Pink.

Digital experiment..

Saiga antelope.

pencil study of the Saiga antelope from Kelvingrove museum & gallery.
(2nd hind leg just peeking through)

Helensburgh.

Figure studies from a very breezy day in Helensburgh.

Lurgo.

"Lurgo" - character concept inspired by some of the Jim Henson Creature shop's work..

Cult Trooper.

Antiky trooper concept.

Corpus Quad.

Creature/sculpt concept sketch.

Oddess Massa.

A revised character concept...

Simulacrum.

A development of an old doodle..

Arac.

A creature doodle..

Squirrel Skelly..

Hi folks,

Quick update on the calibration issue.. I've been investigating and it appears the contrast & brightness were set way too high on my monitor so basically all the work I had white balanced on Photoshop was out - plus there appeared to be a severe blue cast on many of the images.  I've now corrected all of the posts and hopefully, everything should be hunky dory now.

If anybody out there contrast/brightness corrects their scanned images I would seriously recommend checking a site like Lagom for help. This website has been incredibly helpful for tweaking my monitor.

Finally,

Todays drawing - a squirrel skeleton study from Kelvingrove..  

Japanese Spider Crab.

A pencil drawing of the humungous Japanese Spider Crab from Kelvingrove gallery & Museum..

Celo.

A pencil drawing of a relative from another time. She's pregnant in the original reference btw..

Fairly.

Fairly newish life drawing..

A3 -  conte & charcoal on sugar paper.

The Faerie Glen.

I tend not to blog about places too often but the Faerie Glen (near Uig) on the isle of Skye might possibly be the most amazing place I've been in many, many years. It's basically Hobbiton - in Scotland. Seriously. Utterly mental & quite brilliant, check it out if you're ever on Skye.

Gordon.

Kelvin skulls..

Some Kelvingrove museum skulls..

Goliath

A Goliath Beetle study from a recent jaunt to Kelvingrove.

Square Go.

"Square Go"
Acrylic on canvas - 30x20" - 2014

Corvus corax.

Raven study from a recent jaunt to Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum.
conte on sugar paper - 24x16"

The Opportunists.

"The Opportunists"
Acrylic on canvas - 30x20" - 2014

Twigged..

A couple of rescans, colour & contrast corrected..

Morbus.

"Morbus"
Acrylic on canvas - 12x10" - 2014

Ca' The Yowes.

"Ca' The Yowes"
Acrylic on canvas - 30x20" - 2014

Square Go. (WIP)

Some WIP..

Leafy.

Leaf sketches...

Chimaera.

A wee H.R. Giger inspired drawing..

H.R. Giger

The god of Biomechanics - Swiss Painter & Sculptor H.R. Giger died yesterday.  An immeasurable influence on countless artists, musicians and filmmakers, the world has lost a true genius & visionary.

Negotium

"Negotium"
Acrylic on canvas - 20x16" - 2013


-slightly reworked painting from late, last year.

Simians

- some monkey studies, salvaged & rescanned.

Tapp Worr

Tapp Worr & Gomel - two creature concepts..

character sketches.

A couple of sketchbook doodles..

Last of the gas.

... and the last of the gas mask studies (I promise!)

Creeling.

Hey folks. I'm kind of knee deep in painting at the moment & would love to show the new stuff but they are not quite finished yet (nearly though) .. thought I'd upload some sketchy stuff in the meantime...

Gestalt.

Some sketchbook stuffs..

Relics.

First upload today is a couple of restored 90's drawings.

The skeleton was actually a fixture of the college art room, providing invaluable anatomy reference, alongside the life drawing classes. The drawing's a wee bit rough but I kind of like it. The sycamore seed drawing is from a very rusty old sketchbook..