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A gift for Joe, who asked me to create this for him. I had a hard time creating this guy, as I haven’t really made many plush toys, so most of the time I just have to experiment as I go along.  Time was running short and a friend suggested I look and see if others had created 3d models to see if I could reverse engineer them, and in the process I found a paper-craft Cthulhu that I could adapt to fit my needs.

Early prototyping with the mountain of scrap fabric lying around.

Some instagram progress shots.

Lording it up.

Devious fellows.

 When I finally got going, it only took a couple of days to get him all constructed and sewn up. I do hope he enjoys wreaking terror in his new home in California.

A quick sketch with a ref from a movie still. If you can guess it, -10 points.

Some spitfire studies to take the copy off my t-rex painting. Like number 1 best, really.

And a badger.

I’ve been working in colour pencil in my ‘new’ sketchbook which was a birthday present from last April. It does mean I finished a sketchbook to get to this point, so that’s something.

I like the red ribbon hanging off durring scanning, and its hip to be square.

Just a couple of quick sketches.

Some quick warmup sketches.

A cute little car from a doodle in the sketchbook today.

So today is Self Portrait Day. It only sort of looks like me.