Sneak attack

Who's there?

Sketching around trying to understand the fall off of lamp light a bit better.

Sheep at sunrise

 
Thought I'd post something as I haven't for a while.

Rupturing Rapture

'Rupturing Rapture' book cover illustration

Short-eared owl

 

Female head studies

Mum-to-be

Card design celebrating mums.

White on white

Christmas card design for the U.S. market.

Tour de France

Card design for fans of Tour de France.

Female head study

Female head study.

3 carollers

I did this a while ago, quite a nice warm lighting situation.

Big window little choir

Big choir

Moved the camera up and to the left from the previous one to try a different viewpoint.

Carols by candlelight

Church choir card design. I went to a Nathan Fowkes workshop on colour and light last weekend through Schoolism. So I am trying to work out how to implement some of the principles Nathan talked about to improve my work. Practise will make perfect.

Christmas Special steam engine

Why does Santa have a train as well as a magical sleigh? This is a good question- most likely for entering countries with restricted airspace.

Over the Threshold

She's the one

Wedding card design. Sticking to pastel colours.

Going bridal

New wedding card design. Going for simple and elegant with this one.

Just Married

Wedding card design. I went with a classic Bentley style car. Originally it was white but I changed it to green and increased the reflectivity of the paint. Was a challenge to work out the reflections.

Christmas skating

Ice skating scene set in a city centre park. Commission.

All in white

American-style church Christmas card design.

Lake Placid

Male range card design.

Santa

Christmas card design. I am trying to work out my 'own' version of Santa in terms of facial features, beard shape etc.

Joey vs The Gundam

 

My son and I have been having some fun building some model kits recently. This one went a little out of control when we decided to implement an AI system into the build.....

Dad Birthday design

An entirely different birthday card for a Dad. Commission. The grey text etc indicates foiling.

Truro Cathedral

The client commissioned this rework of a previous design they had commissioned - this time with Truro cathedral in the background.

Learning to ride

Father's Day card design

Nativity Madonnas

Couple of nativity designs for cards painted up first in Photoshop and then in Painter.

Horse Guards at Buckingham Palace

I've been reading Jack Hamm's book on drawing animals.

There was something a bit strange about the new guy

Creature design illustration.