Tag: character design

Digital Sketchbook- April 2021

Every so often I like to upload the best sketches and drawings I’ve accumulated over the last few months. Here’s the latest:

A skater cat circa 2007.
There’s a story behind this one. Perhaps I’ll make something of it one day. Jennifer the reluctant apprentice wizard and Faisal her silver-starred mentor live by the lakeside in the idyllic rural village of Pensy-Clockham. There’s a whole thing growing in my head but it’s all a bit formless so far.
I like drawing wizards. They’re easy and the hats are satisfying.
Walk like an Egyptian priestess.
Fat Lord Hermann
Morty the narcissistic necromancer. 
He spends all his time hanging around with skeletons and consequently feels very insecure about this weight. On the other hand- he feels great about his hair!
A steampunk engineer
Flamingo Knight. An often overlooked area of military history. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to see a horde of these guys charging at you- all sharp steel, honking and plumage! Of the course the real danger is falling off. It’s quite...
A noble flamingo knight
Owlbears! Deadly owlbears. Hunters of the night. In the dark eucalyptus groves of the world they still clamber, their terrible cries echoing “Twit- tawaaarrrgh!” Their powerful beaks can crush bone and sinew like a sausage roll. often an unsuspecting...
Deadly Owlbears
Polar Shaman. From the digital sketchbook, 2020
Polar Shaman and his best bear buddy

I also upload these things on my tumblr and instagram accounts, so go follow me on there to see them as soon as they’re uploaded:

https://www.instagram.com/spikedmcgrath/

https://spikedmcgrath.tumblr.com/

…Incidentally is anyone else still using tumblr?

Guests at the time traveller’s tea party

The annual time traveller’s tea party was held this weekend (in 1862) I was lucky enough to attend – since I knew someone going I was able to snag a lift. I got the guests to line up and then we froze time while I painted them from life. It saves time you see, plus it’s impossible to get a dodo to stay still.

This illustration was done for Advocate Art agency’s annual “Head’s Up” calendar.