Character Design
Swan

Swan

A little something I made yesterday!

Cats and Dogs

Cats and Dogs

For my grandfather's birthday, I made him a tie. The actual sewing of it was fairly simple (no complicated seams or sleeves or buttonholes!) but I had a little trouble getting my head around the repeating pattern. There were a few false starts before I got it...

Afternoon at the Museum

Afternoon at the Museum

I spent part of yesterday afternoon sketching at the museum with a friend. I think having another person there helped me to draw much more than I do normally, alone! The animals all had great personalities and it was fun trying to bring them to life. These are all...

Elsa, Dog Monkey

Elsa, Dog Monkey

Mother's Day (or Mothering Sunday) was yesterday here in the UK. I made a little card for my mum with a Charley Harper-inspired caricature of Elsa, our Border Collie. Though my sister immediately knew what it was meant to be, our parents thought it was either a bear...

trypraying Concept Art

trypraying Concept Art

I designed, storyboarded and animated this video for trypraying. The trypraying booklet is a seven-day prayer guide which encourages people to try praying for a week and see what happens. Some of my concept art for the project is below.I began with some rough...

Baby Sketches

Baby Sketches

In preparation for my Christmas painting I sketched some babies from a Google search. Using these, I drew a rough sketch of baby Jesus.Then I cleaned the drawing up in preparation for painting.I initially planned to paint the entire image, but it was Christmas Eve and...

Sneak Peek

Sneak Peek

Here's a little sneaky peek at a project I'm working on right now! I'm having fun with the simple palette and design. I'm building all the characters, props and backgrounds in Illustrator and am animating them in Flash.

Bob

Bob

Last week my laptop had to go in for repair, so I've had to do without a computer for the last few days. It's been frustrating, given how much I use one! Perhaps it's good to get a break once in a while. I haven't been able to edit and post my drawings until now, so...

Bird Animation – Development

Bird Animation – Development

For a while I've been scribbling down ideas for this bird project. This weekend I began to do some more research into the location and character design. Here are some of my sketchbook pages! These were all sketched using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens by Kuretake. I...