Oct
29
No Tricks, but a Treat for Halloween
This image is so old I'm quite embarassed to post it, a portfolio piece right from the beginning of my career when I was fresh out of college.
Oct
12
Exhibition piece - "Hope"
This was submitted to a charity exhibition for victims of the war in Iraq.
Oct
1
Monday morning sketch
Is this someone I've met? I'm not altogether sure. The memory can play funny tricks on you.
Sep
28
couple of figures
Things are getting seriously busy now as deadlines approach, so in the absence of words here are some more sketchbook grabs to amuse.
Sep
22
Digging up old work (an occasional slot)
I've been rummaging through some of my old work looking for material to show my agent. Often I end up getting distracted by the pieces that I turn up and forget what I was looking for in the first place.
This is one example, an exhibition piece from several years ago which I've always had a soft spot for. The tree was actually in my local park, I did an on-the-spot sketch and developed it into this illustration.
This is one example, an exhibition piece from several years ago which I've always had a soft spot for. The tree was actually in my local park, I did an on-the-spot sketch and developed it into this illustration.
Sep
19
Tea Pot Torment
Why can't you find as decent western tea pot in Japan (or suburban Yokohama to be more specific)? Could this be a rant coming on? Yes it is.
So the story's this. My old tea pot broke it's spout in the dishwasher, so the missus and I set out to buy a new one. Off we marched to new town shopping mall paradise "Center Kita" with our hopes high.
Center Kita - the very name ("Center North") conjures up images of modern Japanese blandness.
So the story's this. My old tea pot broke it's spout in the dishwasher, so the missus and I set out to buy a new one. Off we marched to new town shopping mall paradise "Center Kita" with our hopes high.
Center Kita - the very name ("Center North") conjures up images of modern Japanese blandness.
Sep
17
More machinery
Something else from the sketchbook. I find the more constraining the environment around me, (concrete jungle, crowds of people etc) the more I escape into fantasy.
Sep
12
Machines
It's not only faces I've been doodling during those increasingly rare occasions I get a seat on the train into Tokyo. One day these doodles might develop into a finished product, then again they might not. I don't really think about where I can take them too much, it's where the drawings take me that's more important. It's just good to scribble away without any agenda other than enjoying myself.
