Not sure how you spell that. Anyway, the surprising thing is that I have actually drawn something. Oh yes. Finally got around to getting my domain registered (which is the one you're probably reading this from) and since I didn't want to immediately upload any content I decided to put together an 'under construction' type page. Even more amazingly, I was inspired to draw something very specific, and here it is.

Of course, it looked a little better once I'd got it onto the computer. I'd read about using layers in an image to do inking, colouring, highlights and shadow, but I'd never given it a go before. I'll save you the boring details, here's the finished result.

Not bad, eh? Well, for a first attempt, at any rate. I don't think I've quite got the light source in the same position throughout the whole thing, and if you look too long at the position of his legs they start to look wrong, and the end of the shovel isn't great, and the less said about the main shadow the better... but overall, yep, quite pleased. Overly critical? Me? Well, so they say.