Thanks for all the gud times Sketchpad

I'm just about to retire my current sketchpad. Its just about done.  I was trying to leave it at home a lot more lately so I'd be forced to do sum gestural stuff on my iphone, but 9/10 times the pad is with me.  Sssoooooooooo here's a load o sketches from the pad, sum wobbly drawings that are done on the bus, on my break, or just trying to think something out.  Also there's a lot o stuff in it from pegbar meetings and studio work, so there's prob sum scrawlly writting on the reverse side of the page showing through the drawings.

Figure study of a guy in Dun Laoghaire using a Japanese brush pen. I try to get these lashed out on the page in about 20 to 30 seconds. Definitely not one of my best, struggling to do sum gestural stuff with the brush pen, I think I get too sloppy with it, esp if i have to draw quickly. Having a lot o fun with those pens tho. I'll post up sum stuff I have done with them thats good soon.

Another one from the same day, this one is slightly better but still not great.

This one's not bad, it was done in my fav pub in Dublin while I was waiting for a few mates. Just thought the girl was really interesting.

Here's a quicky I did of Spidey, doodled this while I was on my lunch in Kavaleer.

Back on the bus again.  Gud oul 46a, its such a pity I hate drawing on the bus.

Thinkin something out, didnt like it.

Still trying to think it out. Started to get better, still not right.  I'm pretty happy with the shape on that neck tho.

GRRRRRRRRRR!   Obv liked this character at the time. Originally he was meant for something, but now I'm not so sure.

And here's one I did that was the 1/10 time that I didnt have my sketchbook with me.

Hulk Smash!

Thanks a mill Sketchbook *shakes Sketchbooks hand and passes on a golden watch*, u were awesome.

a little inspirational experiment

I was mucking around tonight, didnt get n e thing drawn that I liked felt like i hit a block sooooooo, i tried drawing white on black, came up with this.  pretty happy

Mandy, coz its Dean Yeagle's Bday 2day.

so i didnt post up anything last week, to make up for it, heres a B&W n sum colour this week.  just started doodling after dinner, ended up doodling Mandy, Dean Yeagle's character cause I'm a big fan n I found out this mornin due to the power of Facebook that its Deans Bday today. mucked around a bit with the half tone as well, just being playing with it a lot this last while, so i thought I'd jus continue to play with it as im havin a lot o fun with it. I liked the effect it gave the above  B&W. will try more things like it. hope it does Dean n Mandy sum justice.

Happy Bday Dean!  Thanks for all the years of inspiration!

n e ways until the next dose of inspiration, laters!

Black cat in dat new style im using lately

Here's where that new job is taking me. Its making me use a realistic style over my usual cartooning.  Havin a lot o fun with this its nice to be challenged to do something new.   Its even nicer to rise to the occasion.  Here's hoping it keeps goin well, I'm really enjoying it.

The job has nutin to do with Black Cat  and noting to do with the marvel verse at all. This is me jus mucking around with a style im using professionally at the mo.

Gorillaz

Muckin around with a lil bit o spare time again, (wasnt goin to post anything today but did cause i was aked to by Niki http://nicholakehoe.blogspot.com/ . Thanks a mill Niki!) i think the designs for all the characters in the Gorillaz are awesome! n yet ive never actually drawn them, so here's a sketch o 2-D.  Really just lashed this guy out had a lot o fun, ill prob draw the rest o the band eventually.   Hope u like it Niki!

Yippee Kiyay Mother Fudger!

Yo was looking for sumthin to draw this mornin to warm up into an illustration for a book I'm doin, n after a load o looking up sum artists, Colman, comics, imagine fx, gris grimly, blogger, Niki's ( http://nicholakehoe.blogspot.com/ )  blog n stumbled on a post my mate Dan ( http://www.zero-capital.blogspot.com/ ) put up,

http://zero-capital.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-is-hot-hot-hot.html


 These drawings he did r full o energy big twisted lines, some of my favourite drawings that he's dun n for the first time i looked at sumones sketches n thought, if i had to do that in my style how would i do it, wat wud it look like, wud i ruin the other persons sketches?  sooooooooooooooo i had a stab at convertin this guy into sumthin I'd draw.

