tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51151787015655426712008-07-14T12:18:53.016-07:00Dragonbatspiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-9420321338129034912008-07-14T12:02:00.000-07:002008-07-14T12:18:53.044-07:00Hi I'm Dragonbat and this is my portfolio<div><div><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHuj0te900I/AAAAAAAAARo/NmH9k8D7S7g/s1600-h/a_pegasus_and_pink_clouds_small_for_sending.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222948318824223554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHuj0te900I/AAAAAAAAARo/NmH9k8D7S7g/s200/a_pegasus_and_pink_clouds_small_for_sending.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHulHEgHl4I/AAAAAAAAASQ/ixXKRxnlQ_8/s1600-h/r_sick_little_bunny.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222949733752346498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHulHEgHl4I/AAAAAAAAASQ/ixXKRxnlQ_8/s200/r_sick_little_bunny.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHukkJeb4YI/AAAAAAAAASA/2dl8TN2Sre0/s1600-h/f_hook_monster.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222949133792043394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHukkJeb4YI/AAAAAAAAASA/2dl8TN2Sre0/s200/f_hook_monster.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHuk66PyOxI/AAAAAAAAASI/zRBSFj5h6Gc/s1600-h/k_spaceweasle_blue.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222949524841052946" style="WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 147px" height="156" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHuk66PyOxI/AAAAAAAAASI/zRBSFj5h6Gc/s200/k_spaceweasle_blue.jpg" width="133" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHukEp0Ww7I/AAAAAAAAARw/cG_luKt0waQ/s1600-h/b_space_woman.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222948592718103474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHukEp0Ww7I/AAAAAAAAARw/cG_luKt0waQ/s200/b_space_woman.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHulfjOuzeI/AAAAAAAAASY/f3ZQeYHcRVs/s1600-h/t_sf_bookworm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222950154317778402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHulfjOuzeI/AAAAAAAAASY/f3ZQeYHcRVs/s200/t_sf_bookworm.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHulzeA6ycI/AAAAAAAAASg/rDjtuLWiT_w/s1600-h/q_space_crocodile.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222950496515049922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHulzeA6ycI/AAAAAAAAASg/rDjtuLWiT_w/s200/q_space_crocodile.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHukEp0Ww7I/AAAAAAAAARw/cG_luKt0waQ/s1600-h/b_space_woman.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222948837724330242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHukS6iZGQI/AAAAAAAAAR4/fa9UaLNb9gg/s200/c_spiral_bat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div>This blog post is something I use as a portfolio of the illustrations I do.</div></div><div>If you like them, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me at </div><div> </div><div><a href="mailto:fitzpatrickbrett@yahoo.co.uk">fitzpatrickbrett@yahoo.co.uk</a></div><div><br /><br /><span id="fullpost">I am an illustrator with years of experience and quite a few commissions under my belt. I am always open to offers of work and I am very flexible.<br /></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-50467760847645267062008-07-14T07:59:00.000-07:002008-07-14T08:03:55.302-07:00A foggy day over the castle<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHtqaI1eLCI/AAAAAAAAARg/QmG7Ze45Zec/s1600-h/a_pegasus_and_pink_clouds_small_for_sending.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222885190147124258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SHtqaI1eLCI/AAAAAAAAARg/QmG7Ze45Zec/s400/a_pegasus_and_pink_clouds_small_for_sending.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here is a nice picture of a flying horse swooping through the pink magical fog above a castle<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />I have been away from illustration friday for a little while and it is good to be back. In the meen time I have been working on animations. They are so time consuming.<br /></span></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-18665231794738800692008-05-21T14:17:00.000-07:002008-05-21T14:21:52.287-07:00AnimationI'm animating again, and this time with my own blog new animation blog at <a href="http://animationbay.blogspot.com/">http://animationbay.blogspot.com</a> and this is the first animation I uploaded..<br /><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/1330748/bubble_blowing_alien.swf" width="400" height="345" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><span id="fullpost"><br />One thing that I find annoying about blogger is that it converts animated gifs into jpegs and so renders them lifeless, I'<br />m hosting the animations at metacafe right now as a workaround. They are a profit sharing alternative to youtube and my stuff seems to get more views as well.<br /></span>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-14483536692327921032008-05-02T23:03:00.001-07:002008-05-06T06:49:44.752-07:00Latest work, produced for a client<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBwBLzsclxI/AAAAAAAAAPs/73Dr-GaEE2A/s1600-h/final_ideas_sheet_smaller.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196029372445529874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBwBLzsclxI/AAAAAAAAAPs/73Dr-GaEE2A/s400/final_ideas_sheet_smaller.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Some designs for a client to chose from. The best one will be worked up into a logo. </div><br /><br /><br />Update: The client chose the version with a robot as the I in the youtube channel name <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SCBgiTscl0I/AAAAAAAAAQE/Qo1R7SITL6k/s1600-h/final_logo_large_watermark+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197260112504067906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SCBgiTscl0I/AAAAAAAAAQE/Qo1R7SITL6k/s400/final_logo_large_watermark+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a> the logo is intended for ( <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SimChao">http://www.youtube.com/user/SimChao</a> ).