Wet Cobbles

I mainly do illustration-type stuff, but occasionally it's fun to paint! A couple of years ago, my friend Laura commissioned this painting for her new house, saying, as I remember, that she wanted something abstract, but giving me free reign otherwise. I painted it in my room in Leeds, as it was raining outside on the cobbled street. So hence, Wet Cobbles.

T-Rex! *gasp!*

T-Rex (Panel 2) from the fantastic Dinosaur Comics by Ryan Q. North. A card I sent to my cousin, & also one I gave to my friend for her birthday.

I have also found out that I can upload picures direct to Blogger. Uhm. That took me a long time & a lot of hassle. Whoops!

Hipster Giraffes?

So I didn't really fulfil my promise of weekly updates. I will try to be better about that. But! I come bearing gifts! My friend hori (all lower-case like bell hooks, or hide) challenged me to draw a giraffe. So I drew a hipster giraffe:

Paisley

This is a paisley-esque postcard I sent to my grandmother. My scanner has apparently developed the unfortunate tendency of washing out all of the colours of anything I scan, so I have to re-jig it in Photoshop.

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Sam I Am

I haven't updated in a while. I've been busy writing up my MA dissertation, but now I'm finished, & I'm back!

I'm going to try & get into the routine of updating this blog at least once every week. I'm also trying to do some drawing & maybe some writing too for an hour every day. I've spent a lot of time being dissatisfied with what I do, or how few ideas I have, but I've come to realise that the only solution to this problem is to keep going. To do it. & having a routine helps with that.

So here, I present a quick sketch of Sam from Supernatural. If you like horror shows about angst, epic man-pain, Americana & demonology topped off with daddy issues, then Supernatural is the show for you, baby. In reality, he (of course) has massiver shoulders, and his head looks a little pasted on in this picture. Practice makes perfect.

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Sketch book pages

Keeping a sketchbook is a good way to stimulate creativity. Click through for fullsize images.


Some men with beards:



Faces:



More faces:



More men with beards:



My sketchbooks, complete with Dinosaur Comics stickers:

Art Show

Last week, my university Art Society organised an art show for its members. Lots of people came, & it was a pretty exciting opportunity for me to exhibit some of my work. Thanks to everyone who came. It was a fun evening! Let me know what you think of the pictures.

Some pictures:







And the pictures themselves. As ever, click for a full view.


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