Get Mega!

A little illustration and logo for my Electro / Hip Hop night down here in Cornwall. I've been wanted to create a character with a nice big gold chain for a while now and, since creating the image for Block Interactive (in the Portfolio,) I have been enjoying using super bright colours so this seemed the perfect opportunity. It's something that six months ago I would never of imagined I would do.

There's also some super subtle flat coloured 3D work in this image too, something I have been experimenting with recently! More on that soon...

P.s the prints at my exhibition are selling nicely so if you want one don't leave it too long!

A Quick Update

I just updated the main portfolio section of the site with some new work for a new clothing company (hoof), a Theatre group Phoenix), a Web Development company (Thinking Differently), a lovely magazine (Waitrose Food Illustrated) and some personal bits (For Me.) You may have noticed there has been a change taking place with my work.

For the last couple of months or so I have been doing more simple colour illustrations. The new work has less detail, but hopefuly better concepts and more vibrant colour palettes. (I am currently fascinated with two-three colour images!)

- As they say less is more.

Anyway pop over to the portfolio to have a peek. Feel free to leave a comment here.

Two Colours

This started life as an idea for a logo and became an enjoyable experiment in line weight,shape and colour.

Hair!

For a while now I have felt my characters hair was lacking the detail of the other elements. Obviously the characters are stylised but there are many elements with are realistic feel, whereas the hair has pretty much stayed the same since I started. So last night I decided I would have a play. I got hold of some photoshop brushes from the Adobe Exchange and doodled. Now I'm not normally a fan of Photoshop brushes or filters, mainly as they have a weird stigma attached to them, and so I have never really bothered to look. The fur brushes I found are actually pretty good, and whilst it's still not quite what I want, it's a start.

I think the next step will be to create my own brushes. I'll post again as this develops.