Owl

I LOVE owls! I just noticed I seem to be unconsciously assigning the birds to the ladies so far though. Must make mental note to mix it up a bit :)

Bear

Grrrowl! :)

Suit up!

If you've been following the blog for a while you'll know this one is becoming quite the tradition. My local pub has an anual bumper billiards tournament and I've designed the poster for each instalment so far: fifth year in a row!

Channeling some classic Barney for this one ;).

Crane

Second one of the year. I'm quite happy with how the crane turned out, and the feathers of her dress. There's something a little off in her face, I think I might want to try something a little more stylized for the next one. Her foot is a little bit too big but I really lost my foot  mojo while drawing it and struggled a little. Every time I tried to shrink it down it looked funky again so I figured I just about got away with it and left it in the end :)

All in all, pretty satisfied with this piece. 

Otter

In 2013 I set myself a subject and a goal: to make enough illustration pieces to form a calendar. This forced me to make at least 12 personal pieces throughout the year. In 2014, I did no such thing. I foolishly thought I would make enough stuff through the year to make a calendar with no set subject at the end of it. When I browsed my blog at the end of the year looking for work to feature in a 2015 calender, I was shocked to see I barely made 5 blogposts this year. I clearly need the proverbial kick up the backside a set goal gives me to not run out of steam as the year progresses. So I've set myself a new calendar subject: it'll be roughly based upon the birth animals featured in the celtic zodiac. Because I love drawing animals and I like to have a starting point list. I'm one of those persons who gets lost in the sea of endless possibilities when faced with the notion of being able to creating anything I want. So I'm limiting myself, as it were, in this way to keep me focused. This'll hopefully help me stay on track and result in a new cohesive calendar at the end of the year. 

Here's the first one in the  new series: OTTER. Hope you enjoy, and wish me luck!

Rooster

Starting the year of by finishing a late Christmas gift for someone.

|Christmas card countdown| owl

I love owls :) 

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you have a nice evening and days to come.