LeFrog Designs

A watecolour sketch created on my iPad using Adobe Fresco, of a Spring meadow.

Lord Gobble of the Scrub Turkey Clan flaps his wings in delight, as he surveys his empire... :)

I took this photo reference of a polar bear at a zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa and created this acrylic painting from them. I placed him in a more natural environment, or one that I imagined he would prefer. 🤗

The design square I used for the sub woofer pattern posted earlier.

A play one words cartoon, which I drew in a square format in order to create a slightly unusual pattern effect. I’ll post the original design for this pattern, next. I used Adobe Fresco on an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil for this.

The rare Blue Frog Moon, brings out the rare Blue Frog

It’s a rare, Frog Moon and Froggy uses the soft pale light to head out to the swamp for the gathering of the croakers. It promised to be a noisy affair :) I drew this little fella on the iPad using Procreate and an Apple Pencil.

The Space Tower on XE 5 had existed for millennia, providing Spacefarers with it's life giving liquid, but now, after years of neglect, entropy had set in. The Tower Keepers arrived to a typical high altitude XE 5 sunset. The mixed gases of the dense stratosphere created a vibrant kaleidoscope of colour, which touched the souls of all who visited this strange and far off world. I haven't done a Space Opera type image for a while, and the Xmas break allowed me time to indulge. This one started life as a small pencil sketch. I completed it over good few hours using Photoshop and a Wacom tablet.

A merry mermaid and her helpers saves shrimpy and his mates. A design challenge for May. #DrawMerMay2023.

Mack the mouse proudly stands atop his Mushroom Palace while his partner Sally catches the last rays of the misty sun through her favorite window. A little fun sketch using Procreate and an Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro.

A Halloween doodle on paper, which I transferred to my iPad. I combined a number of typical Halloween elements into a hopefully atypical design :)

Halloween Burger -much more bite than your average takeaway!

I decided to get in early with my Halloween entry this year. I drew the image in pencil and used the light box to transfer my sketch to Illustration Board. I drew over this with Copic Markers. I scanned the completed colour image and tweaked a few things in Photoshop. Hope you like my comical horror sketch. Bruhahahahah Bruahahahaha

To be or not to be… part of a famous quote. My sketch involves a play on words and visual imagery. The apple and the chef are both pencils are they 2b or not? Also is it to be that the apple ends up in the soup? Well that is the question:)

An update of older work -I needed to resize it for someone who possibly wants a bigger version. I was playing around with a sunset photo I had taken, when I got the idea for a planet similar to Earth, populated with humanoid type creatures who find something to grumble about regardless of the situation. Their conversation might go something like: I can't believe it Zhrikplatth, that's the third time this Dasnuba that the Skyhop has been late. Keep your veins in, Krryp, at least we can enjoy another methane sunset while we wait. I used Photoshop and a Wacom Tablet to paint this image.

Soldiers point is an amazing location. In a few hundred metres you can view sunrise or sunset. This holiday painting was created from the sunset western view up the river.

Dark work is afoot this All Hallows’ Eve! This sketch started out as a black blob - literally, then after a few iterations it settled, or unsettled :) here.

Tiger! Tiger! burning bright In the forest of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet? What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, Ans water´d heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee? Tiger! Tiger! burning bright In the forest of the ...

Lefrog rocks a toadally new sound and style as he entertains the other swamp dwellers.

Revenge is sweet. In "Planet of the Foxes" it is the humans who find themselves hunted for sport. "They are vermin, after all," joke the Fox Hunters, who sip cherry before they saddle up on iron steeds."Look what they did to the planet in the 21st Century. It's lucky any of us are here at all!" I started off playing with an idea for a Mech, then the fox concept emerged. A spin on the word, "Fox Hunter" Originally, I had conceived it as a cartoon, but then I got carried away and decided to try to make it work as a landscape painting, with cool dawn colours and a slash of light. I Painted it using Photoshop and a Wacom Intuos 4 graphics tablet.

I grew up in the wilds of Rhodesia after my parents emigrated from England. We used to see these little guys in the bushveld around our boarding school. Some of the older boys even had them as pets. They could jump about 10 times their body length, if memory serves me correctly. I created this little character using Procreate on the iPad.

These birds are in a tree as supporting characters on a page in a soon to be released book, “Sometimes It Rains” I illustrated this book for psychologist, Sharon Draper. Not long now...watch this space :) Drawn and coloured on the iPad Pro using Procreate.

Aztec Tec sculpted by a crazy artist :)

My best friend! Created using Procreate's pencil tools on an iPad Pro

Blotchy Bill from Betelgeuse hovers near a warping wormhole, hoping to see some creative energy…. ?

...even those from further afield. There I was, holidaying with family, when literally, out of the blue, this visitor temporarily obscured my view. Normally I would have deleted the pic, but I thought I should keep it, just in case some sceptics queried my story :) I did use a snap I had taken from Mt Tamborine, but the rest is what I would like to have seen :) I painted in layers overs my photo using textures from Warbot and my guitar to add interest. I also subtle symbols which I had loosely sketched from the Rendlesham Forest incident pics, in keeping with the comp theme.

Design for my grandson

Created for this year’s Inktober challenge. The world and us needs more of this right now.

Colonel Coffee, an android wonder, rides Cappuccino through the Java Mountains, enjoying the fresh air and natural mountain high. This image started life as a pen and art marker exercise, which I then scanned and worked on in Procreate on the iPad, using an Apple Pencil.

Lefrog celebrates with his new guitar. Rock on toad I bought myself a budget electric guitar during lockdown- so much fun- maybe not for the neighbours :)

“The drop bear (sometimes dropbear), assigned the fictional scientific name Thylarctos plummetus,[1] is a hoax in contemporary Australian folklore featuring a predatory, carnivorous version of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This imaginary animal is commonly spoken about in tall tales designed to scare tourists. While koalas are typically docile herbivores (and are not bears), drop bears are described as unusually large and vicious marsupials that inhabit treetops and attack unsuspecting people (or other prey) that walk beneath them by dropping onto their heads from above.” Thanks To Wikipedia for this info.

Sammy Shrike about to launch for some high speed manoeuvres. He was always envious of the Fantails. No more, my fine feathered friends, he thought. With the help of A.I. and a friendly mechanic, he was ready to dominate the skies. :) An #inktober2021 inspired theme. The prompt was Fan

My small contribution to the brave people of Ukraine, who are resisting the darkest of energies at this watershed moment for humanity. We stand with you in spirit if not in person.

A whimsical look at a seahorse themed sketch. Created for “ Inktober” using Procreate and an Apple Pencil on an iPad.

My Western Digital Model D Reso and my steel-string Ibanez guitar - good vibe friends for many years.

Line work with symmetry - connect with inner stillness.