Mechanical birds

Here are some birds i have been drawing for a current project at uni.The project title is 'Power', we have been allowed to illustrate this word/theme in any way we want to , so I have chosen to draw these little birdies ( which are usually seen as being fragile/delicate) and give them a sense of power by making them all mechanically machine-like :) These illustrations are based on real types of birds...

Nightingale

Chaffinch

Wheatear

Carrion Crow

I googled images of steampunk and clockwork creations while i was drawing these for inspiration... I think Steampunk imagery is so beautiful :)  I may draw some more of these and go into more detail with the whereabouts of the mechanics ( hinges on the parts that would move etc.) i vaguely did this , giving each bird a little rib cage and hinges on the legs but i think it'd be cool if the mechanics could be more correspondant to the anatomy of the birds.

Old book doodles

A small post, thought i'd upload these doodles i did today on an old book I bought from a charity shop.I deliberatley chose a book with slightly yellow pages, I thought this might create an interesting background. I'm quite proud of how they've turned out... I did 2 of random female characters, and one of Travis Barker, my all time favourite drummer :)

Inspired by Iain Macarthur

This is an owl i drew, inspired by the work of  Iain Macarthur, i think his illustrations are amazing ...

My owl - Black ink pen on white paper.

Here are some examples of  Iain Macarthur's work...

I love the fact that no colour is needed to make these illustrations eye catching,black line on white paper is all they are, but they're still so effective. I would love for my doodles to be as good as these one day! 

Kind of creepy edited photos

These are some photographs of dolls i took for a college project a while ago, i thought i'd put them on here :) I edited these by flipping/copying the photos and i think i ended up with some quite interesting, kind of freaky looking images.

Using the same technique i also edited these picture of Lady Gaga, and i think she's still pretty even with 3 eyes haha.