<br />I think it's a great idea and I hope they like the finished image. I'll update this post one way or the other. The image here has the dragon bat studios watermark which will of course not be a part of the final logo.spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-44528955751056964412008-04-29T10:44:00.000-07:002008-04-29T10:54:28.713-07:00Another interesting promotion option this one is ZazzleI am always on the lookout for some way to make money from the images I am producing. By the way I decided to start a new sequential art blog, well a comic book really at <a href="http://planetskrimshaw.blogspot.com/">http://planetskrimshaw.blogspot.com/</a> and this zazzle thing my just be a good idea<embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.zazzle.com/assets/swf/zp/zp.swf?zp=117017521422368277" FlashVars="feedId=117017521422368277&path=http://www.zazzle.com/assets/swf/zp/skins" width="400" height="300" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br/><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/custom/tshirts">create custom t-shirts</a> at <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/">Zazzle</a><br /><span id="fullpost"><br />I saw this widget working on the penciljack site and was impressed but it seems to be taking an awful long time to load on my site. No idea why.<br /></span>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-26602774740245691322008-04-26T10:18:00.000-07:002008-04-26T10:25:32.168-07:00Skrimshaw page1<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBNkrjscliI/AAAAAAAAANs/L8KywT_Maj4/s1600-h/Skrimshaw_image_lowres.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193605494767130146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBNkrjscliI/AAAAAAAAANs/L8KywT_Maj4/s400/Skrimshaw_image_lowres.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I have decided to start a comic book. It'll be about a colony of robots that have lost contact with human space and who inhabit a planet where humans are a dim memory. What happened to the humans. That's the idea anyway.<br /><br /><object id="badge" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=" height="322" width="180" align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="_cx" value="3810"><param name="_cy" value="6816"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://www.imagekind.com/flash/banner_single.swf?imageNum=b355e717-6ee5-4907-843e-2fc73c93bbe6&guid=eed67110-412c-45eb-a428-c7dea4011297&rand=false"><param name="Src" value="http://www.imagekind.com/flash/banner_single.swf?imageNum=b355e717-6ee5-4907-843e-2fc73c93bbe6&guid=eed67110-412c-45eb-a428-c7dea4011297&rand=false"><param name="WMode" value="Transparent"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="0"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value="FFFFFF"><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="false"><br /><embed src="http://www.imagekind.com/flash/banner_single.swf?imageNum=b355e717-6ee5-4907-843e-2fc73c93bbe6&guid=eed67110-412c-45eb-a428-c7dea4011297&rand=false" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="180" height="322" name="badge" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object><br /><span id="fullpost"><br />It is available on a portfolio website to buy as well, who knows, perhaps it will be a project that I will be able to keep up with. I hope so.<br /></span></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-87612842256049813472008-04-26T09:29:00.000-07:002008-04-26T09:36:01.362-07:00Wrinkles<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBNZYTsclhI/AAAAAAAAANk/gPhSk-PMpWU/s1600-h/Garden+Bat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193593069426742802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBNZYTsclhI/AAAAAAAAANk/gPhSk-PMpWU/s400/Garden+Bat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It's illustration friday time again and here is the illustration I've chosen. The creaturehas interesting lines on it's face. <a href="http://dragonbat.blogspot.com/">More posts and illustrations.</a><br /><span id="fullpost"><br />I'm really enjoying illustration friday, I think it is a great impetous for artists out there.<br /></span></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-90226372125061696142008-04-25T09:53:00.000-07:002008-04-25T10:02:10.779-07:00ImagekindHere is another site I have discovered who will act as an outlet for my art. This first image I have placed on the site is a nice drawing of a fantasy pirate castle which I have had some positive feedback on over the years.<br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="180" height="322" id="badge" align="middle"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.imagekind.com/flash/banner_single.swf?imageNum=5b9e65c4-91ba-4754-88c2-0b37c021839d&guid=4ef85443-e3ca-4a0c-965d-1ea93a50ec3f&rand=false" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><embed src="http://www.imagekind.com/flash/banner_single.swf?imageNum=5b9e65c4-91ba-4754-88c2-0b37c021839d&guid=4ef85443-e3ca-4a0c-965d-1ea93a50ec3f&rand=false" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="180" height="322" name="badge" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" ></embed></object><script src="http://www.imagekind.com/services/SaveGalleryReferral.ashx?guid=4ef85443-e3ca-4a0c-965d-1ea93a50ec3f"></ script>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-62617977333317018182008-04-24T09:29:00.000-07:002008-04-26T10:58:21.959-07:00Shirt Shop<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBNtJDscljI/AAAAAAAAAN0/epEBNCiad9A/s1600-h/aliendj_tshirt.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193614797666293298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBNtJDscljI/AAAAAAAAAN0/epEBNCiad9A/s400/aliendj_tshirt.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I have been creating fun character based designs for quite some time. Here are some of my best available as t-shirt designs to buy. To see how each looks as a t-shirt and to find out the prices just click the button under the image you like.