Wednesday

Paprika book illustration

Paprika by fossforAn illo I painted with Photoshop for the book Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui. You can read the review over at The view from here.

Tuesday

Creepies

These little creepies popped up in my sketchbook so I painted them with my little wacom on my scary PC. I've probably been watching too many weird films lately.

Book cover for The View From Here

bookcover by fossfor for deborah lawrenson
I did this book cover for 'Songs of blue and gold' by Deborah Lawrenson. You can see it in an article on book jackets on the View from Here. It was painted in watercolours and then reworked digitally.

Monday

Pages from my sketchbook

trunk sketch by fossfor
rocks by fossfor
celtic designs by fossfor copied from aidan meehan
roots by fossfor
fantasy city by fossfor
knights by fossfor

Witch painting

witch by Fossfor painted in gouache

Intricate for Illustration Friday

ink Cave by Fossforink and Rotring pen

This was done when I was a student, more years ago than I want to remember! But I think it fits illustration Friday well this time.

Tuesday

More from my sketchbook



These were done in ballpoint pen


Friday

Pages from my sketchbook

I haven't been posting much of late so here are some things from my sketchbooks

The Book Thief illustration for the View from Here

This is an illustration for The Book thief by Markus Zusak. You can read the review on the View from Here website.

Thursday

New series at Zazzle

I have a new series of tees in my Zazzle store. They are characters from my feline zodiac.

Monday

Merry Christmas

faun by fossforFaun hangs up his stocking and sits by the fire with a nice jug of mead waiting for Father Claws to come, but he forgot that mead makes you very sleepy.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Friday

Similar for illustration Friday


Watercolour and gouache.

Meet the family!
I just finished doing these little guys with big ears and thought they would be perfect for Illustration Friday.