Craig Conlan

Getting back on the Sketch Saddle

2011-05-25T12:40:00.003+01:00

I need to practice! It's been a while!

Graphic Design

2011-01-23T23:08:00.006Z

Designed by me. Illustrations also by me, apart from the Royal Academy card game stuff which was illustrated by Ed Hillyer.

Sweaty Yeti

2009-09-13T11:06:00.002+01:00

Hindu-esque

2009-07-04T18:54:00.003+01:00

I always enjoy drawing mythological creatures and I jumped at the chance to do some Hindu imagery. These are for Trannyshack's Bollywood themed float for Pride 09. The colour was kept very simple as they will be drenched in glitter anyway!

Lost Girls

2009-06-17T20:19:00.005+01:00

Flyer for Tasty Tim and Lady Lloyd

Girl Thing!

2009-06-13T13:00:00.004+01:00

It's slobberin' time, boys!

Night Night!

2009-03-28T00:43:00.002Z

From Paranormal Magazine.

Paramormal Magazine

2009-02-25T23:11:00.010Z

Just did some work for Paranormal magazine, and it turned out pretty nice- check it out. Nice repro and design.

In the meantime, here's an 'out-take' piece that didn't make it into the article.

You can find more paranormal-type stuff here by searching the Monsters and Mythology labels.

DC Super Freaks

2009-02-25T01:33:00.003Z

I enjoy Batman and his chums as much as the next geek, but it's the really freaky characters in the DC Comics Universe that I'm the most drawn to. This was done for a proposed DC appreciation zine from the Staff at Gosh! many years ago after contributing to a similar Marvel one. I created this and a few Black and White pieces. I did actually give them to Mike Carlin at a UK Con, hoping to score some work on Bizarro Comics Vol 2, but to no avail. There's never any avail!

Two Sugars, You Twit! (Twoo)

2009-02-24T06:23:00.003Z

2009 in the Big Smoke

2009-02-23T07:29:00.003Z

How long can one go without posting? Two months, it seems. Still, it's 2009, I'm still alive, so here's something new- a teenage wasteland.

Advent Christmas Catflaps 25!

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 24

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 23

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 22

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 21

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 20

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 19

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 18

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 17

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 16

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 15

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 14

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 13

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 12

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 11

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 10

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 09

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 08

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 07

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 06

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 05

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 04

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 03

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 02

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Advent Christmas Catflaps 01

2008-12-01T18:28:00.003Z

UK Olympic Mascots

2008-11-26T13:17:00.001Z

Not the official ones. But you never know.

How Embarrassing!

2008-10-14T13:49:00.003+01:00

These were all for Sugar magazine's 'How Embarrassing!' feature and are based on true life cringe-inducing stories sent in by their teenage readers.

From The Vaults

2008-09-15T17:34:00.004+01:00

This character was submitted for a competition a few years ago.I just found the files by accident today so I thought I'd share. And it's not even Halloween yet!

Doodle forever!

2008-08-06T02:39:00.002+01:00

Often I like my rough sketches more than the finished artwork, so I thought I'd take some pictures of them and share them with you. These two are doodley pages from one of many little newsprint Muji sketchbooks. More sketchy stuff soon.

Still Here!

2008-07-28T16:18:00.002+01:00

I am still here, and so is Who Killed Round Robin? Viddy!

Pull!

2008-05-29T23:55:00.000+01:00

Pinch!

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Strum!

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Sparkle!

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Minotaur 03

2008-05-23T12:15:00.003+01:00

... and here he is with some Mythological pals.

Minotaur 02

2008-05-22T00:18:00.004+01:00

Actually this guy beat the others. Some rough character studies below the cleaned up version.

Minotaur

2008-05-21T13:31:00.005+01:00

I was asked to come up with a minotaur design. Here are a few to start with...

m*cbeth 05

2008-05-16T09:58:00.005+01:00

The three witches. There's a 20's witch, a 70's one and the youngest is a 00's Battle Royale schoolgirl type. I gave each witch their own familiar too. Probably the most fun to draw, but they don't have that much 'screen time' really.

