Project 365: Jan 22nd - 28th 2013

Here is an update for Project 365, which I have been doing since the start of this year. It features at least one illustration, for each day of the year. So boys and girls, here's what I been up to this week.

Jan 22nd: Spidey Sketch... Always like drawing Spider-Man. I try to do different poses each time to keep it interesting.

Jan 23rd: Random Chick 3... Pretty self explanatory. Trying to get better at females figures and not get so embarrassed about doing sexy drawings.  

Jan 24th: Blind Leading The Blind... I love doing drawings based on puns. I've had this idea for a while but never got round to actually putting it down on paper.

Jan 25th: Superman Chibi... Was never a fan of Superman, but I couldn't really do a series of comic book chibi's and not have him appear at some point.

Jan 26th: Tattoo Designs... Not too sure where this idea came from. Started out with the design on the right and just expanded on it.

Jan 27th: Ben Reilly... For those of you who don't know who he is, Ben Reilly is a clone of Peter Parker (the original Spider-Man). After a 5 year absence in the comics, he took on the mantle of the Scarlet Spider and even took over as Spider-Man for a period in the 90's.

Jan 28th: Bats... Just some simple designs I did. Actually find them quite pleasing.

Cheers for looking folks!

Project 365: Jan 15th - 21st 2013

It's a ad late, but here is what  I been up to in the last week or so.

Jan 15th: You coming?

 Jan 16th: Ben Reilly Spider-Man Chibi

Jan 17th: My Neighbour Totoro

Jan 18th: Why So Serious?

Jan 19th: Ultimate Showdown

Jan 20th: Dead Spidey

Jan 21st: Link Chibi

Project 365: Jan 8th - 14th 2013

Been extremely busy this week so these are all just sketches. I'm gonna have a lot of free time though over the next month, so I should be able to share some finished work with you lovely people.

So, the week of January 8th - 14th.

Jan 8th: Iron Man

Jan 9th: Random Chick.

Jan 10th: Son Of Da Bitch!

Jan 11th: Sally.

Jan 12th: Weeping Angel.

Jan 13th: Steampunk Spidey.

Jan 14th: Random Chick 2

More to come next week peeps, so stay tuned!

Open Doors SW9 at the Brick Box

I was fortunate to be involved with the latest Open Doors located in at The Brick Box in Brixton. It was special for me personally for a couple of reasons. It was my first exhibition and it also featured my old mate buddy pal Fuad as well, so it was also our first exhibition we did together.

The art exhibition was themed around a game of consequences. Open Doors had collected words written by local residents about the area. The words have been passed onto artists who will be exhibiting original art directly inspired by the words.

 

Friendly Spidey Rivalry: Sweeney Tom's Ammunition

As I mentioned in a previous post, me and my good old buddy Tom have been having a competition seeing who can out do each other in terms of a Spider-Man costume design. I thought I'd take this time just to show you guys what this talented young man is capable of.

Armoured Spidey

Grinch Spidey?

OAP Spidey

WWI Spidey

Spider-Hulk

'I love to draw, that's how I do it.'

Why the title? Allow me to explain. The other day I was talking to a close friend of mine, who is an illustrator, about the amount of drawing we both been doing as of late. Now at the moment we're both in simular situations as the illustration field isn't our main source of income, so we both work at jobs doing shift work for ridiculously low pay. Now anyone who has ever done any kind of shift work (retail, fastfood, etc.) knows that it leaves you utterly exhausted by the end of the day, both physically and mentally.

Dispite that I always end up doing some kind of drawing everyday, be it a complete work that I post on 'Ant Can't Draw' and 'The Prophets of Illustration' or just a quick doodle in my sketchbook. I'm pointing this out because my friend ask me how I do it? Because of our situations we both feel like death when we get home and he said he never has the energy to to do anything, let alone draw and couldn't get how I manage to knock out a new drawing every couple of days. So he asks me, "How the hell do I keep drawing?"

My answer was pretty simple. "I love to draw, that's how I do it."

And I do love it. I been drawing for as long as I can remember and it's one of the few things I will brag about as far as my skills go. I went to college and university to do creative courses because I wanted a career doing something I love doing and not once have I considered it a chore. It is a great field to get into as you're always doing something different and seeing a piece you created either on display, printed, in a magazine, etc. is one of the most gratifying feelings you'll ever get. On a person level it keeps me sane as I use it as a way of escaping if I've had a rotten day at work or if I've had an argument and immerse myself in what ever I'm putting on the paper (which these days is a lot of Spider-Man drawings). 

Someone once said if you do a job doing something you love then you'll never work a day in your life and I believe that. I mean when ever I get a comission I never see it as work and I enjoy doing. Drawing, illustration, animation, graphic design and whatever else you can put under this field is my passion.

It's what I love to do.