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Dave Windett
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Freelance Illustrator and Comics Artist
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Sketches
Drawn a few years ago for an online portrait challenge.
#drawing #sketch #portrait
Four portraits Top left - woman with short hair wearing a wide brimmed hat and high collar shirt. Top right - man with shaggy hair and thick moustache. Bottom left - woman in front of a canvas holding o paintbrush in her right hand. Bottom right - woman with elaborate tall hairdo Full of bamboo or bone needles.
February 19, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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Monsters.
For a challenge where the artist creates an illustration based on a kid’s drawing of a monster
#drawing #illustration #monsters
Green egg shaped monster with blue horns, five bendy, purple snake like legs and a pair of bendy purple snake like arms. There two sets of four, thin, grey tubes on either side side of it’s lower body and it’s left eye is larger than rheumatoid arthritis right. Standing on top of it’s head is a brown box like creature with blue arms and legs. It is wearing white gloves and has a pair of horns on top of it’s head.
February 18, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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Illustration for Trail Tails #3 by Paul Kautz.
The book (which is available from Amazon) is a collection of humorous short stories about Scout, a young hiker taking a long backpacking trip with his father.

#drawing #illustrations #chipmunk #forest
Forest setting a chipmunk is running along a fallen tree, behind him a boy wearing a t-shirt and shorts is holding a number of sticks in his arms.
February 17, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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HotDog Ball
Drawn some time ago, was for some kind of advertising/promotional campaign, never used.
#drawing #illustration #hotdog #baseball
Man in brown and white baseball uniform throwing a hot dog towards the viewer.
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Moth Man
Another image that was used as part of the proposal for the Monsters Hunters Unlimited book series. A revised version was used for the published work.
#drawing #illustration #mothman #monster
Fur covered humanoid figure with moth like wings on it’s back. It eyes are red with the left one larger than rhe right. It is standing on a flat rooftop, silhouettes of other buildings can be seen in the background.
February 15, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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Another photo montage cover for K-Zine a magazine of original SF, Horror, Fantasy and Crime genre fiction.

#photomontage #scifi #coverart #reflection
Young woman looking at a reflection of herself. The reflection is fading into a blue/black sky that is full of stars. In the bottom right of the picture is a large letter K with the Word zine written underneath it, below that the text issue 19 can be seen.
February 14, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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How to Draw Donatello from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles appeared in the British Jetix comic and was reprinted in the Jetix Ultimate How to Draw Book.
#drawing #illustration #donatello #teenagemutantninjaturtles
A collection of line drawings that start as a simple curved line and build until the final one shows an anthropomorphic turtle carrying a wooden staff.
February 13, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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Photo montage cover for issue one of K-Zine a magazine of original SF, Horror, Fantasy and Crime genre fiction.

#photomontage #scifi #coverart #horror
Close up of a young woman with long dark hair and red eyes. Behind her a strange looking jet is flying over a castle. The sky is filled with two moons, the smaller of the two is in front of the other. The logo in the bottom right is made from a large letter k with the word zine underneath it. Below the logo are the words one vol. 1
February 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Elephant on the Moon
Another old sketchbook piece
#drawing #sketch #elephant #scifi
Anthropomorphic elephant wearing a spacesuit with bubble helmet standing on the lunar surface.
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Steampunk Duck
From one of my old sketchbooks.
#drawing #sketch #duck #steampunk
Anthropomorphic duck wearing goggles, a long coat with a stiff collar, long gloves, a scarf and pants with two belts. There is a belt around it’s upper right arm. There are a pair if dials and some struts with rivets on the wall behind the duck.
February 10, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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Evil Flying Squirrel
This image was used as part of the proposal for the Monsters Hunters Unlimited book series. A revised version was used for the published work.
#drawing #illustration #squirrel #flyingsquirrel #monster
Grey and white flying squirrel leaping in the air. There is foaming coming from it’s mouth and it has red eyes. There is a forest, mountains and a blue sky in the background.
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Something from one of my old sketchbooks
#sketch #drawing #inksketch #scifi #characterdesign
Anthropomorphic animal with round ears wearing a space suit. It has. A large raygun in its left hand and is standing with its left foot placed on a large rock.
February 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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Man in Black

