Festive Greeting

Pencilled pages

Here's some crappy photos of my pencilled pages for the Velocity anthology coming out of Melbourne in Febuary. Really loving it, We'll see how colouring goes...

inked cats

Bit of fun ink work for a friend's birthday card

Comic sketches

Here's some preliminary sketches for an upcoming little project for an anthology to be done in the next two months. Should be fun. Really looking forward to drawing for my own writing AND FINISHING IT!!

Streetfighter challenge

Here's a bit of a process of my contribution to Oz comic's facebook comp this week. So: I did some pencils. Each figure was on a seperate page and I wiggled them about in PS till they sat right scale and angle wise

Now I spent alot of time here on each character. First I blocked in basic colours and got frustrated with the contrast and started to blend them to this stage nonetheless. Firstly I use the default opacity sensitive brush without that option ticked and then I started to blend with that little option ticked in the dialogue box...

On another layer I started to go over the pencils and add in darker shading and blended the colours below with some fresh ones on top. Much needed contrast comes through here.

Now on a layer set to overlay I punched up the vibrance adding a dark purple to get saturated shadows and an orangey colour to get the flesh tones more interesting.

Finally I add more background elements and on a layer set to hard light I add in the glow to the bodies that's eminating from the energy ball...I think I can call it that, or hadouken.

This is how bugs say 'I want you!!'

My hand is swollen and my spine crunching itself but I'm almost there...and I think it's worth it.

Comic page

An inked page for an upcoming comic written by Tom Taylor, published by Gestalt. It's an Anthology called Briefcases

quick 15 minute sketch

Racoon Bobby plays the mouth organ all night until his hair gats cranky.

Hellboy

I inked this one traditionally for a facebook challenge and slapped on some colours in Photoshop.  Very happy.  I think I found an inbetween of my style and Mignola's I reckon.

Zombie Bride

Did this one for an Australian Comics Facebook group.  I really like it.
Though I'm not a dead keen (haha) zombie fan I thought the idea was funny and the atmosphere works quite well.

Steampunk Assasin updated

So according to the good people on the forum her boobs and nudity were a problem.
These things often are so I bent to public opinion.  A little

Drawings for my costume pal!

Dear friend Maria called from the opposite end of the country to commission these production sketches. Hopefully she wins an award for her skillz!!!

Steampunk assasin

Bit of a drawing for a competition

Obsession

My go at this week's illustration friday topic

Explosion on High street

Little sketch that kept going

Meet Batman

Very silly conclusion to my awkward batman

Batman!!!

Big. Beefy.  Batman.  Here he comes like a chiaroscuro avenger in the night. Bit too beefy though...

Bob Dylan

Here's an almost finished Dylan Caricature.  Done for my girlfriend's Mum's Birthday. Good to be doing caricatures again.

Self portrait

It's a little bull necked but I got my bulbous head in there with no reference. I should go to bed now.

Killeroo

Here's a couple of Australian icons colliding. For my new Twitter follower (reciprocal) Darren Close

Blobheads

Here's a sweet little exercise suggested by the talented Kate Moon, view hers here http://kateemoon.blogspot.com/2009/01/attack-of-blobheads-pt-1.html I made some doodles then set about finding the faces in them.  Challenging actually but with really great results. I see my Dad in the middle and our PrimeMinister in the bottom left as well as a St.Kilda Football player above her.  Do it! Do it now!

Painting

Well this weekend was time for some real world painting.  This came to me while I was trying to sleep.  A total departure from what I normally try and do. I really like it and want to make a series in this style.
This one's called 'All that's required'

And some ladies

Here's some test drawings for a fashion designer. Referenced alot of art noveau obviously. Mucha and others as well as pin up artists. Hope she goes with me. This could be amazing...

More book!

Gods it's been ages since I posted but lots of interesting work. Some I can post, some I can't some I will anyway. Here's more kid's book. Coloured sample spreads.

Book Illustration Process

Here's some steps into the world of book illustration. Just getting some advice from a local illustrator. Liking it so far.

AFL poster designs

A couple of early designs for poster ideas a friend and I had.

Windswept wedding

My contribution to this week's illustration Friday.
Swept!

Toy Designs

Here are some new toy designs for young girls. They're modern role models. More to come I'm sure.

Shadows

My entry for this weeks illustration Friday topic

Some Character designs

Bit of a sketch for characters for an upcoming comic

Thumbnails

Some layouts for a short comic