<br /><br /><div id="rb-redbubble-clothing"><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Alien DJ" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3589354-alien-dj"><img alt="Alien DJ by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/1055388-1-alien-dj.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Alien DJ" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3589354-alien-dj">Alien DJ</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Alien DJ" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3589354-alien-dj"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Coffee Goblin" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3581391-coffee-goblin"><img alt="Coffee Goblin by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/1053119-1-coffee-goblin.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Coffee Goblin" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3581391-coffee-goblin">Coffee Goblin</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Coffee Goblin" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3581391-coffee-goblin"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Ironing Man" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3576313-ironing-man"><img alt="Ironing Man by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/1051653-1-ironing-man.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Ironing Man" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3576313-ironing-man">Ironing Man</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Ironing Man" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3576313-ironing-man"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="A little pink fish" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3524977-a-little-pink-fish"><img alt="A little pink fish by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:black/cropped/size:small/view:main/1036423-1-a-little-pink-fish.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="A little pink fish" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3524977-a-little-pink-fish">A little pink fish</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy A little pink fish" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3524977-a-little-pink-fish"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Spiral Bat Cat Superhero" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3449034-spiral-bat-cat-superhero"><img alt="Spiral Bat Cat Superhero by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:black/cropped/size:small/view:main/1013605-2-spiral-bat-cat-superhero.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Spiral Bat Cat Superhero" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3449034-spiral-bat-cat-superhero">Spiral Bat Cat Su...</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Spiral Bat Cat Superhero" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3449034-spiral-bat-cat-superhero"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Sick little bunny" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3295430-sick-little-bunny"><img alt="Sick little bunny by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/967388-1-sick-little-bunny.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Sick little bunny" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3295430-sick-little-bunny">Sick little bunny</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Sick little bunny" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3295430-sick-little-bunny"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Cool Robot" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3246256-cool-robot"><img alt="Cool Robot by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/952447-1-cool-robot.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Cool Robot" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3246256-cool-robot">Cool Robot</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Cool Robot" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3246256-cool-robot"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="The frightening Space Mummy" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044686-the-frightening-space-mummy"><img alt="The frightening Space Mummy by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:black/cropped/size:small/view:main/892415-1-the-frightening-space-mummy.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="The frightening Space Mummy" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044686-the-frightening-space-mummy">The frightening S...</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy The frightening Space Mummy" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044686-the-frightening-space-mummy"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Caz, Queen of the Moonbugs" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044620-caz-queen-of-the-moonbugs"><img alt="Caz, Queen of the Moonbugs by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:black/cropped/size:small/view:main/892395-1-caz-queen-of-the-moonbugs.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Caz, Queen of the Moonbugs" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044620-caz-queen-of-the-moonbugs">Caz, Queen of the...</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Caz, Queen of the Moonbugs" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044620-caz-queen-of-the-moonbugs"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Space Weasle" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3016150-space-weasle"><img alt="Space Weasle by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/883511-1-space-weasle.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Space Weasle" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3016150-space-weasle">Space Weasle</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Space Weasle" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3016150-space-weasle"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /></ul><br /></div><br />My t-shirt designs to buy at redbubble.<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />I am having a lot of fun creating these t-shirt designs and could probably even do t-shirt designs to order if required. This is all part of my effort to start making money from my alleged creative talents over the internet. The desgns are fun to create and I have received a lot of encouraging feedback about them.