Beings

Made things with lives of their own, or almost.

Each being started as an ink drawing in a sketchbook. Wake one and it rises off the page as a creature you can poke, pet, feed and draw company for. They are working prototypes: one at a time for now, and later together in one shared world.

See who's out on the desk today

Second sketchbook

10 drawings · Aug to Oct 2026

  • A rounded cage of straight bars joined at small rings, with a looping curve at the bottom.

    B / 021 · Working prototype

    7 Oct 2026

    A rounded cage of bars joined at rings.

  • A large block of long diagonal panels split by a horizontal band, with a ring where the lines meet and hatched wedges below.

    B / 020 · Working prototype

    28 Sep 2026

    Long diagonal panels split by a band.

  • A tall, tilted shape of long triangles that meet at a ring near the bottom, with a flared top.

    B / 019 · Working prototype

    23 Sep 2026

    Long triangles meeting at a ring near the bottom.

  • A broad, roughly symmetrical web of triangles and bars, with an arrow shape pointing up from its centre.

    B / 018 · Working prototype

    22 Sep 2026

    A broad web with an arrow pointing up.

  • A symmetrical, flame-like figure: curved blades rise around a central teardrop and ring, tapering to a point below.

    B / 017 · Working prototype

    18 Sep 2026

    A flame-like figure around a central teardrop.

  • A dense, roughly rectangular body of interlocking panels and triangles, with small rings along a central seam.

    B / 016 · Working prototype

    12 Sep 2026

    Interlocking panels with rings along a seam.

  • Tall blades sweep up and out to the right from a narrow body, with long curved points trailing below.

    B / 015 · Working prototype

    1 Sep 2026

    Blades sweeping up from a narrow body, like wings.

  • A stack of blocky plates and squares that sweeps out to the right at the bottom, with small rings at the joints.

    B / 014 · Working prototype

    25 Aug 2026

    Blocky plates that sweep out at the bottom.

  • A kite-shaped web of triangles and long lines that narrows to a single point at the bottom, with two small rings.

    B / 012 · Working prototype

    22 Aug 2026

    A kite of triangles that narrows to one point.

  • A tall, sail-like shape of triangles and long diagonal lines, with a ring near the top and a stack of short bars on the left.

    B / 013 · Working prototype

    22 Aug 2026 (2)

    A tall sail of triangles and long diagonals.

First sketchbook

11 drawings · Dec 2025 to Feb 2026

  • A triangular figure with a large open ring at its centre, framed by smaller triangles and hatched wedges, under a separate horizontal bar.

    B / 011 · Working prototype

    7 Feb 2026

    A triangle around a large open ring.

  • A rounded, wheel-like mass of curved ink segments radiating from a small centre, with spikes at the top right.

    B / 010 · Working prototype

    31 Jan 2026

    A wheel of curved segments around a small centre.

  • Clusters of narrow ink spikes rising from a lattice of slats and triangles.

    B / 009 · Working prototype

    21 Jan 2026

    Narrow spikes rising from a lattice.

  • A spiky crown of triangles above two long, thin legs, with a small ring near the top left.

    B / 008 · Working prototype

    1 Jan 2026

    A spiky crown on two long legs.

  • A lopsided figure of angular plates leaning right, with a pointed crest at the top and a hooked, curling base.

    B / 007 · Working prototype

    31 Dec 2025

    Leaning plates with a crest and a curling base.

  • An upright figure of nested plates and narrow slots, with a ring near the top and pointed fins on either side.

    B / 006 · Working prototype

    30 Dec 2025

    Nested plates and slots, with fins either side.

  • A tall bundle of long, thin, overlapping blades drawn in fine lines, fanning out at the bottom.

    B / 005 · Working prototype

    29 Dec 2025

    A tall bundle of long, thin blades.

  • A crowded column of thin ink slats, fan shapes and triangles, with a small ring on the left.

    B / 004 · Working prototype

    28 Dec 2025

    A crowded column of slats, fans and triangles.

  • A dense lattice of crossing ink bars and triangles, wider at the top and bottom, with a few curls near the upper edge.

    B / 003 · Working prototype

    26 Dec 2025

    A dense lattice of crossing bars and triangles.

  • A tall figure of angular ink plates crossing a long sweeping curve, with a pointed, striped tip at the top and a small ring near its middle.

    B / 002 · Working prototype

    25 Dec 2025

    The first resident: angular plates crossing one long sweep.

  • Two separate ink clusters: a small slanted mark on the left and, on the right, a spiky knot of triangles and slats around a small ring.

    B / 001 · Working prototype

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    Two clusters: a slanted mark and a spiky knot around a ring.