Tek asked me to draw an Anglerfish, and I put it into the back of my mind, because I just drew an octopus. Then today the news came out that there was first ever footage of live specimen mating! It felt like I had to draw this tonight. Enjoy!
Pencil on paper.
This Octopus makes me smile, most octopuses and cephalopods make me smile. I love them, because they are such neat creatures. Tonight I found out that they share almost no genes with other animals. They are genetically related to only other creatures like them. Which is fascinating really. They can camouflage themselves, and fit through any opening that is large enough for their beak, everything else can squish. I drew this with pencil on paper.
I made Rory as a Funko Pop Figure, inspired by the next episode of Nutty Bites that I was editing today. I really wish this could be a real figure now, I’d buy so many of them, make it a reward level for the patreon. I designed this in illustrator using the dimensions of a real figure. You can expect to see this as the album art for the next episode.
Happy first day of Spring, it never feels like Spring on the first day. I painted this Spring Maiden, she is inspired by Jill Scott in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. I had seen the show before, and read the book. My friend Matt reminded me of it, and told me all seven episodes were available on youtube, so I have mainlined them. I love this show, and Jill Scott especially. It resonated with me back then and more now. We need more roles like this on TV, and more TV this inspiring. Why no season 2 HBO?
Watercolors on paper.
This Love Your Body piece was originally going to be something else. I was using the reference photo for a fallen angel idea I had, but as I was creating the image, I didn’t want to add the wings, I was enjoying the way this figure was taking shape too much. I drew this with fountain pen ink, Diamine Oxblood, and used water to create the shading. This ink isn’t the best for shading in a watercolor style, but it wasn’t supposed to be what it became. I really like how this came out.
ink on paper.