<br /></span></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-61722495853130764142008-04-24T09:15:00.000-07:002008-04-24T09:27:59.782-07:00The Coffee Goblin<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBC0zzscleI/AAAAAAAAANQ/1poNvl9fvpo/s1600-h/coffee_goblin.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192849172501140962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBC0zzscleI/AAAAAAAAANQ/1poNvl9fvpo/s400/coffee_goblin.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is two images created and posted in the same day, I'm very proud of myself. Although it is two oclock in the morning, maybee there isn't that much to be proud of.<br /><a title="Buy t-shirts on RedBubble.com" href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/moonbug"><img alt="Buy t-shirts" src="http://www.redbubble.com/bubblewrap/logos/rb_buy.gif" /></a><br /><span id="fullpost"><br />Uploading the image is giving me a bit of a problem, seven tries and still no luck. The uploader isn't very reliable with my dodgy 3modem in another country connection to the internet. The connection keeps dropping out, probably for just seconds at a time, but the uploader doesn't seem to be able to cope. I'll give up and just save this as a draft. Hey, I waited five minutes and bingo, it worked. No idea why but I should just be happy I guess.<br /></span></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-9189562510555405212008-04-24T00:25:00.001-07:002008-04-24T00:34:48.512-07:00Ironing Man<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBA2cjscldI/AAAAAAAAANI/Z1vgQf3VKbY/s1600-h/ironing_man.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192710234604082642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SBA2cjscldI/AAAAAAAAANI/Z1vgQf3VKbY/s400/ironing_man.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I just saw the trailor for Iron Man the movie last night and was moved to respond in my own artistic fashion. And of course it is available to buy as a tshirt design at redbubble, just click the button.<br /><a title="Buy t-shirts on RedBubble.com" href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/moonbug"><img alt="Buy t-shirts" src="http://www.redbubble.com/bubblewrap/logos/rb_buy.gif" /></a><br /><span id="fullpost"><br />I have always been a big fan of Iron Man, and this may not be a great reason but, because of the cool way he holds his hand out in a "talk to the hand" gesture and his palm blaster shoots a cool beam out. I am particularly proud of this illustration because I have included a scan of a bit of fabric as the cover for the ironing board, I think it works well and looks nice, I have spared a couple of thoughts to the copyright situation but I'm fairly sure that an image like this which is sending something up is OK. I'm still in Australia after 5 months on holiday but I'm going to be back in the UK soon. It'll be good to see the old place again I guess.<br /></span></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-11910398024720686742008-04-20T10:14:00.001-07:002008-04-20T10:22:20.500-07:00A little pink fish<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SAt6EA2pJmI/AAAAAAAAAM4/dE1Z5om6ZV4/s1600-h/fishsticks.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191377204841883234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SAt6EA2pJmI/AAAAAAAAAM4/dE1Z5om6ZV4/s400/fishsticks.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Another t-shirt design for redbubble. Redbubble mutes the colours as can be seen in their add below to reflevct the colours on a printed t-shirt more accurately.<br /><style type="text/css"><br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing img<br /> {<br /> border: none;<br /> }<br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing<br /> {<br /> width: 100%;<br /> float: left;<br /> clear: both;<br /> }<br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing ul<br /> {<br /> list-style-type: none;<br /> margin: 0;<br /> padding: 0;<br /> float: left;<br /> }<br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing ul li<br /> {<br /> display: block;<br /> float: left;<br /> width: 139px;<br /> height: 180px;<br /> margin: 0 8px 8px 0;<br /> padding: 0 0 8px 0;<br /> }<br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing ul li a.rb-thumbnail img<br /> {<br /> width: 135px;<br /> height: 135px;<br /> padding: 2px;<br /> background: white;<br /> border: 1px solid #ccc;<br /> }<br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing ul li a<br /> {<br /> display: block;<br /> text-align: center;<br /> text-decoration: none;<br /> font-size: 11px;<br /> }<br /></style><br /></div><div><div id="rb-redbubble-clothing"><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="A little pink fish" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3524977-a-little-pink-fish"><img alt="A little pink fish by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:black/cropped/size:small/view:main/1036423-1-a-little-pink-fish.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="A little pink fish" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3524977-a-little-pink-fish">A little pink fish</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy A little pink fish" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3524977-a-little-pink-fish"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /></ul><br /></div><br /><br /><span id="fullpost"><br />I really like this design and I am toying with the idea of producing versions in different cvolours.<br /></span></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-37961143653671265762008-04-20T06:21:00.000-07:002008-04-20T06:32:11.476-07:00The Spiral Cat Bat Super GuyThis is an image I created to primarily be sold as a t-shirt design on redbubble.<br /><div id="rb-redbubble-clothing"><br /><ul><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Spiral Bat Cat Superhero" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3449034-spiral-bat-cat-superhero"><img alt="Spiral Bat Cat Superhero by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:black/cropped/size:small/view:main/1013605-2-spiral-bat-cat-superhero.