Well, that's it for 'the Scottish Play'. After all that manga monochromatic madness, I think I'll post something nice and colourful next! Cheerio the noo!

m*cbeth 04

2008-05-15T09:28:00.003+01:00

King Duncan. Witches tomorrow!

m*cbeth 03

2008-05-14T08:46:00.003+01:00

Banquo, an alternate Banquo and lastly, Banquo's ghost.

M*cbeth 02

2008-05-13T04:03:00.003+01:00

Lady Mac...

M*cbeth 01

2008-05-12T11:27:00.007+01:00

A while back I was asked to supply some character sketches for the Manga Shakespeare line, with a view to doing a graphic novel based on 'the Scottish play'. Like so many pitches, it was all for nothing, but at least i have some unseen art I can show you. First up is the man himself. The rest of the cast to follow this week...

Mothman

2008-05-09T09:01:00.002+01:00

Calm Down, Brenda

2008-04-04T08:37:00.003+01:00

A Whale Of A Time

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Big Meow!

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Not Happy

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TechnoloBee

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You're Hired!

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Lovely Manners (But Still Evil)

2008-04-04T07:59:00.005+01:00

Big Heid (Wee body)

2008-04-04T07:57:00.004+01:00

It's Vulgar But I Did It Anyway

2008-03-17T19:27:00.006Z

A while back, I was asked to pitch ideas and sketches for a proposed TV sketch show. Needless to say, it was unpaid and remains uncommisioned. This was one idea- the "Sorry mate!" guy. If you're a guy in Britain, every other guy calls you mate. If they are in your way going through a doorway, accidently standing on your toe, or heaven forbid, spilling your pint, a quick "Sorry mate!" usually irons everything out. It's some kind of unspoken ettiquette in public to avoid bar brawls etc. I suppose in the States they'd say "dude" instead. So I thought you could apply this to some slob in ever-increasing awful situations, where no matter how vile his actions were, he always apologised and got away with it. Anyway, it's a very British-English, even-idea, and I probably haven't explained it veRy well, but that's A bit of context for this this revolting scene. And of course, if you see somebody else use it, you saw it here first!

™ & ©Copyright Craig Conlan 2005!

Inch High Samurai

2008-03-14T11:31:00.007Z

This is a real Japanese folk tale. I think it's got potential. Also, it rhymes, just like Inch High Private Eye used to.

Sorry!

2008-03-13T13:16:00.001Z

I apologise for the delay, but my internet connection is now back to full speed.

An Unforseen Intermission

2008-03-05T15:45:00.003Z

Normal service will be resumed next week. My internet service has slowed down to the speed of a tortoise with gout, so posting images is virtually impossible this week. Blame BTOpenworld. I know I do.

Baby Dragon 05

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Baby Dragon 04

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Will We Ever Find Out Who Killed Round Robin?

2008-02-27T16:03:00.005Z

My latest contribution to Who Killed Round Robin? is up today.

It's in the nominations for the Eagle Awards for best UK webcomic, so please vote for us here!

Baby Dragon 03

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Baby Dragon 02

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Baby Dragon 01

2008-02-25T17:35:00.005Z

This was an entry to the now seemingly defunct IMAF character design competition. A tiny baby lung, or chinese dragon. I think I gave him some ridiculous name like "Young Lung Super D Dragon". I loved how oriental dragon's powers were water based- the opposite to the western fire-breathing dragon. Anyway, there are five pics, so get used to this guy. He's here for the week!

Error Stein

2008-02-22T19:47:00.005Z

Don't lose the heid!

Weeny Stein

2008-02-22T02:22:00.006Z

Grim Stein

2008-02-20T23:58:00.002Z

A bit grim. Yet another version. I never get bored of drawing the creature, but I promise I'll be finished with him by the end of the week.

Frankie Stein

2008-02-20T00:05:00.005Z

I loved Frankie Stein as a kid and followed his adventures in Whoopee! He was created by the sublime Ken Reid but I am much more familiar with the incarnation of the character drawn by the late great Robert Nixon.

So my version will never be as good as those guys, but it was fun to do.

Miss Frankenstein

2008-02-19T00:51:00.003Z

You can tell this was done a while ago- she's got Buffalo-style Spice Girl shoes. I think I may have sent this to Fortean Times looking for employment. I am still eagerly waiting for their reply. I used this character in the first Hairy Mary book. A giant cake knocked her head off.

