Turtle

A turtle inspired by my chopstick rest that's now happily sitting in my zen water fountain. It's a little stone turtle with a flat back that matched a pair of stone chopsticks that have sadly passed on from this world. Turns out stone isn't the best material to use for chopsticks... but it's great for chopstick rests!

Gargoyle

Gasp. Two updates, two days in a row. Unprecedented.

The ugliness of this gargoyle is also unprecedented.

Dragon 2

Year of the Ox.

... and in this drawing blog's case, it's the year of the minotaur.
First few attempts focused on the fantastical image of a minotaur.. with a bit of the cartoon-y. I started using a blue pencil to sketch then go over with graphite to draw the actual lines. This sketch was done over the break.
Consider next a more realistic view of the minotaur... where one might actually place a bull's head on a human body. The focus of this sketch was the face and getting a bull's head more realistic- working off a photo, obviously. Sketch also done over the break.
Various sketches- one of a bull, one smaller of the body of a minotaur- trying to see how the whole body might look. This sketch as well, over the break.And finally, one last sketch from today- mixing a bit of the more real aspects of a bull. Having some time off from drawing minotaurs, I found this one a bit lacking and certainly looking a bit more cartoon-y than I desired.

Wildebeest... rhino

This guy took just a minute or so to sketch out. I don't know what he is. You'll find that that's a common theme here on this blog.

"What is it?"

"F*ck all if I know."