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Went sketching at the Museum of WA today. Started the day with a great local artist, Jenna Downing, in the ‘regular animal’ section. I’m sure she’ll post her sketches up soon, and they’re epicgood. She’s much better with a pencil and pad than I am – she actually renders details! ha, I was busy trying to cross-reference with my sweet little animal anatomy book that arrived yesterday. It’s not as lame as it looks on the cover though, it actually has bone/muscle structures and comparisons.

Anyway, I continued drawing after lunch with JessieBessieSipes in the Dinosaurs exhibit. This was a little tougher since they were all animatronic and moved around. Especially the triceratops – That thing looked like it desparately needed a bathroom.

Been pretty busy lately, but just whipped up a digital sketch for sketching’s sake.

Got my grant application into DCA on Friday. I’m pretty much only eligible for the Development grant. I feel like I’m a great candidate though, pursuing this ‘new’ digital art-form. Read the rest of this entry →

Reshaped the deity, added a few plants and cattle for a bit of scale. Will push the depth so the deity looks like it’s just coming in from the distance, exaggerating the scale.

Lots of em!

Was painting up this environment concept with the intention of making it folio-worthy, but no. I just couldn’t get past how cliché it is, so it shall remain as yet another speedpaint. I feel the composition, lighting and narrative is pretty good though. I wanted to indicate something had escaped, but not what.

It’s been a few days since I’ve posted art and I’m here to remedy it.

I’ve been trying to sort all my old work and sketchbooks in order to compile a portfolio showcasing my ‘entertainment’ artstuffs. Basically a range of concept art related work – creatures, enviros, vehicles, characters.

I’ll be painting up a few sketches so stay tuned.

Another exhibition is on the horizon! A mythology themed group exhibition with a couple of locals which promises to be awesometastic.

I may or may not encorporate robots into my arts so I thought I’d do a lighting study of typically robotic materials… So I googled robots, and ended up doing a study of I, Robot. It’s not completely identical to the robots in the movies though. I gave it a hat and some markings for good measure.

A scantily clad one at that. Not the most functional of outfits, but well aerated!

Anyway, I wanted to run with the backlighting look of last night’s sketch. It seems like a good initiative to do a study and then apply it to a completely fabricated scene. I know the lighting’s flawed in parts but the image has a sort of graphic novel feel to it.

Something pretty non-exhaustive this evening – A lighting study of Emily Haines from Metric.

While in Melbourne I was treated to a meal at Vue De Monde courtesy of a generous soul I did some design work for last year. It’s a very fancy French restaurant. So fancy that I needed to adapt my eating habits. Instead of mashing food into my face with a spade I had to use cutlery. Furthermore, I cut my food into little pieces. I did consider eating the smoked Kingfish fillet (my main) in one mouthful, then standing on the table and proclaiming myself “the winner”, but thought I’d save that initiative for when I remember to bring a megaphone.

Eating/rambling aside, this is a colour study referencing my Vue De Monde photos. I might actually refine it a little and get it printed… I like it. It’s efficient.

Jack mentioned my Florence Welch portrait reminded him of the infamous All Your Base image, so I thought I’d do a tribute sketch. For great justice.

In other news, I got back from Melbourne on Monday. Read the rest of this entry →