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Orphan Mascots

Laneth Sffarlenn wanted some mascots for his blog: It Takes 10 Years to Become an Orphan, an autobiographical blog about his journey into, well, orphan-hood. He asked for an Artful Dodger sort of look, but also a mascot that resembled himself. This was the final result, and Laneth commented: “This really is a brilliant idea! [...]

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Savannah Cat

I’d never heard of Savannah Cats until I got a request to draw one. They’re hybrid cats, combining housecat and serval (that’s an African wild cat) DNA. They’re large, expensive, and can be hard to keep, being only partly domesticated. They sure are pretty though. This kitty was drawn in ink on paper, and digitally [...]

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Next Chance Cafe

The Next Chance Cafe is an online hangout with coffee, choco-cherry bonbons and personal re-invention. Proprietor Sherrie asked me for a header for the site, and I had some fun drawing cute cafe type things. Including plants not seen in nature. Ah, artistic freedom, where would we be without you. Sherrie was happy with the [...]

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Portrait

Brenda Stoltz (@BSStoltz on Twitter) asked me if I could draw her a portrait in pencil. Although portraiture isn’t really my speciality, I agreed to give it a try and she was very happy with the result. It’s probably a good thing I never showed her my initial attempts, in which she looked like a [...]

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Lightbulb Moment

This was done using ink and colour markers. It was to accompany an article on innovation, new ideas and thinking outside the box, you know, corporate stuff. I’m not sure my flying lightbulb made the article less boring, but one can only try. For some reason the colours weren’t very well preserved when I saved [...]

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Namaste ~ Heather

Heather, yoga teacher and blogger, was after a new header for her blog. Because she is trying to deepen her meditation practice, she asked me to draw her in lotus pose. Heather was very happy with her new look. “I LOVE it. The earthy tones look wonderful on the blue waves. I like the simplicity [...]

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Awesome Fear Wrangling

I heard the awesome (and rather excitable) Catherine Caine was working on a “Fear Wrangling” product, about taming your fears around starting a website. I thought that was a great idea, and had an idea for an illustration to go with it. Of course, Catherine knows awesome when she sees it, and so the cover [...]

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Budgie Mascot

This mascot was designed for a new website, but the website’s creators made different plans in the end. So now she’s a homeless mascot. She doesn’t mind though, birds were meant to be free. The birdie on the right is a relative who appeared in one of my comic books.

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Mascots for Life

Mascots for Life are personalised little cheerleader versions of you doing the things you would love to do, but not always manage. Like exercising, or taking enough breaks, or accepting help and support, or playing, etc. They help you achieve your goals by giving you friendly, guilt-free reminders. These are some I did for myself, [...]

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Halloween Fingerhead

Even best selling authors let it all hang out sometimes. This is Fingerhead, writer and star of Being Creative, at Halloween. A joke picture I drew for someone in a Halloween art exchange.

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The Inky Girl

This assignment was great fun, I was asked to design a header image for Inky Comics, the new comics-specific site from brochure and everything else-printers Inky Little Fingers. I had heard of Inky Little Fingers from other comic book artists, they were recommended for their quick print times and painless online service. So it made [...]

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Sassy Friend

Believe it or not, I did this for a female client. She wanted a cheeky portrait of her best friend, a sassy, chatty party girl who is very aware of her assets and likes wearing low cut tops. In doing the sketches, I kept exaggerating the chest more and more to the point of rediculosity. [...]

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