This is a picture i'm doing for no other purpose than i wanted to draw a brain.  I picked up a couple of medical encyclopaedias from a sale at TAFE and used some pictures in them for reference. The smokey swirl thing was purely because i had just been doing it for my artist book and wanted to practice further. The triangle was also for stippling practice and composition.  The plan is to try and colour digitally, something i am very new to and again wanting to practice.  I'll post the results as they happen. 

This photo is the final line drawing traced and inked (just with a felt tip at this point) onto the good copy.  I've added the smoke into the background and finished the top of the mast which i didn't leave enough room for myself on the sketch.  

This was the sketch I used for my line drawing.  I have used it here for a quick colour study.  I haven't included the background smoke or much of the nail texture I will use.

Second thumb for Naglfar, more of a 3/4 view, there was a side note with this showing some detail for the  texture of the boat as it is made of finger and toe nails.

This is my first thumbnail for Naglfar, another page for my "artist's book".

First stage of my final Jörmungand

Here is old Jörmungand with water colour ink and some pencil work done. Still going to use some gouache to finish this one off.

Jörmungand ruff 2

Here we have my line drawing for the border I will use and a quick water colour check on the sketch I used for my Jörmungand line work.

Jörmungand ruff

Here is one of the many sketches of Jörmungand I did. The flap parts are an homage to Mer-man from MOTU.

Thumb nail for Norse Mythology

This is a thumb for a page in my "Artist book" brief for school. My theme for the book is Norse Mythology. The plan is to use mixed media, water colour, pencil and gouache. The page will be square with a knot style border. This is Jörmungand one of the children of Loki.

Where to begin?

I'm going to use this space to document my illustration work  for the next couple of years.  I  am currently studying Illustration at NMIT so most of the work will be briefs from classes.  The plan is to put up thumbs, ruffs and then final pieces.  Hopefully you and I will be able to see vast improvement in my work over my studies.