Face-off

Since adding colour to the bullet casing scene I decided to just go ahead and start adding block colours into the other images. I decided to use a darker red; its a simple colour and the easiest way to portray tension and potential bloodshed. Though I'm not sure if I'm liking the stark white...

Smoking Cases

This is a continued post from a few days ago. I wanted to see what the last sequence would look like with added colour. The gradual darkening of the grey back-drop signifies a finality and thus adds dynamism and drama to the piece.

BLAPP BLAPP!

Here's an image sequence I did a while back (2009). I did the drawings in pen and ink, scanned it into the mac and then put it through Illustrator and got the live trace on it. It's actually an extract from a number of sequential illustrations I did in the form of a graphic novel based on the cult classic movie The Boondock Saints. I was quite apprehensive about adding colour into it so I might play around with it soon.

McIlheny's Tabasco Sauce

An editorial piece I did for an article about the history and trivia behind the world famous McIlheny's Tabasco sauce. It included a bit about the Royal Seal of Approval and the fact that the sauce has actually been sent into space so I thought I'd definitely include that in the piece.

Excuse Me

A piece produced for an editorial piece about a passive aggressive way in dealing with people who lack public etiquette (ie. putting bags on an empty seat). I used acrylic and brush for the line work and colour was later added on through Photoshop. If you didn't notice straight away the speech bubble represents a arm reaching out and gently tapping the character to the left on the shoulder.

Eat, Drink, Dine

This is a piece I entered for an IKEA competition a while back to the title Eat, Drink, Dine. Sadly I didn't win the five hundred squid prize but I did have a lot of fun doing and learned more of my medium and managed to properly push myself in terms of skill and creative ability. The line work was done in pencil and then scanned into Photoshop. The colours were scanned in as well from coloured pencil scratchings I had done on paper.

Once We Were Kings

This image of the king was used for a lot of my wheat pastes. I just recently decided to scan it in and see what it looked like against some block colours.

SoCo Music Project (live draw)

A live drawing session that I was invited to do at a recently opened place in a shopping centre near by (the SoCo music project). I was given a big white board to draw on during an acoustic session. I used the medium of black acrylic paint - something I'm getting used to at the moment. I'm loving the large scale I get to work at with these things.

The Brotherhood of the Travelling Pilchards

Recently I was commissioned by a bunch of old school mates for a t-shirt/poster design. I thought I'd hit them up with this. The sketches took a while and I did spend a bit of time planning out the basic compositional elements but I think its pulled through! Can't wait to see it on a t-shirt.