Mud In His Blood

I should thank my housemate Karl for this one. I set him up with a guitar, hat and suit and got him to pose for me. We have this broken lamp in our house that just dangles by it's cord, but somehow makes amazing shadows. This is the first time I've properly set up a shot for reference and it totally payed off!
The illustration is sepia ink, appropriately, this time, as I wanted to make it feel like mud. It should be the first of a series based on a fictional story I wrote which is very loosely based on one of my favourite blues musicians, Skip James.

Sepia Inks

G'day! Happy April Fools Day everybody. Don't worry, I won't play any pranks on you.
This is sepia ink (which is a real treat) on cream coloured paper. Yum! from now on, I'm doing everything in ink.
ps. check out the link to space/space! it's moving rapidly towards the stars.

Bird Man

Old Chinese Jeweler

This is a pencil/photoshop job drawn from a picture in a National Geographic.
He looks uncannily like my late Gung-gung.
Maybe that is why I'm quite fond of it.
I think he is making jewelry.

Golf Buddies

Based on the colour of their polo shirts, I think these guys are golf buddies.

George

I called him George because I was watching Seinfeld at the time and I think he's loosely based on my favourite character. It's a shame though, the scanner does something awful to this pencil. All grain and grit.

Old Grotter

Rear thine Snarling Crown, Old Grotter.