spaaaace monkey...

Done for the daily sketch group at conceptart...

Big update here. I'll start with my 3rd expression sheet. This is the same guy as from the others, but as a rookie baseball player, so he's a lot younger and leaner.


This is my second ChoW... this one was totally rushed cause I was very pushed for time this week. I laid down quick colours last night... I decided to go for a more cel-shaded look because it wouldn't take as long as doing a full painting. But even though it was a quickie, I am reasonably happy with the feel of the lighting that I managed to achieve. Always trying to push my boundaries....


Did these little dudes for a girl at work, as mascots for the fundraising committee. I thought they turned out pretty cute. Not my usual sort of thing but they make me smile, so maybe they'll make other people smile too...


And I just scanned some of my sketches from the last week of so. As usual, they were done on the tram, where I seem to do most of my sketching these days...

Puss In Boots and other fun things...

Well! Boy did I get carried away on the weekend... I finally decided to take part in one of the weekly competitions over at conceptart.org. This week's "Character of the Week" was Puss In Boots. I started this on Friday night and finished it on Saturday night, with a bit of sleep in between. It is an incredible motivator to have people looking at your works in progress! Shame I never had the time to do a proper background... but at least it's a finished image.. and it took me a DAY! What kills me about that is the amount of half-finished pieces I have sitting on my hard-drive that I'm sure I could just finish very quickly if I were to find the motivation... God bless conceptart.org. I am so gonna get into this ChoW business....


Speaking of not finishing stuff.. here's a little study I started in spare time at work quite awhile ago. It's not finished, but I am finished with IT! I don't expect to ever touch it again...


And I did this today for a guy at work. He's paying me with a six pack. I had to squeeze it in cause I am under the pump at work, so it's kinda messy but I am happy with how it turned out.



So, on the whole, I feel like I am living and breathing drawing at the moment. I think about it constantly, and most of my spare time is spent doing it. Not great for my social life but I don't really mind cause I am loving it so much at the moment. So hopefully this blog will see plenty more action in the days/weeks/months to come!

Monty Biggs - Has Been

Next expression sheet here. Same dude, just older and less successful. What fun! Now to go back and wallow in my influenza-ridden state.. not so much fun.....

I've started doing some work for a work colleague, for his short film. His name is Arran Potter, and he is working feverishly on this project, and it's exciting to be involved! You can check out his blog here.
This is my first complete expression sheet, and I've gotta say it was a hell of a learning curve. One of the lessons I learned was to SAVE MORE OFTEN! My laptop has been overheating on a regular basis lately.. I don't think there's anything wrong with it because it usually happens on obscenely hot days, but this particular time I think it was because I was foolishly resting it on a fuzzy cushion at the time... I have ordered a laptop cooler but it still hasn't arrived...
Yep. Interesting stuff.

More drawing from life..

It's been SO good to get back to life drawing after the 'festive' season. I'm finding myself looking forward to it every week now. Every session teaches me something new.

Snoop

An internet buddy of mine lives in Alaska, so while it's 40ºC here in Melbourne he and his pooch can be suffering through temperatures as low as -28ºC... Snow is not pleasant on a doberman's bare paws, so Snoop gets booties.