Lair of the Jabberwock

Working for a cosy little, Cologne-based animation studio for the next two months. Unless I can find a room there soon, we’re talking up to six hours of commuting every day. (Please, dear train drivers of Germany, find some other ways of exerting pressure on your higher-ups than those annoying random strikes.

Discworld’s Sam Vimes, based on Pete Postlethwaite as series author Terry Pratchett intended.

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And some animation ruffs (which don’t have anything to do with that studio’s project).

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One of my favourite stories is and will always be J. R. R. Tolkien’s Farmer Giles of Ham and the Dragon. Whoever hasn’t  yet should read it, it’s good for the soul.

It’s also an excellent reason for some sketching in inopportune places.

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For a fantasy spoof, I’m in need of a campy-looking villain, reminiscent of 80s guys like Skeletor, Venger, Hordak and Mondraggor. So here goes:

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This year’s Halloween character project, a skeleton/pumpkin/zombie-witch. Can’t wait to add colour.

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