Kitchen Animals

So for a short while my weekly creatures are going on hold... This is because I am just too busy with real stuff to do this kind of organized fun stuff. But dn't worry, as soon as things calm down I will be back at it :)

I have now been working on a number of new products and these are going to be tea towels (or kitchen towels, whatever you prefer to call them). They are all ordered up and I can't wait to get my hands on them! So for now here are some process pictures. These are the finished pieces:

I recently started to do my sketches on the computer:

I am quite a control freak and this gives me a lot MORE control (and takes leff time) than doing sketches on paper (although roughs and ideas I still do in my sketchbook).

So then I transfer some of the lines with a lightbox onto NICE paper. And then use the printed off sketch side by side with my drawing just for reference. Like this:

And here is the dog in the making :)

And this is my fave pen that sometimes makes a mess of your hand.

Work in progress

Some future photoetchings me thinks ;)
The top one I am not sure about yet though, I might try to colour it digitally and see what happens.

Things Yet to Come

Some sooner, some later :)

skeletal work in progressness

So I don't really like this weeks topic for illustration Friday, but I am trying to draw something for every week now no matter how much I can't think of anything related. And what do you (me) draw when you (I) are just so totally stuck? SKELETONS. I don't think I have ever posted a work in progress, but there! This is how I work (or start the ridiculously detailed drawings).

Also conversation between me and Chris:
Me: I really like drawing skeletons.They look so... gormless!
Chris: The ones that YOU draw do!

I think in this case they just look happy. There.