Sibling Squabble

An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 60.

Best of Times

An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 59.

Frozen Frolic

An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 58.

Caught Being Nice

An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 57.

Daily Animal Sketch – Lion Cubs

Roly poly lion cubs

Daily Animal Sketch – Polar Bear Warm ups

Sketching polar bears to warm up for drawing Last of the Polar Bears comic pages! Color pages were done in Clip Studio Paint, the rest in my sketchbook with 0.5mm mechanical pencil.

Daily Animal Sketch – Giraffe and Fennec Fox

Daily Animal Sketch – Lioness

Daily Animal Sketch - Itty Bitty Kitties and Little Foxes

Daily Animal Sketch – Koalas, Dogs, and Lemurs

Daily Animal Sketch – Newborn Deer

Little deer on unsteady legs. From the sketchbook!

Cute Critter Sketches

Vole Stampede

Frostbite is astounded to find herself standing in a wave of panicked voles. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 44.

Nanook

Crestfallen cub. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 42.

Lessons from the Ice

Nanook encounters his first arctic hare. But...? An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 28.

Arctic Catch

Frostbite scores an arctic hare. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 27.

Arctic Animal Comic Competition Results!

I’m pleased to announce the winners for the 2012 ‘My Arctic Animal’ comic competition! I was amazed and moved by the creativity, passion and variety of the entries I received. They were incredibly varied, from dramatic, to funny, to heart-wrenching, utilizing every art medium from crayons to digital paint. In fact, there were so many fun and creative entries to choose from, it was difficult to narrow it down to just one for each age group (8 and under, 9 to 13, 14 to 18).

The overall winning entry “Zaenok the Collared Lemming” by Zefanya N Putri, age 16, USA.

What I love about Zefanya’s comic is her clever use of layout to take us on a guided tour of the Arctic through the eyes of the collared lemming, Zaenok. From sword-fighting narwhals to leopard seals used as platforms, the sequence of events packed into this single page makes it a joy to read. Congratulations Zefanya!

Click here to view the rest of the winning entries!

New Book – Draw More Furries!

Arriving in bookstores November 23rd! The follow-up book to Draw Furries, Draw More Furries is packed with more fantastic furries and scalies to draw!

 

This book shows readers how to create anthropomorphic characters (animals with human-like characteristics) that effectively convey various personalities, combining elements of people with those of furry (or feathered or scaled) animals, reptiles and mythical creatures.

Here’s a few sample spreads:

Signed copies of the book are available through my online shop! Go here to order your copy.

Meerkat Mob

Four meerkat kits for a graphic designer's logo. Enjoyed drawing and coloring these little guys so much that I decided to take one and make a little illustration out of it.

Daily Animal Sketch – Arctic Fox and Polar Bears

Studies of Arctic foxes and polar bears. Plus some sketches of Nanook with various expressions, and a sparkly-eyed shoujo bear.