Andrew Bates Fantasy Artwork

Andrew Bates Fantasy Artwork Graphical and watercolour artist. I live in Exmouth, Devon. I draw and paint original fantasy artwork

Moving on with the new piece. Lines are inked and the crosshatch shading has just begun.. (watch this space for a short ...
03/06/2026

Moving on with the new piece. Lines are inked and the crosshatch shading has just begun.. (watch this space for a short WIP video coming soon..) So yeh, still doing my houses buried in among foliage with animal-themed transport thing.. Plenty of cats! 😺 I realised I had to squeeze a few extra in upon my decision of what to call this piece.. Also, can anyone spot a secret movie reference? (one of my all time favourite movies..) I think I've managed to get a good 'overgrown plants' feel to this one.. - The driving gardens of Catylon. A3 ink pen. 🐱 🌴

Moving on! next piece pencil sketch finished.. Was inspired by someone suggesting I should draw more vans.. So, we get.....
06/05/2026

Moving on! next piece pencil sketch finished.. Was inspired by someone suggesting I should draw more vans.. So, we get.. animal vans! (as per my continued style), yeh more cats.. Thankfully didn't take long to think of a title - 'The driving gardens of Catylon' (one of the wonders of the cat world? :D ) Next stage, line inking.. :) 🐱

Very early first scribbly of next piece.. I felt it's important to show this stage, just as I begin with a blank sheet o...
17/04/2026

Very early first scribbly of next piece.. I felt it's important to show this stage, just as I begin with a blank sheet of paper and a freshly sharpened pencil, flowing out the lines, finding the composition.. Even at this stage, ideas come for the name of the piece.

17/04/2026

Works starts on the next piece.. Got an idea for roads among plants with a plethora of animal cars chugging along! Just started the sketching.. (y) ✍️

New doodle finished recently. Took approx 40 hours. More generic of my style because I wanted to use a different pen as ...
06/03/2026

New doodle finished recently. Took approx 40 hours. More generic of my style because I wanted to use a different pen as an experiment, a more standard cheaper one called a Uni-pen than my usual Rotring rapidograph. I took the name of this piece from my all time favourite snes game Secret of Mana, a character called a 'Mushboom' (walking talking mushroom creatures), so it became a kind of strange mushroom head nightclub, well it's fantasy art, and that's what I do! It's all about exploration and asset creation. Very happy with the pen line stroke, got surprisingly good results! Anyhoo, this is 'Club Mushboom' A3 ink pen. Signed prints available, please see my my pinned post above.

When I started drawing with ink pens as a kid, I always wanted to have that kinda 'curved' pen stroke that professional ...
21/01/2026

When I started drawing with ink pens as a kid, I always wanted to have that kinda 'curved' pen stroke that professional cartoonists/comic artists got, I used to wonder how Jim Davis (Garfield) did it, well I think he used a brush, but his line work was sublime.. So, this different pen I'm using is giving me a similar pen stroke, (the line is thicker, then thins out at the end) gets a really nice looking professional result! Quite happy so far :) 'Club Mushboom' A3 ink pen. 🍄 ✍️

New piece lines inked. This time with Uni-pen. Results are fairly good, not as crisp and sharp as my Rotring, but I felt...
13/01/2026

New piece lines inked. This time with Uni-pen. Results are fairly good, not as crisp and sharp as my Rotring, but I felt like I could line this faster. Took the name 'Mushboom' from my all time favourite video game (Secret of Mana) It was going to be a giant cat head, but after some thought it seemed a little too dark as an idea. So now it's a kind of Mushroom head thing! 'Club Mushboom' A3 ink pen. 🍄

Next piece pencil sketch just about done. I just love drawing rooftops and gables, tucked in among leafy flora, a sprink...
03/01/2026

Next piece pencil sketch just about done. I just love drawing rooftops and gables, tucked in among leafy flora, a sprinkling of birds and cats.. Just enjoy compositions like this. This one is called 'Club Mushboom' I took the name from a character in an old video game I used to play called Secret of Mana (my all time favourite game) Some of the creatures were walking Mushroom men called Mushbooms, so now you know :) 🍄✍️

23/12/2025

Work begins on the next piece.. I'm a bit further on from this now. Provisionally titled 'The Cat Head Bar', its more generic for my style, will be slightly experimental as I'll be using a Uni pen instead of my usual Rotring. We'll see how it turns out.. ✍️

Finished latest scribble.. Wanted to do another art nouveau style female. Trickiest bit was VERY carefully inking around...
10/12/2025

Finished latest scribble.. Wanted to do another art nouveau style female. Trickiest bit was VERY carefully inking around the face features. (also, trying to get the shading of the eyes/lips just right..) Quite happy with the facial dimensions, wanted loads of complex winding hair flowing everywhere, going for that wild look! 'Agatha' A3 ink pen. Signed prints available.

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