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Well, my plan to be more regular with my drawing this year was made with the best of intentions, but it didn't take into account an absolutely savage respiratory virus that flattened me on Easter weekend and is only now going away. Bah.
Anyway...
Down on the Tiny Chumps Farm, spring has finally sprung! Jeremy can hardly move for lambs, piglets and calves. Meanwhile, Richard's farm work has been interrupted by a goat butting in, and James has well and truly put his foot in it - and his customary exclamation seems to have attracted the attention of a cheeky cockerel. Still, at least he found a smock in his favourite colours!
I did a calculation of how much time I’ve spent with my children this year, compared to how much time I’ve spent with these two, and it’s a factor of 5 to 1.
Meet three absolutely lovely chaps ♥︎ who can't wait to find the coolest miniature car I have amongst all of my toys!
James, Jeremy and Richard are 3D prints (which is the only thing I didn't do myself) then I sanded the figurines, sprayed carefully white primer on them and painted all of it. This was my first time ever I've painted figurines with acrylic colours, which I also had to mix myself.
I think they turned out really sweet for my first time drawing actual figurines and not just my usual paintings (and comics). It is different to work on 3D printed stuff, rather than on paper or digital drawing tablets. But I could use some of knowledge, more or less...
With Jeremy being the tallest, measuring 11cm and Richard around 9cm, I'm sure I will find a nice place for them to take care of my toy vehicles!
Earlier, I saw a photo taken on location in Mauritania where the three Big Chumps were posing with their various senses blocked. It wasn't a very big photo and I can't find it again, so I decided I'd create my own version - the Three Wise(ish) Chumpys - and I honestly have no idea why I've never thought of this before!
The Tiny Chumps have managed to get hold of a dragon for the Lunar New Year celebrations! They've carefully made their plans so that Jeremy and James are at either end and Richard doesn't have to hold the head or tail up high, and they've practiced making the dragon dance and twirl. It went fine in rehearsal, but unfortunately, when they took their dragon to London's Chinatown to join the Year of the Dragon celebrations, James got distracted and is about to head off in entirely the wrong direction, creating some kind of serpentine PushMe-PullYou...
I did want to have this completely in time for Lunar New Year's Day, but unfortunately, my ongoing battle with hypermobility and fibro meant my hands absolutely refused to cooperate, so it sat around as a line drawing for about a week. On the bright side, Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations go on for fifteen days (I am not sure how long the celebrations go on in other cultures that use the lunar calendar), so I'm still within the window for posting this! Today (16th February) is the 7th day of the first lunar month, and it's traditionally the day humans were created - so happy birthday, humans, and a very happy Year of the Dragon!