I love using colour in my artwork. Hell, there were a few times in art school when I got in a bit of trouble for doing fauvist art when we weren’t supposed to. (I like fauvism. No regrets. It was better than getting in trouble for having a snowball fight in the dorms… I think….
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‘Sprouts’ Seamless Border Image
I actually made this as a mug design, but i figured it wouldn’t take much extra effort to turn it into a web design border. Transparent .PNG, works with whatever colours you want to throw at it.
The 2013 Resolution
I recently found out about the To Resolve Project through the Creative Market post on it. It seemed a good excuse to do something more personal than the tarot images i’ve been using as iPod wallpapers (as well as an excuse to mess around with CM downloads), so here we go… The original goal was…
Survival Mechanisms
I’d exercise, tell myself stories, draw eseekas on the ground… …Relax your mind. Imagine that the circle encompasses your entire existence. Let it become part of you. Now without thinking about it, allow your hand to make a mark inside the circle. Expand on the mark. Let it grow organically until it becomes a pattern….
Gamification and Art Streaks
I’m trying to get back in the habit of Drawing Something New Every Bloody Day, a habit i’ve managed to maintain for years at a time before but have repeatedly fallen out of and always had difficulty getting back into. (Motivation to keep a four-hundred-day drawing streak going is easy. Motivation to start a new…
Almost-Art Updates
Sort-of-art update: I’ll be raising prices on my prints within the next week. Truth be told I massively underpriced them when I first started selling them, just wanted enough to cover ink, but they’re selling well enough for printmaking time to be eating into my other art-making time. Which means they need to move on…
Caricature: Paul Ryan
Quite possibly my first caricature which a) actually looks like the person it’s supposed to be and b) doesn’t look too much like the person it’s supposed to be. I paused the news show he was on in the middle of him making a vaguely muppet-like face. Then again, i also paused him in the…
Caricatures & Site Redesigns
I’ve been trying to teach myself how to draw caricatures, which for the most part means repeated pausing during various TV shows to try to draw out the characters. Currently at the clunky phase where the caricatures are not quite recognisable as who they’re supposed to be. (I guess Cragen might be recognisable? But his…
Bandit Cat
Taking advantage of the negative space in my black-and-white cat’s face. The block for this print is close to two years old, and i think this is only the second time i’ve used it. I don’t do block prints very often. Print available for $5
‘Sprouts’ Mugs
Spring Sprouts Customisable Mug Spring Sprouts Mug The mugs i meant to design when i made the Sprouts design border. Both with plants all over and with room to put your name and favourite beverage. …I was maybe a bit impatient for this year’s winter to end.