Gotham 2054

First ever painting using a Cintiq... bad idea. Now I want one :)

Better start saving.

Alien sketch

The Covers

Hey guys. I recently entered a competition to design a comic book cover. It could be imagined or based on real heroes. I couldn't decide, so I did 3. I chose CROM in the end as I thought it looked the most appealing out of all of them. Good luck to all who entered, there were some fab designs. I'll let you know how I do. I also get the meet Greg Staples, which will be awesome, win or not! :)

Cheers.

Ethereal

Hi guys. Sorry for the complete lack of updates recently. here's a portrait I did today. Trying to do at least one personal piece a day.

Cheers.

Excavation

The Dark Age of Batman

Collar Hound

Creature design from today.

Recent work

Vex

Mercenary Joe

Atlantis

Here's my idea of Atlantis. For my Journey project at work. Hoping to win an original John Harris sketch with this. Fingers crossed.

Into Darkness

Karmalener Album Artwork.

Here's the cover I did for heavy metal band Karmalener. It's part of a full album package. There an awesome band so check them out:

https://www.facebook.com/karmalener.aylesbury?fref=ts

To see the rest of the artwork, buy the album here:

http://karmalener.bigcartel.com/product/the-rule-of-tongue-and-the-dogs-of-war

Or listen on Spotify, just search Karmalener.

Cheers.

Book cover and partner painting

Here's the last cover in the Hidden War series of books by Annie Bellet. I also painted a pic of my partner Nat :)

Hidden Wars Book Covers

Here are 3 out of 4 covers I'm doing for author Annie Bellet. I've yet to complete the 4th, but I thought I'd show the series in it's current state. I really enjoy painting book covers. The story is really cool, check out Annie's site for more info:

http://overactive.wordpress.com/tag/annie-bellet

I think her site hasn't been updated yet, but she's a great author.

Poseidon scientists designs

Journey to Atlantis

Started a small personal project last week. It's roughly about a team of scientists who discover the lost city. here are some paintings I did to start the project off. Not sure how far I'll take it, but I'll keep updating as I go. Thanks.

Mantis soldier and Winter Battle

Just some personal stuff :)

Recent book cover

Here's a recent book cover done for author David Shutter. Here's his website:

http://1writersjourney-dvshooter.blogspot.co.uk

Post Christmas Warmup

Hey everyone. Hope you all had a good Christmas. Normally I go mental over the break and try and cram as much work in as I can. This year I decided to take a full week off, which I've never done. I wanted to try and relax as I've had quite a lot of stress recently. I think it's worked and I feel fully rejuvenated. I decided to start painting again today so did a strict 30 minute warmup, nothing special. But it's helped me get my flow going again. It's surprising how much my wrist hurt after 5 minutes haha.

On a Christmas note, I was lucky and received some lovely art-books from my girlfriend, Nat, and my family. Nat also bought me a set of greyscale Copic markers, which I'm looking forward to using in the new year. I want to try and design more. Instead of painting, actually thinking about the design shapes and language more than I currently do. Anyway, hope you have a happy new year, bring on 2013!

One Last Painting...

For my girlfriend Nat :)

Big dump before Christmas

Here's some stuff I've been working on recently. Forgot to post some of this. Hope you like :)

Yeti

Ascension

A speedy from today, with the word 'ascension' as the theme.

Some new paints.

Again, sorry for the lack of updates. Had a few book covers on the go which I'll post soon. In the mean time, here are a few paints I've done the past week; some more finished than others. Really enjoying painting at the moment, seem to have found some good positivity from somewhere :) Hope you like.

MASS

We had a talk organised at work with famous illustrator John Harris on Thursday. He was such an inspirational man, with a lot of fantastic artwork. He even did a demo using pastels. As a thank you, I painted a space scene with 'mass' as the keyword.

Check out his site. He's the inspiration for a lot of my favourite artists today :)

http://www.alisoneldred.com/artistJohnHarris.html