Mon Dieu!

Here is a little something that I just did in the studio today...I had the idea of adapting an Agatha Christie novel that starred the famous little Belgian detective Monsieur Hercule Poirot, however it is probable that it would be a hefty project to undertake in the short time that I would have, though I may do some character portraits maybe, quite similar to The Big Sleep ones I did the previous summer. Hope you enjoy!

Surprise!

This is also another little sketch that I did for someone awhile back and I always find myself looking at it whenever I am at her place, I guess it has something to do with it being a watercolour piece which is a media I rarely use but enjoy working with, so maybe it can be something to take on for future works. Anyways here it is the rendition of HMS Surprise from the Master and Commander series.

Back in the Studio

I have now returned to the studio back here in Plymouth, and whilst rummaging through my desk I found an old drawing I had done awhile back. So here it is at last with Vader and crew on the prowl for rebel scums! Enjoy.

Once more into the breech...

2011 has now past, and with it gone comes a new year to present it's own challenges. Reflecting the recent passing of last year, I see a noticeable progress in my work. How it now feels that I have found my niche with this film noir, art deco, graphic inspired visual style, and now with the advice of a good mentor, it is time now for this year to really apply that style into different contexts much like with the nursery rhyme of 'Jack and Jill'.
Though I need to push it further by maybe trying to create a Coca Cola advert in the visual style that I use. It could even be used for editorials.
Essentially I now need to show that it is a style that I can produce unto any brief that I could potentially be given once I start getting commissions.
However, although this thought is in the best interest to create more diversity to my portfolio, I sometimes can't help but feel that if I spread myself out too much I will become at best average in doing these various fields of work. If I were to focus on comics only, then naturally I should be very good at comics, but would mean that I would not be employable for other commissions. It's a hard balance with trying to do something that you are passionate about, and yet also needing to be a bit more diverse, but not too much.
In the words of Derek Zoolander ' I guess I got a lot of pondering to do'.

Happy New Years

I noticed that it has been a fair while since I last put anything up on the blog, but alas I finally gotten round to post up the comic of my Film Noir interpretation of the nursery rhyme 'Jack and Jill' so enjoy! And Happy New Years!

New comic complete

I have now at last finished my latest comic project, though I did not do three different based narratives that I had originally planned, given that the project deadline was much shorter than I had originally thought. So instead I have done my own visual re-interpretation of the classic children's nursery rhyme, 'Jack and Jill'.
I shall put up the pages soon as, for your viewing pleasure.

Birth of a hero...

This is the final image to showcase the three agreed genres that I will be tackling for most of the year.
This piece I am particularly pleased with in it's outcome, and also a good few of you may recognize the hero character is indeed Lt Thunder, whom I made in first year but never got round to making a story for him, but now I have, and I hope it to be an engaging story.