Vector Images

I wanna add a cute butterfly to this some time!

Hot chocolate, orange juice and french diablo menthe (mint flavoured) drink!

All these vectors were created a few weeks ago, I started learning Adobe Illustrator and Im picking it up quite fast :)

My entry for Waterstones Picture This 2011!

These are my character designs for Michael Morpurgo's version of Beauty And The Beast entered for Waterstones Picture This 2011

I found the Beast took the longest to design, I didn't want it to look like Disney's beast and didn't want to go with the old style anthropomorphism. Her dad was the easiest to design because I saw how i wanted him straight away :) It was fun researching into 19th century dresses as inspiration for Bell.

Hansel and Gretel

I doodled these a while ago and decided to create a more finished piece.

Work in progress shot of what I've go so far. The lighting and colour has been quite a challenge, I'm constantly changing and re-working colours searching for the best result.

Brush and Ink

I decided to try out inking Oscar as an experiment for what the comic could look like. I need more practice with inks yet, I think for the final comic I might go with pencil.

Monkey Island Sketches

I used to play this game on the Amiga when I was little and after seeing a new remake released I just had to play it again.

The original pixel graphics are so wonderfully rendered and deigned, they have done a really nice job on the new graphics too, and the added voices fit the characters perfectly. This has to be one of my all time favourite games! so I got inspired to do some sketches of the main characters Guybrush and LeChuck. These guys are fun to draw so I'll probably be coming back and doing a full picture with them sometime.

Finished now!

Drawing the pattern on her top was the fun part =D

Just a girl

I was staying at my partners house and so i decided to take a break and draw something not related to our film.

its ready for ink and colours, i might finish it in markers so expect coloured version soon.

Hope you guys like her!

Hand studies

Some more studies of hands from Iron Giant.

Yum!

Just a quick sketch of Oscar eating his dinner,

Oscar and the boys are usually given Master Sweeps leftovers.

I'd like to take this sketch further and do a full illustration of oscar and all the sweeps eating at the table.

Marker Magic!

Something i'm working on, I've been having lots of fun with markers! shame that they run out. Im waiting for refills to arrive.

Brendan and The Secret of Kells

Brendan and The Secret of Kells is now out in UK. I saw this film about a year ago, its one of my favourite animated movies and and i've been in love with it ever since. Its one of a kind and truly beautiful!

I've just got some watercolour sketches for now, including doodles I did while watching Brendan and The Secret of Kells, and a girl.

John K Drawing Exercises

Iv'e been following the great John K for quite some time now. [Click for John K's Blog]

Like any artist, Im always looking for new ways to learn and improve my art. John K recommends you to study from Preston Blair to learn how to break things down.

The front fist angle the hardest

I plan to continue with a few more of these studies, then ill look at real hands and try to apply my own construction in a similar way.

Graduation and stuff...

And so i've finally Graduated from the University of Wales! with a First in BA Hons Animation.

and iv'e still got to finish my final film yet! We're still working out way through the tons of inking that has to be done :3

Layton, Luke and Claudia. I kinda kept this to my style, hope ya like it! :3

+ Layton and Claire sketch

Oscar's First Day

Its his first day chimney sweeping and Oscar is nervous

Louis is going to be looking out for him....... well sort of.

Just stay out of the Master Sweeps way! >:[

This drawing was originally on A2 so it was tricky to scan on A4 scanner!

This is another cut i was considering

Screenshot of early progress.

I always start my rendering by first creating an underlay to use as a guidance for my lighting. I also make the lineart brown I just like that softer natural feeling to my lines when i draw Oscar.

Games design + Stuff i'm working on

bah I've not been active enough at all,

been busy teaching myself ZBrush, i'm getting there slowly.

I wanted to create some designs for a survival horror game, this is goanna be my main protagonist.

Normally i don't colour like this so i wanted to give it a try..

I kept the background grey so its not a distraction when i model him.

Also im working on this right now, here is a small snapshot of part of an A2 illustration of oscar.

+ Red Dead Redemption Sketch

Oscar the Chimney Sweep

Here are some illustrations for my own comic I've been working on.

Royal Boardroom

I wanted to draw a anime prince.

Manga sketchdump

Some doodles in japanese anime style.

Nero and Dante from Devil may cry game.

Sanji from the anime One piece.

Full metal Alchemist Edward elric


Left: Lucky Star's Konata. Right: Original character