Squeaky Pictures

The sketchbook of Dave Cockburn; Animator, illustrator and good value entertainment. www.squeakypics.co.uk

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Happy New Year of the Ox!

Happy New Year of the Ox Stay strong and may this year be way less pants than the last. #yearoftheox #animation #ox #b3d #greasepencil #chinesenewyear #bodybuilding #2danimation

12th February 2021 sees the start of the Chinese New Year of the Ox. People born in the year of the Ox are thought to be strong, healthy, hard-working and stubborn. If you were born in 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, you are an Ox! Ruminating on cows … In English we say cow and beef, subtly differentiating the meat from the animal it’s derived from. But Cantonese is much more literal, it’s…

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Turnip lantern

Back in the 70’s, when I was a kid growing up in the north of England, we carved turnip lanterns to celebrate Halloween. Not because we northerners were hard and didn’t mind blistered fingers, more because pumpkins were fancy foreign veg that we hadn’t yet encountered.

Well, that’s what I thought until an idle web search, while trying to avoid the news, revealed that turnips were the original…

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Kentucky Ken

Kentucky Ken - Detained in 1959 for inappropriate use of a ukulele on a public thoroughfare. #portrait #illustration

Detained in 1959 for inappropriate use of a ukulele on a public thoroughfare.

Rough

Tinted rough on top of a colour layer

Rough used a s a mask for a curve adjustment layer.

Something a little different. Instead of tracing the rough and working from that, I refined it and used it as a mask for a adjustment layer. This shades a flat colour layer to which I added highlights and darker shadows. Not…

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1920's Criminal style - Frankie is wearing a utility three piece in this seasons muted colours set off deliciously by the emerald silk tie. #illustration #clipstudiopaint #vintagestyle #1920's #gangster #digitalillustration #drawing # Frankie is wearing a utility three piece in this seasons muted colours set off deliciously by the emerald silk tie.

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The Evil Orange - Fruitism is on the rise. Resist! Caricature illustration of Donald Trump. Fruitism is on the rise. Resist!

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How Cats Keep Cool

Raul, the worlds smartest dog, explains how cats keep cool in this short animation. #2danimation #moho #greasepencil #blender3d #cat #funny

In hot weather we humans are forced to resort to cooling beverages, ice based deserts or expensive climate control solutions to regulate our temperatures.

Cats, on the other hand, sneer at our feeble efforts while nonchalantly lounging in their fur pyjamas.

It’s as infuriating as it is baffling.

Luckily for us Raul,…

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The Process of Evil.

The Process of Evil. A breakdown of how I created the Evil Genius # 2d animation. #clipstudiopaint #blender3d #greasepencil

‘Bit random’ was the title of an email from the ad agency CPB. ‘Can you illustrate an evil genius character and animate him rubbing his hands together in an evil genius kind of way?’ they asked. The project was for a submission to the W.H.O to encourage handwashing in a fun way during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was an important…

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Happy New Year of the Rat

Happy New Year of the Rat!

You’re never more than 6 feet away from a rat in London! Apparently, that’s not actually true but it’s sensational enough to be memorable. Rats have a poor reputation but are quite remarkable creatures, having excellent navigational skills and the ability to memorise complicated routes. Their swimming skills are particularly impressive. These rodents can swim for half a mile across open water and…

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The Truth About Rudolph

The Truth About Rudolph

On Christmas Eve, children look excitedly to the sky in search of that red beacon that tells them Rudolph, with his nose so bright, is guiding Santa’s sleigh and that Christmas deliveries have begun!

Hate to break it to you, folks …

Merry Christmas and may all your packaging be frustration free!

Behind the scenes in Blender 3d.

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Work in progress Slowly learning #blender3d and exploring texture paint. For a 2d artist adding transparent layers is as simple as clicking a button. In 3d its more like re-wiring a hi-fi. Erasing is as easy as using an eraser whereas in 3d I have to find the 'erase alpha' blend mode hidden at the end of a drop down. There is loads to learn so I'm taking tiny steps, trying to do something Blender related every day, even if it is only a couple of minute's. Right. Now to 'alpha erase' all the textures and do them properly😮 #learningblender #b3d #2dto3d #gull #3d https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ehZPcjoXo/?igshid=1u402ntwziz56

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Gull Shack. My first steps in #blender3d. I downloaded it to try out the new 2d animation features but, needing some basic understanding of the software,did the @chocofurstore absolute beginners tutorials and this happened. It's s a whole new world when you add that extra 'D'. A huge ammount to learn but having fun! I will get on to the 2d bits eventually😁 https://www.instagram.com/p/B039hIMD5FU/?igshid=z8kra1jo6tuo

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Gull Shack

Gull Shack illustration - My first steps in #blender3d. Based on a tutorial by @chocofur It's a joy to discover the extra 'D' many thanks @blender_org #3dillustration

Blender 3d has just launched version 2.8 with some smashing new 2d animation tools. As it’s free I thought it would be rude not to download it and take a look. So that’s just what I did.

It is a magnificent toybox but there is so much to It. Modelling, VFX, animation, rigging, video editing, simulations, 2d drawing and the list goes on. I was a bit bewildered, to say the least, but a quick…

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A rejected cute dinosaur for a kids reading course. Natural selection is so harsh! #cutedinosaur #illustration Another kind of extinction. A rejected cute dinosaur logo character for a kids reading course from a couple of years ago. Natural selection is so harsh!

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FOOD FIGHT! A vintage poster illustration for a match between two potatoes. Basically tomatoes look like boxing gloves and potatoes are ugly. #illustration #clipstudiopaint #boxing #poster #funny #jimbobdrawingshow #drawingprompt An illustration for the Jim Bob Drawing Show. Drawing prompt - Food Fight The idea being that tomatoes look like boxing gloves and potatoes are ugly.

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Happy New Year of the Pig.

Happy New Year of the Pig! A boar sucking up never ending noodles. What better symbol for long life! #ChineseNewYear #YearOfThePig #pig #noodles #animatedGif #moho

Pigs have a reputation for gluttony but, apparently, this is undeserved as they only eat until they’re full. Food is so important to the Chinese, they greet each other with Have you had your rice yet? So this seems like a good opportunity to mention some foods that are traditionally included in a Chinese New Year meal. Traditional foods are always symbolic, it’s all about bringing luck and…

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The Collectors of Venus. A tribute to pulp sci-fi covers of old. #spacealien #scifi #clipstudiopaint #pinup An innocent hobby or something way more sinister? An illustration for the Jim Bob Drawing Show. Drawing prompt - Creepy space alien

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A Plucking Chicken

A genetic enigneering failure, the self plucking chicken turned out to be something way more entertaining. #chicken #illustration #clipstudiopaint #banjo

A genetic enigneering failure, the self plucking chicken turned out to be something way more entertaining.

I am trying to take what I have learned from digital painting and apply it to a more graphic style. It feels quite natural, especially the hen house. As it was in the background I painted it very quickly, freehand without using rulers, straight lines or any accurate perspective. It has a…

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