Sneak peak

Here's a sneak peak of something I'm working on at the moment for an upcoming exhibition.
More soon...

Oh, and that last post was my 200th post, how about that?

Something really different

A couple of months ago I was asked to contribute artwork to a rather unusual project. A young Perth boy had passed away from cancer, and as he had been part of a large fundraising campaign a rather large funeral was arranged. I was asked to create some artwork in the style of E.H. Shepard famed for the original "Winnie the Pooh" books, which the boy loved, for a funeral booklet. It was a very tight turnaround, but the family were very happy with the result.

Poised to strike

And another one... I am planning something here, stay tuned

Water girl

Here's a pic I did a little while back as a tryout for a freelance job.
The client thought she was a bit too sexy, but I got the gig nonetheless.

Dressed to Kill

Too much fun.
I decided to spend a bit more time adding colour to this one

Armed and Dangerous

Another lunchtime doodle with the brush pen and a bit of photoshoppery

Another gun girl

Another lunchtime doodle with the brush pen

Gun girl

Stepping away from digital and back to old school traditional drawing, here's a lunchtime doodle with a new Brush pen I picked up on the weekend...

Another Astro

Well, the last Astroboy was so much fun to draw that I had to do another one, and what self-respecting Astroboy fan can resist a pic with those arse-cannons ablazing.

Banana A-Peel prints

The other week, a friend at work invited a few of us to participate in an Art Auction she was also involved in to help raise funds for victims of the Queensland and Victorians floods of recent weeks. It's called the "Banana A-Peel" and opens tomorrow Feb 24 at the Old Bar in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Whilst I didn't have time to create anything new for the auction, I suggested a couple of pieces that I'd put up here on the ol' blog. I'd also never had a print done of any of my artwork before, so a little nervously I sent these two images off the print unsure of what I was going to get back.
Well, the result was fabulous...
The photo doesn't really do it justice, so you'll just have to take my word for it, or come along to the auction. They're printed 10x8 on 310gsm fine art stock.
And here they are hand-signed, numbered and framed-
Come along and support a great cause.

Astroboy week

A former workmate of mine, Tim declared the other day that it was Astroboy week and invited all of his friends to contribute.
I used to love watching this show as a kid.
Here's my effort...

Max

This is an old pic, it's actually half of the original drawing that featured both of my dogs- two Pomeranians. I had been considering reworking it for this particular occasion, but haven't gotten around to it.
Anyway, I lost this one to kidney failure last month. It came on very quickly and was quite a shock despite him being 14 and a half. It was a very sad time around our house, and I still can't believe he's gone-I keep looking into the back yard expecting to see him trotting about or lying in one of his favourite spots. He was a cheeky bugger and was with me through some bad times, good times and numerous adventures; I'm thankful for the 14 and a half wonderful years of companionship he gave me.

...still alive

Sorry for the lack of posts, I am still here, just very busy.

More posts coming soon...

Ho ho ho

A bit of Christmas cheesecake to wish everyone all the best for the festive season and an even better New Year

Astro Yuki

Finally gotten around to finishing this one.
On a side note, I was very surprised and flattered to receive and email a month or so back from Kevin Dart, creator of the Yuki 7 concept complimenting me on my interpretations of her. I hope this one does justice to the collection.

Something different

I haven't done anything like this for a while and I've only just received back a copy so I can finally share it. This is a piece I did at the end of last year for my Father-in-law as a present for his birthday. It's of his parents house in Lorne, Victoria on the Great Ocean road. The house was built by his father high up on the hill looking out over the bay and my father-in-law grew up there with his four brothers and sisters. His father passed away a couple of years ago and the once family home, a popular spot particularly during holidays has since been sold. My wife had suggested this as an idea, and it was reinforced earlier in the year after seeing a similar effort done by someone else for another of his siblings.
The original, in pen and ink hangs, framed in pride of place on one of my parents-in-laws walls.

Stealth Yuki

Another for the Yuki collection

Ranga Nation

It's taken me a little while to get to do this one, but I couldn't resist doing our new(ish) lady Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Sketch dump

Haven't quite gotten around to finishing these, but in an effort to keep things ticking over here's some ruffs.
...and a sneak peak of a job I've been working on the last couple of months

Hendrix Pig

Here's my contribution to Guy and Stacy's brilliant Dueling Banjo Pigs blog