Neck beards! It looks like I just can’t get enough of them! This was the result of a long afternoon of sketching at Powell’s Books. Be expecting more digital coloring such as this, although of course I’ll always prefer doing it by hand . . .
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Japonisme profile
For this I drew inspiration from Japanese aesthetics, and I have to say, I’m quite pleased with the result; time and effort certainly pays off in the long run! I’m hoping to create more stuff in this delicious style, with minimal colors, and a flat effect. This was originally going to be a new logo for my page, but as these things go, It got too complex to be adequately reduce-able. That, and it looks nothing at all like me!
Oh, Fiddlesticks. . .
Somebody console me at once– I fear I have become most dreadfully agitated!
The Rules Man
Always follow the rules, kids! Don’t be one of those no-good, anti-establishment commie types . . .
Great-Grandpa Jimbo
Gawd help us, he got into the schnapps again . . . WHO let him out of the attic?
Inky Little Faces
A full page of faces that I’ve been needing to post for a while now. I used a dip pen and india ink for the lines, and experimented a little more with ink wash for the shading.
Yes, they’re mostly bald, but hair is such a godawful pain. . . 😉
Untitled Genie
I didn’t intend to draw a genie, but he turned into one after I felt too lazy to give him legs. I don’t really have a story to go with him at this point.
The Governor-General
Here’s a Governor-General.
Not any particular one, just a random one all decked out in his finest Court uniform and cocked hat with plumes, looking just as splendid as a viceregal representative ought to. No more explanation is necessary, I think. . .
I used a white marker for the elaborate embroidery, although I think a dip pen and my trusty white india ink would have served me better.
Frazzled
More dip pen goodness. . . . she wasn’t originally intended to look frazzled, but her hair came out messy and then everything else naturally had to match.
Peter Litster 