Scarier Than I Meant

I managed to get a cold from my 3 year old (strangely....) and despite dripping nose, grogginess and general irritability I pressed on with work. I think this panel ended up scarier than I meant. I definitely over hatched it. Oh well! I still like it, and it's maybe the scariest scene in the book, so I think it'll do. Initially the Spider Goblins had smaller and narrower eyes and I drew this guy with lantern eyes without even thinking, but I really love it. I like to imagine that when their big heads swivel around they illuminate the clouds a bit.

On another note, cartoonist Ben Towle and friends are at it with another really cool alphabet project. The first time was an animal alphabet and this time it's imaginary beasts. I'm going to try and take part when I can this time. I pilfered my much loved copy of Katherine Briggs' Encyclopedia of Fairies for ideas.

Unbelievably I'm still a bit sick, which may mean infrequent breaks to watch The Muppets Take Manhattan on Netflix. Henson's Storyteller is on there too, if you've never seen it you really must, it's my all time favorite piece of television. The brilliant Dark Crystal is there too.