Daily doodle today takes the shape of a wee Danish house. I’m researching and referencing locations for my mouse-based stories (see below). Living in a hot and intense place like Israel occasionally makes me hanker for the north, and a scandinavian island could be great right now.

(After a photo by Ole Jensen)

Today’s daily doodle: I’ve been having a blast with Chris Wahl’s photoshop brushes, who’s generously made them available for free. Lots of fun to be had. I’m looking for some characters for an educational ipad app- and something like this little guy could do it.

I met some friends in Tel Aviv for a drink and this popped out in my sketchbook while I was waiting for them to turn up. Some folk from Aardman are currently getting together a series of postcards as  a fundraiser for relief in Japan- in the vein of the grassroots movement Artists Help Japan.  I thought the sketch could work for my contribution. I’ll update you as soon as that project goes to press.

Thoughts and prayers are with the Japanese people.

Bass players with afros are an enduringly good source of inspiration. While the grey guy is every visa clerk I had bad dreams about.

Today’s daily doodle got a bit out of hand, but I felt my bass player deserved some proper treatment. I like this guy. I’d like him to come round and hang out for a while.

Every day I stop storyboarding for half an hour and do something just for me, to explore a technique, and to draw more old people. Old people are the best.

A friend commented that the previous post could be the start of an animated short, which I dug, so I painted up the lady character to get a feel for her. (..does that sound wierd?)