Jenny Dolfen

Mousy content galore

The doorbell rang most of the day yesterday, as all the printers doing mousy stuff had coordinated to deliver it at the same time. =D 

So here we have 200 small A7 stickers, 500 postcards (Dungeons&Dormice and Cosplay),  little round stickers to seal the postcard packs with, and new "Do not bend" stickers (conveniently, my old ones were running out)! 

As usual, I had the postcards printed with Moo. They always add little funny postcards to my orders, and I know ...

By popular request: Noldor mugs, and "Feanor, no!" tee design

How's this? XD (It's not uploaded yet). :) I don't know what your Silmarillion looks like, but mine has several book marks (the first few times, in the glossary, at "F". 

Additional) text or no text? Like "Accurate book titles" or similar.

I've already put up mugs with the "Noldor" design, but really "Noldor", not "99% Noldo" (the space on the mug doesn't work well with the number. &n...

Possible D&Dormice designs; T-shirt input :)

Hey guys - wow, I'm floored by the success of those t-shirts! I feel so stupid for never opening a print-on-demand shirt shop before now. It's so good to be able to offer different designs, colours, sizes, and cuts - and not having to stock them!

Several people asked for more designs, and I'd love to hear what you'd love to see. The good thing with Teespring is that I can offer more designs, but I still want to avoid cluttering my shop with fifty designs, so I'd like to hear wh...

I've gone and done something really cool...

So... a lot of you have kept asking about the Noldo shirts coming back, about the Professor shirts coming back, about Good Rodents shirts, and I was in desperate need of an Indy Mouse shirt. My standard answer has always been, I don't have the funds, I can't stock so many shirts, I'd have to stock so many shapes, sizes and colours, people always want the ones that are already sold out, they're too much hassle... I ended up looking into Redbubble/Society Six and Spreadshirt, and was extremely ...

Warding off the Apocalypse

"To the world!" And to sanity! 

I did decide to go in for the slit-pupil look on Crowley, just because he wasn't Crowley enough without them (the glasses do nothing, lol). I think he looks endearing enough. And weirdly Tennant-like. 

New "Good Omens" sketch

As you could tell on Saturday, I wasn't really happy with the postures and likenesses in the "Good Omens" sketch, and I got to it again today. This whole thing just flowed from my pencil within fifteen minutes. Sometimes it pays to leave a piece lying for a while, start from scratch, and get much better results in a third of the time!

International self-portrait day!

Meet the artist! XD 

Two Jitsi sketches

Thanks everyone who joined the Jitsi session! We've been very productive again. <3 

Here's a sketch for tomorrow's International Self-Portrait Day, and a sketch of Mouziraphale und Mowley, for Monday/Tuesday. 

Moulsa

Mice in dresses are so delightfully ridiculous! 

Note to self: For my self-portrait as a dormouse, avoid a dress at all costs. Woolly jumper/plaid shirt and jeans. Yup. 

Mousassin's Creed

If, by chance, you think, "No, THIS is my favourite one now!" every few days, then I can tell you you're not alone. 

We really need to have a judging at the end of the competition! It probably won't end on November 1st though - I'll do Self-Portrait Day (1st November), and I have an urgent need to drop Mousiraphale and Mowley on November 3rd. I think the world can use some Good Omens. 

Oh, and sorry for not including the dormouse prints in your Patreon codes in the Etsy ...

Two sketches: Mousassin's Creed and Moulsa

I actually got a seat with good lighting at the conference today! I'm totally in love with the little Mousassin. (They always try to land in leaf-stacks. Not in brambles, preferably.)

And what's the line you'll never hear a domouse sing? "The cold never bothered me anyway!"

This! Is! Asparagus!

"What do you mean, 'painted on'? How dare you insinuate they're painted on?"

Leonimouse. 

Got a staff conference tomorrow. Hope to do a few sketches to be coloured later. =D

Announcement: Bonus live session on Saturday

Hi people,

I've been really busy with school these past two days and haven't drawn as much as I'd hoped I would. I'll probably keep drawing mice into November (and throw in a squirrel or two*), and would like to invite you to a bonus live sketching session this Saturday, to close off Mousetober, at 6 pm CET. I'll make it available to pledge levels €5 and up this time, as a little bonus. :)

I'll post the Jitsi link later! Hope to see lots of you on Saturday. (Or does it interfe...

Jack Sparmouse

So, sorry for the hiatus, but I enjoyed a few wonderful days with my parents and my daughter - visiting the zoo with two new(ish)born polar bear girls named Anna and Elsa (and falling so madly in love with a Caucasian squirrel that I can't promise I won't put it in a  costume), enjoying relatively low coronavirus cases and fewer restrictions than at home, having a tiny little birthday party and staying up late into the night to discuss the state of the world and German as well as US poli...

No costume contest is complete...

... without Jack Sparmouse. 

And I deviate from my vow not to do hair...

Fun fact: When I draw, I always make the same face as the character I'm drawing. I'll have sore muscles in my entire face tomorrow!

We'll be visiting my parents for the next few days. I plan to sketch a few characters that I can then colour in fewer batches (like I did with Harry and Nalolemouse). 

