Pointing Treadbot

I've never owned a 'moleskin' sketchbook before. Coming back from London, in a slightly drunk state, one night not long ago, I saw moleskin sketchbooks on sale in the Victoria Train Station WHSmiths (was shopping for unhealthy snacks at the time). Once I got the plastic wrappers off, I was dissappointed to find out that moleskin is simply a brand name and not what the exterior of said sketchbook is derived from (my vegetarian daughter will not be happy I just typed that).

What does the nature of my latest sketchbook have to do with the sketch below? Absolutely nothing save for the fact that it's the first sketch in my [non]moleskin sketch book.

0.3mm HB mechanical pencil in premium brand, quite overpriced sketchbook.

Tedapede

A vicious insectoid creature masquerading as a teddy bear.

Pencil on A5 paper

Big-Foot, Flat-faced Strider

Well the full name of this critter is...
Big-footed, Flat-faced, Monooptic Strider
...but I didn't want to push it.

Pencil on A5 paper

Unclassified Creature #291212

After another two-or-so month hiatus from drawing here's a bit of creature design to get back into the swing of things. Also probably the last sketch I'll complete in 2012 (Mayan apocalypse be dammed!)

Pencil on Paper 13.4 x 9cm

Chef Worm says Hi!

A friendly critter, doing a job you probably don't want them to.

Pencil on A6 paper

Tattoo Design - Part One

My friend Brad wanted a new tattoo so he asked me to design it. Tattoo design isn't something I'd done before so I was excited but also a bit nervous about doing it.

He wanted an interpretation of his wife Jen and their dog Ferris.
This is what I came up with.

Quite rightly, Brad thought the dog could do with more sci-fi/steam-punk type embellishment. The trouble was that I had raced ahead and finished the shading on the original pencil drawing in one sitting and couldn't really add anything new on top of the pencil drawing without messing the drawing up.
I've had a light-box stored in my loft for well over a decade so I thought this would be a great time to bring it down, clean it up and use it again. So my plan was to draw the extra pieces for Ferris on a new sheet of paper that was laid over the original drawing which in turn was resting on my newly restored light-box.
Here is the result

And then when the two images are combined in photoshop we end up with the final design

Here's a photo of Brad before starting the first tattoo session and another one just after.

Apparently he's got another six to nine hours of pain before the tattoo is shaded and finished. Ouch! I'll post part two when it's all over.

Hanging Hermit Turkopus

 A Hermit Turkopus is a creature that appropriates discarded machine parts and other rubbish left by more sentient beings to give itself a protective covering.

 
2B pencil on 3 by 5inch post-it-note