So my mom and I watched the Canadian tv show Slings and Arrows recently and quite enjoyed it! There are a lot of interesting faces in the show so I decided to waste some time doing these watercolor doodles of some of my favorite characters. Most of these are from the main cast, but some have much smaller roles — I just like them.
Characters from left to right:
Oliver Welles. “You’re talking to a ghost! Wake up and smell the coffin!” — Geoffrey Tennant. “You stay in the theater because you don’t wanna starve to death? Now that is irony.” — Ellen Fanshaw. “Oh God. And I’m alone, just me and my dehydrated chameleon.”
Darren Nichols. “Life is just fucking nuts, isn’t it?” — Richard Smith-Jones. “Darren! Everyone cries when they’re stabbed. There’s no shame in that!” — Maria. “Because all stage managers are pot-smoking lesbians, right?”
Frank and Cyril. — Anna Conroy. “Sometimes it’s best to just work through the tears. That’s what I do.” — Jerry.
Nahum. “I must confess — I love drama!” — The Mortimer Brothers. “We’ve never removed a head before.”
I’ve been mostly busy catching up with plush toy commissions since I went on break, but here are some things from my attempts to keep a “real sketchbook”. The rose is drawn from life in my back yard and it’s super pretty. I want to draw it some more before it stops blooming, because the color is just unreal.
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Here is a short wordless photo comic I did for an open assignment this semester. Muriel (the goblin character) and all the paper scenery were handmade by me. It was tricky getting a cohesive story out of a loosely-planned photoshoot, but I think it turned out reasonably well. It was definitely a fun experiment. I may come back and mess with it more in future.
This is REALLY impressive! I love Muriel and the photos really do tell a story. How did you do her eyes? Are they acrylic inserts?
Thank you so much! The eyes are very nice doll eyes that I had lying around. They consist of a porcelain sphere with a colored glass iris/pupil part stuck to the front. They look quite lifelike! Their shape is another advantage, as I did not have to glue them in to the face — the eyelids hold them in and the eyes can be turned to look in different directions.
Here is a short wordless photo comic I did for an open assignment this semester. Muriel (the goblin character) and all the paper scenery were handmade by me. It was tricky getting a cohesive story out of a loosely-planned photoshoot, but I think it turned out reasonably well. It was definitely a fun experiment. I may come back and mess with it more in future.
My very last illustration assignment of the semester! I… ended up doing it three times due to technical difficulties. The assignment was a square spot illustration representing a genre, and I chose tragedy/melodrama. It was a pretty enjoyable project, in spite of everything.
This is meant to be a vaguely Elizabethan lady, but I played it fast and loose with reference so I doubt the costume is stunningly accurate.
I’ve been drawing a lot of violence and injury lately, I get mean when I’m tired.
Also here is the queen lady from that other thing I did.
I hope I’ll get to make another needle-felted character over the summer… It’s such a demanding process and it feels a lot more rewarding and logical when I’m doing something with a story behind it (instead of random ornaments/products.)
I made this goblin girl (and accompanying paper scenery) for another assignment. Her name is Muriel. I did a five-page photo comic with her, which I will also post eventually.
My penultimate illustration assignment of the semester, an illustration for a story called The Dungeon Master by Sam Lipsyte. I had fun with this one, I managed to fit in many of my favorite themes: medieval/fantasy costuming, dragons, dogs, and miserable people.
So here is this with absolutely no context.
Well, this exists. Snakes!
Life…
I just really like borzoi OKAY?
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