Raygun Gothic

May 05 2012

Gem Dev Story ‘Just a harmless bit of fanart here, as it took my fancy to customise my own Game Dev Story-style pixel avatar. She is, of course, a writer since the game considers designers to be artists. Based on sprites originally drawn up by Kairosoft for Game Dev Story.’

Gem Dev Story

‘Just a harmless bit of fanart here, as it took my fancy to customise my own Game Dev Story-style pixel avatar. She is, of course, a writer since the game considers designers to be artists.

Based on sprites originally drawn up by Kairosoft for Game Dev Story.’

Dec 03 2011

Shellworld Plains ‘I drew this a while ago while re-reading Iain M. Banks’ Matter, and I’d kept it in my map sketchbook until now. It’s a fanart piece, which I drew simply to interpret the Sursamen shellworld featured in Banks’ Culture novel. I usually see my maps through to completion, or at least get some basic labelling down before I take a break, but this one got left since July and I’ve forgotten what I intended to use for labels and the like. I’ve decided to leave it as it is: a sketchbook entry.’

Shellworld Plains

‘I drew this a while ago while re-reading Iain M. Banks’ Matter, and I’d kept it in my map sketchbook until now. It’s a fanart piece, which I drew simply to interpret the Sursamen shellworld featured in Banks’ Culture novel.

I usually see my maps through to completion, or at least get some basic labelling down before I take a break, but this one got left since July and I’ve forgotten what I intended to use for labels and the like. I’ve decided to leave it as it is: a sketchbook entry.’

Oct 28 2011

Compass Rose ‘I’ve been getting into My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic of late, and was particularly taken by an episode entitled “Call of the Cutie”. In it Applebloom, a young filly, is socially embarrassed by her lack of a cutie mark - the icons which adorn a pony’s flank. Pony mythology has it that the icon represents some aspect of your self, and it only appears when a pony is ready and has discovered who they are. It’s a charming idea, and so I occupied a midnight drawing slot with drawing of my own pony avatar, using Adobe Illustrator. “Compass Rose” seemed too good a name to pass up on, representing both my love of maps and game design. The pose is based on stills from the show, and I’ve attempted to recreate the visual style too.’

Compass Rose

‘I’ve been getting into My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic of late, and was particularly taken by an episode entitled “Call of the Cutie”. In it Applebloom, a young filly, is socially embarrassed by her lack of a cutie mark - the icons which adorn a pony’s flank. Pony mythology has it that the icon represents some aspect of your self, and it only appears when a pony is ready and has discovered who they are.

It’s a charming idea, and so I occupied a midnight drawing slot with drawing of my own pony avatar, using Adobe Illustrator. “Compass Rose” seemed too good a name to pass up on, representing both my love of maps and game design. The pose is based on stills from the show, and I’ve attempted to recreate the visual style too.’

Jan 31 2009

My first post to this Tumblelog is something of an amusement to me. It’s rare that I draw anything at all these days, although I’m not sure where my lack of incentive is. Still, drawing nothing at all for a few months is small fry compared to my lack of fanart, once drawn under the pseudonym of “SonicFanatic”. The most recent piece in my gallery there was drawn in July 2006. I’m quite militant about dating each piece of work I draw within my sketchbook and my hard drive. So, when I scanned this, my second attempt at drawing Naomi the Mouse since yesterday, it was with some surprise that I read the last drawing was marked “20060816”. Naomi, my fancharacter-come-mascot and doubtless an entity which has seeped out into my other work since, has been in hibernation for nearly two and a half years. Time to let her out, I think. I doubt I’ll see the time to colour her, but I felt I wanted to post this, partly as proof to myself and the world that… to my amazement, I’ve not forgotten how to draw her. I’d have scanned my first drawing, but the pencil work’s a bit unclear. This sketch of Naomi was drawn to a photographed pose by the shockingly attractive Mosh, which may explain her ballet shoes. Still, I love heels like that. No reason why Naomi can’t broaden her choice of fashion while in hibernation!

My first post to this Tumblelog is something of an amusement to me. It’s rare that I draw anything at all these days, although I’m not sure where my lack of incentive is. Still, drawing nothing at all for a few months is small fry compared to my lack of fanart, once drawn under the pseudonym of “SonicFanatic”. The most recent piece in my gallery there was drawn in July 2006.

I’m quite militant about dating each piece of work I draw within my sketchbook and my hard drive. So, when I scanned this, my second attempt at drawing Naomi the Mouse since yesterday, it was with some surprise that I read the last drawing was marked “20060816”. Naomi, my fancharacter-come-mascot and doubtless an entity which has seeped out into my other work since, has been in hibernation for nearly two and a half years. Time to let her out, I think.

I doubt I’ll see the time to colour her, but I felt I wanted to post this, partly as proof to myself and the world that… to my amazement, I’ve not forgotten how to draw her. I’d have scanned my first drawing, but the pencil work’s a bit unclear. This sketch of Naomi was drawn to a photographed pose by the shockingly attractive Mosh, which may explain her ballet shoes. Still, I love heels like that. No reason why Naomi can’t broaden her choice of fashion while in hibernation!