Cell sketches No. 4 - Water cells

Colour pencil sketches (on blue paper) of some cells found in ocean waters (copied from a book). The colours are those stains used in the original microscope photography to enable the cells to be seen more clearly. In drawing these, I've been trying to capture the transluscency as well as pattern formations.

Both sketches have resulted in ideas for further development.

Cell sketches No. 3 - Shapes

Following the cell route, I'm looking at structures & formations - this is leading rapidly into geometric shapes based around curves etc. Working in Illustrator, some initial design 'sketches' have resulted in these shapes which can easily transform into 3D forms.

Cell sketches No. 1 - Distortion

A very quick venture into Photoshop has resulted in this.

A rich carpet of leaves & flowers II ...