Some old work - not quite children's illustration! And a grumpy Orc shoot...

'The Wyrdteller's death rites' (painted 1998 I think)

While digging out some old celtica pieces to add to my new pages I discovered some long forgotten old folders full of reams and reams of old illustrations from about twelve or so years back.
Of course I didn't think of them as illustrations then, I was just messing around for the fun of it with odd bits of stories and characters - the compositions and the life drawing are all a bit dodgy the say the least! Here are a few from right at the beginning of it, long before I ever thought about children's illustration as you can probebly see from the subject matter!
These were quite small - 6"x4"

'A wolf curse' (probebly 1998 or 1999)

'The Healer' 1998 or 99

'Awakening the Lich' 1998 0r 99

There are so many odd paintings, sketches, character studies ( and probebly a whole heap more buried at the back of a cupboard somewhere) I might post a few more up over the next few days just for nostalgia's sake! Not sure what you'll all make of them! (And I hope I've improved since then!)

On another note, my Robin Hood obcessed six year old did a spot of grumpy Orc shooting this evening...


She got him right between the eyes!


And evidently thought that was very funny!