He turned out v different, I was drawin cowboys at the weekend so I def went dwn the cowboy route with him ( instead of the introverted bus driver) n left out the crest on his t shirt, n changed his boots.  but kept the elongated neck n head, and I stretched him out a bit more.   I did a version o him with sum stubble, (i think cowboys shud have stubble) but keepin in with Dan's style i also did sum fresh faced sketches o him too. also liked how high Dan kept the hat sitting high on his head so i did that too, usually i have the hat covering the eyes n such.  My design looks a great deal darker than Dan's happy designs, but I'm pretty happy with the end results.  Cheers Dan!

I Scream!

Was mucking around after doing sum work today on my children's book and I had this little joke in my head.  might actually refine it, make a nu blog header or business card outta it.

apparently it takes about 10,000 hours of practice to excel in a particular area so I'm heading back to the drawing board!

G'luck!

more iphone gestural stuff

Another gestural sketch from my iphone. I spent ages on this one to tell truth, cleanin up on the iphone with sum clumsy man hands aint easy.  this is of a girl i saw on friday, cool dress sense, very cool pose and expression that sed "i dont care".  im goin to try n draw sum more of her  im def goin to draw full body complete pose, ive actually never seen n e 1 sit at a bus stop using a pillar and stop sign to prop herself up and actually look very comfortabel b4.

i doubt my iphone drawings will ever b this clean again this took a lot o patience, did an awful lot more drawin with the eraser than n e thin else. i ended up using my laptop on a few lil bits but i wudnt let myself do too much, felt like i was cheatin r sumthin. def more of this kind o stuff to come

Zoolander's reaction on BP oil spill

A wise man once said that "Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty." - not in BP's case tho. There's been soooooo much oil spilled into the sea i think it's really really ridiculous.

I started this this morning while waiting for feedback on a job I'm doing, thought I'd throw it up. I'm actually happy with the likeness.

laters

More Life Drawing

Here's sum more Life Drawing, still really rusty think i even had a better week 2 weeks ago in the class. but how n ever here's some work. top one is a gesture n the bottom 2 are sustained poses. all drawings are conte on sugar paper

warm up

startin a new gig today n its requires me to tone back my really cartooned style. heres a warm up i did to get myself started. still not completely realistic but realistic enough

figure studies

Trying to do more n more of these I don't usually post these up but I'm relatively happy with this one.  Especially since it was dun on the bus ( the gud oul 46a) n i hate drawing on the bus cause of all the bumps etc i usually get the worst linequality in the world!  n the line quality in this isn't at all the best could be but, I'm doing these more n more just make my library of designs grow.  Some people in Dublin (esp the women and even more so now that the sun is out) have an amazing dress sense and I'm just trying to see all the shapes, cuts n colours that I can so I can use em in my designs. I'll post up sum more soon whether they r gud r bad

Sum new Life drawin'

Attending new life drawin classes at the mo,  here's a couple o pics

The model we had was awesome, still feel pretty rusty tho as its been years since my last life drawin class, dont feel im doin the model any justice, but i have to start sumwhere.

G'luck!

pastels

Here's a big drawing I did for the Art n Hobby last weekend.  It was originally supposed to be loads o kids flying kites and soaking up the summer sun, but wen I woke up that morning it was lashing rain ( gud oul Irish weather) so I thought I'd draw a long armed monster keeping the kids dry while they eat their Mauds Ice-cream n play with toys from the Art n Hobby ( Mauds ice-cream is amazin! check it, n Yo-Yo's r always fun, if u do not have a yo-yo go to ur nearest art n hobby n pick one up!)  this was done on 8, A2 royale blue canford sheets n sum pastels.  twas fun.

Now time for something completely different

So here's something i finger painted on my iphone using the sketchbook express app. it was a gud bit o fun, i reckon ill do a few more of these gestural sketches... wonder who i'll draw next?  I'm gonna update this blog soon wih all kinds of visual goodness and more links to awesome places, i should be gettin a lil bit more time mid-week now soooooo in theory i should be able to start next week