The coronavirus numbers around here are going totally crazy - they've doubled in our count...

Mother of Dragon... flies

Mouserys Stormborn of the House Muscaryen, the First of Her Name, the Unfamished, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Rodents, Khaleesi of the Great Undergrowth, Breaker of nutshells and Mother of Dragonflies.

I'm slightly suprised she hasn't been suggested. XD

Mouseheart

"They can take our lives - but they can never take our raspberries!" 

I'm slightly wary of posting this on Facebook/Twitter. There has been such a lot of weird stuff going on in the comments on the last dormice - from telling me what these actually were (Redwall, beavers, rats, squirrels, chipmunks, Reepicheep), to clamours on EVERY piece to do ALL the counterparts (Wellington, Watson, Hermione, Yennefer, every single doctor), to lectures on all sort of stuff from Napoleon...

Harry Podmouse, Mothwig, and Napolemouse (and prints!)

I decided the ink and colour both yesterday's sketches back to back - that was very efficient, as I could use drying times by working on the other mouse instead of surfing on Facebook, haha. 

My daughter nearly lost it when she saw Mothwig, by the way. (She makes a point of sidling into my room every night to see what I have on the workbench, and she's a very thankful audience.) 

Both originals are for sale! Harry comes at a reduced price as the original is slightly skew...

Live sketching output

Thanks so much for the wonderful live session! And particular thanks goes to Miranda, for suggesting that Hedwig would have to be a moth. <3 (Still giggling!)

Also, Napoleon Bonamouse. (Tails add swoosh!)

Mousralt of Rivia

Toss a nut to your witcher, o' valley of plenty, oooooh... 

Or toss him a sword, as he can't reach his. =D

Suggested by frasoke.

Toss a nut...

... to your witcher. XD

This costume is a bloody workout! I already hate it in the inking stage. Though he might well become a strong contender for winning the cosplay contest. 

I used the grey-toned paper here instead of the previous tan. Proper grimdark background. 

I decided against yellow eyes because he already wasn't quite a cute as he should be. Note: Yes, there's no way in hell he can reach any of the weapons on his back. XD 

Reminder: T...

Bonus: Queen Mousertiti

Another suggestion from Liv! 

I wonder if ancient Dormice shaved their whiskers... 

Maybe I'll take a break tomorrow... but these are such fun! Even if the heightened social media profile is bringing in a few really strange commenters again. 

Shermouse Holmes

It seems my plaid has become a little rusty! Still a lot of fun to paint, though...

Shermouse Holmes - sketch

Suggested by Liv. :)

I faced two problems here: First, Shermouse or Cumbermouse? Cumbermouse has some obvious problems - I can't do the right hair, and no cheekbones, sorry. XD So all that would have been left were coat and scarf, and I need recognisable costumes for these characters, so the original Holmes was the obvious choice. Now THAT has been done as a mouse - I had an absolutely unholy crush on Basil the great Mouse Detective when I was eleven, so I would know - and I had to make...

Indiana Mouse

Okay, this is getting way too elaborate for what any same person should do with Inktober, but working on this toned paper ROCKS. I can't wait to do larger projects on this! This is something cool about Inktober - I always end up finding new things to do with new media or techniques. 

I'm also starting to get the hang of dormouse expressions. XD

Probably to be finished tomorrow...

Today's piece was my hubby's request (he rarely comments on my art, but when I told him about my Inktober project, he immediately requested Indiana Mouse running from a gigantic chestnut). XD

I'm really, really happy with how this is coming along. My eyes aren't being very cooperative tonight, so I'll probably wait for tomorrow before I finish it, but this one's shaping up to be a new favourite. Have I remarked lately on how much FUN dormice are to draw? Their short little arms and legs...

Dormouse Who

Yes, I could totally do thirteen of these. But Tom Baker's scarf just begged to be wrapped around a dormouse. 

Finmousegon

("Mouse" is really hard to get into most words. As opposed to "pin".)

Note Thorontit, greatest of tits that have ever lived, whose outstretched wings span almost half a fathom. XD

I really nearly caved in and put a black wig on Finmousegon, but wigs on mice look so weird. So he braids his tail instead. 

Welcome time to three new people that have joined us! Hiya Brian, Carolin, and Molly! 

I plan to dump a batch of Inktober originals on Etsy over the ...

Captain Amerimouse + hibernating Winter Soldier

Never would Mouse Rogers forget the day when that supermouse serum made him so buff. 

(Look! He has Chris Evans' hair!)

Trying out watercolour, Inktense colours and gouache on toned paper. Still need to work on what layers to put in first, but I'm really happy with this look! Works well with comicky themes. 

Edit: Bonus feature! Buckmouse Barnes, Winter Soldier (hibernating). 

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Batmouse / Flitterman

A quick and inky one today! 

Did you know that the absolutely delightful old English word for "bat" that Tolkien uses in the Lay of Leithian, "flittermouse", is a total no-brainer for any German, because we still call bats "Fledermaus"? (It's one of the reasons why the name "Batman" was never translated into German in the old comics, though they made rather comical attempts at the likes of Catwoman ("Das Katzenweib", which to a German sounds awfully like "cat wench").