometimes, in lieu of a diary, I make these really rough little comics in my sketchbook to record whatever's going on in my life. I might post some more of them - they're obviously really rough and messy but they have a certain je ne sais quoi about them that I like. Tumbled

This one escaped my frog page for some reason so here he is with a splash of colour.

While I'm working on other things, here is a page of frog sketches! I want to do something with frogs, I'm just not sure what yet. They are very interesting creatures.

Here's a really lose sketch of a drawing I might start working on. Full body octopus hug! Or racy pinup? You be the judge!

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Some little cupids based on illustrated woodcuts from 1900

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I was playing with some left over paint and voila - a rose!

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Hivemind

I've really been into bees and ants the last few weeks after reading Angels and Insects by A. S. Byatt. This piece represents a lot of the experimentation I've been doing with texture.

Here's a little drawing from the sketchbook:

It's me in doodle form! One more before I pack it in.

Little bee! This is part of a larger illustration I'm working on but ain't he sweet?! This drawing is actually only around 2.5cm, graphite.

Last one of these!

One more! Another experiment with a limited palette.

I got my hands on some actual paints! This is a study in a limited palette: yellow ochre, titanium white, raw umber, ultramarine blue and I think I threw in a tiny bit of maybe burnt sienna near the end.

Some more creepy faces!

Some face drawing from tonight, from a book of facial expressions: