Jellyfish

Feeling a tattoo vibe lately. Also, I love jellyfish.

Doodly Doo

Doodles before bedtime. 

Witch Trials

Couldn't decide which version I liked the best, so here's both. This was so much fun. Painted with ink, developed in Photoshop.

Asag

Here he is, all finished!

Halloween character 2, Asag. Development.

He's not finished yet. I'll put the final image in a new post. But heres how Asag is doing right now!

College Witch

And here she is! She loves gadgets and playing with electronics. She's even souped up her broom. Boom!

Halloween project is coming along nicely!

I've been using art forums for direction on this. Asking folks which costume design works the best and communicates the concept. I wanted to show a college freshmen witch at the end of her first year. Raised by ye-olde traditional witches. This is her first taste of the modern world. 

The three designs that were chosen for further development all manage to keep a strong correlation to their traditional witch ancestry, whilst going there own way with it:

Bookworm: Strong silhouette and great potential for a character with lots of pent up energy.

Punk: Archetypal rebellious teenager character. Needs development. Hair and outfit do not co-ordinate.

Techie: Strong 'witch' look whilst being completely contemporary. Great potential to use technology as part of her magic. 

Portrait Practice.

Four hours of silhouetting made my brain ache. I fancied a nice portrait to relax with! 

BDSM Begins

So, my client is a superbly kinky fellow, and wanted me to create scene which tells a story. Here it is. The origin of kink! Intergalactic research cyborg gets to the sexy part of her itinerary, decides its the only part worth doing.

Update

The commission is going much better than expected. 

I Have a Plan, But Here's a Commission For Now.

Expertly titled post, if I do say so myself. I have a game plan to improve and make my portfolio nice and coherent. I've set myself a few character design projects for imaginary games. My aim is to fill this page with them. At the minute my portfolio is alright, but unfocused. Soon it will be alright AND focused. Then one day, if I work my ass off, it will be AMAZING and focused... One day!

But for now, here are the beginnings of a commission I've been working on. Its getting a lot of interesting reactions. Not surprising given its nature. I love that people are trying to figure out whether something super rude is actually happening in the scene. But I guess thats up to the viewer! More updates soon!

Bag Lady

Here she is, all finished :)

And heres a link to the progress video!

Work in Progress

Anatomy study. Will add more images to this post as it develops. I'm also recording its production, so hopefully there will be a video soon too!

Elf Healer

My hair seems to be improving. Skin and fabric are next. Defining the shoulders when the lighting is top-down is difficult. Practice makes perfect!

Thundercats!

The brief was to paint two clients as Thundercats. It's an inside joke between the couple, which is cute AND gave me to the chance to learn some anatomy. Winner!

Roughing it out.

The beginnings of a new portrait exercise! I think she will be some kind of witch.

Bears

Todays anatomy studies were on bears. As much as I love the convenience of using a cintiq, I find pencil and paper much more useful when learning anatomy. With pencil and paper I have to live with the mistakes I've made, and it annoys me into not making them again!

Complete Radio Silence.

I've been so quiet lately. So sneaky quiet. I have been working on something pretty special. As is often the case with commissions, I've been asked to postpone sharing my work with you guys for a short while. I am so excited to show you what I've been up to though. Hang in there folks, its coming soon!

Recent commissions

Sketchbook Lovelies.

This shows the difference a week off makes to drawing abilities. I've had a lot of commissions lately, and I was clearly exhausted! A small break really allowed me to come back to drawing refreshed.

I have a cat called Fizz. Luckily for her, I also have Photoshop.

Lady fell asleep across from me on the train.