Sketch-a-lot

Just some fun with a rhino-like creature running awkwardly… Sketch traced in photoshop and then shamelessly auto-traced in illustrator. I really like how some of the strokes turned out but some are just too obviously unprofessional. I will hand trace it, when time allows. Tonight it’s the figure drawing at in Portobello. Great exercise and [...]

Seemingly nothing changed but lookie-lookie – added nice signature at the bottom. Decided not to overwork it, so just made small touches and off it goes. I am 70% happy with it, maybe I’ll like it more when I take a break from it. Anyhow, here it is. Cheers.

The (not yet) finished piece. Just working on the final touches. More gore and more shine. Going to figure drawing classes tomorrow in Portobelo. So looking forward to brush up on traditional drawing…

Here’s a little gore I have been tackling recently. Full – coloured version will be up soon, when I’ve finished the extra rendering I have been putting in. I am really looking forward to have it as a wallpaper on my screen at work. The title comes from the initial idea of alternative version of [...]

hmm… it looks like I didn’t read the instruction properly… silly boy.  To partake in the challenge one had to go through the phases:

Thumbnails
Detailed Sketch
Final

Me, I jumped right onto the last part, slipped in my coloured sketch into the queue and… then I read the full challenge info…
Still. Once you said “a”…  this is the [...]

Getting there… It hasn’t changed as much since the last version but I now have a better idea where to go with it.
A lot of stuff is still off here but so are my eyes at the minute. I will try to avoid distractions on Friday and I should be all set to finish this [...]

I’ve just finished Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis. What an amazing source of inspiration – I feel like reading it again! I will definitely be coming back to chapters of it as I go as the amount of practical knowledge covered there matches the sheer volume of the spirituARTual lift a erm… young artist like [...]

Speedpainting in Photoshop. Around two hours including making a ham sandwich so I guess it can pass as a speedpaint…
I tried to use opaque brushes for most of it. I like them opaque now.

Almost done! My Cartoon-Kratos t-shirt is this(index finger and thumb almost touching) close from finish. I’ve been slaving away with the good old Stabilo, skipping my sleeping hours to make sure this is perfect and now it’s paying off!
I have now scanned it back into photoshop and will be erasing all the dirt and stray [...]

Finally, I am outside and sweating wearing just a t-shirt(…and pants)! Disgusting, I know – that’s why I have something to balance it out!
Coming at ya like an ice-cream van*, 12 stones of delicious summer boothay!…;)
Look around folks – summer’s here;)

Cheers!
*that bit influenced by the awesome Julian Barrat from The Mighty Boosh…