more madam mad scientist

I liked this character so I decided to develop her a bit more, and made a small plasticine bust to help me figure out her shape, which I used to draw some expressions:

She was probably stained green and lost her eye from some horrible experiment (or looking down one too many vials of unholy potions).

autumn

Some plants and trees inspired by the local autumn colour. I was trying to play around with shapes and colours a little; there's much more variation in the hedgerows than one might think.

rhino model

This was a model in preparation for a stop-motion puppet, constructed from a wire, foam and foil base with plasticine and acrylic paint on top. The character was intended to be relatively realistic, but still with some personality.

Some construction photos:

And the final model:

feeding time

Saw an elderly lady feeding pigeons, and it inspired this elderly cave lady feeding prehistoric proto-pigeons.

jam labels

A label design for our rhubarb and ginger jam, with a rhubarb bird and a ginger bird.

And a couple more labels!

black widows logo

My cousins completed the Haute Route cycle race this year, and I did them a logo for their lovely pink lycra kit.

milly and blue

For this assignment we had to make a pitch for a kids' animated series. I ended up with a series for the 5-8's, with a main character whose family moves to live with her grandparents, who live and work next to a wood. Inside, the main character finds a magical stone that contains a mischievous shape-shifting magical creature.

Some early ideas. I liked the idea of a child finding a magical creature/s and adopting it, but I couldn't decide what form it might take. In the end I decided to cheat and have it be able to change shape - I thought this could provide more flexibility for plots and situations.

Couple of pages from the pitch, showing the main protagonists.

Some of the other proposed characters (Milly's grandparents, dad and older sister), and some ideas for episodes.