Here's a Head

Warm up sketch

Some days you just have to sketch Conan

Hors d'oeuvres made me do it...

This is my forth day stuck inside on crutches after an operation to take a metal pin outa my leg. I'm going batshit crazy so I have no idea where this came from or what it means! Hors d'oeuvres ARE the devil though, trust me.

Beanie's Bed Hair

Just a quick sketch, trying to fathom Beanie's bird's-nest bed-hair. Laura has to brush this every day to keep it under control :D

Sadie & Sabine

Sabine is the evil one

tak tak tak

Dancer

Zepplin Crewman

Here's a German crewmember of a Zepplin. Why? It was a concept for a little idea put together by a friend, and might yet one day see the light of day. Might.

A Hand

I was working on a commission painting for a rpg book tonight and was blocking in some details in photoshop - this hand stood out as being something unique in the way it was rendered. It's not anatomically great but there's something fresh that I like.

Low Energy Sketches

Not much energy tonight ... just enough for some quick sketches. Just feeling around for style. Note that the hairstyle on the Ophelia study is somewhat based off of my daughters' wild locks.

In other news I've got a heap of illustration work coming up for some exciting RPG projects (including a big computer game tie-in). It'll probably mean disappearing off the radar again :/

The Catchman

These mysterious hunters devoutly hunt down errant children and take them away in bundles, but for what purpose? Not sure what weapons he'd use to capture yet ... also would like to include some steam-punk elements to his costume. Will refine.

Ophelia Twist | the artful dodger

Ophelia Twist, orphan female 13 years, was sentenced by His Magesty's court to be transported to the Lunar Colony of Van Daemon's Convict Settlement, for the term of her natural life, to be hastily sent forth-width via Aerial Ballonsphere, for the wretched crime of theft (Bread Loaf & sundry).

This is a story idea that's been kicking around my head and some of my sketchbooks. Essentially a sci-fi-steam-punked version of Oliver Twist, a young Ophelia is trained by Fagan, Master Thief, in the arts of pickpocket, acrobatics and lockpicking. Her escapades bring her and her thief clan into conflict with the cold-hearted Governor-General and troops of the moon-colony. The little fury guy is a rat-weasel, vermin trained as familiars who squeeze through tight holes to poach keys, etc. The penal colony itself is a warren of over-built walkways, wooden houses and smoke belching factories. The elite of the colony live on balloon-floating, upper platforms.

Would also make for a cool game!

Rogue

Here's a quick painting ... thinking about doing a series of images based off of the comic characters that I loved as a youngster. This is a study for one of 2000AD's Rogue Trooper ... this is just a test for a larger composition. Blue skin is just too cool :)

Here's the original pencil sketch ...