Merry Christmas!

I am so lazy with posting new stuff, but at least I post this X-Mas variation of the panda I made for the band »Texas Local News« (see the post before this one). That was a quick and dirty thank you for the guys (and girl).

Right now I am working on a new Shadow’s Mignon album cover which is a blast. I might even show you the progress for this. So look forward to it!

Until then have nice holidays and a happy New Year!

Pandas and Boxes

Been quite busy the past few months, earning my bachelor degree in communication design and all (check out www.designduoell.de – German only, sorry :)) And I had the opportunity to make a new CD artwork for the great young band Texas Local News for their upcoming Debut EP »We Are Pandora«. Check them out!
That one was a real treat. Never done a panda before (it is their mascot btw) so this was a great and fun challenge!

If you need artwork for your Band or anything else, just contact me via Facebook

Can you guess what is written on the box?

The Blacksmith

Another picture of an animal in a frame doing non-animalistic things. This one is not based on a stupid word play—at least non that I am aware of. I just wanted to draw a rhino. That is the whole story for this one!

Hiking Bird

So, this one is based on a wordplay which kinda only works in German (Wandervogel = bird of passage / hiking bird)

Nothing more to say :)

Smile …

… even if it hurts.
A little drawing I did today. I have no idea how that came to be, be aren’t those the most fun ones? Anyway i just had to put something up again, hadn’t I?

»Come closer, we don’t bite … much«

Have you seen this Dragon?

The Rodlum Bellypuff is actually a pretty harmless specimen of the dragon kind, probably because it is only about one and a half foot tall (the tallest that is!). The Bellypuff is known to be a very nice familiar for wizards and those in desperate need of a mobile lighter. Have you seen one?

The drawing of a fully grown male Rodlum Bellypuff

Under pressure!

I recently started getting into working with a drypoint at the university. Here’s the first result. I can tell you that this is a mess with the oil color but the results can be rewarding. I only gave it a slight color in Photoshop—the original print is plain black.

Ready, steady...

A crocodile, an evil penguin and an otter: 3 great swimmers, all very different. Who would win a race in water?

Veggies of Wrath

Inspired by John Steinbeck's Nobel Price winning book "Grape's of Wrath" and a comment of my art teacher gave me the idea for this pic. My fave is the mad potatoe. No further comment needed.

You gotta lick it...

Is it a tongue or ist it a worm? You decide.  Ink drawing with very basic photoshop coloring. Done in about 50 Minutes.

Snail Fail

Last drawing for today. I did this actually also during the sketchgroup meeting, but finished it up during my train ride back home. It's some kind of a snail man thingy. He might be a friend of the insane turtle man. I'm afraid to ask.

This flower is mine ... MINE.

Another Challenge, but I missed the deadline by 10 seconds. Pity, but no reason for whining. This weird turtle guy took about 60 Minutes with coloring. (Actually it is a tortoise man, because turtles live in water :))

Creepy? Cute? I gonna eats ya!

A quick 20 minute drawing, done with pencil, watercolor and a black color pencil. Don't try to caress that little fella!

Dancing with the Devil

This one was just for fun. Once again no real idea, just started drawing with a black ballpoint pen. The color is done with watercolor. Time was about 2 hours.

Sitting, Waiting.

As promised, something new. This was another contest (yeah those get me doing stuff :)) 2000 year old creature. Time 1 hour, although this version has been painted further for about 45 minutes. I had no real vision, it just came out of doodling around. later I wanted it to have some stony skin an grass on the back to show, that it sat there already for a long time, waiting for whatever. I like the bird.