Aliens, Robots & Octopodes

I'm Ben Bruce, an artist, crafter and nerd, and this is a gallery of my art and illustration work.

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So since visiting a museum the other week, I've doodling 'Ritual Objects' in odd moments. Bit worried that I may be a H. P. Lovecraft protagonist.

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Apps for bears is the next big thing, I reckon.

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Ugh, watercolours, why you got to be such a pain to work with?

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Another bird for the totally not made up #DrawACleverBirdDay. Crow’s are my favourite - we see loads of them at the local woods, and they’re always so curious and funny.

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Not sure why, but I’ve seen to have declared today ‘draw-a-clever-bird-day’. Here is a magpie. I like magpies; like crows they often beg for food when I’m walking the dog, but they’re much braver than the crows.

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Attempting to kick-start my Christmas spirit by drawing a clever robin. It’s sort of working.

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Another watercolour attempt. I think I’m getting better, but still haven’t got the fluidity that I want.

(It’s based on a photo I took last year at Charlecote Park. It was a foggy autumn morning, and as we looked across the river, the deer picked their way out of the mist, delicate and ghost-like.)

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I painted a barn owl. It’s ... okay, I suppose, but I was trying to go for something looser. But I don’t really do loose. I’m the chap that looks at C3P0 and thinks ‘I really admire his freewheeling devil-may-care attitude!’

Ah well, it’s all practice, isn’t it?

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Dorky goldfish.

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Getting the hang of these watercolour markers - some bits are somewhat shonky, but I’m getting better.

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Playing around with some new watercolour markers

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Gamedev side project -  fairly happy about how it’s looking so far.

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A quick Doctor Lazarus doodle in honour of Alan Rickman

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Did some pebble paintings while on my hols. This is the one with which I’m happiest.

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You may not know this, but the only correct way to test new art supplies is to do Studio Ghibli fan art.

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Haven’t done much art recently - busy with other things - but here are some totemic doodles.

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Jobsworth mouse.