animal

So here I am, 29 today. Happy birthday to me! Must mean it’s that time of the day again...

Winding down on a Wednesday with more of the same... all the sharks!

Rabbit-eared whales because... well, why not?

New sketchbook time!

Before social hijinks earlier last night, more ideas needed to explode onto paper...

Full moons and whale songs.

More whale songs for the winter time.

Collage time again!

Thinking ahead to loosening restrictions here in Scotland, one more day to go...

Nothing much to add really...

Beluga tribute time...

Playing around with anagram generators for inspiration this time around, as you do.

These snails entered a portal to a new dimension and they are very frightened.

Acrylic on wood

This Catapus (Sally) wearily traverses an unfamiliar felted wool world.

Pencil sketches of animal photos online for practice.

I really liked the style that I used for one of the most recent labels I did for @abominationbrewingco and @snitzcreekbrewery so I decided to mess with it a bit more. Just a quick thing. I want to draw more animals in this style. This is for me, and my wife, and my daughter. Stay strong. This is for everyone. This is for you. Stay strong. No matter what you do on a day to day basis or what you go through. You are a strong person.

The Yellow-Tail Black Cockatoo

The Eastern Rosella

Meet the ocean's most rugged protector. This original illustration features a battle-hardened whale equipped and ready to patrol the deep.

The Cassowary

Copic markers

A buff breasted Kingfisher

Illustration for a book called The Adventures of Bobblepop

A colored pencil commission I've been working on . Finally finished today ...

...as my daughter says. Watercolour on watercolour paper. Mixing all the greens was real fun. I enjoyed every minute of creating this piece. And, of course, the first person I showed it to, found some fault with it...