Here's another Sea Bishop I did and below you can see how they looked in the olden days. I love the images of animals, made up or otherwise you see on Medieval and Tudor wood cuts.
I'm always super impressed with the ink pictured of Jonathan Edwards and he told me all about the wonders of brush pens. So I thought I'd tryt some. A lot of the outlines in my usual fare are done with a black pentel brush pen, but these ones with the squeezy re-fillable abdomens (I'm sure that's the technical term) are so much fun to use.
Here's a sea bishop, which probably has an ink sac so I'm starting off relevant...
Regard this handsome specimen in all its three dimensional beauty. It's Matt JOnes beautifully rendered by Caitlin Ashford based on a little drawing I did. It's a perfect likeness.
Here's a detail from a piece I created for the upcoming vinyl based show that the lovely chaps at Flatties are organising. All the canvases are old records. Remember them? Don't worry I'll keep you posted so you won't miss where and when it's on so keep your eyes on Calamari Royale and I'll see you there in the Spring.
Being the illustrator extraordinaire and wondrous wordsmith that I am, I will endeavor to entertain you through the pages of this blog. I am still not sure if there will be any point to my ramblings but I feel that it has to be done so I am doing it. May God have mercy on all our adorable souls.