One of the characters from the Monster Hunters Unlimited series of books published by PSS ( a division of Penguin)
#drawing #illustration #maninblack #agent
Man with short black hair wearing a black suit and sunglasses. He is holding up an identity card. Behind him are four black and white images of monsters.
February 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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Monsters
#drawing #sketch #inksketch #monsters
Small worm like creature being followed by a larger creature with short legs long arms with spots on them, a tail and a pair of horns.
February 6, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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The Roaches
This is a page from a strip I drew many years ago for DC Thomson. It was for a proposed revival of one of their old titles the Wizard
The comic didn’t get past the planning stage so, as far as I know the strip has never been published.
#comicsart #comicpage #comics #cockroaches
Comic strip page featuring three different coloured anthropomorphic cockroaches. The setting is a parody of a living room with the furniture being made from various scrap materials.
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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Another photo montage cover for K-Zine a magazine of original SF, Horror, Fantasy and Crime genre fiction.

#photomontage #scifi #coverart #horror
Green hand with an open mouth in it’s palm in front of an abstract background. There is a tattoo on the wrist. K Zine issue 12 is written in the bottom right of the image.
February 4, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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I was the cover artist for all 31 issues of K-Zine.

In a change to my regular illustration work the covers were created using photos from various sources.

They were combined, filtered, and edited.

I also designed the magazine’s logo

#photomontage #scifi #coverart #sciencefiction
Headshot of a blue figure wearing a gas mask, there are stars in the background and a len flare can be seen in the left eye. A logo with K Zine issue 29 can be seen in the bottom right corner of the image.
February 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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Monster Worm
Drawn for one of the Monster Hunters Unlimited books published by PSS (a division of Penguin )

#drawing #illustration #monster #worm
A hand holding a mobile (cell) phone, showing an image of monster worm emerging from the ground. The worm has spikes on its back and a mouth full of pointed teeth.
February 2, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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Three old character designs,
#drawing #illustration #design #pear #mushroom
Three anthropomorphic characters . From left to right A humanoid figure with a vaguely maple leaf like head wearing a blue shirt with a green apple decal, dark green pants and grey shoes. An anthropomorphic pear wearing white gloves and black boots. An anthropomorphic mushroom. It’s cap is red with white spots and it is wearing red boots and white gloves
February 1, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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Humpty Dumpty
#drawing #illustration #humptydumpty #egg
Anthropomorphic egg wearing a hoodie, checked pants, and trainers. Sitting on the top of a high brick wall.
January 31, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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Nuckelavee
From one of the Monster Hunters Unlimited series of books published by PSS (a division of Penguin)
#drawing #Illustration #monster #mythicalcreature
Drawing made to look as if it is on lined diary paper. At the bottom of the page is a second smaller image. It has been made to look like a Polaroid photo. A skeletal horse with a the upper half of a skeletal ape like human fused to it’s back. There are spikes along it’s back and the back of it’s legs. It has a webbed tail, the two mouths are filled with sharp teeth. The horse head has red eyes and a long tongue, whilst the ape head has empty eye sockets. The creature is standing in water. The “photo” is a headshot of a young woman with short black/purple hair and purple lips.bshe has a heart shaped tattoo on her right cheek, skull shaped earrings, and a ring through her lip. She is wearing two chokers around her neck, one thin and black the other wider and made of metallic squares.
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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Logo Design
Commissioned a few years ago.
#logo #dodo #design #drawing #illustration
Black oblong, within it is a white silhouette of a bird standing on a book, the words Dodo Publishing is written underneath it
January 29, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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Ugly Duckling

#drawing #illustration #duck #uglyduckling #cartoonduck
Cartoon duck with a long beak, looking worried, standing on a riverbank
January 28, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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Detail from a sketch commission, the client wanted a fantasy version of the old London Bridge.
#drawing #illustration #sketch #fantasy #bridge
Stone bridge with various buildings built along it’s length. A giant snake like monster is swimming in the water below.
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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An Australia Day commission from a few years ago.
#drawing #illustration #australiaday #pickup
A green pickup truck with four spotlights on it’s roof and and bull bars on it’s front. An Australian flag is attached to the left side of the bull bar and Australia Day Convoy is written on the door. The truck is being driven by a kangaroo wearing a bush hat, there is an emu in the passenger seat and a dingo is hanging on to the roll bars in the pickup’S flat bed.
January 26, 2026 at 8:44 AM