Growling Mouse Studio

today has been a day for getting things in the mail I guess...

My new shirts arrived and they are great.  Check them out at https://growlingmousestudio.threadless.com

Then this arrived this evening.

Thirty-five minutes later, and I had this...

This chair is pretty great.  My old chair was a very old office chair, and not very comfortable given the time I spent in it.  I can see spending many hours in this one without complaint.  Thank you Secretlab.

I have new shirt designs available in my artist’s shop on Threadless.  This time they are in color!  I got my samples today, and they turned out great!

I have been playing with my Derwent Inktense pencils.  I did some line art with illustration pens, and then colored them in with the pencils.  You can layer and blend the pencils like any other, and then wet them and work them like watercolor ink.  And then they become PERMANENT!  It’s cool!  you can then work more pencil in while it’s still wet, or let it dry and then layer more pencil on top.  I am really enjoying these.  Here are a couple of drawings that I did recently.

I like to use the water pen for washes over the pencils.  I have many brushes, but the pen makes it so easy to keep things clean, and I don’t have to have an open container of water on the desk that needs to be changed over and over.

It was raining all day yesterday, so I made another leather dice cup.  What else was I going to do?  Clean my house?  Do laundry?

I looked out of the kitchen window and it appears that the gloriosa lilies are in bloom.

My first sample shirts have arrived!  I am thrilled!  I especially like the white on green dragon print.  I am already working up new designs for the site.

I haven’t been posting much...

Before the whole pandemic thing, I made this dice cup.  It is The Cup of Benevolence.  I made it in reference to Jason Bulmahn and his Pathfinder campaign on Geek and Sundry’s twitch/youtube channels. 

I started an Artist’s Shop on Threadless.com.  Here is a mock up of one of the new shirts...

You may have noticed, the blog is now named Growling Mouse Studio.  It will still be me posting random stuff, but I will be trying to post more often.  I will also be using this as a platform to promote more artwork... and some of it is for sale!

I now have an Artist’s Shop space on Threadless.com!

Another sketch... a floating city,

and a flying vessel with which to reach it.

I have made some changes to the design of my original mask.  I think that it will work a bit better for me.  It is much easier to breathe through, and is softer than the first mask.

I have recently started carrying a small blank book with me at all times.  I bought a few from PooPooPaper company (The paper is actually made from elephant poop, and it is GREAT for drawing with illustration pens).  I haven’t been satisfied with anything that I have done recently, but I have found some enjoyment in doing small quick sketches in my blank books. 

Here is a round castle that I did a couple of weeks ago.