Pre/During ‘Quarantina’ Diptych
Below is an image I created for a new drawing challenge on Doodle Addicts. The prompt was to create a Diptych image of life pre/post quarantine. So I took this opportunity to use one of my existing illustrations and create a new illustration alongside it: I had an idea for a message I wanted to […]
7 Steps to Becoming an Illustrator
I received an email a while back from another artist who was just starting out. He had a great portfolio of work but was unsure about how to launch off into the illustration world. Looking back almost 10 years now when I started out as a professional illustrator, I was a little naive and wasted […]
Roger Federer Poses
Here is an update on the Roger Federer poses I previously asked your opinions on. I selected the two with the highest votes and sketched them out in more detail. These are by no means the finished article but I wanted to give you a feel of where it’s going. Please let me know in […]
Sketch Daily w/c 13/Jun/2020
FRIDAY theme of the day: Free Draw Friday THURSDAY theme of the day: Legally Large Dogs TUESDAY theme of the day: Hip hop
Hello? Everybody home?
We’re all in this mess together, aren’t we? I hope things for you haven’t been too bad. Well, like most creative folk, I’ve been trying to make hay while the sun shines (through the glass) and using this isolation to figure out how to make better videos, and also revisiting some forgotten sketches. Here’s one […]
Lunchtime News
When: Aug, 2019Duration: Half an hourWhat: A man reading the newspaperWhere: Castle Park, BristolDetails: During my lunch break this guy was keeping up to date with what “was poppin’”. Good sun = good lighting.
Chronicles of Colombia
A couple of months ago I was in Colombia doing a bit of reconnecting with family, improving Spanish and, of course drawing… Santa Marta My trip started in Santa Marta, on the northern coast of Colombia. A place of beaches and heat.
Pandora’s Head and Artistic Licence
Pandora’s head is not here. Yet. In my latest video (below), I finally give Pandora the head she deserves. She’s been waiting over a decade. You may know that I often go out sketching and end up with unfinished drawings. This can be for a multitude of reasons; the person I’m drawing inconsiderately decides to […]
Copic Pen Shading
Video Number Five Another video was made! In this one, I chat a little bit about shading, specifically Copic marker shading. I take you through a quick process of how I shaded the image below. Copic Markers are a pretty popular tool for colouring artwork, and especially for shading ink drawings.
Hands On T-shirts
A little story about some t-shirt designs It started with a goal of getting better at drawing hands. Ask any artist and they will say drawing hands are one of the most frustrating areas of the human anatomy to make look right. So I did a lot of sketching hands of strangers in cafes, from […]