99th post

been very busy with real life recently so I apologise for the lack of posts (while going over 1000 visitors too..)
I'll get to gettin' and make sure that my 100th post is worth looking at..

coming soon....

(edit - post 99b - going back to blighty for a couple of weeks so will put up the 100th post when I get back)

tablet inking test..

this is more of the wip

life drawing is like a box of chocolates.....

different night.. different models.. differing levels of success..

this is a wip..

This is Albert..

oasis version, not mullet version..

I kinda like the guy on the left..

more 'ordinary looking'..

think I like this composition better..

W i p

just trying to get a feel for the guy.. will mucho tidy this one up..

the first Alberts

is this pee?

is this pee?...... it smells like pee.... I think it's pee..... is this pee?

tiny sketch 6

I have a new, new plan..

details to follow...

(again)

tiny sketch #5

final page pasteup rough

this is the final page rough for page one.. now have to go back and tighten it up a bit.. or a lot...

liar liar pants on fire

so... in a comment on my last post I mentioned that the small size of the pad meant I couldn't get precious about a drawing..

after starting and tearing out/up 3 'masterpieces' I remembered the above.. so here is the doodle of the day..

more foreplay...

Tiny sketches

the missus gave me a tiny pad thingy.. so I'm going to try and doodle something often..

long time no post..

here are some thumbs for the latest "new" thing...

You can create your own avatar on the simpsons movie site

The Simpsons


strangely enough... I look remarkably like this...

Ideas...

Think we'll go with this one...

now got to work out the body type...

beastie attempts

there's a beastie in the story that's been tracking the guy with the arrows in his back..
so I did some studies and some off the top of my head.. want to make him a bit anthro' (ergo the tracking abilities).. struggling with this one though..

final (rough) version of page 1...

honest...

goin' to hell for this one..

Just messin' about with colour...

and I really don't know what I'm doing.

practice makes... marginal improvement (but improvement none-the-less)

studies after Guenoden, Guardino, Carnevale and ??

From Munich..

did this page in the beer garden of the Hofbrauhaus in Munich (was a little tipsy at the time).. a little german boy saw the spidey head and asked his mum to ask me if I'd draw 'a whole spidey'.. so I did and gave it to him..
was a nice day..

More from Budapest..

these were done at a restaurant that had cherubs all over the walls..

One of the sentences below is correct.. I leave you to decide which one..

You Are Surrealism

Dreamy and idealistic, you've created a world that is all your own. It's very likely that you've either dabbled in drugs or are naturally trippy. You are always trying to push beyond the boundaries of your culture and society. You believe that art, love, and freedom can change the world.

What Art Movement Are You?

I am?

You Are Big Bird

Talented, smart, and friendly... you're also one of the sanest people around. You are usually feeling: Happy. From riding a unicycle to writing poetry, you have plenty of hobbies to keep you busy. You are famous for: Being a friend to everyone. Even the grumpiest person gets along with you. How you life your life: Joyfully. "Super. Duper. Flooper."

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

sketched in budapest..

the image on the bottom of the first page is a riff on a Massimo Carnevale image I saw a while ago..





and it bled dots through to the second page which I used to make the snowscape one..

back...

knackered...


will try and post something tomorrow..

en vacance

going on a trip tomorrow.. will be back on in two weeks with some sketches from the trip...


honest...

I wonder if I'm catwoman as played by Christy Turlington?

hey.. at least I'm a bruce timm catwoman.. not a halle berry catwoman..
be thankful for small mercys..

Your results:
You are Catwoman

Catwoman 75% Spider-Man 70% Hulk 65% Green Lantern 65% The Flash 55% Superman 35% Batman 35% Supergirl 35% Iron Man 30% Robin 25% Wonder Woman 20%

You have had a tough childhood, you know how to be a thief and exploit others but you stand up for society's cast-offs.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

Man I'm ugly..

I either look like a lot of old, ugly men... or a supermodel...

"Which would you choose?" or "Analysis Paralysis"

alrighty then.. above are three thumbnail versions of the same page..
pop quiz (for the two peeps who read this.. Steve and Rory).. which one should I finish up? Or should I take parts of each and make another version?

ta..

gaz

some new stuff for a new thingy...

here are some roughs that will eventually be composited into a page for a little "barbarian-type" scene..

learnin'

So.. I'm trying to get better at being loose (on purpose), while actually finishing things so that they look finished..

I had on my hard disk a lo-res sketch from one of my very favourite artists, Benoit Springer. I blew it up to 11x17 and printed it as a blueline.. then I went at it with a brush pen (chose this tool as it would stop me from noodling.. and because I love me them fat loose lines)..
then I coloured it in p'shop..

all in all I'm very happy with my part.. if only I could draw like Benoit too I'd be like a pig in shit...