Reworking some final bits and bobs

Colour block Tuesday!

An idea from http://toffany.tumblr.com/

I realise I'm not quite as good at it- messy! But oh well, time to improve after assessment.

I am currently compiling my portfolio

Digging out older character sketches from this year. Really really hope that I get a decent grade!

A short procrastinationish blog

So I paid a visit to D'Arsy Thompson Zoological museum. They didn't have what I was originally looking for, but I decided that since I was there I might as well take a few reference photos. The lighting wasn't GREAT, but I was still hesitant to use flash... In the end I whopped my ISO upto about 3200... That SEEMED to do the trick.

As I say, you can totally get a glimpse of me with my camera reflected in the glass. However, it was the best I could get, and I'm still sure it'll make decent enough reference.

Frog skeleton

And exploded!

Flaky chimp.

And I never realised just how big a crocodile skull was. Foolish, I know, because it would stand to reason they'd be large, but I've never actually been up close to one, so I wouldn't know....

I really love the insect illustrations in this book! I just felt unhappy that  I couldn't touch it. I wanted to touch it!

Picked iguana! Yum. In all seriousness, I find the position of pickled animals somewhat captivating- so peaceful, and yet so morbid! It's the kind of pseudo foetal position that really gets to me- I wonder what their last thoughts are.

I'm just glad I had enough camera battery; I meant to charge it last night, but forgot! I had a 30 minute charge this morning, as I got ready to go.

A little bit of albatross head.

A sea pen! I want to write with one of these. It would be so cool if someone crocheted one to go on the end of a pen. I would love them forever.

This makes me sadface. :-( Still cool.

This is one of the most ironic uses of Comic Sans ever.

Editorial

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/09/nsa-spies-online-games-world-warcraft-second-life

What do you do?

Still working on this. PS and ID are driving me crazy with how slow they're going!

Worms worms worms!

Another load of (quickedy quick!) sketches I turned into repeat patterns this morning. I also screen printed them (all in a morning's work!) but they didn't turn out so well, because I made them extra small, which is a big no no when screen printing. Still, I'm sure they'll look ok, and if I have time, I'll reprint them larger!

Yorkie Scottie

Another one of my nationality dog doodles- more work coming! Watch this space!

I'm a busy bee

I've just started layering on the paint for my characters, I've got a few bits and bobs to mod, but I THINK I'm on track! It's just frustrating waiting for paint to dry in this FREEZING flat.

Hi res scanner vs low res phone camera.... Hmmm.