Jowy shenaggins 5/11/14

Hello this is going to something something a little more detailed in terms of the subject.

I have recently been going to this event every Monday night called Balti and Big Questions its an evening of discussions and debates about the existence of God next to the world and universes, While you get to eat really good indian food for free. So far its been very deep and interesting and has made me question few things. I used my memories of going to church as a young kid to juxtapose metaphors with visual interpretations from each talk.

Until next post LATERS :)

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men Portraits project 31/10/14

Ever since I discovered the amazing artist Todd Schorr and his blend of cartoons and pulp art. I have wanted to render characters in to a semi realistic render like he does in his paintings. a lot of well known properties and characters have had this concept executed by a lot of talented artists =). But i felt that lesser known or forgotten shows do not get this treatment. I intend to change this with the new body of work I present to you for this months illustration project.

Maid Marin and her Merry Men

For those of you who do not know Maid Marian was a BBC kids tv series written and staring the great Tony Robinson (from Black Adder). It even got produced in to a colourful comic book with the wonderful cartoon work of Paul Cemmick (He is now an artist for our national SFX magazine). The premise was that Marian was the fearless leader rebelling against an angry King John and Sheriff of Nottingham (who Tony Robinson played). While the (quote) hero Robin Hood and the other merry men were kind of useless and weak yet Marian would tolerate their incompetence. Robin was a coward and cared more about his fashion then fighting.

The aim of these illustrations was to take Cemmicks character designs from the comic and translate them in to a more semi realistic style that represented the characters personality. Due to time constraints this month (mostly to do with Poycon Uk) I was only able to get four of the main cast done but I made sure that each portrait was up to a high standard I also used different light sources to make each individual stand out and look visually more interesting.

Sadly its hard to find the comics nowadays  but the TV show you can find on Youtube. :)

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Jowy shenaggins 29/10/14

Been a good week or so since i did any OC drawings :P

Max is a strawberry jellybean with an obsession for technology computers and gaming he usually can be found with a head set on yelling at his monitor. Holinder is the type of character who has an OCD for technology and hordes a lot of it even if its pretty much junk.. His also a prankster and very snarky. Like Jowy he too goes to Left Hand High and lives in the same apartment. :)

here we get a good concept idea of Max (Bean) Holinder's cluttered machine filled bedroom. Jowy does not approve.

You can check out what information I have on my characters here ;)

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Jowy shenaggins 27/10/14 new month long illustration project almost done

Phew Coming to the end of another hard working month and my new Illustration project is almost done. 

Its not going to be as epic as my Middle East 2050 series but its still going to be done to a very high quality. 

It also would fit into the fan art category.

All will be relieved this Friday ;) 

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Jowy shenaggins 21/10/14

Preview for a new commission I am hoping to get done this week.

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Jowy shenaggins 18/10/14

Yesterday I decided to have a crack at something more arty for a nice change of pace from all the cartoon and pony work.

Back when I was in college and university I tended to do really quick expressionaist sketches usually capturing the essence of movement . 

i have not drawn anything in that style in a long time due to the simple fact nowadays I like to recreate things as realistic as possible. 

Drumming or playing any kind of musical instrument is something I enjoy sketching on occasions.

I was also inspired by this awesome Drum cover i found on youtube years ago of Linkin Parks Session and Numb Still one of my most watched videos to this day. =D

Until next Post LATERS :)

Jowy Fan stuff 15/10/14

Good old Mario mixed with a bit of Dragon Ball and Kill La Kill. 

I did this with my pro markers. Makes a nice change from using digital for once.

Until next post LATERS.