Posted 1 year ago
A commission I did this past week for a Twitter friend. The person depicted (the friend’s foster son) had their birthday on Friday (STAR WARS DAY – this is possibly the best birthday day of all time), and this was part of their gift.
Sketched on paper, photographed (because I have to walk like five whole feet to get to my scanner, so screw that biz), and then inked, coloured and shaded in the Photoshop CS6 beta (I’m a fan). Also I should mention that this is possibly the first afro I’ve ever drawn, and I nailed it first time. BAM.
Anyhow, apparently they really liked it, so I feel like this was 100% a success!
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Posted 1 year ago
Dug up an old pin-up sketch (girls with guns is a staple in my collection of sketches) last night, and then thought it’d be a nice warmup to update it. The warmup “resketch” turned into a full blown piece.
I don’t know about other people, but the vibe I get from this chick is Penny (from Inspector Gadget) all grown up.
I dunno. Like I said: it’s an old sketch. God only knows what I was eating at the time. I mean, she’s got a shodding midriff top on, for Hawke’s sake.
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Posted 1 year ago
My fiancé’s favourite character from Adventure Time is the Lumpy Space Princess, and given that my fiancé’s name is Melissa (also the name of LSP’s best friend, for those who don’t know), this provided the perfect opportunity to spruce up the gift wrapping a little.
Purple wrapping paper, yellow card for the stars, white paper for the eyes, and permanent black marker for anything in black (outline of the stars, the eye colour and the arms/lumps).
I am extremely happy with how it turned out, and it got the desired response when she unwrapped it this morning, so I lumpin’ win, you guys.
Posted 1 year ago
You and I both know you love Warehouse 13 just a little bit. And we all know you want the Farnsworth’s piercing noise for your phone (it makes you feel like you’re a Warehouse agent!). But, it’s difficult to find on the interwebs. And most of the places that you can find it are poor imitations, or screen-ripped recordings.
But there’s a solution. And while it would probably have been easier for me to just provide you with the file, it’s a) not as fulfilling as you getting it for yourself, and b) probably not as legal? I don’t know. I’m really just making sure my butt is covered. Also c) how else are you supposed to get your Claudia on? Nothing says “I’m a Warehouse 13 fan” like jury rigging your own ringtone.
So, here’s how to get the Warehouse 13 Farnsworth ringtone for your iDevice.
NOTE: These step by step instructions are for Mac OS X. Undoubtedly you’ll be able to get the same effect on Windows or Linux, but you might have to improvise a little.
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Posted 1 year ago
This illustration is another that I’ve done for our wedding invitations: specifically, this one appears on the cover, in a sort of homage to the original posters for the Back to the Future trilogy.
I am particularly proud of the colouring and shading with this one: I am by no means a car fanatic, nor am I much good at drawing cars in general, but this one turned out EXACTLY how I wanted it to.
All of the line art was hand drawn on a Wacom Cintiq, with the exception of certain parts of the delorean, which were done using line tools in Photoshop. I also used some free textures for the banding around the front bumper and for the stainless steel chassis.
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Posted 1 year ago
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do
— Steve Jobs (via hawkstudios)
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