Monday, March 29, 2010

More Brownies and Leprechauns.

Another page of possible characters for the new Irish Myths inspired book project I will be starting in May. I'm just trying to get a bit of a head start on some of the character designs. I'm anticipating the need for a variety of colourful bit players to populate the backgrounds and border regions of some illustrations.
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6 comments:

  1. Jay PennMarch 29, 2010 at 1:53 PM

    I like the little guy to the left of the one with the walking stick/staff.
    What grade pencil do you use for these sketches? If I were to hazard a guess... 2B?

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  2. tinypearl5758March 29, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    Oh my goodness Larry, I Love these guys, I hope that one day, you put all of your mystic people into a book of your own. I would definately buy you book. I want them all to come over here and live with me. xxx

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  3. Larry MacDougallMarch 30, 2010 at 8:59 AM

    Jay

    The pencil I tend to use the most these days is a simple, bic disposable tech pencil - it seems to have just the right feel and of course no sharpening. But I still like the old wooden pencils as well and it's usually a 2B as you guessed :)

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  4. Larry MacDougallMarch 30, 2010 at 9:00 AM

    Thanks Tiny Pearl. I have a story in mind that I would love to illustrate but I have to write it first and that seems to be where the whole process goes into the ditch :)

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  6. Mad Dwarf WorkshopApril 6, 2010 at 12:13 PM

    Larry, your art is incredible and has inspired me to do more sketching involving mythology and the sword work I do:

    http://madswordsmithing.blogspot.com/2010/04/usskorik-pine-brandr-swords-sketch.html

    Thanks for the inspiration!

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