I can’t seem to get these strange fish drawings out of my system, so here’s the 1st of three more.

The first, and my favorite, of the fish series.  More strange rock inspirations, along with insects that disguise themselves from predators.  I tried to play with some silhouettes along the lines of confusion as to where the eye may actually be.  For the record, it’s the little white speck just above all those imposing teeth, the rest of the faux eyes would be diversions to less important areas of the body.  My imagination getting the better of me once again.  Thx for dropping by.

Big teeth and twin fish were the theme here…they really don’t look like fish anymore, but I suppose that’s OK.

A little sketch from a series of exotic fish inspired by strange rock formations, and for this guy, many eyed spiders.  Did this about a year ago, and migrating it over from an old blog.

Here’s a little character I sketched using ball point pen, with a Col Erase Blue as a gesture to get rolling.  No real game plan here other than I wanted to draw something with really outrageous horns.  As the drawing progressed(or regressed:), I started to imagine that the horns themselves could be little sentient characters, perhaps indicators of the host’s mood. Maybe they’d stand at alert when alarmed, or pin themselves back when threatened, or even snap at each other in less active moments…who knows.  It’s fun to build a little story around a sketch sometimes to try and give it a little more depth.  This one’s in line for a redux, some anatomy and lighting I’d like to fix, but for now here’s something without any editing.

A little abstract landscape study, just experimenting with different shapes,depth, and trying to work fast.  I think there’s a little bridge in there somewhere, though I’m not sure I’d venture over it:) Done in Painter IX using a gouache brush and the lasso tool to try and create some interesting shapes.  I think I wrapped it up in just under a couple hours. As always, thanks for dropping by.