sketchdump: cephalopods

I'm going to be starting a series of sketchdumps...here is the first. Its theme is Cephalopods! because I love them. Nothing more fun to draw than a cephalopod. Try it.

This first one is a picture of a character from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. It's Laughing Octopus! She's totally my favorite. I can't resist villains that giggle uncontrollably. So...yeah. She's called that both as an homage to a former villain and because she could disguise herself like an octopus, but...I think it would be hilarious if she carried around an actual octopus...so...I'm weird. I call my version of the character Giggly Cephalopod.

The next image is one that I will hopefully turn into an illustration (with some tweaks, and redrawing, of course). I can't really explain this one except to say that sometimes, I need to draw something that shows up just how insane and meticulous I am. And sometimes, I just need to draw an octopus. Bingo.

I hope you enjoyed these sketches...

Note for all sketchdumps: these sketches were created using Prismacolor Col-Erase pencils in blue or red, and desaturated and cleaned up in Photoshop. Small irregularities are probably due to Photomerge, since I draw on an 11x14" pad and my scanner is only 9X12". All fan art of characters is fan art only; characters belong to their respective owners/franchises/whatever.