Talent

Talent, some have lots of it, then somehow forget any wisdom they may have picked up along the way.

emu games

 Dave was just enjoying  a beer in the outback, watching the sun set, when he was disturbed by a pair of emus.

In response to Illustration Friday topic of "whisper".

Flying Farley

It is not too often I have an image ready for an Illustration Friday topic, but 'Wings' suited this one.
Tis from a little book I am doing for someone, 12 spreads about Farley, a small flattish fish, who has a few adventures.

phone user

I am going to try to play with some of my little sketchbook drawings, turn them into something else, maybe try actually painting them with real paint! This one used some of those pavement textures I had saved.

dog and tree

My response to the Illustration Friday topic of "tree". "Hmm, I think it comes from a great dane !"

the inland sea

Water, or the lack of it.
Way back, in 1844, August 10th, Captain Charles Sturt led the Central Australian Expedition from Adelaide, along the Murray and the Darling Rivers before heading where no European had been before. The quest was to find the sea which Sturt and his sponsors believed occupied the heart of Australia.
The expedition's outfit consisted of: 16 men,11 horses, 30 bullocks.1 boat and boat carriage. 1 horse dray.1 spring cart.3 drays, 200 sheep for food, two sheep dogs, and four kangaroo dogs. The journey failed to find the mythical inland sea.
I made this sketch for the Illustration Friday topic of "water".

Red's big backside

For the topic in Illustration Friday of "mirror".
Big Red was wondering, do I really look like this, wow!!
This is like one of the roos in the upcoming book , Big Red Kangaroo, to be published next year, done in charcoal with digital colour, and distortions using the puppet warp feature in CS5.

book sketch

I thought it time I started doing a bit of blogging. I have been working on the book " Big Red Kangaroo" to be published next year by Walker Books.  I will post some images soon on that topic, and this one is a doodle for the Illustration Friday topic of "book", which is nothing like the style of the roo book, it being done in charcoal with digital collaging and colouring.

Cow secrets

This is last weeks Illustration Friday topic of "shiny", inspired by braces on the teeth of someone I know. No, they are not cow-like . either!! It will do  for this weeks topic of "secret", as Kara had to keep the braces hidden form the others in the herd.
I did this one about A4 size with pastel on watercolour paper, just to see and play with other media than digital, although it does have  a bit of digital enhancing.

hurry up

Little kids, they just enjoy a good sit , nothing else to do , not in a hurry, like Granpa outside, waiting...