Squirrels and wolves and bears, oh my!

I've been playing with symmetry again but this time I wanted to use it as a base for an image, with different parts on each side to show a seasonal shift.  I started again with my stag motif.  I wanted it to feel very Highland but the bears and wolves are pure artistic license.

I've enjoyed playing more with line and limited colour lately. These feel like an evolution of my advent illustrations which you can see here.  

Here is the original pencil drawing  I only drew half and then copied and flipped it in photoshop so I had two sides.  The animals were drawn separately.

The line work was done in Procreate and the colour was added in Photoshop.  

A few close ups.

I'd like to explore line work like this for book chapter headings or cover art but for now it's very new and something I enjoy playing with.

Once Upon A Woodland

It is a little known fact that squirrels are avid readers. Luckily there's a local woodland library with plenty of titles to choose from. The birds, sweet as they are appear, are notorious for reading over one's shoulder...and not always to themselves.

Available in two colours, this orange and grey screen print is an edition of 20, and available to buy here

It's also available in a brighter red, and like the red squirrels themselves is much rarer.  Only 8 were made.  There are available to buy here