illo_advent week one

Those busy elves on Twitter are preparing for the festive season with an illustrated advent yet again.  You can find lots of wonderful artwork at #illo_advent  Last year I only managed day one, this year I'm trying to do an illustration a day.  I'm up to date so far.  Here's week one.

December 1

December 2

December 3

December 4

The Enormous Crocodile

Finally found some time to catch up with the Daily__Doodle and it just happens to be Roald Dahl week.  The last proper doodle I remember doing was for Fantastic Mr Fox so my timing feels perfect.  I read a lot of Dahl as a kid but I don't have a great memory for it.  I managed to find an audiobook of The Enormous Crocodile online (read wonderfully by Stephen Fry) to sketch along to.  I decided to add the sun motif as a cheeky nod to the end of the book.

Elephants and Crocs

I've spent some time this week printing some more of these two.  

Harumph!

Yippee!

This one is a warning to us all.  Never trust anything a monkey tells you.

Elephant and Croc return

This is an image I've been playing with for a day or two with some old characters.
Although I was wisely asked 'what happens when the elephant stands on the anthill?'
I remain optimistic.

Elephant and Croc

elephant and croc

Apologies for my absence of late but I've been knee deep in colour seperations and so here are elephant and croc instead.  I did these as part of my portfolio and hope to find a story for them both soon.