Mini Marker Elves: Autumn

Back on Track with my Mini Marker Elves, here is bountiful and brazen Autumn.

Mini Marker Elves: Summer

Today is, i must admit, my least favorite Elf- before they go to Expo she’ll have to be redone to fit in the series better.


Still, here is Summer; and tomorrow, Autumn!

Mini Marker Elves: Spring

Here is part 1 of a  little series of seasonal fairies done over the weekend- on a little bit of a marker rampage! The alternative theme for these is “barely covered nippleage.”


I say little because these were meant to be ACEO sized- 2.5″ by 3.5″. However, drawing this small is a lot harder than I gave it credit for, so these are just under postcard sized, to either be ruthlessly cropped down, or… not.


Today is actually my favorite elf, Spring.

Tomorrow, Summer!

Happy Birthday Philip!

So it’s the fella’s Birthday today, and in honor of his enormous hair (and his love for space cowboys), he gets this:

Markers & Bristol Board with a bit of coloured pencil. Cowboy Bebop Characters (c) Shinichiro Watanabe & Keiko Nobumoto

Marci Rebellion

As is always the way, as soon as you *need* to get on with 1 project, you become flushed with inspiration / distraction / procrastination… must get on!
Shout out to amazing concept artist Josh Atack http://badgertracks.net/ Who gave me some invaluable pointers on my last pic, I hope I’m going in the right direction 
Anyway, back to the world of Marci. Things are about to get pretty awesome!

Do you know, I don't think Hippos have tongues!

It seems like a popular recipe of making a terrifying and above all foreign enemy in fantasy books is to

1) take one unconventional / not-previously-encountered steed

2) armor your warrior to resemble an unrelated,  unconventional / not-previously-encountered beastie.

Inspired by the *spoilers!* cat-riding ant warriors and the camel-riding elephant warriors from the wheel of time and game of thrones respectively, I present to you a hippo-riding dung beetle warrior. With Morning Star. 

Happy 2012!

It’s 2012! Live this new year like it’s your last 


Apologies for the lack of updates, after expo I got rushed back into to full-time employment for 4 weeks to help out some folks, and then a wonderful 4 week vacation to Sydney via Singapore and Japan!


However now I am back, and happy to say that work will resume on the second Chapter of my 3-part mini comic, Marci.


In the mean time, please have a little painting! This was an attempt at a speed painting, but at about 7 hours total scumbag brain clearly did not understand the concept!
I’m delighted to have finally worked out how to extract cleaner hand-drawn lineart, thanks entirely to my lightbox (which is thanks entirely to my Dad who MADE me one), and this lovely tutorial here: http://www.studioqube.com/tutorials/painting/index.html
Other references and influences: PoseManiacs, the fantastic artwork of Rune Factory 3, and wonderful Hyung Tae Kim costumes!