Waking model

Something freehand for once

Poppy from antique photo

This is from a photo of my grandfather Phillip Ivanovich Jetnikoff in his uniform. I was trying for another thing but it got too omplicated and I ran out of time. So here is my second representation of PIJ whom we called poppy. A man with a gently absurdist sense of humour.

Janine Smits

From an old story of mine. I wanted to get a pencil sketch from a long time ago and I found one in the first sketchbook I started before getting into comics. This worked a treat as I didn't want to stop once I'd finished it. Only other things that I needed to do stopped me. So, getting better...

No more numbered days. Gail at party.

Just a quickie of an old pencil just to reconnect with this blog, and my cintiq after too long away. I really need to keep in touch with both .So here we are again.

Day 6 - Grandfather's eye

Taken from a formal photograph of my grandfather. I'll do the whole thing and probably return to it like the old student card image.

Day 5 - Banyan

From a photo of a banyan tree taken by a friend on Magnetic Island as requested for use in backgrounds for The Monsoons.

Day 4 - Margot

This is a long standing friend of mine from our uni days. This is from a photograph taken at a band practice. We were in two bands together. This is from the first one, The Pits. Taken either by myself or Peter MacPherson. Surprised to find this print among my old photos. But there it was