Pigeon on the GO

Despite the crazy schedule that always descends around this time of year, I've finally gotten around to starting (and almost-finishing in one sitting, take that, busy-times!) my three-dimensional antler-pigeon. The base of this bird has been sitting around my apartment-and-then-studio since September 2010, so it only took me, oh, a year and two-ish months to get the thing feathered. On the bright side, it's getting done now.

I didn't have my proper camera with me for the progress shots, but you should be used to crappy photobooth images by now, right?

The feathers begin:



Feathery expansion:



Antler-pigeon says HELLO THERE:



I promise a proper update, possibly featuring some photos from my recent trip to New York, soon.

More Yeti Goodness

This one is more hirsute upon request.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY YETI

Time for a quick detour away from Notable Victorians and towards storybook Yeti Land. Look at the yetlets! Aren't they precious??

(Apologies for the wonky scan - watercolour seriously warps my sketchbook.)

Arnold 'Skins' Barkin, 18??

Not much is known about 'Skins' except that he worked for the post office and once spent three years in prison for reading a certain lady's mail.

In The Meantime...

There will be a few more Victorian portraits coming (stories included), but in the meantime, here are a couple sketches I did while supposedly listening in a lecture (it's a bad habit, I know).

Here we have a slightly creepy elephant shrew...



...and a quizzical monkey-dude!

Barnaby Rudge

I've been a bit lax with my posting lately because this month has been all about writing (I'm foolishly attempting NaNoWriMo), so not much art has been made. But I can offer you a wee monkey I drew before the crazy writing started. Allow me to introduce...BARNABY RUDGE*!








*Yes, I know that's a name from Dickens. I didn't do it on purpose though - the moniker was just in my head, so I used it and found out later darn Charles had used it first. Curse him!

Frida & Friends

One of my heroes - not the best representation of her though. Must try again sometime.


A phrenology head (drawn for something I was designing for my workplace, hence the BPC in the brains).


Moray eel.


Another mandrill.


Puffer fish!


Pierre disdains his common English cousin.