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Robotic B-Boy 3...Wait, don't I know you?

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

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*Sigh* Maybe, just maybe, I could have made life easier on myself by not getting really committed to the idea of making B a letter that transformed. Maybe. Who am I kidding? I'm a long-time Transformers nerd, and I'd never regret trying to do that. I'm actually really happy with how it came out. I did have to go through more sketching and planning stages with this one, but hell, it was worth it. I mean, look at this sketch. It's kind of ridiculous. Was it worth it? #letterin

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Dancing sketches

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This design was actually done before I started making my number designs, but I'm just sharing it now that I'm getting back to my letters. I put in a few elements that came from the logo I designed for myself (which is also my website logo). I wanted to have some elements that looked flexible, to contrast with very rigid-looking parts. This is another one it might be fun to see aniumated. What do you think? #lettering #letters #typography #sketches #pencils #finishedart #inkin

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Mechanical Text - 9

YES, this is the design for number 6 flipped 180°. I'm allowed to do that because, despite the protestations of fans of the number 9, that's all it is. Besides, I didn't just flip it. Well, the lines I did just flip, but that's not the whole story. I actually had to redo the shading and colours, so there is definitely more to it , honest. What do you reckon? #finishedart #pencils #inking #lettering #letters

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Eight was actually the final number I designed, so I had a bit of fun with it. In the penciling, I was borrowing some influences from some gaming art books I was given by a friend as a birthday present. I think that definitely leant to my making this number a bit...chunkier than many of my others. I do like how the influences from the books gave it a sense of movement, The large segment at the top looks like it's going to start moving side to side, while the stalks at the sid

Flashback - The Gentleman

Flashback - The Gentleman

Hey, I just found out The Gentleman's name! This is Robert Cornelius, the first person to take an image (a daguerrotype, not a photograph) of himself. So there you go, a little history lesson for us all. The Gentleman was another piece that really started out as an experiment. Summer and L'ermitage had been based on art nouveau paintings, but I wanted to see if I could take an image from the same period as those two, and turn it into an image in a similar style. Cornelius' d

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Flashback - The Battle of Brick Lane

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

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Bolder colours than I've used for a lot of these, but the contrast can't be a bad thing. I did start off unsure how I wanted to structure my 4. In the end, the slanted version is a clearer silhouette, so it made sense to go with that. I think some of the features I ended up using in the design were quite tool-like. There's even a catch from my son's pram in there. So, number 4. I finished this just in time to use it to announce my 40th birthday, which is a bit egotistical, bu

Flashback - L'ermitage

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

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