THE LAST MAN

I am no fan of Collage. There's tons of great of Collage art out there that i think is amazing and am flabbergasted by it's beauty, but me doing collage? Nuh uh. Everything sticks to my fingers, there's mess everywhere. Never enjoyed it.

So last year when we had to do a Collage project, in which we had to pick a reference image (photo or artwork) to recreate, i thought i should pick something that i would be really excited about. Y: The Last Man is one of my all time favourite comic book series. It's amazing, from start to finish and the final issue is one of the few comics that will make me cry like a baby. And it's got a fantastic cover by Italian Illustrator Massimo Carnevale. As you can see below, with my attempt at collage. (click for larger view)



The whole time i was working on it, it looked like a complete mess. Really bad. Thanks to everyone's encouraging words though i soldiered on and it actually ended up coming out okay! Unfortunately i didn't get time to finish it, and it certainly didn't make me wanna do anymore collages, but i was quite happy with this in the end.

FURRY

These were all done last year in prep for an exhibition at TAP gallery raising money for the RSPCA (a few of them were in the show). There's a couple of tee's with the second image for sale at my store.

THE CAT'S MEOW

This is an illustration i did last year for the Enmore Design Centre's "Cat's Meow, Dog's Dinner" student show at TAP Gallery. After spending months experimenting with acrylics and watercolour, gouache, pencils etc. and making countless dog and cat pictures, i did this over the holidays and it turned out to be one of my favourite works of the year. Not to say i wasn't happy with the experiments, it was just nice to get back some good ol' cartoony comic stuff.

There's a cat that turns up at the door of the apartment block across the street from ours, pretty much around 7:30pm every day without fail, and meows until it's let inside. Whenever i hear it i go and have a peek, and that's where the inspiration for this came from. Unfortunately Superman does not live in that same building. As far as i know.

I also got these printed up on tees to sell at the show, and they sold really well! I have a couple up for sale on my etsy store, as well as some other stuff so have a look if you're interested.

WHOOPSIE

This is a concept illustration for a doll i made last year for a TAFE project. The doll has since fallen to pieces (quality workmanship!) but i got some pics i'll put up soon. It came out alright, though this picture is was my favourite part of the project i think.

Watercolours & pen. Whoopsie was actually the name of the clown my Dad used to perform as!

WORSHIP

The final of my American Gods concept art series, and the one i spent the most time one. I got really caught up doing this one. It's so easy on the wacom to just keep on making changes, adding stuff, tweaking this. But i'm happy with how it came out.

Click here to see the other concept images.

THE CAVE

This was the first one i did as part of this project and doing this i started to finally feel comfortable using the tablet. Shoulda done a different pose but oh well!

Only one more to go...

MOTEL AMERICA

Another from my American Gods Concept Art project (click here for more). Wacom & PS.

MEAD.

Another from my American Gods concept art project, this was the quickest and loosest of them all. Click the tags below to see the others...

SHADOW

Concept for Shadow from American Gods, part of a concept art Tafe project (click here to see the more).

DREAM

 Another of my American Gods concept art TAFE project. This time depicting a dream sequence in which Shadow is confronted with the statues of long forgotten dead gods. I based the room on the framework of a boat, since that's how these gods would have been brought over to America.

Wacom tablet + PS. This was a quick(ish) one, hour or two i think. Though i still feel like i'm heaps slow with the tablet.

YGGDRASILL

Concept for the Worldtree from Norse Mythology, done as part of a series of concept artworks for the Neil Gaiman novel American Gods. This was taken from no scene in particular (can't recall whether or not the tree makes an appearance in the book), i think i just had this image in mind and started it as something to loosen up, but ended up taking it through to completion.

(Part of a school project to create a series of digital concept art images for an unadapted book, click here to see more). 

ZORYA POLUNOCHNAYA

Concept for the rooftop scene between Shadow & Zorya from American Gods. This is probably my fav out of all the ones i did.  Few hours with a Wacom tablet.

(Part of a school project to create a series of digital concept art images for an unadapted book, click here to see more).

LOW KEY LYESMITH

Part of a project i've just finished at TAFE. We had to pick a book and produce a series of Concept Art images for it using mainly digital means, wacom tablet PS etc. Also had to pick something that hadn't been adapted in a long time/ever so we weren't too influenced. I chose American Gods, as it's one of my favourite books. It's being adapted into a HBO series now, which'll be awesome! But haven't seen anything from it yet.

This is a character concept for Low Key Lyesmith. PS + Wacom tablet. Couple of hours. Had fun doing this one cause i didn't really plan it at all, just went for it.

TERRACOTTA LIFEGUARD

I did this for a vector based Illustration project. We had to do a double page spread to accompany an article based on the political and economic relationship between Australia and China.

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Final day to see Dog's Dinner Cat's Meow! Get in there before 4, when it all starts coming down.

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Don't forgot to visit Dog's Dinner Cat's Meow before it finishes up on Sunday. And if you've already been, go again!

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Dog's Dinner Cat's Meow, TAP Gallery till the 14th August.

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I had a dream last night where a zombie's head, after we decapitated it, started buzzing around like a fly and chasing me and Dan Akroyd in circles. Then she gave us some money (500 smackaroonies!) and sent us on our way to find the other surviving humans. Can't wait for Walking Dead Season 2!

DDCM at Tap Gallery. Click me.

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Don't forgot to visit Dog's Dinner Cat's Meow currently on at TAP gallery (until the 14) and tell everyone you know to go to. It's for a good cause, cause animals are awesome!

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Dog's Dinner Cat's Meow | 2/8 - 14/8 | Student Exhibition raising money for the RSPCA