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Spiral Bat Cat Superhero" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3449034-spiral-bat-cat-superhero">Spiral Bat Cat Su...</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Spiral Bat Cat Superhero" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3449034-spiral-bat-cat-superhero"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /></ul><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I think it looks great as a t-shirt but I'm not entirely sure who would be interested in..<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />...wearing it. It isn't as comercial as I hoped when I first designed it. I'm going to have to concentrate more on designs which more people would be interested in I think. I really made it first as a logo for a site talking about comic books which I thought I could create but after my last visit to a comic book store it's dawned on me how hoplessly out of touch with the genre I am. It might be fun to reaquaint myself with it and write about the journey.<br /></span>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-20425812310379616302008-04-20T05:18:00.000-07:002008-04-20T05:26:06.613-07:00Primitive Frog Gods<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SAs1EA2pJlI/AAAAAAAAAMw/hL0nyDYa68M/s1600-h/Frog+King.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191301338539566674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SAs1EA2pJlI/AAAAAAAAAMw/hL0nyDYa68M/s400/Frog+King.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This image immediately jumped to mind when I read that the word on illustration friday was Primitive.<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />The characters come from a short science fiction story that I started to write but didn't finnish at <a href="http://fantasticalfabulist.googlepages.com/">the fantastical fabulist</a>. Now that I'm looking at this image again I have the feeling that I would like to create a coloured version, watch this space. Although I can't promise to ever get round to it, it's so difficult to do all the stuff you want.<br /></span></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-68973902073682905582008-04-20T04:51:00.000-07:002008-04-20T05:13:43.871-07:00The overnighted owl<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SAsyEw2pJkI/AAAAAAAAAMo/R5h_rY2W2sE/s1600-h/Owl+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191298052889585218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/SAsyEw2pJkI/AAAAAAAAAMo/R5h_rY2W2sE/s400/Owl+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This was an idea I put together for an American competition before I read the small print and found out that it was only open to <br /><span id="fullpost"><br />people who are American or are resident in the USA or something like that. It's not finnished yet because I have been really busy enjoying my prolonged holiday. But I thought it was interesting as an unfinnished image and I'll post the finnished version at some later time.<br /></span></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-36440745610353054482008-04-05T11:16:00.000-07:002008-04-05T11:36:13.588-07:00Another t-shirt design, this one a sick bunny<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R_fGNraioqI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/vTp68l64Ah8/s1600-h/sicklittlbunnysketch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185831434235060898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R_fGNraioqI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/vTp68l64Ah8/s400/sicklittlbunnysketch.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R_fFQLaiopI/AAAAAAAAAMI/54WVfKnAvvc/s1600-h/sicklittlbunny.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185830377673106066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R_fFQLaiopI/AAAAAAAAAMI/54WVfKnAvvc/s400/sicklittlbunny.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I did the sketch for this design this morning. I saw a stain on a wall (I let my imagination play with it, just as Leonardo Da Vinci recomends in order to prompt creativity) and it looked a bit like a sick bunny. I drew it in my sketch book, worked on it with photoshop and here it is. This design is available to <a title="Buy t-shirts on RedBubble.com" href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/moonbug"><img alt="Buy t-shirts" src="http://www.redbubble.com/bubblewrap/logos/rb_buy.gif" /></a> <span id="fullpost"><br />I am really enjoying doing these designs for red bubble it gives me a great incentie to do work. The blogging and other sites have me busier at the sketch pad drawing board etc. than ever before. I am in Australia right now and the wall stain was at a marina on Pott's Point in Sydney. <br /></span></div></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-91441414405860690612008-04-04T11:21:00.000-07:002008-04-04T11:27:27.417-07:00It's a blue fairy<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R_Zy1LaiooI/AAAAAAAAAMA/8E6a1RKX0J4/s1600-h/fairywithdust+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185458278886449794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R_Zy1LaiooI/AAAAAAAAAMA/8E6a1RKX0J4/s400/fairywithdust+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I have been thinking about tshirt designs since I sold a tshirt design on redbubble recently. here is the illustration I put together for my latest design<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />I have been thinking that I will be using this space, this blog as a portfolio and organising through the tags so it might happen that the design changes from time to time depending on whether I think a children's publisher or games company is looking at it.