Illustration Friday: Egg

Happy Easter bloggers!

Enjoy the Easter weekend.

-Zesty

Illustration Friday: New

Mr Frog is celebrating New Year! Bubbly all round! 

I've rather fallen in love with this little character...

This time around, I created the line work traditionally with an Ink brush I recently treated myself too. I also tried a new technique to put together the illustration by using my lightbox I got for Christmas. I don't know how I got round without one before!

Happy new year everyone!

Illustration Friday: Snow

I need to start blogging again, so here's my entry for Illustration Friday: Snow

I'm trying to recreate my brand of illustration, so there is lots of experimenting going on. Today I tried using some thicker line work than I would usually- Please let me know what you think! 

IF- Refresh

Oh, there is nothing quite like the refreshing sent of a Shoggoth!

Yuuuum!

The Shoggoths are one of my favorite monsters from Lovecraft. They're so darn versatile!

(c) Toby Allen 2012

IF- Space

Greg-a-zorg had just moved into his new moon-sion and invited his 

pal over to see what he thought...

As you can see, Greg-a-zorg's taste in home decoration is not 

favoured by all!

I think he did the best he could! 

SPAAAAAAAAAAACE

(c) Toby Allen 2012

IF- Secret

The world didn't approve of Swiss and Brie's relationship,

so they had to elope in secret...

Inter-regional cheese relationships can result in a fondu-sentance in some

parts of the world. A terrible fate for any cheese. 

(c) Toby Allen 2012

IF- Shiny

Morpheus the Magpie is late for his weekly S.A. (Shiny-aholics anonymous) meeting again...

That ring is just so darn shiny! 

Just a quick illustration this week, its been very busy recently!

IF- Faded

 

I haven done Illustration Friday for a little while due to uni workload,

but I've just finished me latest project and have now got the time to do some

personal illustration. (see post below for a look at my latest uni work)

This was more of an experiment than anything, as I'm trying to make lighting

a more prominent part of my work. Please let me know what you think

 and whether you can tell the form of the character well enough?

Its need some more work I think, but I'm okay with it at the moment. 

I'd like to try it again sometime with a more cartoon like character...

(c) Toby Allen 2012

IF- Jump

Roll up! Roll up! Ladies and Gentlemen!

I bring you the latest in circus entertainment!

The Jumping Gremlin!

...

He's just about to jump... Watch out, he has a thing for snatching eyeglasses from

unsuspecting peoples faces!

Watercolour and Photoshop

(c) Toby Allen 2012

IF- Heights

From the heights of his vast intelligence to his huge love of vanilla ice cream, the 

Fez monster is definitely not a force to be reasoned with. He is always right and

if you dare try to correct him, he will do something drastic about it!

Deep down he's a softy really... Oh and he has an acute fear of heights, so he can't

fly. And when I say acute... I mean EXTREME.

--

This is a monster I designed for a project at uni which will come to light very soon.

It's called 'Monsters with Hats'

(c) Toby Allen 2012

IF- Swamp

Ive been craving peppermint tea for a while now...

So I brewed some and remembered I didnt like it.

It dosent help that my particular brand looks like swamp water.

So heres a Crocodile bathing in my swamp-like peppermint tea!

Ohhh, its nice to do something completely digital again. 

Haven't done it for a little while. 

Its also nice to have time to draw for myself. 

I missed IF last week due to workload at uni. 

UPDATE-

I expanded on an idea of Petra van Berkum in the comments, that it would make 

great packaging for the tea! Here's a little go at it! 

IF- Yield

I will not yield  to the cupcake gods!

...must resist! 

-hehe

Available as prints here-

http://society6.com/TobyAllen/Bless-this-Cupcake-then-eat-it_Print

and here-

http://society6.com/TobyAllen/Fear-this-Cupcake-then-eat-it_Print

IF- Intention

It was my intention to draw something 'Cthulhu' related this week, and

I was hoping to do something a little spooky. (sketched below to proove this) However, the result

 is much cuter than anticipated. Never mind, we shall call him 'Son of Cthulhu'.

The main idea behind this illustration was that this cute little 'Cthulhu' like

character isn't quite as scary of in fact evil as he should be, and so he is constantly 

being reminded of his horrible heritage.

Why can't a Cthulhu grow up in a normal life, go to school and become

a scholar? He only has good intentions.

Its nice to bring out the watercolours again. 

Oh and my current reading of 'The Call of Cthulhu and other wierd tales' is

to blame for this. I've finally discovered Lovecraft! 

Concept illustration for the cute little Cthulhu

Sketches for a meaner and more Lovecraft cthulhu

And then I unleashed the cute! hehe

IF- Capable

Sir Cape-Pebble and his trusty sidekick Broomsworth!

Superheroes of the Victorian age!

They are both rather 'Capable' aren't they?

PS

Thank you everyone, so much for the comments on last weeks 

illustration! I appreciate them all! 

IF- Fluid

A very sketchy one this week.

I should have spent more time on it, but I rather like the sketchy feel.

Anyway, its a mermaid in a bottle. Of course. 

IF- Popularity

What better way to gain popularity than to dress up like Pikachu?

Gotta catch 'em all!

IF- Suspense

I gave myself the weekend to relax, ahead of a busy week to come.

But was uninspired by the prompt for Illustration Friday. 

I tried something a little different though.

I was intending to animate the minute hand as if it were stuck just before midnight...

but it didn't work out so well so I gave up.

IF- Forward

The Bacon Battalion marches forward!

Sorry vegetarians... I love pigs really!

IF- Twirl

We all know that Quail ballerinas are the best, don't we?

I don't use black and white nearly as much as I should...

*TWIRL*

IF- Prepare

I missed Illustration Friday last week due to uni workload =(

But I've got back into the routine so have managed to fit IF in this week.

This is the Quail Postman preparing for his days work delivering letters 

to the other quails along the coast. He loves his job, meeting all the people 

and handing over exciting letters and parcels!

I dug out the inks and watercolours this time, decided I was relying too

much on the magic of digital mediums.

Its good to use watercolours again. =D