Happy 1st November!

October is finished, and what a month it was! I managed to do an Inktober for every single day (which is a first for me!) and completed lots of artwork, including fanart, Halloween spooky art and another one of my crippled angels. So hopefully the cute favourites from Inktober will balance out the spoop! The really dark one isn't quite right yet but I'm still happy I played with much harsher shadow...the angel is 'crucifiction', a symbol of the suffering people put themselves through in an effort to please an invisible God, and the mice? Well, they are learning ballet of course! Happy Halloween!

Warcraft Fanart

What can I say? I'm a big Warcraft fan! Indulging in some fan art :)

Mermaids and Inktober!

This is my first Inktober and so far I've really enjoyed it; often about two or three days behind but still managing to ink something for every October day. I sort of upload them in bulk, on twitter, on instagram etc. I mix between inking other sketches I have done in the past or on the train (train sketches are something I try to do frequently now!) and general doodles.I'll pick some more of my favourites and upload them here at the end of october,alternatively please check out my instagram and twitter! Also in the process of working on Project Nyx I have been painting more varieties of merfolk! This kissing couple were inspired by seahorses, specifically the leafy sea dragon, and lion fish x

Dnd and Inktober!

It's that time again - Inktober! This is the first time I've tried to do one every day and so far I've been doing pretty well. So I wanted to upload some of my favourites! I have also finally finished my reference sheet for Dungeons and Dragons character, Wigwig the half orc!

Warcraft Wave!

I've always loved drawing orcs and trolls and now, on the new Warcraft expansion release, I'm loving drawing them again. There is something satisfying about their muscle structures; they are dense and angular to draw, it's great fun!

Crippled Angels

A new series of my crippled Angels are soon to be released and this is the first of the new set. I don't really know where they came from but I've loved drawing them for many years, just hadn't got around to colouring many. Sometimes when I feel something that doesn't have words, I just sketch, and a crippled angel comes out. He is thin from giving himself to the world - his wings are bent and can no longer fly. His eyes are blind to truths, and around his head, his halo binds him, ties him, confines him, to his master. The servitude of God. I guess read into it whatever you want :q

They are good boys Brent

More doggos. They bring light to my soul :D Also opened up a redbubble and an etsy for leftover shirts and prints. Just trying to put more out there :) These doggos are available as stickers to buy!

Delving into Dungeons and Dragons

So I finally got into DnD after years of saying I would. And of course, I picked an orc! (Well, a half orc, my Dungeon master didn't want full blooded orcs in the game), and oh lord I've been getting into making him a huge backstory and drawing him at various ages throughout his life. So there will be more of Wigwig when I've finished playing with the sketches... Once Confuzzled convention is out of the way, where I am dealing in the den for the first time, I am back with full focus on my short film! It's hard when there are so many projects I want to do, and finding time to put to all of them. I set aside 2018 for my animation project, bit then of course forgot I said I'd prep for selling at a con, which took about a month or so. It's hard to not beat yourself up for spending a day just drawing, just sketching...just watching an animated film. I want to get so many things done and allowing yourself any time to just...be...is hard. It's hard to not punish yourself for spending a few weeks just doing what you want. I'll be pushing my animation again as soon as CF is past and trying to do it in a way that doesn't stop me from just drawing and remembering what's important; being happy! It's okay to rest!

Prepping for a convention!

Getting super excited prepping for my first vending stall at a convention! One of the things I am selling, alongside existing art, is stickers and badges featuring some of my favourite dog breeds. So far, my gshep and poodle are the first to come together!

Project Nyx Development

Project Nyx has been developing on schedule so far! Still in it's infancy, it is nonetheless something I am greatly enjoying and particularly proud of. The short film, following a young boy who enters into the 'Ocean Champion' competition, has been so much fun creating characters and ideas around a water based world. It's also a big learning process for me, so I'm having a lot of fun with it. Animatic is almost finalised, new software tutorials are underway, and designs are being worked through in prep for animation beginning early March of this year. Little Nyx, the lead, has always had a design in my mind from early on but I still haven't decided on a concrete colour scheme. For now, here are the earliest and very first designs of him coming to fruition -

Overwatch!

Just for fun, and in preparation for my selling of game-related art at the next convention, I have been inspired to reinvent the warriors of Overwatch as animals! It's a lot of fun, though I dare say there are more characters than I had previously expected ha. Here is the first test run, DVA, in a rabbity form. Expect many more to come, with McCree up next!

Seth's Rabbits

Happy New Year! My writing continues on 'Seth's Rabbits', a victorian horror fantasy, and after meeting some hectic work deadlines I am delighted to be sketching them again. On the left is Faust, a grumpy street urchin, and his closest companion, young Eveline. I've also got some rough sketches coming together of Edmund and Seth himself. Also work has begun on my newest project and I'm so excited to see it all coming together! The animatic is still in progress but is due for upload in early Feb. So watch this space! Here is an early animatic teaser - Have a great evening and keep dreaming big!