INKTOBER SKETCHES

VENOM

An OzComics entry from awhile back.

CHAMBER

My favourite X-Man!

KALI

This is a piece i illustrated based on the Hindu Goddess Kali. Originally conceived as a book jacket design, the original artwork was exhibited at the Eleven Illustration Exhibition late last year.

Pencilled and inked on paper, coloured in photoshop. I worked about A2 size so it was pretty big, and that hair took me freakin' ages! But it was worth it in the end.

Click for bigger view.

Inks

Process

Initial roughs, book cover mockup.

KILLEROO

So i'm very pleased to be working on a 12 page story for the Killeroo Gangwars Anthology (which you can find out more about here). It's a great story, written by Ryan Lindsay, and he's provided me many awesome things to draw!

Below is one of my early drawings for our hero Rufus. He's a tricky one to get the hang of, still need to draw him a lot more i think, but i liked how this one came out and thought i might give it a colour.

Ink

Ink, Mixed Media, PS

Now i'm off to work on page layouts!

BA-BOOM BANG

Hello! Been crazy busy the past month, (working on my portfolio, finishing off a bunch of projects and getting ready for my Grad show) so haven't had alot of time to update here. Still got a heap of stuff to do, but my folio is at the printers, most projects are finished and the grad show is next week!

Here's an illustration i did for a calendar we'll be giving away at the Exhibition.

The exhibition is on Wed 28th November. Details below. Come along if you can, there'll be 12 amazing portfolios by 12 amazing illustrators, plus you'll be able to get your hands on the calendar we've created.

I'll post up some more stuff regarding the show in the coming week. And oh yeah forgot to mention, also been working on my new website so keep your eyes peeled. Should be up in the next week!

STARES

This is another of the works i had in the Eleven Exhibition, and one of the ones in which i was exploring panels and one page comic book stories. Check the others out here and here.

Took me a fair while to draw all those people, but in the end it was worth it as this is probably the strongest piece i had in the show.

Oh, and i've updated my store with a bunch of new prints for sale, this being one of them. Check it out here! They'd make a great present. ;)

Ink, Digital.

Original drawing.

FLOAT ON

Only 3 days left to see the amazing Eleven Illustration Exhibition! This is another illustration i have in the show. Click here for more info on the exhibition.

For a few of my works in the show i was playing around with panels and the sense of time they inject into an image or images, creating a series of one page comics.

Ink, Digital

ELEVEN ILLUSTRATION EXHIBITION (VESAK)

Tomorrow night is the opening of Eleven, an exhibition of works by 12 awesome people who also happen to be illustrators. It's on at Global Gallery in Paddington from 6-8pm. The quality and variety of work on show is amazing so come check it out!

Vesak, below, is one of the works i will have on show (and available for purchase) at the exhibition.

Ink, Digital

The exhibition runs till the 22nd Sept at Global Gallery.

Exhibition info | Artists Info

FRANKENSTEIN

Last week's Ozcomics theme was Frankenstein and i got this done quickly before some overdue homework (i justified it to myself as "warming up"). I wanted to do something where i wouldn't be able to get carried away with detail, so i roughed out the basic shapes in pencil and just went for it with my brush pen. Added some colour in PS for that extra sumfin sumfin!

Click here to check out the other entries, and like the ones you like! (Here's mine)

GHOST RIDER

I did this for last week's OzComics theme which is raising money for Gary Friedrich (click here to find out why). Anyone who wants can put their original artwork up for sale to the highest bidder, with all profit being donated. I was hoping to give this a digital colouring and put it in as a bonus A3 colour print for whoever wins it (if it sells), but i just haven't found the time unfortunately. I think i will give it a colour at some point down the line though, seems a bit flat at the moment.

Click here if you are interested in making a bid on this, or check out Ozcomics to see more great Ghost Rider stuff up for sale, bidding ends tonight so if you see something you like, get in there!

Ink on a3 Illustration board.

WATCHMEN

So i got to choose this weeks Ozcomics theme thanks to my Sandman entry and i went with the hot topic at the moment, Watchmen.

I started back at TAFE this week, and have already been slammed with a bunch of major projects, so i didn't get quite as much time as i'd have liked on this. There a few things that bug me but as with the JLA piece i did it's getting me in the swing of working faster.

Original inks below, made a few minor tweaks once i got it into the comp.

Go on over and check out the rest of the entries, there's a bunch of great ones already with many more on the way i'm sure.

JAY ELLE AY

So i ended up doing a bunch more of these while i was backing up my girlfriends computer. Got myself a Justice League! These are really fun to do, and i'm getting quicker i think. Wonder who i should do next...

Ink on paper, with some colour added in PS. Check out my followgram for some process shots.

GL

Trying to get into the habit of doing a quick warm up drawing before starting on other things. I have a tendency to spend too long on something (everything) and getting a bit carried away. Hopefully, doing this should help me loosen up and get used to working fast.