Common Wood Pigeon

Pigeon babies sound scary.

Pagan

Hello,

a lot has happened since my last post, for example I've started working at my local library now. It's a big library so there's lots to do and the staff are great. It's so funny because as a child I used to role play as a librarian, setting my old scuffed books in a sort of square wall with me kneeling in the middle, issuing them to invisible readers, looking all important and intelligent ha-ha.

The illustration above is inspired by the pagan goddess Isis and the song Isis (or is it Is Is) by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yay for Ancient Egyptians!

Flying Fox

Snore,

It's quite late and my eyes are turning weird again, listening to The Resistance by Muse. The classical inspired pieces calm me down, while the exotically lilting tracks twirl my brain into a swirling frenzy of Paisleys and vivid colour. Great album; they took a gamble.

Anyhow this was a piece I produced just to help me think about the recent news on the media about those urban foxes mauling those poor children. I hope the fox doesn't become demonised and turned into the 'Big Bad Wolf' from The Little Red Riding Hood. The fox is quite a mythical creature - a sort of symbol in my mind, cunning, beautiful, agile, adaptable, cat-like but not quite.

"Counter balance this commotion,
We're not droplets in the ocean". - Muse

Sketchbook: Autumn

Hello,

Doodled this in my sketchbook and just wanted to develop it on Photoshop. It was inspired by Arthur Rackham's Autumn Fairies. I found the illustration on my 'Celebrating Arthur Rackham' themed tin pencil case packaging, (haha) and kept it because it looked so great, (the pencils are pretty poor, no wonder I barely used them). Anyway his compositions have such beautiful harmony. Hmm, she's not really dressed for autumn, is she.

Portrait

Hello,

Did this Andy Warhol-ish illustration of Sunshee, (She's so hard to draw, used lots of references and still got it botched!) Anywho it was fun. This Blog template thingy doesn't seem to work on Windows Interent Explorer.

Peace Walker

Woot!

went along to Uniqlo Oxford Street (was hellish) to see Hideo Kojima, and the awesome Yoji Shinkawa - absolutely loved the artwork he produced for Metal Gear Solid. Everyone was getting their new copy of Peace Walker signed but I took along one of my old battered sketchbooks I worked in at Uni. They signed my animal pics! Kojima on the right and Shinkawa on the left.Kojima there with my sketchbook, oh yeah and I met Fuad there too!

Umm she ate his porridge!

Hello,

just did this sample for a client - subject: Goldilocks and the Three Bears and also a sketch to go along with it.

Ammy of Okami

Hello,

fanart inspired by the mega-ultimate-supernova of a game Okami! I've been playing it for quite a while now admiring the intertwining of myth and legend with colour and art. the PS2 is back in business ha ha.

illustration is of Ammy the sun goddess white-as-chalk wolf character along with Issun the bug thing.

Unicorn in Uniform

Just for fun,

did this mock CD cover for Unicorn in Uniform, song by Colour Me Wednesday. Check out the video here

Momma Nature

Hellolo,

Sheesh, this took ages. It was another excuse to draw animals. The figure in the illustration is a sort of mother nature character. Erm, can't think of any other information at the moment - my eyes have burnt away and my brain is a mush.

Sketchbook: Tiger

Hello,

I was flicking through the Metro and found a chance to draw one of my favourite animals, although the article made me sad :( below is an excerpt from the poem, The Tiger by the great William Blake.

Tiger, tiger, burning bright

In the forest of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame that fearful symmetry?

...Waiting

Hello,

Just wanted to create something vaguely Hopperesque and I wanted do some backgroundy stuff, although it does seem to be lacking character; something which has been nagging at me.