Fingerprint Bees

I got some colored stamp pads. . . thought I'd try them out. The "Lemon grass" pad lends itself to bees.

Gator Family

I drew this for my brother who lives in Louisiana. I thought it would be appropriate to depict his family as alligators. Although their cat Max is still depicted as a cat.

The Odyssey - meeting the cyclops

I've always been intrigued by the cyclops in the Odyssey. Here's my take on the scene where Odysseus' crew meets that cyclops.

Fingerprint Santa

Getting ready for Christmas

Santa Claus

I went to a mall and did some Santa sketching. Then cleaned some of them up. The only one that is based on a real-life pose is the Santa in the upper left.

Cyclops' Island

This is the island that Odysseus and his crew were trapped on by the cyclops, in it's cave. So it needs to be small. I explored some more realistic looking islands, but these softer shapes really spoke to me for this project.

cyclops head sketches

exploring the possibilities.

some cyclops sketches

I started working visually the Odyssey a while ago . . then it sat on the back burner for a while, but now I'm bringing it back up and trying to explore some new cyclops ideas.