I miss having a dog. Every once in awhile I catch myself poking around on breeders’ websites, until I’m reminded by a sensible little voice (and a demanding little parrot) that now just isn’t the time. My first childhood dog was half samoyed, and he was always the saddest, mopiest-looking old boy, but full-blooded sammies [ Read More ]
I spent Sunday at my parents’ place (it’s tradition for me to be the one to wrestle with the tangle of Christmas lights, and I still drop by the first weekend every December to light the tree). The rain didn’t let up once all day, so in between decorating, my neice and I passed the [ Read More ]
Been drawing a lot of tigers lately. Not entirely sure why.
My brother has the most ridiculous dog — a Boston terrier/pug mix (‘bug’) with a crooked tail that answers to Ocho. His tongue is literally too large to fit inside of his mouth, and tends to get coated in dirt, leaves, hair, or whatever else he’s been rooting in. He’ll eat anything small enough to [ Read More ]
With Sunday as grey, drab and drizzly as it was, I really didn’t feel like leaving the apartment. Instead, I queued up a few favourite movies and spent the afternoon noodling around on my tablet.
28 days of drawings, and I made it. Phew. Congrats to everyone who participated — excellent work! Done in Paint Tool SAI and Photoshop. Textures courtesy of Bittbox.
Another griffin. African species this time — Lammergeier meets “King” Cheetah. She’s considerably more athletic looking than my Canadian species. This one’s a workup of one of my Sketchuary sketches. Done in Manga Studio.
I’d expect a Canadian griffin to look a little more northerly than the traditional beast. Balancing six limbs on a quadruped takes a bit of fiddling to make it convincing. Whoever began the trend of sticking wings on mythological critters apparently didn’t consider the awkwardness of sporting two sets of shoulder blades. Being built something [ Read More ]
I started this little project over a year ago, and it’s sat on my hard drive, largely unfinished, for most of that period. The approach of the 2nd annual Carl Sagan Day seemed a fitting deadline as incentive to actually get it completed (the narrative being inspired by the late astronomer’s frequent musings on starstuff [ Read More ]
Quickie drawing of Brendan and Pangur Ban from The Secret of Kells. I adore this film. The DVD release is tomorrow, and if you haven’t seen it already, I strongly urge you to check it out. A unique story, beautiful soundtrack and some of the most gorgeous animation I’ve ever seen — as if the [ Read More ]
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Birder with a sketchbook, skeptic and popular science junkie. Spends too much on books. Fearful of spiders. Is well trained.
Currently resides in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
