Monsters with Hats

My latest uni project has consumed my life for the past month or so.. if not more.

Its been fun but Ill be glad when its all handed in on Monday 28th! (which is also my 21st birthday!)

Its a handmade concertina book, made to sell at the summer show at Plymouth College of Art. Their is a standard version (with the envelope) and a special edition that comes with a box and 2 badges, as well as being hard-bound!

There is also a bonus mini book called 'En Gateau!' 

(A business card is also thrown in, that's the 4 paneled thing)

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.

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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- Forward

The Bacon Battalion marches forward!

Sorry vegetarians... I love pigs really!

IF- Highlight

I challenged myself for this week's Illustration Friday, as it was my first piece of art of 2012.

I could have no preconceived ideas for the illustration, I had to do it in one sitting 

and I could only use four base colours. 

I think the outcome works quite well. I don't know what the bug thing is...

Maybe it needs a name?

I worked on the lighting mostly in this picture, as it's something I don't always

consider allot in my work. 

Here's to a fruitful 2012! 

IF- Silent

I have a bit too much going on at the moment to draw a while new

illustration for IF. So I recycled one I entered for a little zine style publication 

our Uni makes. 

It was originally Black and White, but I really dont like black and white... 

So I rainbow puked on it.

Oh and I also updated my blog theme... What do ya think?

Nightmares just got real...

I wanted to have an experiment today, and play around with making a pretend move poster for my in progress RPG Maker game 'A Nyght's Tale'.

The creature on the poster is Grulff, and he's really just a big cutie! 

Id love to so some more like this, but I don't know if I will get round to it. 

It was very fun to do though! 

I've also bought myself an A3 size poster of it! Cant wait to stick it on my wall! hehe 

UPDATE-

Here's another one 

Cover mock-ups

I just cant choose which one to do!

Decisions decisions. (btw its the front and back cover combined)

Toby & the Monsters

Here are a few mock-up of how I want the pages of my book to look. (Was done on photoshop, but the real thing will be handmade using photocopier and tissue paper)

Ill probably go with the white one. =D