In moving forward with a project I've found myself going back and doing more research. I've been doodling away but guessing at a lot of anatomy for mice, so last week I drew these wood mouse sketches from images found online.
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All In Gesture – Moana
This was a fun gesture session from the All In Gesture archives. I'm horribly rusty so drawing Moana, one of my favourite Disney characters, was a good way to ease back into things! My last gesture drawings were from back in September (!), of Medusa. I'm aiming to...
Designing The Wait
As I look back at 2024 one of my regrets is failing to continue designing The Wait - and other personal projects. The Wait is a mini graphic novel I've been working at for a long while now. Back when Sputnik: Faith + Arts gave me a small grant to work on character...
Life Drawing, 8th November
It's been a long, long time since I last drew at an in-person life drawing class. Last month I went along to Looking Sketchy Life Drawing in Galashiels, with Lexi modelling. Though out of practice it was a lot of fun spending more time on poses and allowing myself to...
All In Gesture – Medusa
Monster from mythology, or victim? It was fun to explore different sides of Medusa and wonder about what stories she might come from.
Selkirk Farmers Market
Emma Butler-Cole Aiken Stained Glass and I are looking forward to being at Selkirk Farmers Market next week, on Saturday 7th September! We'll be in Selkirk Market Place from 9.30am to 1pm with a table full of glass, drawings, prints, paintings, books, postcards,...
All In Gesture – Taylor Swift
I tried something new with this session: I recorded my screen as I drew! Watch the video below for a look at all the drawings I normally never let anyone see ...It was a good exercise as I can spot when I'm struggling with a pose, and start to noodle. In those cases...
Toad & Friends on Boomerang
Toad & Friends is now out on Boomerang in the UK! I storyboarded on this show at Wild Child Animation back in 2021-2022 as part of a great team of artists.I drew the panels above for the first episode I worked on, where Toad has a grand plan to make his very own...
All In Gesture – Irish Lass
I thought I'd shake things up by drawing on paper as I've been glued to my computer the last few months ... especially as it's been a while since I last did some gesture drawing. These are some sketches from the 'Irish Lass' All In Gesture class from back in March,...