Friday, 20 February 2009

Banner Artwork...

I have been working with Faceless on a series of banners for my local community. Here are a few of the line drawings, which will be coloured up on the computer and mixed with textures to represent the place where I live. Hopefully something like this...

More Meaningless Doodles...

And while I am waiting for my computer to process the huge amount of pixel information for the banners I am doodling in my sketchbook again...

Thursday, 12 February 2009

Sketchbook...

To readdress the amount of photographs of late, I present a page from my sketchbook. No rhyme or reason here. Just random doodles, although I have just finished reading Neil Gaiman's 'The Graveyard Book'.
Doodles from my sketchbook for a Banner project I am working on. I can't really say too much. For client confidentiality and for not wanting to burst the bubble of compression that surrounds an idea.

Wednesday, 11 February 2009

Walking Past 'The Hepworth'...

Walking home, past the building of the new Hepworth gallery. Dusk, and camera phone produces low-res image.

Tuesday, 10 February 2009

Cat and Man in Perfect Harmony... Sort Of.

Jack is demanding attention. He jumps up and feigns interest in what I am doing. Which is desiging a set of banner concepts. Which turns into doodling with my pen tab in Photoshop. Which Jack seems to like.

Saturday, 7 February 2009

Heading to Halifax...

Headed into Halifax and Dean Clough mainly to see Richard Wheater's exhibition 'Them and Us'. I know Richard but even if I didn't, I would have thought that this was a brilliant show. The work on display only tells part of the story, part of his trial by fire and glass. Art should be transformative to the artist and this work is carved into his history.

Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Over the Shoulder...

These pictures show me working on the Belle Vue Cemetery drawing from the other day. The last image is the finished dip pen, ink and watercolour drawing before I 'tweaked' it in Photoshop.

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

SNOW. Helen and I made a huge snowball. The snow is such a delightful consistency. We roll it up off the grass like it was loft insulation, into a big ball in the middle of the garden.

Monday, 2 February 2009

Belle Vue Cemetery, Wakefield...

So the snow descends. Helen and I skip the studios early and head off through the snow to home . It's not until the graveyard when the first ball is thrown, let battle commence!

Little Terrors...

Backing paper doodles from my drawing board. Drawn with a Uniball Eye (micro) and coloured with watercolours and a waterbrush. With the new position of my drawing board I am looking out of the studio window, the guys climbing the HSBC Bank really did that, although I've exaggerated the size of the column. These characters are gremlins, or devils, or a bit of both. The faces are blank to dehumanise them on purpose.