More cutsie animals in the works

Here's a progress shot of the stippling part of what will be a digital illustration like the other animals on my illustration page here, on pimperneldesigns.com, my merch. site.

i mentioned all the social stuff I've been ramping up...

facebook - pimperneldesigns
instagram - hyperactive_beaver
google plus - pimperneldesigns.
redbubble.com - merch site - the pimpernel

IT's all making my head spin as I try to integrate all this stuff without repeating exactly the same things on all the sites. Please bare with me.

A few for the sketchbook

whipped this one up today. not really satisfied but my sketchbook paper has low tooth and I think I hit the limit of what it will take without paint.  "Hoggle" a Brian Froud character from "Labyrinth"

 pen and watercolor

These two are me playing with some Brian Froud Images

Social What?

I'm ramping up my social media presence because, well, it's the 21st century.
It's cool though there are bigger misanthropes than myself who can manage all those accounts and so why not me right?

Anyway I'm on...

Instagram as Hyperactive_beaver,

Google Plus as Pimpernel Designs

You all know Facebook by now, also Pimpernel Designs,

and I still maintain my portfolio site for all of you who would rather have an uncluttered and non-intrusive viewing experience.


Thanks For All Your Support!

Publishing Date is Setember 06 this year

I'm excited to announce the publishing date for the coloring book I've been blabbing about.

Yes, it's a real thing.

Yes, I accept solicitations for other work including coloring books. The styles I'm current on are on this blog or my portfolio site (links at the top)

Meanwhile you can find the book at Skyhorse Publishing , Barnes and Noble, or at Amazon for pre-order.

I promised some coloring book drawings so...

Here is the number of previews I'm authorized for the adult coloring book I recently illustrated entitled:

Remember When: Hollywood Screen Stars 

from 

Racehorse Publishing  

copyright 2016

Shirley Temple

 I had a blast working on these. There's just so much history and material to work with!





















These are roughs and the printed versions will be slightly different due to formatting.

Rita Moreno

 Above I combined Shirley with elements that made up Captain January.

I combined un-copyrighted publicity photos with elements from the films each star was in. I tried to keep the elements to one film so as not to confuse things.

Many times I outright fabricated the backdrop to create a scene or medley that represented one of the star's more famous films.

James Cagney

Ginger Rogers

There were an abundance of cowboys, pilots, and cute sailor outfits in the period I was working as well as plenty of gangsters and molls from the 30's so I got pretty familiar with the themes.



Below I dropped Errol's famous The Adventures of Robinhood character with bits made from the first sword fight scene in Princess Bride (oh, yes I did)

Errol Flynn

New Zoo Themed Work

Finally got back to some of the stuff that's been on the back burner.

 I'm still working the animals and insects as well as refining the whole "ring and line" theme from previous work.

Slightly anthro if that's what you are looking for. The teeth are more abundant than in reality as well as overall stylization.