<br /><br /><style type="text/css"><br /><br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing img<br /><br /> {<br /><br /> border: none;<br /><br /> }<br /><br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing<br /><br /> {<br /><br /> width: 100%;<br /><br /> float: left;<br /><br /> clear: both;<br /><br /> }<br /><br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing ul<br /><br /> {<br /><br /> list-style-type: none;<br /><br /> margin: 0;<br /><br /> padding: 0;<br /><br /> float: left;<br /><br /> }<br /><br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing ul li<br /><br /> {<br /><br /> display: block;<br /><br /> float: left;<br /><br /> width: 139px;<br /><br /> height: 180px;<br /><br /> margin: 0 8px 8px 0;<br /><br /> padding: 0 0 8px 0;<br /><br /> }<br /><br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing ul li a.rb-thumbnail img<br /><br /> {<br /><br /> width: 135px;<br /><br /> height: 135px;<br /><br /> padding: 2px;<br /><br /> background: white;<br /><br /> border: 1px solid #ccc;<br /><br /> }<br /><br />div#rb-redbubble-clothing ul li a<br /><br /> {<br /><br /> display: block;<br /><br /> text-align: center;<br /><br /> text-decoration: none;<br /><br /> font-size: 11px;<br /><br /> }<br /><br /></style><br /><br /><br /><div id="rb-redbubble-clothing"><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="A blue fairy" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3281155-a-blue-fairy"><img alt="A blue fairy by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/963115-2-a-blue-fairy.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="A blue fairy" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3281155-a-blue-fairy">A blue fairy</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy A blue fairy" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3281155-a-blue-fairy"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Cool Robot" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3246256-cool-robot"><img alt="Cool Robot by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/952447-1-cool-robot.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Cool Robot" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3246256-cool-robot">Cool Robot</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Cool Robot" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3246256-cool-robot"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="The frightening Space Mummy" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044686-the-frightening-space-mummy"><img alt="The frightening Space Mummy by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:black/cropped/size:small/view:main/892415-1-the-frightening-space-mummy.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="The frightening Space Mummy" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044686-the-frightening-space-mummy">The frightening S...</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy The frightening Space Mummy" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044686-the-frightening-space-mummy"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Caz, Queen of the Moonbugs" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044620-caz-queen-of-the-moonbugs"><img alt="Caz, Queen of the Moonbugs by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:black/cropped/size:small/view:main/892395-1-caz-queen-of-the-moonbugs.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Caz, Queen of the Moonbugs" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044620-caz-queen-of-the-moonbugs">Caz, Queen of the...</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Caz, Queen of the Moonbugs" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044620-caz-queen-of-the-moonbugs"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Giant Green Space Crocodile in colour" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044563-giant-green-space-crocodile-in-colour"><img alt="Giant Green Space Crocodile in colour by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:forest/cropped/size:small/view:main/892366-3-giant-green-space-crocodile-in-colour.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Giant Green Space Crocodile in colour" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044563-giant-green-space-crocodile-in-colour">Giant Green Space...</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Giant Green Space Crocodile in colour" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3044563-giant-green-space-crocodile-in-colour"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Space Weasle" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3016150-space-weasle"><img alt="Space Weasle by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/883511-1-space-weasle.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Space Weasle" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3016150-space-weasle">Space Weasle</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Space Weasle" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3016150-space-weasle"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="A giant frightening space crocodile, grrr!" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3016092-a-giant-frightening-space-crocodile-grrr"><img alt="A giant frightening space crocodile, grrr! by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/883487-1-a-giant-frightening-space-crocodile-grrr.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="A giant frightening space crocodile, grrr!" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3016092-a-giant-frightening-space-crocodile-grrr">A giant frighteni...</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy A giant frightening space crocodile, grrr!" