More book development

Hey everyone! So after several weeks of writing and thumbnailing my book, I'm finally at the stage I've been looking forward to the most - designing the characters and defining a visual style.

This is still very early stages, but I wanted to share what I'm up to and keep you guys in the loop.

Put two characters together and slapped a rough background behind them for a little mood.

Any comments or crits are, as always, more than welcome!

Taiwan sketching

I've not posted anything for a couple of weeks because I've been in Taiwan! Filled an A5 moleskine along the way, so I've scanned and compiled a few sketches.

As you can tell, I've mainly spent 2 weeks eating and drawing the food I've eaten. Luckily Taiwan has some kickass hiking too, otherwise I'd have come back 3 times the size I was when I left.

OOSH

Testing out some brushes I've been creating, and indulging my love of Keith Lemon. 

'If I don't see you through t'week, I'll see you through t'window'

Sketch post

Morning warmups using limited palettes!

Model

Oh hi!

Quick self portrait. I'll update properly once I get a couple of deadlines out of the way ;)

Ten$ion

Been listening to Die Antwoord a lot lately, so I created this to test out new materials,techniques and workflow ideas.

Jeweled Flower Mantis

Another insect!

Goliathus Regius

New scanner, testing it out and throwing some colour on a sketch. Think I’ll be using more analogue textures in future work ;)

More Politicians

More quick politician sketches.

David Cameron

Been working on editorial illustrations a lot lately. Here's a quick morning sketch of the PM that helped me get in the zone one day.

Prepare for takeoff

Drew something for Illustration Friday as my morning warmup, the topic is 'prepare'. Hope you like it!

The Artist

I urge everyone to go and see this film!

Proper update coming soon ;)

Happy Holidays!

New Year's Morning

by Kobayashi Issa

New Year's Morning:

the ducks on the pond

quack and quack.

Hope you all had a great holiday, bring on 2012!

Ellis Island

A visit to Ellis Island last week was really inspirational, the place was just so evocative and overwhelmingly steeped in history. My morning warmups have been immigrant themed ever since!

Warm up

Today's warm up sketch!

Quick Flight

Had a few spare moments and doodled this out!

Back!

Wish I could have sketched more while I was away, but it was so hectic and we were always on the move. Here's a small selection from the sketchbook I took with me.

Brb

Off on holiday! More art in 2 weeks ;)

Forest Village

Photo study...kinda.