I've made two monster tables now, one pink and one white. They're Ikea lack tables (very cheap but sturdy) the first one I made was the white one, which I made for my brother and sister-in-law as a house warming present. The second one I made for myself and I've got it in my bedroom. I chose a white table to start with, then spray painted it white as the table surface was plasticky and shiny and I wanted to cover it up. The pink one I sprayed white first, then waited for it to dry and sprayed pink over the top, but I deliberately left some of the white showing through. All the monsters are drawn in a chunky Berol marker pen. I didn't have any kind of design I worked from, I just made it up as I went along. I've drawn these monsters for a while now, so I can remember what they look like now! I added two layers of varnish over the top and voila! Finished.
The bag and the skateboard have a little character on called Gerald. Gerald is a woodlouse. Gerald WAS an ACTUAL woodlouse once. He was my first and only pet when I was eight years old. He lived in a ice cream tub and went on holidays with me. When he died he was buried in the garden of my childhood home in a matchbox. (Weird huh?) Since then I have started to draw him as a little logo and he always appears on all of my monster designs SOMEWHERE.
The image below is the first ever monster design that I did, about eight years ago I think. I did it at art college when I was supposed to be working on another project (actual work). I thought I would show you this as it looks very crude now and a bit rubaaaash.
All images Copyright Rebecca Gregory 2014
