Sep 20, 2007
Weird Creatures with Texture
I’ve been working a lot with patterns and texture, but I’ve also been drawing a lot of little “creatures” lately. They are purely from my imagination, and purely drawn for fun. A lot of them seem to resemble sea creatures, or a cross between flowers/plants and sea creatures.
This first image I did while I was still back in the States. I’m working on another “scene” with many little creatures while I’m here in Mexico, but I’m not quite done with it. This one’s drawn on paper with a Pigma Micron pen. Not exactly sure which width I used for this one, but if I had to guess I’d say a 03 size.
The black and white drawing on the bottom I did with a 02 size Pigma Micron pen that was partially dried out. It took a long long time, but I’m please with how the textures and patterns turned out.I used a dark green Stabilo Point 88 pen for the main part of the drawing of the sea urchin at the top of the image. I accented the dark green with a Rhodamine Prisma Color Marker, and dark mulberry Stabilo Point 88 pen. This one also took a long time, but I’m only semi-pleased with the results. Some of the shapes/textures/patterns have potential, but I think the affect was muddied, particularly at the top of the form. I do like the texture and feeling of the stripes with the dots toward the bottom, but the detail and overall effect is quickly lost toward the top.
I like to think of this as a kind of sea flower. A lot of the details remind me of part of little sea creatures that I’ve seen over the years, but also it’s very reminiscent of a blossom. I like the feeling this drawing conjures. It’s detailed and delicate, yet somehow it looks a little dangerous, like you could get pricked or like you hand could get sucked into the mouth. This drawing was also done with a Pigma Micron pen, 02 in size, but didn’t take too terrible long. When I started the drawing I had something very different in mind. I began with the circular shape and the rounded “petals” that circle the outside, but I thought it would turn into more of a medallion than a blossom shape. The rest just kind of took shape as I drew, as often happens, and this is what I ended up with. I added the little spikes that stick out at the end, which really finished the piece.