Hey, you should consume some new content!
I've been updating the site a bit lately, so there are some new things to look at! If you've been following my blog, or been to my show, you've seen my mechanical typography project, and I've given them their own page, which you can get to via the Projects page in the site banner. The other things I've added are my Mechanical Dancers, which I created for the show, and they now have their own section in the Different Worlds section. Have a look at the pages, let me know what y
Robot-Breakdancing into the future!
Yeah, I didn't really have any good breakdancing jokes after 'Electric Boogaloo'. I did a few different sketches of this dancer, as the pose and angle would have gotten a bit distorted quite easily. I really liked the stripe on the t-shirt, so I thought it was a good element to keep. The hair is great too (and a reminder of when I, too, had it), so it made sense to incorporate that into it as well. I had to do a few colour variations to properly get him to work. I liked the b
Robotic B-Boy 3...Wait, don't I know you?
This dancer should look familiar to you, and if he doesn't, I've put a helpful reminder below. Yep, he's the poster boy for my upcoming solo exhibition, Multi-Dimensional Urban Spaces (click here to get your free tickets)! The show is going to be a bit of a retrospective, but the Dancers are new material that will be getting displayed for the first time at the show. In case you haven't already seen, the opening night will be Wednesday 4th September, 6.00pm till 8.00pm, at The
Flashback - The Battle of Brick Lane
This is really one of my personal favourites. After I'd done the Old Vic Tunnels piece, I definitely wanted to have another go at integrating my illustrations with my photography. This is the photo I ended up using, after one of my many trips to Brick Lane. I think it was one of a few I'd considered, but I found it worked best with the characters, and it's a great piece. I definitely had a few influences with the female character, mostly from Marvel. By now, everyone knows th
Flashback - L'ermitage
I think this was the last picture I made before I left London for Sydney. L'ete had made me feel that my Art Nouveau / robot idea was a good one, but I didn't think I'd completely nailed it. When I found this Paul Emile Berthon image, I knew it would be a better image to appropriate, as all of the framing and decoration had great potential for being updated. Also, it's just a fantastic image. This was, as you can imagine, a very long pencilling stage. I really wanted to appro
Flashback - Refugees "The Builders"
You've seen this piece in the Portals section of my site, and I did already post up the images for this before, but I hadn't really broken down the process like I've been doing in the other flashback posts. Here's the description from the original post back in 2015. This is my first entry for Artwork of Fantasy and Imagination, the next exhibition that I'll be doing with the group I did the Sydney Comic Art & Drawing Exhibition with. The show will run from 17th - 24th Decembe
Flashback - L'été (Summer)
You know what? I realised that, since I launched this site, there hasn't been any of the process stages for my older work. I thought I'd give that a go, and also use the opportunity for a bit of a self-critique, so here's the first of my Mechanicals pieces, Summer, or L'été, to give it it the title of the poster it's based on. Here is that original poster, Les Saisons: l’été, by Alphonse Mucha from 1896. It's a pretty beautiful image, especially the expression on the model's
"Different Worlds" Artist Statement
In preparing for Different Worlds, I wrote up a statement for the show. It sums up the show (obviously, I mean, if it didn't, I'd need to do some serious redrafting), but also explains a lot of my work in general. When I was a child, I never really saw the appeal of shows and stories set in the real world. There were so many worlds that could be, could have been, or could come to be, that it seemed strange to limit yourself to this one. Now that I’m creating my own stories,
"Different Worlds" Opening night!
Thanks to everyone who made it out to the Two Artists "Different Worlds" exhibition at ArtSHINE yesterday! Vinh, Stuart and Girija made the day great, and it was fantastic seeing my comic, fantasy, Steampunk and Scifi art all exhibited together with Girija’s brilliant paintings! "Different Worlds" Exhibition: 1st-22nd February 3 Blackfriars Street, Chippendale There are different small worlds in this big world. Different people, different thoughts, different visions, differen
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