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C is for…

January 27, 2012 By Dave Mott 2 Comments

Cats, Cars, Clouds, and Cupcakes.

Filed Under: Animals, Art, Character Design, Character Sketches, Children's Book, Illustration Tagged With: C is for, Car Illustration, Cat Illustration, Kid's Wall Art, Kids' Rooms and Other Magical Spaces

B B B

January 24, 2012 By Dave Mott Leave a Comment

Alright on to the letter B, with a nod to my soft-spot – Bears. If this project doesn’t kill me, it should turn out nicely.

Filed Under: Animals, Art, Character Design, Character Sketches, Children's Book, HandDrawn Type, Illustration Tagged With: B is for Bear, banana, Bear Illustration, Bears, bell, Children's Book Illustration, Illustration, Kid's Room Ideas, Kid's Wall Art, letter B

The Start of the Letter Project

January 23, 2012 By Dave Mott 2 Comments

This is the beginning of a new project. I’ll be illustrating a complete alphabet, each animal featuring the letter like this one.

Filed Under: Animals, Art, Character Design, Character Sketches, Children's Book, Illustration Tagged With: A is for Alligator, Alphabet, Flash Cards, Handdrawn type, Kid's Room Ideas, Kid's Wall Art, LetterCards, Letters

Friday Night Sketching – The Bobs

January 20, 2012 By Dave Mott Leave a Comment

Office Space Bobs. I am working on a series of illustrations for an HR company. Not that I could use this sketch, but it was a good chance to take a break.

Filed Under: Animals, Art, Character Design, Character Sketches, Illustration, Pencil Sketch, Pencil Sketches, Sketches, Sketches From Movies Tagged With: HR, Office Space, The Bobs

Catwoman’s Day Off

January 18, 2012 By Dave Mott Leave a Comment

Selina Kyle spending her day off shopping online for killer boots.

Filed Under: Animals, Art, Character Design, Character Sketches, Comic, Illustration, Pencil Sketch, Pencil Sketches, sketchbook, Sketches Tagged With: Batman, Cat Illustrations, Cats, Catwoman, Selina Kyle

Leia & Chewie, Part 2

January 17, 2012 By Dave Mott Leave a Comment

Cloud City Shakedown.

Filed Under: Art, Character Design, Character Sketches, Children's Book, Sketches From Movies, Star Wars Tagged With: Bespin, C-3PO, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, The Empire Strikes Back

AM Sketches

January 17, 2012 By Dave Mott Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Character Design, Character Sketches, Children's Book, Illustration, Pencil Sketch, Pencil Sketches, sketchbook, Sketches Tagged With: Character Design, character designs, female head pencil sketches, Female head sketches

Leia & Chewie, Part 3 – Fearless & Inventive

January 15, 2012 By Dave Mott Leave a Comment

Jumping ahead to the last Episode, couldn’t wait to do the Bounty Hunter costume.
Chewie’s expression: “She’ll do it, she’ll totally do it.”

Filed Under: Art, Character Design, Character Sketches, Illustration, Star Wars Tagged With: Boba Fett, Chewie, Jabba, Leia, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars

Leia sketch from this AM

January 14, 2012 By Dave Mott Leave a Comment

Pencil sketch of Princess Leia, more of a study sketch for the next color piece.

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Leia & Chewie

January 13, 2012 By Dave Mott 2 Comments

A short series of just Leia & Chewie from all 3 Star Wars movies, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

Filed Under: Art, Character Design, Character Sketches, Children's Book, Illustration Tagged With: Chewbacca, Chewie, Episode IV, Illustration, Leia, Princess Leia, Star Wars

Reading in Black & White

January 12, 2012 By Dave Mott 1 Comment

This AM’s sketch, hopefully this will be used as a spot illustration for a newsletter.

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Sketching this AM

January 11, 2012 By Dave Mott Leave a Comment

Some sketching this AM of some female characters, I am weaker at drawing the female figure, this is something I need to improve on. My goal is to sketch every morning.