Friday, October 28, 2005

sorry

Got to run. No new posts for a few days. Feel free to check out the links to the side in the meantime.
D.

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Horse 2

Neigh, not another horse.


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Thursday, October 27, 2005

Horse

More vectors. I'm really enjoying using this.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Carrot

He was not feeling the best today.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Remote

for illustration friday...
Unfortunately for Bob,this island paradise was not as remote as his travel agent had promised.

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Girl

Having loads of fun with the new drawing toy. Looks like endless possibilities ahead.

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Monday, October 24, 2005

Bull

More vector fun.

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Sunday, October 23, 2005

Scruffy

Just started learning Illustrator. Vectors are quite nice to work with. Here's my first sketch. Coloured in photoshop.

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Saturday, October 22, 2005

Dog

Dog time

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Friday, October 21, 2005

Scribbles

More exploring. Much better proportions on the couple of the sketches that work. Thought I'd post the others to show the trial and error. Scribbles to work through problems. I love seeing a process of how others work. I find it fascinating. Unfortunately, I don't have perfect drawings, hence all the attempts. But this process is all about seeing which shapes work together and which don't and learning from that.

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Thursday, October 20, 2005

Anyone For Tennis?

Here's a couple more. The bottom one is again too lanky, but I like the lines in it.
Still searching.


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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

New Link

Here's someone you might want to check out. He's Aidan Harte. He works for a cool looking studio in Ireland called Cartoon Saloon. Love his illustrations. So much variety too. Click his name to get the link.

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Ruffs

I'd usually do a whole bunch of really quick sketches/ruffs of the character just to get a feel for her. Some more sucessful than others. The botom page she is more lanky. I prefer the proportions in the top pic. More appealing. Anyway, you can see some of my process here. Figuring things out. Loads to explore.


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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Molly

So I've decided to call her Molly. She looks like a Molly. A couple of people asked me how I came about drawing her. Well it came out of a gesture class that happens at work, taught by Dave Pimentel. He teaches the ways of Walt Stanchfield. You can find his words of wisdom on Jim Hull's Seward Street blog. There was a twenties theme, and two fantastic models. I started doodling around at home and she popped out of the pen. I'm still trying to find her, so you'll be able to see the progression of what will work and what won't. I'll be finding out what shapes and proportions will be appealing, so I'll keep posting so you can see the progress over time as an experiment.

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Monday, October 17, 2005

Cold

for Illustration Fiday.
Unfortunately for Mike, his mum had wrapped him up too well. The fact of his immobility was not lost on his friends, who proceeded to plan a massive snowball assult.

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Odd

For some reason, the pic I wanted to post uploaded all blurry. Grrrrr.
So here, have a quick elephant instead.

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Saturday, October 15, 2005

Got To Run

Short post today.

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Friday, October 14, 2005

Speakeasy Dance

Speakeasy dance
Lost in a trance
Stepping the night away

No time to stop
Start at the top
Music will play 'till day

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Thursday, October 13, 2005

Twenties Something

It's always amazed me how using a different type of pen changes things a little. It just gives it a different feel.

Twenties girl
With hair a curl
Wishing for romance

Hope you'll find
A guy that's kind
Who'll ask you up to dance

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Orange Bot

Orange Bot
You sure have got
A little rust
But not a lot

We'll fix you up
With bits of glue
And soon you'll feel
Just like brand new

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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Copper Bot

Copper Bot
You sure have got
A smile that should be seen

T'was your plan
Not to tan
And in the rain turn green.

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Monday, October 10, 2005

Robot

Time to robot

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Sunday, October 09, 2005

Lost

for Illustration Friday

Little puppy
Ain't so lucky
Finding his way home

He went out
Walking about
And now he's all alone

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Sketch

Sketch for the day

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Saturday, October 08, 2005

Boo

Ahh I love this time of year. Here's a bare bones black and white.

White sheet demon
Are you meanin'
To scare the life from me?

I'll give you sweets
I'll give you treats
Now go home for your tea

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Friday, October 07, 2005

Poolgirl

Used this drawing to help me figure out some tools I never used before.


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Thursday, October 06, 2005

Blue Henry

Oh Henry, why are you so blue
With arms as long as these?
For you could pick some apples
From the tallest apple trees

For apples make you happiest
When they are red and green
I didn't draw an apple tree
Because I'm really mean


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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Lean

More splashy colours. Small sketch for today.


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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Doggies

Very quick sketches. Mindless doodles.

Blues and greens and yellows and greys
And yes, the brown ones too are strays
Such an oddly coloured bunch
I wonder what they had for lunch.

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Monday, October 03, 2005

Ghosties

Ahh, yes, 'tis the season for it. I can feel it in the air.


This demon lurks about at night
Looking for someone to chill 'till light
Too bad for him there's no more fun
He's scared to bits of my young son.
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Sunday, October 02, 2005

Sink (Float part 2)

Don't worry friends, I haven't gone all sappy on you. Just building you up to part two of Float. (See two posts down.)
This is what happened after he dumped her. So sad.

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Saturday, October 01, 2005

Cowboy

There's been a bunch of cowboy drawings in blogland lately. Here's another one to add to the list.

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Float

for an illustration friday

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