Just Another Day in Ludwigsburg - Kürbisausstellung Edition

 For 2 months, Ludwigsburg becomes home to the world's largest pumpkin exhibition, complete with pumpkin sculptures; this year's theme was sports.

 

So many different types of pumpkins (Although I'm sure one was a watermelon with an identity crisis)! It's definitely opened my eyes when drawing pumpkins in the future!

 

I only made it on the last day, but I recommend seeing it earlier - it was beginning to smell a bit mouldy!

Character Sketch Jam Extreme pt.2

The second character Kris Brown and I devised:

30 Year Old Charismatic Wizard Girl in Medieval Times

I wasn't really sure how to capture 'charisma' - I'll have to look into that!

Character Sketch Jam Extreme pt.1

Fellow Gumballer, Kris Brown invited me round for a bit of al fresco drawing in his garden and secret hideout! We tried our hand at a character jam, writing an exquisite corpse of a character description and then drawing the results:

'17 Year Old gorilla tax collector who is easily upset - at the centre of the earth!'

Come back tomorrow for part 2!

Totemly Unbelievable!

'Totem' is this week's Illustration Friday topic, so here is a 'Shame Pole', usually created to embarass or ridicule groups or individuals for unpaid debts! Unfortunately for Skare D, he and the rest of the explorers can't work out what this one is for, or why it keeps getting bigger with each passing day!

Ka-Kick!

 A quick cool down drawing tonight to practice line weight with the ol' wacom tablet.
Rough sketch after the jump!

Explorer to the Rescue!

The ancient Ambericans had a saying "It takes sap to catch saps!"

So when the great adventurer of the North, Bunazami, fails to return from an expedition to retrieve the Stolen Blue Diamond, up and coming explorer Skare D. sets off to locate his whereabouts!

Drawn for this week's Illustration Friday topic Rescue!

Maybe you've seen these guys before here & here!

Science is fun!

Pencil sketch after the jump!

Time for tea with a Kimono - uh, I mean Komodo Dragon

A kneeling Komodo Dragon for Dictionary Doodles!

And now for something completley COLOURFUL!

After all the black and white life drawings, I thought I'd share some experiments with light and colour. National Geographics and landscape photography have provided plenty of inspiration!

Initial colour pencil studies. The bottom left study eventually became this.

 

Replicating the same effect with Copic Markers...

...and Photoshop.

Dingo Dictionary Doodles

Dream documenting dingoes for Dictionary Doodles!

Talent

*Fwoosh* This week's Illustration Friday topic was Talent, so I decided to draw a very talented firebreather! *KA-BURN*

Whisper

"Pssst... Did you know this week's Illustration Friday topic was whisper?"

A Bonnethead Borrows his Bride

This week's topic on Dictionary Doodles is a Borrowing Bonnethead Shark - mine has borrowed a bride!

Wool

Wool is this week's Illustration Friday theme, so here are some genetically modified sheep of the future!

A is for Apologetic Amur Leopard

I'm participating in the Dictionary Doodles tumblr which begun yesterday. Follow it each week to see amusing animator artists arranging animals alliteratively!

Storm

Experimenting with a bit of digital painting for this week's Illustration Friday topic - Storm!

Escalator Observation Returns!

Another round of Escalator Observation in a place rife with crime, romance and mystery - the Hugendubel Bookshop in Stuttgart!

Cartwheel!

Another drawing for Illustration Friday.

I've also set up a tumblr account for the return of Dictionary Doodles, a weekly burst of hour long creativity with talented AUB alumni!