Creator Owned Day 2013

Here's my stab at creating a new character for "Creator Owned Day"
I sketched him out a while ago, but decided to fling him at the internet due to today providing the opportunity.



Meet Tsomgo - a legendary tracker who wandered down from the East Himalayas one winter.
He brought with him a father and son who had been lost whilst exploring an untouched parts of the mountains in bad weather conditions.
He reportedly stayed with the man's family for the next couple of days, eating nothing but grasses, then, once confirming both the man and boy were on the road to recovery, he quietly returned to the mountains.
He never spoke, but he did leave them with a crude drawing, hinting that mankind would soon be seeing more of the inhabitants of "His Kingdom".
Periodically, locals have claimed to have been aided by Tsomgo (named after the lake he was first spotted near) in times of great need.
Numerous expeditions have since attempted to find him or the "inhabitants" he once described - all to no avail.

I guess if he wants to be found - he'll let us know.

Tablet Fun

Inspired by my purchase of the utterly brilliant Samsung Series 7 Slate I have embarked upon a quest to improve my drawing. I've been drawing digitally for a while now, but I feel like I'm using the same techniques again and again. The Samsung slate affords me the ability to experiment with techniques I've never spent much time with in the past.

In an effort to move onwards and upwards, I'm going to try a few things that challenge me and take me out of my comfort zone - starting with this piece.

I wanted to have a bash at updating Frankenstein's monster. It's not a drastic redesign really, but it was fun to do.
I've coloured my linework like I always have, but I'd like to try a version were the linework is removed.

Anyway, here's the first version. I'll be updating this post with a newer version as soon as it's ready.

Three Panels

Worked on a fun little three panel strip with @sizemore for Warren Ellis' Three Panel feature on his site.

Not sure if he's seen it yet, but I thought I'd post it up.

Xenomorph Lunchbreak Paint

Had a bash at drawing the alien a while ago, and really enjoyed it.
I must visit the world of Giger again.
Truly one of the finest movie monsters of all time.

Prickly Fiend

No, I don't know why he's so angry.
Maybe it's cos he doesn't have any pants that fit?

Big Fat Robot

A friend of mine wrote something that spoke of large, terraforming robots, so I took my damn pencils, and I drew one.
BRRRRRRUMMMMMMMMMMMMM....

Deep Black Sea

Photoshopped sketch inspired by a story idea my mate threw at me the other day.
More shall be revealed in time, I guess.