Out for lunch

..kind of. I am moving around a little, and have not updated this blog for a while,- for that I am sorry! I will try to get back on track again, but I have a feeling the coming sketches will be done in a slightly shorter time frame than a lot of the ones up until now have been.

Day 267

Inspired by a horny toad, also known as a Desert Horned Lizard. Spent about 2 hours.

Day 266

Quick doodle, a few minutes, no ref.

Day 265

Quick doodle, a few minutes, no ref.

Day 264

Playing around with silhouettes, no ref. Approx. 20 min.

Day 263

1 hour, used ref.

Day 262

About 45 min, used ref

Day 261

Used this ref, and spent about 50 min.

Day 260

Quick sketch, used ref.

Day 259

About 50 min, no ref

Day 258

Quick sketch, 10-15min or so. No ref.

Day 257

My friend Katja- the saint. Used ref and spent about 2 hours on it.

Day 256

If I am slightly stubborn,- it's genetic! About 1.5 hours. Ref for horns, face done from memory.

Day 255

I have tried my hand at caricatures again today. If one of you can tell who it is (he's not as famous all over the globe.. though he should be!), then I deem it a success! I spent way too long on it, and obv. used some ref.

Day 254

A sketch for the monkey. No ref.

Day 253

Inspired by the tutorial yesterday, I figured I'd do one more, but this time do the opposite with regards to scale, and add shadows, not just highlights. I had a lot of fun with this! Hope you like. It took me about 2 hours. I used all my own brushes this time round.

Day 252

I decided to try another style this time. Inspired by this tutorial, I came up with this. I took me a few hours to do.

Thanks to http://dothackersdaichi.deviantart.com/ for the border brushes, and hair ornament.

Day 251

About 1.5 hours, no ref.

Day 250- Happy New Year!

And so 2011 begins, with me being about 30 sketches behind schedule... but it IS a new year and hence full of new possibilities! So I will do my very best to catch up! Starting off,- a little gnome, done with charcoal, no ref, approx. 10 min.

God Jul

I am away from my computer, but will still do some drawing (thinking they will be quite short though), I will post them when the festivities of yuletide have subsided somewhat.

In the mean time: A jolly Yuletide to you all!

Day 249

Once again I tried just sketching straight on the wacom (used a scanned texture of my sketchbook to give it some character), with no real plan. This is what I came up with. No ref, around 25 min.

Day 248

What would we do without the love and support of our friends and family?!

I've had a bit of a frustrating dry-spell recently. Have you ever been stuck waiting on something, and not being able to do much before it's settled? Well, that's where I've been at lately. Things are still not settled, but thanks to my dear friends Robo, Gemma, James and Samu, I am pressing on! Also a big thanks to the monkey for just being the monkey, and loving me despite it all :D

Enough waiting,- just draw Randi! So here's the first of hopefully many catch up sketches to come:

20 min, no ref. Draw purely digitally. Something I rarely do, but I've run out of paper...

Day 247

Another quick sketch (have a few to catch up on..), 5 min, no ref.

Day 246

Another quick sketch for my nieces wall. No Ghibli-tribute wall is complete without the cat bus! :D

Day 245

This is a sketch for my niece. She's just 3 but already a Ghibli fan, so it goes without saying,-she is a clever one :D I am going to paint this on her wall, along with some other things she likes. Will post the result when I get there.

Day 244

Zombie xmas elves.. yup, tis that time. No ref

Day 243

Quick sketches done while watching Silent Witness. 5 min, no ref.

Day 242

no ref. Entry #2 for On the Cobbles.

Day 241

It's cold out, the birds want feeding. Feed the birds. No ref

Day 240

Thanks to James for the idea, although this is a slightly altered version. Sketch ran its own course. No ref.

Day 239

quick sketch, used ref.

Day 238

Approximately 30 min, no ref

Day 237

Feed the birds :) 20 min, used ref for initial sketch.

Day 236

Made for a contest over at Sketchoholic, ref for clothing, and the house in background. Worked on and off on this during the day. All in all a couple of hours, from design to finish.

Day 235

An extra drawing I did for the last class with Bobby. This is all my own work, even the sketch. Not sure how long I spent on it, but hours here as well. Still lots I could do with it.

Day 234

My final assignment for Bobby Chiu's class. Based on this sketch by the man:

I don't know how long I spent on this. But it took hours.

Day 233

Inspired by my superhero-friend Liv! Used ref.

Day 232

Sketch for Sketchoholic, subject was "Inbred Unicorn",- awesome! Time used,- a little over one hour. Ref used: http://katemckinnon.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/unicorn.jpg

Day 231

about 1,5 hours. No ref.

Day 230

Rough sketch, no ref, though probably subconsciously inspired by Gorons.

Day 229

just fooling around, no ref

Day 228

Inspired by a Jumping Spider, about 40min.

Day 227

About 2 hours, no ref.

A big thanks to Bobby Chiu though, for teaching me how to create some awesome brushes :D