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3016092-a-giant-frightening-space-crocodile-grrr"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /><br /><li><br /><a class="rb-thumbnail" title="Yellow mooncat" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3015861-yellow-mooncat"><img alt="Yellow mooncat by moonbug" src="http://www.redbubble.com/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:small/view:main/883420-1-yellow-mooncat.jpg" /></a><br /><a title="Yellow mooncat" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3015861-yellow-mooncat">Yellow mooncat</a><br /><a class="rb-buy-link" title="buy Yellow mooncat" href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/3015861-yellow-mooncat"><img alt="Button_view_buy" src="http://images-1.redbubble.com/images/external/button_view_buy.gif" /></a><br /></li><br /></ul><br /></div><br /><br /></span></div>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-32613361938835067702008-03-15T10:11:00.000-07:002008-03-15T10:27:44.069-07:00Illustration Friday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9wG8qPVICI/AAAAAAAAAJU/c-8sXPevFQw/s1600-h/Heavy+Lifter+Suit+Space+BK+vsmall+web.jpg"><img src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9wG8qPVICI/AAAAAAAAAJU/c-8sXPevFQw/s400/Heavy+Lifter+Suit+Space+BK+vsmall+web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178021310769733666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9wEnqPVIBI/AAAAAAAAAJM/ThxKyA5TwWI/s1600-h/Heavy+Lifter+Suit+Space+BK.jpg"><img src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9wEnqPVIBI/AAAAAAAAAJM/ThxKyA5TwWI/s400/Heavy+Lifter+Suit+Space+BK.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178018750969225234" /></a><br />This illustration is an entry for a competition on the <a href="http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/">http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/</a> website. Hello to everyone who came here from there. I hope you have a good time poking around. The topic was Heavy.spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-79096315994967552472008-03-13T10:02:00.000-07:002008-03-13T10:09:34.027-07:00The Moonbugs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9lemZG8P5I/AAAAAAAAAI8/_RthyT94sgc/s1600-h/Signed+president+monkeybrain.jpg"><img src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9lemZG8P5I/AAAAAAAAAI8/_RthyT94sgc/s400/Signed+president+monkeybrain.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177273260307136402" /></a><br />I have been working a lot on my new comic strip which is as you can see a science fiction comic strip that isn't afraid of a little bit of politics. See it at <a href="http://moonbugs.blogspot.com">http://moonbugs.blogspot.com</a><br /><span id="fullpost"><br />I am particularly proud of the drawing of President Monkeybrain. It is of course intended to be George W Bush and I think it looks like him a little bit.<br /></span>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-79524656695946922482008-03-12T07:59:00.000-07:002008-03-12T08:16:53.861-07:00A Robot Bad Guy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9fwhpG8P2I/AAAAAAAAAIk/Rm8OleP6Sf8/s1600-h/FellRobot.JPG"><img src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9fwhpG8P2I/AAAAAAAAAIk/Rm8OleP6Sf8/s400/FellRobot.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176870757446991714" /></a><br />This is a sketch for a robot bad guy to be used in my<br /> Tarazet story,if I ever manage to devote the time to <br />it to get it off the ground. In the mean time it is a rich <br />source of inspiration for illustrations. <br /><span id="fullpost"><br />This robot is influenced by the classic designs in the<br />UK comic 2000ad including deadlock. I love the <br />idea of inanimate machines being able to interact<br />with spirits and control magic, just like a human<br />caharacter in a story, and so although Hamerstien<br />was my favourite character in ABC Warriors,<br />Deadlock has also<br />left a lasting impression.<iframe src="http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?t=spiralcatcouk-21&o=2&p=8&l=as1&asins=1904265235&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /></span>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-26895318143029577702008-03-10T10:31:00.000-07:002008-03-10T11:25:57.284-07:00The monster who was scared of the woods<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9VzlpG8PrI/AAAAAAAAAHA/Fc3YospcRyk/s1600-h/Monster+Affraid+of+woods+smaller.jpg"><img src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9VzlpG8PrI/AAAAAAAAAHA/Fc3YospcRyk/s320/Monster+Affraid+of+woods+smaller.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176170437259574962" /></a><br />I have to let you have another page from the sketchbook today as I have been working on a new blog called Moonbugs (Hopefully, if the name is available (It was and the link is <a href="http://moonbugs.blogspot.com">http://moonbugs.blogspot.com</a>)) and I was tied up chilling on Bondi Beach during the hours of daylight and working on the new idea after dusk. The page from the sketchbook is one that I particularly like however. The monster pictured is imagined as afraid of the dark and I think this fear, which we all know, comes across on the misshapen creatures face. I quite like him and I am sure that I will be working him up into a cute coloured finished version, pretty soon.spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-5185719151828844332008-03-09T11:25:00.000-07:002008-03-09T11:36:08.750-07:00A sketch of a futuristic vehicle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9QtlZG8PqI/AAAAAAAAAG4/kyOVJexKZlI/s1600-h/Floater+Speeder.jpg"><img src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9QtlZG8PqI/AAAAAAAAAG4/kyOVJexKZlI/s320/Floater+Speeder.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175811992173952674" /></a><br />Ever since Star Wars I have been interested in floating futuristic vehicles. This is one I recently doodled in my sketchbook. I have decided that it's probably unrealistic to aim for uploading a new finished colour image every day but that doesn't mean you should go without the chance to see my art. So on the days that I don't have a shiny finished colour original to post. I'll at least post something interesting from my sketchbook instead.spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-4253675166019474892008-03-07T13:26:00.000-08:002008-03-07T13:40:42.931-08:00Giant Space Crocodile<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9Gza5G8PoI/AAAAAAAAAGo/4aCq_oyFxvk/s1600-h/2+Space+Crocodile+copy.jpg"><img src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9Gza5G8PoI/AAAAAAAAAGo/4aCq_oyFxvk/s320/2+Space+Crocodile+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175114721413316226" /></a><br />Space Crocodino is enormous, stupendously huge, so impossibly big that it is hard to imagine, take the biggest thing you can think of....etc. Of course I'm paraphrasing Douglas Adams here but Space Crocodino really is big. It is thought that he was a lap dog to some impossibly gigantic and powerful forgotten elder race of monsters. He, or she, or it (nobody is quite sure) is as enthusiastic and playful as a lapdog, which kind of bears out this theory. Of course enthusiasm and playfulness is not always a good thing if you are so large that an accidental twitch of the tail can level an entire city block.