Two posts in one week. Not bad for having about 2 years off.
I remembered today that I had some new(ish) work I could post up. The above is a cover illustration I did a few months back for a childrens book titled "Scoop and Scribe: Search for the Seven Stars of Matariki". It was a job we did at work and I had the pleasure of illustrating it.
The story was originally written for an in-paper reading programme, so unfortunately the illustrations were not created for the shape of the final book. Also the illustrations were a bit rough due to me only thinking they were going in the paper. Oh, and personally I think they made a mess of the cover design - don't blame me for that.
Hrrrmmmm.
Not much to say really. It's been almost 2 years since I last posted some work, which is a pretty sad fact. But, despite this, I'm still hopeful that I'll get some new work up in the next few months. Autumn and Winter seem to have a depressing, secludedness about them that tends to motive me to create more. I guess it makes sense that I'd rather be outside during summer.
Anyway, above is an illustration I created about a month ago. It was for a competition to win an Xbox 360 Arcade Machine. The brief was to create a new character for the newly released Street Fighter 4. I tried to copy the style of the existing artwork created, while not taking a lifetime to illustrate. In the end it took about 2 nights work.
Did I win? Well, I thought I had it in the bag, but I don't even know if it got looked at it, cause some rough sketch created with felt tips took it's place as number one. Such is life.
It saddens me to think it's been over a year since my last blog.It's been a good year however and one of great learning. I've developed a love for reading and continue to feed my desire to bake/cook. My gaming skills are also on the up - which is always a positive.As of late I've come up with a few new things to work on. None of which will be completed / started anytime soon. Though, I will try and do a few quick illustrations in the next few months and post them up. I'm getting rusty - I could do with the practice.
Above is my current desktop background. It's a beautiful thing. I quickly scribbled it out and created it in a few minutes while waiting to be picked up from work. It's 1680x1050 if you want to use it as well - I know you do.
Not much has been happening lately and the lack of warmth in the air has caused me to play Xbox rather than do anything productive. I might have to start posting up more older images to insure the blog remains 'fresh'.
Or I could keep posting up more dumb pictures like this?
This, my friends, is the start of something very very ... new (ish).
It's not going to be amazing, but it'll be finished in a few days. And that's good enough for me.
Enjoy.
Absolutely nothing ... that's what I've been posting up for the last few weeks.
Been a bit busy lately (as per) and haven't really found the urge to do any new stuff. Hopefully something will spark my imagination soon and get me drawing.
