harold the hare

I am very much enjoying working on this guy.

new pets

My new pets - a dinosaur, a crocodile and an iguana. Studio desk invaded by little wild boar dancing charleston. And firsts signs of the spring in my studio.

krk

During this short trip I was experimenting with new style of sketching and with drawing as many people as possible. If you know me or you read this blog you know that drawing people is not what I do very often . From time to time I set short briefs for myself literally forcing myself to draw some portraits instead of animals, trees, landscapes or architecture.  Or to draw in a completely different style to what I am used to. Just to learn something new.
 As I don't feel particularly comfortable with the results I distorted the sketches in photoshop before posting them here. I didn't even bother with rotating some of them. Everything to make them less clear for you:)

charleston and new pictures in my shop

There are some new prints in my Etsy shop and more is coming soon. I'll keep you posted.
 
I really enjoyed working on these guys. I put some 30s music on and they just started dancing. I love when my characters do that. It's like they do half of the job and all I need to worry about is the colouring.

if: suspense

I haven't done Illustration Friday for a while so here is a quick sketch with rats who definately are up to something. I suspect it has something to do with the food.

studio

I've not been posting any photos for a while (I've not been taking any either relying mostly on my sketchbook as a documenting tool - fun but time consuming). So here are some pictures of my studio space.

hare

New Year in Lochcarron

Sketches from our New Year's trip to Highlands. There was not much of the sun out there - the most spectacular clouds, rain and snow and rain again - so the sketches are rather grey (the main reason was me being too lazy to use anything more than a black pen and a pencil) .  

The best breakfast of the year - scrambled eggs with smoked salmon.

Fish and chips in Applecross on New Year's Eve.(the right-hand side sketch by Konrad)

There was more deer than sheep out there. No hares though.

Here is us stuck in a car during a sudden snowstorm. Very steep and winding single lane road and the best piece of advice I've had in a long time (from a van driver) - whatever happens do not touch the break!

In a pub in Cromarty. We are having a cup of tea and rats get very excited about their favourite cheese.

christmas scribbles

christmas otter

A not very happy otter wishing a very happy Christmas. (He hates his festive jumper - itchy and generally not in good taste.)