Twenty Frankensteins

2008-02-18T12:59:00.005Z

I LOVE Frankenstein! Here are 20 different Frankenstein monsters to start with.

Bow Wow Wow

2008-02-15T13:50:00.005Z

Daddy Smells A Mystery

2008-02-15T00:39:00.004Z

My latest contribution to Who Killed Round Robin? is up. Check it out!

Portfolio Week 07

2008-02-03T16:48:00.000Z

Some pictures for the kids!

Portfolio Week 06

2008-02-03T16:29:00.001Z

Comics! The panda strip was all my own work, for the Best New Manga anthology. The other two colour pieces were for Mary Glasgow magazines.

Portfolio Week 05

2008-02-01T20:49:00.000Z

Here's a few samples I've produced for the educational market. The first spread is on Reincarnation (featuring Shakespeare, The Captain of the Titanic, Anastasia, Alexander the Great and Marie Antoinette) and the second is about camouflage. They both appear in the book Do Not Open published by Dorling Kindersley.

The T-Rex fight is from a pull out comic section of the Dinosaurium Book, by the same publisher.

Portfolio Week 04

2008-01-31T09:49:00.001Z

I've done a lot of work for the teenage market, most notably for Mary Glasgow Magazines (a division of Scholastic) and Sugar, which may or may not still be the UK's number one magazine for teenage girls. For a while I drew many 'embarrassing moment' illos for Sugar, (I will post more of these in the future, they were a lot of fun to do) in case you are wondering where I got the idea to draw the girl farting in the boy's face. It's a true story!

Portfolio Week 03

2008-01-30T17:00:00.000Z

I love to draw the animals. If I only got to draw cartoon animals for the rest of my life, I'd be as happy as the proverbial pig in da doo doo.

Portfolio Week 02

2008-01-29T12:17:00.000Z

These images were for tween girl magazines Go Girl! and Girl Talk.

Portfolio Week 01

2008-01-29T12:08:00.000Z

A lot of the artwork on my blog will tend to be unseen work, pitches that were never used or personal work. But I thought I should at least post some of my 'bread and butter' stuff as a kind of mini illustration portfolio, so you can just search the label marked portfolio and get access to mine!

This first selection comprises a few general illustration pieces, concerning food additives, voicemail and the life of a phone book

Who Killed Round Robin?

2008-01-28T10:18:00.000Z

My entry for Who Killed Round Robin? is up today.

"Round Robin" is a game where one person starts a story and then others continue it by adding a piece at a time until the tale is complete. In this case, it takes the form of a comic strip, and it was my turn last. Please take a look. As well as myself, there are another six artists involved, all very talented. The quality of work has been remarkable so far and where the story ends up is a mystery to everyone bar perhaps Mystic Meg.

Trashy New Year!

2008-01-25T08:38:00.000Z

I'm experimenting with photographic backgrounds a bit at the moment. If you take the photo yourself, it's still all your own work, right? I also really wanted to draw an urban fox.

And that's it for New Year 2008 week. I really appreciate the comments so far. Please come back again on Monday for more art. Have a great weekend!

Bunny New Year

2008-01-24T07:32:00.000Z

It gets hard to think of snowman gags after all these years. We've all done the "carrot-is-the-snowman's-winkie" one, so here's a nice wholesome one you can send to pensioners and the like.

Zombie New Year!

2008-01-23T07:41:00.000Z

Poor Old Zombie Father Time. Never mind. That Kid's gettin' chompified next year!

Yeti New Year

2008-01-22T08:19:00.001Z

Crabby New Year!

2008-01-21T01:40:00.000Z

I didn't do any Christmas cards this year, but I did sent out new year greetings to friends and family. I'll post a different one each day. This character may be a total mystery to you unless you kindly read my comics a decade ago. If you'd like to see him in all his glory, the Felt Mistress herself produced a cuddly version for me which I treasure to this day.

Look!

Welcome!

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Hola, Good Evening and Welcome!

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My name is Craig Conlan and I draw stuff for money. Or spend time on the internet when I should be working.That is all. Speak soon! Wuv woo! x