critterCountry VI: A Critter Searches...

Today's critter country has only one inhabitant. (One of my favorites actually). Will this bugger find what it's looking for? Only time will tell...

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Love dem jams (frrrt)...

Having a little fun with a random one-off character. When will I grow up? ... Not sure:)

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CritterCountry V: The Return of the Critters

Hey, buds! Another round of critters, especially for YOU! Hoping to shift to something more cohesive/ narrative- driven soon, although these little guys just keep popping into my head and I can't help but set them free. Stay tuned!

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#critterCountryIV

MOAR critters, shiZam! These are even sloppier than usual + not much of a color pass-- as I have quite the backlog I'd like to get onto-- but I had to set them free to roam on the internet regardless. I believe they were born while playing with diff. body shapes for enemies in a random game idea... What a fantastic backstory!;)

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Critter Country III?

My name is Brian Patenaude, and I am addicted to drawing critters. It has been 10 minutes since my last critter episode. Please forgive me.

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Mo' critters, mo' problems?

 Hey, buddies- Another round of critters hot out of the oven! Again- Not very polished, but I've run 'em through a quick clean up and color pass (including some hand-stained papers) + plan on taking my favorites through the 'mounty' process once the studio is put back together. More SOON!

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critter COUNTRY!

Firing up a new post to plant a collection of critter sketches. You might recognize some of them from instagram (that makes them famous), although these have undergone a proper scan, cleanUp pass, a bit of composite work, and a touch of color to pull the shapes apart. I'm hoping to take my favorites a bit further-- possibly by way of 'mounties'-- but for now, this is whatcha get! I have QUITE a few in the works, so plan on updating this post frequently (oh my).

Fun little collaboration w/ William serving as lead designer

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tuscanTurtles!

Inspired by a shot of some long-necked turtle on the interwebs, I decided to have a little fun. No more than cleaned-up sketches w/ a little color + composited on a motion-blurred Tuscan pano, but this is probably as far as I'll take 'em. Had to post them though, before disappearing into the darkest reaches of drooopppp boooooooox...

tuscanTurtle_02 (pencil, ink, photoshop, + iphone camera:))

tuscanTurtle_03 (pencil, ink, photoshop, + iphone camera:))

tuscanTurtle_01 (pencil, ink, photoshop, + iphone camera:))

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SURF! series

Hey all,

So! I'm getting back into more personal art lately- TONS of pieces/ drawings on deck, so as usual, won't be spending a bit of time on each piece-- initially, although might come back to them later, if they deserve it;)-- but wanted to start getting SOME art posts and color on here.

As of now, this series only has 3 pieces, but the waves have been so fun draw that I'm sure I'll be adding more!

Wave_03, drawing, photoshop, hand-inked papers for detail, + kept the moleskine sketchpad trim on there for good measure. Might play around with the palette on this one a bit more, as I'm not too happy with it... but probably not;P

Wave_02, drawing, photoshop, + hand-inked papers for detail

FUN FACT: I am actually a HORRENDOUS surfer, despite religiously going multiple times a week while living Los Angeles!

Wave_01, drawing, photoshop, + hand-inked papers for detail

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LEGGED & NOT-SO-LEGGED FISH...

So! Got on a legged + not-so-legged-fish kick as I've been getting back into the drawin'. Posting a handful of {IN PROGRESS} pieces here now, pre-full-color pass (because I'm impatient) + surely more to come (as I've become borderline obsessed with them).
And killing to birds with one stone (such a violent term), I'm testing out some new 'hand-stained' papers (various leftover ink, paint, WINE, etc. + photoShop color adjustments of course) that I whipped up for my little (personal project) book 'The Jonkoh Tree'.

Added: 02.27.2016

Pictured: Paper-staining supervisors. (Lily even wrote a note/ reminder to lay the wet papers on wax paper to dry, so that they wouldn't stick to the table:))

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