Offending a Spider

Here's something I drew awhile back but it was too big and my scanner had a mental breakdown. I made it a bit smaller and scan-worthy. About a year or so ago at work, I was opening up the building and was on my way down the hall when I spotted a spider that appeared to be dead. To me, the spider was big enough, but I thought I'd throw it out in nature where it belongs. I picked up a scrap piece of paper and a styrofoam cup and started to scoop it into the cup. Then the spider, who was either sleeping or playing possum, started to move. I panicked, but quickly scooped him up, ran to the door and threw him outside. I hope he survived. Anyway, I marveled at the size of the spider, even though I know that there are much bigger ones out there. 

Here's the idea that made me draw:

Sketcharoo!

It has been a looooooooong time since I posted a photo on this here blog! I was in the mood to draw, but while trying to find a blank page in one of my sketch pads, I discovered some drawings of the past. They weren't from the distant past, they were pretty recent, or at least within the last four years. I was feeling a bit sad and discovering those drawings made me smile and laugh.

Here's one of me relaxing on some sunny beach.  It could be waves there, crashing onto the shore, or maybe some weird creature of the deep sea coming up for a meal.

I expect this man is some kind of well paid management consultant who is very stressed and will probably die prematurely because of it.

Fake tan with glasses

Illustration Friday: Tall

I haven't submitted for a long time, so I drew this for this week's topic. It is supposed to be a tall tower block at a time of day when the sky is dark but still light enough to see. Can you spot the helicopter?

Thinker

Simple sketch

I created this sketch quickly but something about it appealed to me. I think it has something of a Jesus-like quality to it but when I titled it I must have been thinking differently because I called it "nutter".

PJ Harvey

 

I love the music produced by PJ Harvey, this is a drawing of her.

What a creep!

 

This guy is a weirdo!

Odd doodle thing

Don't quite know where I was going with this doodle.

Heavy rock dude

I hope you enjoy heavy rock music as much as this guy!

A beauty

I don't think this is anyone in particular, there is a slight similarity to Kate the Duchess of Cambridge.

Tryout of Toondoo

I used Toondoo to create these two frames a long while ago. I should really revisit the work I did with Stan and his friends, I really enjoyed messing about with those characters.

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Art girl

Pale Man

There’s a touch of green to this mans face. He could be ill or feeling sick. He’s not happy and not exactly sad either. He does look serious though.

Free Spirit

This character looks to me like a free spirited girl. Perhaps she is a traveller, a nomad with no fixed abode, living life one day at a time. Maybe she’s a Yoga teacher or an artist? Definitely something creative about her I can’t put my finger on…

A Darker Side

I drew this last night (early hours of this morning). I wasn’t feeling very happy and it came out in the dark look of this rather androgynous character. It started out with an oval shaped face and I wanted feminine eyes but from there it kind of of felt more like a man, a boy with high cheekbones.  So from that moment I was thinking male.

The black jumper and red background reveal my mood at the time. Rest of the background is very rough but I thought I’d leave it in as it sort of felt like it was fitting to have an unfinished background (and it was easier to leave it!).

Portrait of my daughter while she reads

My daughter has had her head in a book today, here's a sketch I drew of her while she had her head down into a book.

iPhone doodles

I installed an app on the iPhone I got for Christmas and it lets me draw with my fingers on the glass screen, cool! Here is my first drawing.

Adventures of Stan: page 2

Here's another episode of Adventures of Stan. In this episode Stan is at work, he's a junior I.T. guy but his mind isn't always on his job. You also meet two new characters in this episode: his boss and someone who Stan is about to develop a crush on. The first frame is below but you can read the whole page here.