Shadow Boxes

I've been working on layered paper-craft versions of some of my prints, and have a few shadow boxes in the works - more to come soon!

Some wooden buttons I had printed with various animal designs - I'm hoping to make more in the coming few months!

Long time no update! I've been trying to work out how to draw this little guy (a thylacine) on and off for a while now, so these are just a few posing sketches trying to get the right balance between biped/quadruped, and doggie/marsupial-looking. No idea what plans I've got for the character, but I'd like to animate him at some point and see how he moves!

A few story sketches I did for a friend's animated series idea:

Ted

VanCAF 2016

Thank you to everyone who came out to VanCAF over the weekend, my table-buddies and I had an amazing time! So many lovely visitors, and so many talented exhibitors, it was a great weekend.

Winter's messenger

Two Worlds

Dogs are said to be particularly sensitive to otherworldly things, and at one time the belief was held by some Native Americans that dogs with two different eye colours could see into two worlds, both earth and the afterlife.

Fisherman

Tatzelwurms

A little-known species of folkloric dragon from the Alpine regions of Europe, the Tatzelwurm was often reported to have the body of a serpent and the torso, claws and head of a feline. I remember seeing an illustration of one in the Reader's Digest 'Unexplained' book when I was about 8, and always thought they were kinda cool, so this is my own take on a few worldwide varieties (including the 'domestic tabby wurm', the laziest of all).

Based on European folklore, the Rye Wolf embodied the spirit of the harvest.

Battle Corgis

One side of my family has a lot of Welsh heritage, and I've always been interested in Welsh history, language and culture. One of my favourite little tidbits of folklore is the Welsh explanation for how corgis got their unique markings - it was said that they were ridden by the fey folk, hence their 'saddle-shaped' patterns. So, naturally, gotta draw some Celtic corgi battle steeds!

 

 

Reworking an oldie - Kitsune

Cosy forests and derpy animals

Black Dogs

A few rough sketches and colour thumbs for a project that I created in school and am currently developing into a longer illustrated story:

A few months ago I was asked to do some colouring and illustration for an upcoming comic book project, 'BAD: Influence', by local writer Jordan C.
I worked with my awesome colleague Johnny Castuciano on the first image to create a few colour choices for the author, and then created another piece afterwards in a different style. This was a great project, and I look forward to seeing it developed further!

  

I love colouring, and when I get the chance, I love working with small, quick thumbnail versions so that I can try out different lighting and colour schemes. It's so easy to dramatically alter the mood of a simple line drawing, and working digitally makes the process fast! Below is a layout (based on the Captain's cabin in a tall ship that I used to be a tour guide on) for which I first created a line art version, then lighting variations, then quick colour ideas, before settling on the final version to paint fully.

I am currently working as a storyboard artist on a fantastic show, and was lucky enough recently to have my design chosen for the crew hoodie. There are so many talented people on my show, so it was an honour to have my art make it onto the finished product (and it's also super warm and comfortable!). Here's a bad-quality pic, with my very own ginger kitty Mort, who looks like he somewhat approves of the hoodie, sort of.

I felt like doing some silly fanart, so here are a couple of characters from the awesome 'Tales From the Borderlands' game  - just finished playing the final episode!