Griffin

I've always drawn cartoons, and have never really delved into the world of "Fantasy Art". I can appreciate it, and really enjoy the ideas and themes depicted, but while the art is Fantasy, the style it's done in is usually very realistic. Still, I wanted to try drawing some Griffin ('s-?) and really tried to push these beyond my normal style. Not wholly successful, but fun just the same.
Ok, this one is pretty cartoony. And what are those ear tufts? Somehow I had it in my head that Griffin just have to have them. Don't know where I got that from.

I like this one best, but doesn't he look wierd without his ear tufts?

Water Bottle

I didn't really capture what I wanted to with this sketch- this shows the pose about half a second before the one I was trying to capture. BUT I do like how few lines I got this with, instead of totally overworking it like I usually do. Baby steps, baby steps...

Billy the Kid

"Mama, ca' I pease have a appo?"

Still not the Geico Gecko

It is so hard for me to create a random doodle that is both well designed and doing "something". I concentrate so much on just the various aspects of the design that I forget that there's got to be some overall pose. Consequently a lot of these characters are static looking. Of course, this is easily remedied by simply drawing the character a second time, this time with a better pose. Too often though, I'm just dissatisfied with the sketch and move on. Having doodled a couple of lizards on the page already, I conciously set out to give these a bit of an attitude. Might be fun to color someday.

Skinny kid

This kid had a funny satisfied look on her face.

The eternal struggle

I don't know if this is a really small monkey or a really big banana.