Swimming Turtle finished

I finally finished it.

Swimming Turtle - complete

I finished this illustration a while ago but I have only got around to posting it here now. I'm not happy with how the water turned out. I'll have to give it another go some time. I don't think there is enough depth in the water. I like how the turtle came out though, even if the paper I used wasn't the best for colored pencils. I've since been using smoother paper to get a crisper edge on my line work. The WIP can be found here.

Swimming turtle WIP

Here is a work in progress of one of my turtle sketches from my previous post. The turtle itself is pretty much complete, I just need to work out how I want to draw the water around him. I guess I should have thought about that BEFORE I started the drawing but I was eager to get going so decided I would figure that part out later on!

More greeting cards available on GCU

Here are four of my latest greeting cards to go up on Greeting Card Universe. Click on the link to see the full collection. More cards added sporadically :-)

Penguin family - commission

Finished. I like the way the penguins turned out but I'm not happy with the background.

Penguins WIP

This is a commission I am currently working on based on a drawing I did years ago. I love penguins, and Emperor penguins are my favourite! (Sorry about the poor quality photo!)

I just sold my first greeting card on etsy!

It was my 'Piranha Die Cut' handmade greeting card. I have one more available which I will put up on etsy shortly.

Happy Birthday greeting card

Black labrador birthday card now available for purchase on Greeting Card Universe
Other variations also available.

The original illustration was created using graphite on paper.

Panda WIP

WIP of a baby panda. Coloured pencil, white chalk pencil and charcoal pencil on card.

It was hard to get a good quality pic of this drawing because so far it is mainly white. It didn't come up in the scanner at all so I ended up taking a photo instead.

Vector Zebra - birthday present

Here is a digital illustration of a zebra I drew for a friend's birthday. Created in Adobe Illustrator. Photographic reference from a recent holiday snap in Southern Africa.

Tiger portrait

Created using charcoal pencil, white chalk pencil and a yellow coloured pencil (for the eyes) on brown paper. Just smaller than A4.