Tomasu's Menagerie

I draw beasts and monsters from mythology, folklore, and video games.

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Now that the Guild Wars 2 Design a Weapon competition shortlist is out, here are my entries: the Kurzick Zweihänder (Greatsword), and the Seal of Torment (Shield).

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Various creatures from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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Various netsuke from the British Museum.

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More daily sketches...

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Whoops, I haven’t uploaded any drawings for ages.

Here’s the first batch of many, featuring Cookboye.

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Daily sketches from April, part two. Some medieval beasts, mostly from The Hours of Joanna the Mad.

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Daily sketches from April, part one.

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More sketches from March.

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More daily sketches from March.

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Whoops, I’ve been meaning to post for ages, and didn’t get round to it. Here are some daily sketches from March. More to follow...

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More daily sketches.

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Some more daily sketches...

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Some more of my daily analogue drawings. I could do with a less blurry way of digitising them...

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My new year’s resolution is to do one drawing every day. I won’t post everything, but here are some highlights from the first couple of weeks.

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I haven’t finished a drawing for ages... I’m not sure I’ve really finished this one either, but here it is anyway: a Jenny Haniver.

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Happy 10th birthday to Amputechture, the album for people who understand that less is not more, and more is not enough. It’s one of my favourites!

Here’s my tribute: the Big Mutant empowered by these phantom limbs. (I prefer the version where the phantom limbs aren’t actually visible, but whatever...)

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Some Creatures of the Deep, inspired by illustrations from the Northumberland Bestiary. I think the second one might be an octopus...