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Harold the Hamster in the sun

29 March, 2012 by Alex

He’s worried about his pea seedlings, as he should be with this sun!

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Harold the Hamster at the beach

27 March, 2012 by Alex

Harold enjoyed the beach, but he wasn’t too keen on paddling

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Pirate Hippo Salute

23 March, 2012 by Alex

Friday, we salute you!

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Chalky dinosaurs

23 March, 2012 by Alex

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Having a comics artist in your house (the super Gary Northfield) means you get pavement art in your garden!

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Meet Alice Anteater

22 March, 2012 by Alex

Another new character I’ve been working on. I’m really enjoying mixing the outline colours of these recent drawings, particularly for clothes. I think it lets the characters stand out a bit more, and lightens the whole thing.

Any way, I hope you like Alice Anteater. I can see her long nose being quite a problem.

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Pirate hippos

21 March, 2012 by Alex

Not much I can say about this really.

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Someone new

19 March, 2012 by Alex

I’ve been working on many new creatures and characters of late. Here’s a little bird (possibly a pigeon) called Birdy, although that name may change…

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Panda! Go Panda! Go Panda!

16 March, 2012 by Alex

Panda! Go Panda! is massive with the little one in our house (and the big ones, actually). If you’ve not seen it, it’s one of the first things Miyazaki and Takahata of Studio Ghibli did together.

It’s bonkers and quite wonderful in equal measures, and has very nice bamboo.

Any way, because we like it, I painted the big Panda as a present for my niece. I also then had to paint one for my own daughter. And so, we have multiple Pandas. Here they are…

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