<span id="fullpost"><br />Despite it's huge size, Space Crocodino does play chess rather well. It is thought that the strange creature did not learn to play in the conventional way, but had the rules of the game imprinted on to it's tiny walnut like brains as an amusement for it's long dead masters. This of course brings up certain paradoxes in relation to the true origins of the game of chess. It might strike some as strange to label such an enormous hideous brute as a cute character, but you have to kind of look beyond the asteroid-scarred, radioactive meters thick armoured hide to the playful puppy soul beneath.<br />Although, barring unfortunate accidents of the aforementioned city block-levelling kind, Space Crocodino is a good soul and gets on well with almost everyone. It does regularly argue with and get into altercations with Giroid. This is quite unfortunate in itself as Giroid is a giant robot and the little disagreements between the two can result in an entire City being reduced to rubble. As usual you can get the t-shirt by clicking the image below.<a class="boxl" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do#" onclick="window.open('http://190866.spreadshirt.com','shopfenster','scrollbars=yes,width=650,height=450')"><img src="http://cache.spreadshirt.com/users/500000/499810/products/499810_3179697_1_big.jpg" width="190" height="190" border="0" alt="test" title="2826505-3179697" /></a><br /></span>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-37670909658983312242008-03-06T10:04:00.000-08:002008-03-06T10:20:44.757-08:00Vampire Girl<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9AzJ1aNzNI/AAAAAAAAAGc/RnekAwrYJ48/s1600-h/Little+Vampire+Girl.jpg"><img src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R9AzJ1aNzNI/AAAAAAAAAGc/RnekAwrYJ48/s320/Little+Vampire+Girl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174692215897574610" /></a><br />Vampire girl is a natural friend for all the monsters that I will be introducing you to in this blog, Dragonbat, Jello Boy, Super Goth, Space Crocodino, Giroid, Wrinkles, Shroom, Ghost Penguin and of course you already met Space Mummy. Vampire Girl is a very magical young lady, and she can travel to many areas of space and time that would seem very remote to us, especially to play a good chess opponent.<br />All these strange monstrous figments of my imagination seem to enjoy a game of chess, even though I myself am a little at a loss during a game.<span id="fullpost"> I have limited her pallet in this image to just three colours and tried to create her exclusively with vector shapes so I can create a t-shirt with spread shirt that is printed their preferred way, something impossible with a normal jpeg.<br />Poor Vampire Girl must avoid sunlight, even with shades and her umbrella she just can't abide it. Her name, although it is not common knowledge is Violeta, and her castle exists on a nexus point in space and time.<br />Vampire Girl is a creation of me and my girlfriend (see our blog http://spiralcattalks.blogspot.com ) and she was inspired by a visit to Mirimar castle in Trieste. The real castle has a spooky twilight aura about it and it is overrun with cats. Vampire Girl's castle is also overrun with cats.<br />I guess Vampire Girl is a little like Emily the Strange but then again wouldn't we all like to be a little like Emily the Strange. Morticia in the Adams family is also an influence, and that shape changing woman from Space 1999, many, many others of course, Sapphire from Sapphire and Steel is another. I think these female characters who act a little differently to the way society expects are some of the most interesting characters.<a class="boxl" href="#" onClick="window.open('http://190866.spreadshirt.com','shopfenster','scrollbars=yes,width=650,height=450')"><img src="http://cache.spreadshirt.com/users/500000/499810/products/499810_3175499_1_big.jpg" width="190" height="190" border="0" alt="test" title="2822542-3175499" /></a></span>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115178701565542671.post-23215874254489195322008-03-05T14:46:00.000-08:002008-03-05T18:26:41.114-08:00Space Mummy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R88k2VaNzKI/AAAAAAAAAGI/Kma7KGWrQ4s/s1600-h/Space+Mummy+Filters+copy.jpg"><img src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_1gy0dZo6cEM/R88k2VaNzKI/AAAAAAAAAGI/Kma7KGWrQ4s/s320/Space+Mummy+Filters+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174395012750625954" /></a><br />At last this space mummy is finnished and I think it's good enough to go on display, and of course you can buy the t-shirt from my shop (just click on the t-shirt image)<a class="boxl" href="#" onClick="window.open('http://190866.spreadshirt.com','shopfenster','scrollbars=yes,width=650,height=450')"><img src="http://cache.spreadshirt.com/users/500000/499810/products/499810_3172555_1_big.jpg" width="190" height="190" border="0" alt="test" title="2819955-3172555" /></a><span id="fullpost"><br />I didnt have much time today and the reason was the enormous amount of time I spent finding the hack for collapsible posts, or drop down posts, or truncated posts - whatever you want to call them. I'm talking about posts with a read more button. After lots of bad advice on lots of pages the page that helped mr get there was <a href="http://homartemplatepractice.blogspot.com/2007/11/collapsible-posts.html">http://homartemplatepractice.blogspot.com/2007/11/</a>collapsible-posts.html though not without a little help from other pages, the code never looks quite the way you are told to expect. Any way enjoy the mummy, more cute characters are in the design stage and are to come.</span>spiralcattalkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16442453576817603014noreply@blogger.com