Bäckahäst - the Brook Horse

Slight delay here! This week a lot is happening for me, as I will most likely soon will have my very own and very first business premises/studio. I also decided this is the perfect time to try soemthing different with my creatures and this weeks will be in form of a comic... But here is a preview for you :)

It does actually take a very dark turn. My mom is sure to e-mail me later how she did not like the comic ;)

 

11. Strzyga - the slavic vampire

This is the creature I was fearing when I was a child. My grandmother used to tell me about these monsters. They were normal humans, but born with 2 rows of teeth. When they died they had to be buried face down, because otherwise they would chew their way out of the grave... And become undead monsters! When you are aged 5 and someone as reputable as your gran tells you this - of course you belive. There were other monsters she told me about too but this one was the most memorable one.

Although there are versions that they had two hearts and the second one would start beating when the person died. This is one I decided to draw :)

Manga Studio Fun part 1 (cattyness!)

Recently I bought Manga Studio under the influence of, well, some stuff I read online and that it was on sale. But truth to be told the one I got was a pretty good value anyway. And on contrary to what name suggests, you don't have to draw exclusively manga on it... The main selling point for me was the fact that it is much better for creating linework than Photoshop. And to be honest, given the low price point (I paid a total of about £50, of which £20 was the shipping from USA) I though: ah, why not treat myself? :P

I haven't really had much time to play with it until now. Although I am still jsut starting out to try all the options, so far I am pretty happy :)

Here is some catty lifedrawing of Ollie the PuddyFat.

Origami

So, this is what I was doing most of the day today instead of cooking Easter food. Oh well, we can't have everything! ;)

These animals were hanging around my desk for well over a month with the sole purpose of becoming models to draw from for my next series. And today I thought it is finally the time to do it! Yesterday I created one of my infamous lists that focused on as many things as I can possibly do this weekend before getting back to work (and I will be working loads now as I got a second dayjob - like one is not enough! Or more like, as if three jobs were not enough! ;)). Below is some of what came out of this drawing madness. Now I only need to decide which pictures to use and what to se them for - I really fancy making some earrings too. It feels like the deciding part might end up being the hardest job of all.

My favourite is actually the Japanese Phoenix one (Hou-ou or along those lines - when I am trying to double check it I get bombarded with the Ho-Oh pokemon :P). It's the red one one the left (two of these actually).