Hethabyr's Portfolio

Joop the Mooley

Hethabyr — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:14:29 GMT

Joop the Mooley

Although the Pickpea Moolies of Yut* are quite obviously primates, they're fairly far removed from any of the monkeys or apes you'll find on Earth. Highly intelligent and vocally articulate, they prove to be willing and worthy allies to Googly and the other resistors of Harmius Crool's evil consortium.

Joop Jumbiligo, seen here, is the fellow whose initiative and quick thinking saves Googly and Toohumple from being horribly pecked to pieces by a deadly, flip-flappy flock of Yutlian saw-toothed eyeball pokers, which they encounter on a hair-brained expedition into the big, deep, dreadfully smelly pothole of death. Let's face it, when you're a True Alien Spotter, there's just never a dull moment.

(*Yut: An arid little ovoid in the Sarpith system)

Alien Spotters

Mordiga's Welcome to Azubel 2

Hethabyr — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:04:02 GMT

Mordiga's Welcome to Azubel 2

A fresh and more detailed version of the "Mordiga's Welcome to Azubel" vignette. One of four corner motifs from the lid of Queen Trinkus of Troiligum's sarcophagus. Interestingly, Queen Trinkus was the sister of Fatoota Patoota, the ancient Mamtockian Queen, from whose fossilised fingers Jamhut Doderpol prized the Galumphian glyph globe.

Twig and Friends

Hethabyr — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:59:04 GMT

Twig and Friends

A piece produced at the tail end of '07 for those nice folks at Nickelodeon Magazine. I like this little guy, and I'm intending at some point to fit him into a story concept, along with Sput, his trouble-prone but always eager to help li'l dragon, the myopic and unpredictable "Spyder", and a variety of other oddball woodland characters.

Tom Farfle's Total Waste of Time Machine

Hethabyr — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:52:22 GMT

Tom Farfle's Total Waste of Time Machine

Tom Farfle... Ha! He's just such a crazy guy!

Splengs, Spleebles & Sploons

Toohumple's Dream

Hethabyr — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:02:19 GMT

Toohumple's Dream

Are the dreams of aliens more vivid than our own? For the Bongjobs of Boonblatty, at least... yes, I suspect that they probably are.

Kickapoo County Cornpone

Hethabyr — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:46:33 GMT

Kickapoo County Cornpone

This here's Tobias Tonkerton, the boy that got his butt kicked by ol' Granny Crabnipple, after he'd stole the head off her scarecrow. Ol' Granny's powerful partic'lar 'bout protectin' her property, whether she's just keepin' the crows away from her corn patch, or takin' pot-shots at any poor strangers that wanders off the beaten track an' comes within "poppin' distance" of her hollow hickory tree. Tobias didn't mean no harm when he took the head off the scarecrow... he just kinda liked it. He's a simple kinda fella, an' he ain't got no real friends, so when he got t' talkin' with the scarecrow, an' it didn't say nuthin' nasty t' him - like the folks around Ricketsville is usually inclined t' do - he decided t' take it home an' sit it on his front porch rockin' chair. a purfect place for it t' sit, he reckoned, so he could see its big happy face smilin' at him, an' he could talk t' it whenever he felt the need. Well, everythin' seemed pretty hunky, an' Tobias an' the scarecrow head was gett'n' along just fine, until some no-good son of a monkey told Granny Crabnipple that ol' Tad Tonkerton's boy was harborin' somethin' that belonged t' her. Quicker than you could slap a blood-bloated skeeter, she jumped up an' strapped on her wooden roller skates, then she grabbed her gun and shot off in a cloud of dust down to Brokejaw Junction, where she knowed the Tonkertons' used t' stay. Now, the thing is, back in their younger days, Tad Tonkerton an' Granny was kinda sweet on each other, an' they was even itchin' t' git hitched, but Tad's pappy, ol' Moose Tonkerton, wuren't havin' none of it. He said that the Crabnipples wus just a buncha no good nobodies, an' no son of his wus ever gonna...

Extracted from The Kickapoo County Chronicles.

A Meanderthal

Hethabyr — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:44:14 GMT

A Meanderthal

Endlessly and just aimlessly walking... that was the routine of life for many Meanderthals.

Stick with me, kids, an' I'll teach you all you need to know about history!

Next up: The Plasticene Age.

Is This The Way to Pimlico?

Hethabyr — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:59:45 GMT

Is This The Way to Pimlico?

A question that's quite often asked, on the roads and lanes around Pimlico.

Chicken chaser

Hethabyr — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:03:21 GMT

Chicken chaser

Pwaaaaaawk, pwawk-pwawk, pwaaaaawk! and other old chicken favourites.

Undocumented

Hethabyr — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:57:32 GMT

Undocumented

Infinitely more rare than hen's teeth.

Hobbit study

Hethabyr — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:29:13 GMT

Hobbit study

Yup! It's a real oldie, from way back in 1995. I came upon it earlier this week while looking through piles of stuff. I started tidying it up a little, and then I thought... naaah. I don't have time for this. To be honest, I'd love to do a fresh version, with improvements to the figures, and a lot more attention to line and tonality. It'll never happen, though. It served its purpose at the time.

Jooble Tells Tall Tales...

Hethabyr — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:58:10 GMT

Jooble Tells Tall Tales...

As the Flip-Flop-Flappy knows very well.

Man's very first work of art

Hethabyr — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:32:23 GMT

Man's very first work of art

From such humble beginnings...

Well, we had to start somewhere... didn't we? : )

This one's dedicated to Peter De Seve, whose work never ceases to inspire.

Gourd-leaf Hats

Hethabyr — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:30:45 GMT

Gourd-leaf Hats

They were fairly fashionable in Farflungium too.

Narpy Noo

Hethabyr — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:16:56 GMT

Narpy Noo

Don't eat the fruits from gropple trees, and never by them linger.

Remember little Poppy Poo...? He's left without a finger!

A splash of colour

Hethabyr — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:27:48 GMT

A splash of colour

Been a while since I've posted anything with a bit of colour. Watercolour wash, with some dip pen scribbling.

Homage to Jean-Baptiste Monge

Hethabyr — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:30:24 GMT

Homage to Jean-Baptiste Monge

Un hommage humble à Jean-Baptiste Monge... parce que j'adore ses créations.

Excuses pour mon Français abominable : )

Ever since I happened upon his work a couple of years ago, I've been hugely inspired by the French artist/illustrator Jean-Baptiste Monge's wonderful creations, and I find myself revisiting his site from time to time, just to see if there's anything new on display. He is, quite simply, an imaginative genius! Frustrating to find that there don't seem to be any English translations of his books as yet... in fact, even the French copies are obtainable only through French Amazon, or direct from the publisher. Anyhow, here's an "ever so 'umble 'omage" to the man and his work. Fishing for sticklebacks.

PS: Here's the link to his site:

http://www.jbmonge.com/BiblioJB.php

Mongmoozle's Finest

Hethabyr — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:44:58 GMT

Mongmoozle's Finest

This is Flar Paloo, captain of the Horinoi.

A Particular Penchant for Pixies

Hethabyr — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:35:40 GMT

A Particular Penchant for Pixies

Et voila! A tweaked and improved version of the Biffle Baffle Bird drawing posted yesterday. As ever, my intention is to do more refined pencil versions of these low res sketches, if ever time will allow.

Lying in Wait

Hethabyr — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:07:01 GMT

Lying in Wait

A return to fishy themes.