January 2017 sketchbook / Creatuanary art!

Sculpey kitty-dog I ended up giving to Mom!  

Day 1: Harpy (Grizelle, from Paradigm Chimera)

Day 2: Hippocampus (whale-based!)

Interlude: Oaxacan Honeybee for my friend, Elsa! It was actually a gift for her beekeeper friends; they give her honey throughout the year. She told me they loved it! 

Final details added with colored pencil.

Visited Mom's work after hanging out with Elsa. Mom has a bunch of my early Sculpey figurines at her cubicle. :D

Finch and I contemplate the meaning of being 29.

Day 3: Stirge (mosquito-bat hybrid from Dungeons and Dragons)

Day 4: Chimera

Day 5: Lamia

Day 6: Hydra

Day 7: Tzika

Day 8: Gryphon (Silverclaw, from Legacy [working title])

Day 9: Mutated T-rex

Sir John Hurt passed away on January 25th. Three of his films had immeasurable impact on me as an artist and person: Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, and The Elephant Man. I drew Hazel, Snitter, and Joseph "John" Merrick, respectively, to represent each film.

Musky, my faithful Smilodon model.

Day 10: Manticore (based off of Musky)

Mass catch-up strikes again!

I jumped on the Creatuanary train a little late. I completed only 10 of 31 prompts, but it was still needed practice! The early months of any given year are when I'm at my most fickle. I like having different things to do, even when I try to complete a drawing challenge.

INKvember 2016, #1!

INKvember #1: Epic Mount
9x12 Derwent Inkstense and watercolor pencil on Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media paper

"Placemat" doodle on a sheet of bristol I taped to my desk.

Sketched in Staedtler Ergosoft watercolor pencil and Mars Lumograph HB pencil.

Outlining and filling with Derwent Inktense.

DONE! I colored my caricature with Prismacolor markers; outlined with Pentel Color Brush.

Obligatory skewed angle shot.

November 1st was National Self-Portrait Day and the first day of Draw Dinovember. I combined the two for silly wish-fulfillment. How awesome would it be to have a pet hummingbird raptor? :D

I was going to devote November to Draw Dinovember entirely, but it's better for me to focus on my own characters. I can spend more time developing my other stories!

INKtober 2016, Day 31!

INKtober 2016, Day 31: Grumpy Unicorn
5x7 brush pen on Utrecht American Master's Multicolor printmaking paper

Last Inktober drawing: a grumpy unicorn. Always feels nice to finish a drawing challenge with something silly! Inked using a Staedtler Mars Graphic 3000 duo brush pen.

INKtober 2016, Day 23!

INKtober 2016, Day 23: Derp Frog
4x6 Prismacolor and Copic markers with Sharpie on Strathmore 400 Series marker paper

A quick one-off I made in between sessions on my Brainsick poster. Sums my my feelings about recent... stuff.

INKtober 2016, Day 22!

...so says the demon puppy.

BaBEE Sitter babysits bees!

Blep-O-Tron is fast and likes to blep.

Day 22 meant another drawing shindig with friends! I made these three silly drawings while visiting and eating too much bad (delicious) food. I like letting my goofiness reign supreme sometimes.

INKtober 2016, Day 16!

INKtober 2016, Day 16: GIMME ANOTHER ONE
6x8 Derwent Inktense on Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media paper

Ballpoint pen sketch.

Dry Derwent Inktense looks like regular colored pencil.

I needed to draw another silly thing for Inktober. After a half hour or more of deliberation, I had the urge to draw an "angry drunk" hummingbird. And so it was done.

INKtober 2016, Day 13!

INKtober 2016, Day 13: Never Say to Finch
11x17 Sharpie and Copic marker on smooth bristol paper

It was only a matter of time before I made a large comic page for this longstanding inside joke. :D