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sketches

August 16, 2010

cat

Part of the dummy for an upcoming book. It might not be a cat in the final book though.

August 5, 2010

Sherman

Indulging my current interest in machines. I was accused by a grade two student a few months ago for the decided lack of trucks and vehicles in my books. I admit to having an aversion to drawing machines. So perhaps I can learn to overcome this by practicing a bit. Here’s a Sherman tank. I recently watched Kelly’s Heroes (an old Clint Eastwood movie) that I had remembered enjoying when I was much younger. It held up pretty well. Donald Sutherland plays Oddball, a Sherman commander. He’s almost the best part of the movie. World War 2’s only hippie. He enjoys riding in a Sherman. So this was inspired by Oddball and his Sherman. And I kind of like the idea of a cute tank.

August 4, 2010

sketchy tiger

A tiger. I thought he was pretty cute.

April 20, 2010

Miffed Bunny

A rabbit who looks a little miffed. Not my most interesting sketch I suppose, but I really like the expression on his (or her — it’s hard to tell with rabbits) face.

April 7, 2010

Untitled

I like this drawing but wasn’t sure what to do with it. None of the backgrounds I tried worked particularly well so I’ll just let her sit on a bright yellow one. Hope you like her.

March 12, 2010

The Walk

I kinda like this one in a quiet sort of a way.

March 4, 2010

Theo Writing

I drew this guy reading and decided that it looked kind of like my son, Theo, who is only 9 months old. I think it’s the hair. Anyway, I thought it a funny picture so coloured it up and here it is.

February 7, 2010

Grave

I love this drawing. It was quick and spontaneous and captures something very real. My wife even stopped what she was doing when she looked over at my sketchbook and commented on it (she seldom does that). I’ve just finished reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. It’s really excellent. This drawing isn’t really meant to be Bod, or a scene from the book, but it’s definitely inspired by some of the emotions conjured by reading it.

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January 22, 2010

The Freak

Where did this blue flower come from?

January 12, 2010

Boy

Not exactly mind-blowing but hey, they can’t all be gems. Feels like a good one to start another year of sketches.