Tuesday, 19 February 2013

151 Days. 151 Pokemon

It's been awhile since posting on here and a lot has been going on. Recently I have been doing a bit of freelance work for The MindCrafters and for CCGcastle on top of some logo and design work for Virgin Media.

Most of the work I have been doing has been working with type which has meant my pencils have seen limited use. To fix this, I have decided to set myself a challenge. To sketch 151 of the original pokemon in roughly 151 days. I say roughly because there may be some days that I will be unable to do so, so i will make up for those days by sketching 2 the following etc. But I aim to have a new sketch posted everyday.

I have limited my time to around an hour a sketch. I want to stop being a prissy bitch and spending hours on one design. I need to speed up my process and improve my drawing, so I thought the best way is to draw something I love as much as I can, keep it quick, keep it loose and don't get bogged down with the details.

I may not like every sketch I do and I may spend a little more time colouring up my favorites in PS, but I just plan to enjoy it and stick to it! I will try and stop myself from rubbing out, starting again, repositioning, changing the style etc. and hopefully after 151 days will be able to see an improvement in my quick sketching from day 1. So here is Bulbasaur No.00.

My process will be a quick sketch with no-copy blue pencil and an outline in a normal, mechanical pencil.


Monday, 16 July 2012

New Playmat Printed!

After doing some logo work for ccgcastle.com I was delighted when they got back in touch and asked me to design their first ever playmat! I was very eager to get another bit of printed material out there so got stuck into designing the character and background. The outcome was something both Ben (runs ccgcastle) and myself were extremely excited about! The playmats have now been printed and are on sale on their website here. Check the images below or in the gallery!


















Monday, 1 August 2011

New T-Shirt Design

Just finished illustrating a new T-Shirt design for Skullfuk Clothing. Will be printed in the near future!

Saturday, 2 July 2011

SkullFuk T-shirts are out!

I recently illustrated a design along with fellow illustrator Tom Ward for SkullFuk clothing company. The T-shirts have now been printed and available to buy on their Ebay Store! I have also been commissioned to illustrate a follow up design for a new T-shirt coming out in August so keep your eyes open as this design is going to be badass (if I do say so myself). After a year of illustrating for various projects intended for Children I have gone back to the dark side with these T-shirt designs so for those of you who know me, expect some old school creepy and disturbing stuff. Anyway, here are some pictures of SkullFuk being represented at the Download Festival so if you like the look of them go and buy one!



Monday, 16 May 2011

Postcards Now Available!

If anyone wants one of my post cards let me know and I'll get one to you! If you know any business or individuals who are looking for an illustrator let me know and I can forward on a postcard and business card.


 
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