A few more...

A few more that I missed out in my upload-fest yesterday..

The final T-shirt design for the guys at Carving a Giant. If you're into music of the heavier genre go check them out!

NOTE: Wanted to watermark this one because it was a commissioned piece and I don't want anyone using it without permission from myself or the band. Thanks.

Possibly my favourite sketchbook page of the holiday! Three new, different styles together, with different themes for different purposes. I'd like the spirit/ghost entity to be sort of a little logo or on my business cards (which I am designing right now!) 

Business cards and woodcuts are my attention grabbers for the next few days and pictures will be uploaded as soon as they are printed!

Farewell Summer...

Well, summer came and went quicker than a weekend romance and the trees begin to shed their summer gowns in favour for bare bark. However, this means that i'm only a week away from starting my second year! I'm so excited, not only to plan my year ahead, but to look back and see how much I've progressed. It's nice to look behind you and see where you have come from and follow the trail of progression right up to your feet.

So here are a few things that i've produced since my last post...

Piece for a good friend of mine. Celebrating his daughter's horse having a foal...

Portrait of my Aunt's BEAUTIFUL English Bull Terrier. I love him to pieces!

Done in ink and watercolour...

Experiment with new paper craft cutter and pen...

Not much is being said on this little dear, only WATCH THIS SPACE...

From the balcony on holiday in Portugal.

Watercolour and pen...

Character design experiment, influenced by the lovely port of Vilamora, Portugal...

Male experimentation...

Back on the lovely Cheltenham. Bridge at Pittville Park pool.

Watercolour and pen...

Quick watercolour experiments. I like the pink effect to highlight the coat...

I've got some more to add in the very near future! But for now, there is a new year to plan! :)

Excuse me Sir, this backlog is too big...

WOW! I haven't updated anything for nearly 3 months! But that doesn't mean I haven't been busy!

I've tried to put these in the best order possible...

Old chap in a pub in Stroud, Gloucestershire...

Two characters I began to design for a Steampunk adventure story...

Inspiration from my Dad and Cousin playing snooker in Wales...

Some pieces I did whilst out for a drink with my Dad in Wolverly. A news reporter and a new version of 'Super-mon'...

Wolverine and a illustration I did on the way to Southend. My mum had been worrying the day before about me being safe once I got into London so I did this for her...

A rather spiffing chap on the Tube from Aldgate...

When visiting friends, don't stop working :)...

Waiting for my pub lunch with the parents. 'Cause Trekkies do it better...

The collection of pieces are out of my sketchbooks that I continued to work on during a family canal holiday. From Wrenbury to Wales to Nantwich...

Elderly couple and their Golden Retriever outside a cafe in Nantwich, Cheshire...

Sketches in between steering the barge...

Got 'rained in' as we were traveling to Llangollen, Wales so took inspiration from the NME Amy Winehouse tribute cover...

Starting drawing the oldies that seemed to swarm and stare at the barges. I believe the correct term for them is 'Gangooglers'...or something similar. May develop these odd little creatures more...

The day previous I couldn't get much done as I was needed, so this was more of an illustrated command...

Experimenting with acrylics and matching words, typography and illustrations. This is the first line of a poem I devised, hopefully to become a bigger illustrated piece...

I coloured my Max (Where the Wild Things Are) illustration that I used for my t-shirt prints. Apologies for the scan line, had to scan it in 2 sections because it was too big to scan in one go...

 And finally, 'Mar ol mon from th' Black Countray' (My Dad from the black Country). This is based on my Dad. As a note he looks nothing like this but it's my perception of our roots in the Black Country. I am very proud of the Black Country history, people and especially accent!

Phew! That was a lot. But enough for now :)

Toodle-pip!

I'm getting round to it...

Haven't posted in a while because unfortunately, today is the last day i'll be at university until September. Been moving out of my halls of residence and it's been a pain with the amount of clothes I have and the amount of stuff I use for my work!


Haven't been able to scan in things for a while, mainly because i've been working on so many things in different things! So this is what I can find on my computer...

24TH JUNE: T-shirt printing.
I spent 7 solid hours printing 8 one off t-shirts. This excludes the time it took to organise and prepare the silk screen. Here are my best ones...

MAy-JUNE- Screen Printing.

I love silk screen!!! That's all I can say...

I have many MANY more but these were the ones I had to hand.

MAY-JUNE- Carving a Giant.

I have been doing some work for the epic guys in a local band, Carving a Giant (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carving-a-Giant-UK/182529221770468). They wanted album art work and some t-shirt designs. The t-shirt design is taking a while because I'm not happy with the 'failed' outcomes. The main t-shirt idea is on it's way now though!

Logo...

Section of the t-shirt design...

MAY-JUNE- Media Experimentation.

I'm trying to be more free with my media. Now Summer is here, I can go nuts!

Indian Ink on textured tracing paper...

COLOUR! Feel like I haven't used coloured pencils in ages!

Self-set 90 minute drawing challenge. I wanted to see how quick I could be to analyse my own work and improve it. Pencil on A5 watercolour postcards.

Look from RIGHT to LEFT...

When i'm settledI can upload more things.

And more screen prints!!

Nearly there...

Unfortunately, it is nearly the end of my first year at university.
This however, doesn't mean I have less work to do. I have this delayed post to show that!

Here are some sketches I did whilst on the family Easter holiday to Turkey.

At the airport and on the plane.

On the plane and first day.

'Snooty so-and-so' and one of the waiters.

Really happy with this! Long time since I managed to keep my patience long enough to do a realistic portrait!

Lad from the bar next door to the hotel and another waiter from the hotel.

Girl on the bus (I exaggerated and improvised to finish it).

From imagination. I love him! Although I want to redo his arm, it's not chubby enough.

Another digital colour experiment. Used my friend's graphics tablet to practice with.

I was determined to work whilst on holiday because, well, I wanted to!
I've been so used to constantly thinking and drawing over this past year it's now a habit...a habit that I'll love forever! :)


On the animation front, i am but a few hours away from completing my piece!
Again, my ideas changed but this was due to last minute difficulties.
In the end, I have tried stop motion, and a pretty tricky kind too! It's come out wonderful for my first serious attempt at stop motion and I hope to upload the full animation soon.

The animation is called 'Reuben'. It is a slightly surreal portrayal of the struggles of a neglected child. It sees how a child in this situation may feel and perceive their loneliness and how easy it is to show that child that they can be loved.

In time, I would love to re-create it and make it better, perhaps another summer project?!

Here are my favourite stills from 'Reuben'.

(NOTE: He turned out A LOT bigger than first planned, making the challenge more difficult! Approximately stands about 3 foot, possibly more!)

Doing this animation and puppet making has given me an enormous boost in creative moral! I feel like I really achieved something great with what little time I had to work with. I've explored a whole new line of creativity that I would really like to continue with.