Rat Dragon (a break from Mermay)

Sometimes, in the midst of the general overwhelm of tasks and responsibilities that seem to define what it means to be alive, you get a bizarre little distraction. This week, I was supposed to be drawing mermaids, working on a painting commission, developing a web comic project I dearly hope comes to fruition, and surviving the onslaught of life. Clearly, there is no room for anything else. And yet, when this dragon idea plopped his smug  little self on top of one of my other projects, I shoved everything else aside and sketched him for pages, trying to figure him out. 

After lots of terrible drawings (more terrible than the ones pictured here), I decide he was a Rat dragon, that he was greedy, mischievous, bratty, and probably considered by most to be a nuisance, and that I totally loved him. 

Sometimes, a bizarre little distraction is just what you need.

onward and upward,

Bethany

Sketches from Hiatus: Random stuff

Last batch of hiatus sketches, most of which are pretty random. I think it's funny that I ended with cats, since that's where my hiatus sketches started. =^._.^=

onward and upward,

Bethany

Sketches from Hiatus: Creatures

Since I sketched a lot of different things over hiatus, I figured I'd split them up over a few weeks. Part of my goal for this break was to actually enjoy drawing again, which involved doodling lots of cute creatures! ^_^ I still haven't got the unicorgi or cat dragon designs quite where I want them, but they're headed in a good direction.

onward and upward,

Bethany

Inktober Creatures pt 2

October is only one day away from being over and I am only one day away from finishing my Inktober drawing challenge!! Which is good, because I used up the last page in my creature sketchbook today. (Tomorrow's drawing will have to be taped in.) Inktober has been a blast and I'll definitely participate next year! ^_^

You can see the first half of my creature drawings here.

The Hanging Garden Rabbit Sloth

The Turtle Bull

The Jellybean Bunny Frog

The Eastern Duck Deer

The Dog-eared Yeti

The Western Otterpus

The Axe-nosed Coral Turtle

The Elephant Squirrel

The Duck-billed Racoon

The Brush-tailed Uniferret

The Greater Bug Bat

The Toucan Goat

The Medusa Rat

The Beaver Parrot

onward and upward,

Beth

Inktober Creatures

For the past 16 days, I've been participating in an art challenge called Inktober. For each day of the month of October, you draw something in pencil and ink, then share it on the Internet under the hashtag #inktober. The great Jake Parker (you can check out his work at http://mrjakeparker.tumblr.com/) started this challenge back in 2009 and it's been building momentum ever since.

Since this is my first time doing Inktober, I decided to go with the manageable "theme" of creatures/monsters. Although I was slightly terrified at the beginning, I've really enjoyed this challenge so far. Some of my creatures are better than others, but it's been really fun inventing some new, weird combo each day. Since I've been posting my drawings on Twitter, I thought it would be good to gather up everything I've done so far and share it on the blog. So, there you have it; all my Inktober creatures, part 1. I'll post the other half of them in a few weeks, once October is over.

a sleep deprived ghostie (I really like this one! ^_^)

The rabbit donkey

The bristle-tailed fox ferret (which, by total accident, looks a lot like a pokémon)

The stick legged bird

The fearsome hoppasaurous (my attempt at drawing something scary)

The swan mantis (it turned out so well!! ^_^)

The Blue Finned Whisker Fish

The black banned wolf snake

The pink jellypus

The Lesser Gator Shrimp

The Big Horned Blip

The Angler Frog Fish (love this one, too.)

The Stripped Bugbear (which is an actual term that I reinterpreted.)

The White Faced Rat Monkey (which totally sounds like an insult.)

The Cheshire Bat

The Sunfire Chicken

onward and upward,

Bethany