Illustration Friday: savour

"The cake is a lie" is a lie:

 

(felt pens on paper, A4)

...it exists and is very delicious. Yum :d

 

 The animal started off as a kind of dog, then evolved somewhat into a monkey-dog-koala hybrid. Now it's back to "animal".

Illustration Friday: burning

#She's on fire:

(soft pastel on paper, A3)

I haven't drawn anything in a while because I've been uninspired (and lazy), so here's a quick-ish pastel drawing for this week's IF. Photographed as usual, can't scan an A3 pastel without some serious post-cleanup.

I'm also fairly pleased that despite my lack of skill at drawing facial features combined with the relative speed at which I did this, the figure actually looks female and not like a man in drag.

...and she burns through the night at the speed of light#

Illustration Friday: spooky

This isn't spooky at all:

(felt pens on paper)

It does however have the cutest pumpkin I've ever drawn :)


(I wanted to use this word for another illustration project, but IF came along and swooped it up. You guys are like mindreaders.)

Another WIP

Yet another WIP. Good grief, this painting seems to be taking forever to finish:

I didn't want to post this until it was done, but right now I've lost the enthusiasm to continue and finish it. I stopped painting this about a month ago and there's still a lot of stuff that needs to be done to it, most notably "make it look less crap". So, I'm hoping that by posting it here and seeing it on my blog as an unfinished mess that it'll encourage me to pick up a brush and finally finish it off :)

Illustration Friday: beneath

What lies beneath the surface?

(soft pastel on paper, A3)

Sometimes you don't see a person's true colours until you least expect it. I know this from recent experience. To switch into two-faced manipulative mode at my weakest moment was really low.

And so to you, who ended up being an annoying thorn in my side, whose words and actions made me wish I never knew you, this is dedicated to you.

(I didn't mean for this 'rant' to come across like some kind of justification for my picture - I usually prefer the picture to speak for itself - but, like I've said before, inspiration can sometimes come from the weirdest of places)

Illustration Friday: acrobat

The Freshest Kids:

(silver marker pen on black paper, A4)

acrobat

noun.

1. One who is skilled in feats of balance and agility in gymnastics.

I think b-boys fit that description quite well.

I just wanted to keep it simple and create movement. The silver pen doesn't look too impressive when it's scanned, but it is nice and shiny :)

Illustration Friday: proverb

A bird in the hand...

(Watercolour pens and ink on paper, A5-ish)

 ...makes a terrible mess.

Well, that's my experience anyway.