Tag Archives: digital illustration

godzilla showa-era tribute

Posted on October 21, 2020 by chris cowdrill

earlier in the year i posted about the godzilla drawings i was doing and it took a few more months before i was able to develop a full series of finished illustrations. some of the illustrations were pretty labour intensive … Continue reading →

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more drawings from the garden

Posted on July 6, 2020 by chris cowdrill

so, after my last post (2 weeks into lockdown), i continued drawing in the garden. i produced a series of three images that used a lot more colour. i felt like i was painting really, rather than drawing in the … Continue reading →

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godzilla sketchbook

Posted on January 21, 2020 by chris cowdrill

i recently started a new project based on the king of the monsters – godzilla. i’ve been drawing from the showa-era films (which covers 15 films from 1954-75), and have been working from gojira himself as well as a range … Continue reading →

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christmas 2019

Posted on December 4, 2019 by chris cowdrill

season’s greetings! we’re well into the festive season now, and recently i produced two drawings that i initially worked up as digital pieces – the first was of a partridge, the second a stag. now – in all honesty – … Continue reading →

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in dreams…

Posted on November 4, 2019 by chris cowdrill

i’d long been working on a tribute to the works of director david lynch and i recently completed the project and so collected and printed the illustrations together in a book format. it’s titled in dreams after the roy orbison … Continue reading →

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retro robots

Posted on October 27, 2019 by chris cowdrill

a short while ago i was back on robots again. if you’re a follower – you will have seen this bunch before, but they were in traditional cut-paper form. so recently i decided to go back and produce digital collage … Continue reading →

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peacock

Posted on August 16, 2019 by chris cowdrill

a few months ago i developed a series of works based on peacocks. i’d been wanting to develop this work for a while and produced outcomes that included drawing, digital collage and traditional collage. The first piece I worked on … Continue reading →

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christmas 2018

Posted on November 19, 2018 by chris cowdrill

is it really nearly christmas again!? apparently so, and i’ve produced another series of designs for cards and prints for this festive season. there are three different designs and they follow in the same vein as the designs i produced … Continue reading →

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christmas 2017

Posted on December 13, 2017 by chris cowdrill

merry christmas. i thought i should post my designs for christmas this year. i produced four different animal illustrations – a penguin, a flamingo, a llama and a rabbit – each wearing a scarf or hat to keep them warm … Continue reading →

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baby shoes

Posted on April 12, 2017 by chris cowdrill

if you’ve seen my twitter feed, then you’ll know i’ve been drawing a lot of shoes recently. i’d wanted to document all of my daughter’s footwear from when she was first born (just over a year ago), and had been … Continue reading →

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