Jenny Dolfen

I've gone and done something really cool...

So... a lot of you have kept asking about the Noldo shirts coming back, about the Professor shirts coming back, about Good Rodents shirts, and I was in desperate need of an Indy Mouse shirt. My standard answer has always been, I don't have the funds, I can't stock so many shirts, I'd have to stock so many shapes, sizes and co...

Warding off the Apocalypse

"To the world!" And to sanity! 

I did decide to go in for the slit-pupil look on Crowley, just because he wasn't Crowley enough without them (the glasses do nothing, lol). I think he looks endearing enough. And weirdly Tennant-like. 

New "Good Omens" sketch

As you could tell on Saturday, I wasn't really happy with the postures and likenesses in the "Good Omens" sketch, and I got to it again today. This whole thing just flowed from my pencil within fifteen minutes. Sometimes it pays to leave a piece lying for a while, start from scratch, and get much better results in a third of ...

International self-portrait day!

Meet the artist! XD 

Two Jitsi sketches

Thanks everyone who joined the Jitsi session! We've been very productive again. <3 

Here's a sketch for tomorrow's International Self-Portrait Day, and a sketch of Mouziraphale und Mowley, for Monday/Tuesday. 

Moulsa

Mice in dresses are so delightfully ridiculous! 

Note to self: For my self-portrait as a dormouse, avoid a dress at all costs. Woolly jumper/plaid shirt and jeans. Yup. 

Mousassin's Creed

If, by chance, you think, "No, THIS is my favourite one now!" every few days, then I can tell you you're not alone. 

We really need to have a judging at the end of the competition! It probably won't end on November 1st though - I'll do Self-Portrait Day (1st November), and I have an urgent need to drop Mousiraphale...

Two sketches: Mousassin's Creed and Moulsa

I actually got a seat with good lighting at the conference today! I'm totally in love with the little Mousassin. (They always try to land in leaf-stacks. Not in brambles, preferably.)

And what's the line you'll never hear a domouse sing? "The cold never bothered me anyway!"

This! Is! Asparagus!

"What do you mean, 'painted on'? How dare you insinuate they're painted on?"

Leonimouse. 

Got a staff conference tomorrow. Hope to do a few sketches to be coloured later. =D

Announcement: Bonus live session on Saturday

Hi people,

I've been really busy with school these past two days and haven't drawn as much as I'd hoped I would. I'll probably keep drawing mice into November (and throw in a squirrel or two*), and would like to invite you to a bonus live sketching session this Saturday, to close off Mousetober, at 6 pm CET. I'll make i...

Jack Sparmouse

So, sorry for the hiatus, but I enjoyed a few wonderful days with my parents and my daughter - visiting the zoo with two new(ish)born polar bear girls named Anna and Elsa (and falling so madly in love with a Caucasian squirrel that I can't promise I won't put it in a  costume), enjoying relatively low coronavirus cases a...

No costume contest is complete...

... without Jack Sparmouse. 

And I deviate from my vow not to do hair...

Fun fact: When I draw, I always make the same face as the character I'm drawing. I'll have sore muscles in my entire face tomorrow!

We'll be visiting my parents for the next few days. I plan to sketch a few characters that I can th...

Mother of Dragon... flies

Mouserys Stormborn of the House Muscaryen, the First of Her Name, the Unfamished, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Rodents, Khaleesi of the Great Undergrowth, Breaker of nutshells and Mother of Dragonflies.

I'm slightly suprised she hasn't been suggested. XD

Mouseheart

"They can take our lives - but they can never take our raspberries!" 

I'm slightly wary of posting this on Facebook/Twitter. There has been such a lot of weird stuff going on in the comments on the last dormice - from telling me what these actually were (Redwall, beavers, rats, squirrels, chipmunks, Reepic...

Harry Podmouse, Mothwig, and Napolemouse (and prints!)

I decided the ink and colour both yesterday's sketches back to back - that was very efficient, as I could use drying times by working on the other mouse instead of surfing on Facebook, haha. 

My daughter nearly lost it when she saw Mothwig, by the way. (She makes a point of sidling into my room every night to see w...

Live sketching output

Thanks so much for the wonderful live session! And particular thanks goes to Miranda, for suggesting that Hedwig would have to be a moth. <3 (Still giggling!)

Also, Napoleon Bonamouse. (Tails add swoosh!)

Mousralt of Rivia

Toss a nut to your witcher, o' valley of plenty, oooooh... 

Or toss him a sword, as he can't reach his. =D

Suggested by frasoke.

Toss a nut...

... to your witcher. XD

This costume is a bloody workout! I already hate it in the inking stage. Though he might well become a strong contender for winning the cosplay contest. 

I used the grey-toned paper here instead of the previous tan. Proper grimdark background. 

I decided against yellow eyes ...

Bonus: Queen Mousertiti

Another suggestion from Liv! 

I wonder if ancient Dormice shaved their whiskers... 

Maybe I'll take a break tomorrow... but these are such fun! Even if the heightened social media profile is bringing in a few really strange commenters again. 

Shermouse Holmes

It seems my plaid has become a little rusty! Still a lot of fun to paint, though...

Shermouse Holmes - sketch

Suggested by Liv. :)

I faced two problems here: First, Shermouse or Cumbermouse? Cumbermouse has some obvious problems - I can't do the right hair, and no cheekbones, sorry. XD So all that would have been left were coat and scarf, and I need recognisable costumes for these characters, so the original Holmes was the obvi...

Indiana Mouse

Okay, this is getting way too elaborate for what any same person should do with Inktober, but working on this toned paper ROCKS. I can't wait to do larger projects on this! This is something cool about Inktober - I always end up finding new things to do with new media or techniques. 

I'm also starting to get the ha...

Probably to be finished tomorrow...

Today's piece was my hubby's request (he rarely comments on my art, but when I told him about my Inktober project, he immediately requested Indiana Mouse running from a gigantic chestnut). XD

I'm really, really happy with how this is coming along. My eyes aren't being very cooperative tonight, so I'll probably wait for ...

Dormouse Who

Yes, I could totally do thirteen of these. But Tom Baker's scarf just begged to be wrapped around a dormouse. 

Finmousegon

("Mouse" is really hard to get into most words. As opposed to "pin".)

Note Thorontit, greatest of tits that have ever lived, whose outstretched wings span almost half a fathom. XD

I really nearly caved in and put a black wig on Finmousegon, but wigs on mice look so weird. So he braids his tail instead.&nb...

Captain Amerimouse + hibernating Winter Soldier

Never would Mouse Rogers forget the day when that supermouse serum made him so buff. 

(Look! He has Chris Evans' hair!)

Trying out watercolour, Inktense colours and gouache on toned paper. Still need to work on what layers to put in first, but I'm really happy with this look! Works well with comicky ...

Batmouse / Flitterman

A quick and inky one today! 

Did you know that the absolutely delightful old English word for "bat" that Tolkien uses in the Lay of Leithian, "flittermouse", is a total no-brainer for any German, because we still call bats "Fledermaus"? (It's one of the reasons why the name "Batman" was never translated into German...