Corlath, King of Damar, from The Blue Sword. He and Harry do not always see exactly eye to eye.
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Inktober 2018 #06 – Harry
These next characters come from Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword, a fantasy novel I adore. As it's set in the desert land of Damar I took inspiration from The Prince of Egypt for design. Harry (full name Angharad) is the heroine, and I show her here near the beginning...
Inktober 2018 #05 – Wentworth
Captain Frederick Wentworth, for those who haven't read (or watched) Persuasion, is the love interest of Anne.
Inktober 2018 #04 – Anne
Persuasion is one of my favourite Jane Austen novels (I find it hard to choose between it and Pride and Prejudice) so I thought I'd draw Anne Elliot for day four. I wanted to draw her in a style similar to some of the cartoons of that time - lots of lines and hatching.
Inktober 2018 #03 – Selkie
Having lost her seal skin, this selkie meets Fraser and his dog.
Inktober 2018 #02 – Fraser
Fraser was enjoying a walk on the beach with his dog when he came across something extraordinary ...
Inktober 2018 #01 – Elsa
Inktober is an annual drawing challenge which I've taken part in before, but this year I've decided to do it a little differently. As the name suggests the drawings are supposed to be in ink, but this year I'm going to cheat and draw digitally. My aim with this...
Sketches at the Museum
I was in Edinburgh yesterday for an animation event, so I spent some time drawing in the museum on Chambers Street. I sketched a sperm whale skull and a haughty-looking llama as well as some of the visitors. The sketches are pen on paper, but the tone was added...
Muybridge Horse Study
I've been busy with work and a family wedding, so it's taken me a while to post anything new! Here's a group of studies from one of Muybridge's wonderful sequences.