Birault Tech

As I was trying my best to circumvent the boring work currently on hand, I immersed myself in the step-by-step painting process of the great Serge Birault - a man who's all about pinups. I've eschewed the soft edged brush for years now, believing that it was a sure fire way to make the final product appear flat. But his technique says otherwise. I gave it a whirl myself after laying down a slapdash sketch so that I could jump straight into the painting side of things.. I'm quite pleased with what can be done. I'll get to painting over a more advanced sketch later. Funz!

The Cast

Just recently I was commissioned by a friend to create a poster for an idea they were planning on pitching in order to receive financing. I'm currently unable to post the final artwork here due to confidentiality issues. But the cast of characters created for the presentation shouldn't pose a problem. This was both fun and lucrative.

Ewar Woowar

As you may already know, Edward Woodward found himself the butt of a joke some years ago. Someone took away the letters that most prominently feature in his name and he, in turn, DIED. I'd just like to say I don't agree with what was done to the Big EQ. I frown on it.

Back in time

A little hard surface modeling from back in the day. Some might say this was left unfinished. Lieutenant, those people are already dead. Kapow!

#standinyourrender

Whaddya do when the city's come to a cottony standstill. You #standinyourrender. Shitchyeah!

Fort or Fart?

Original hand lettering with a bit of 3d and post in PS and blah blah blah.

Snowcat

After a few modifications. The angle from which the photo of the snowcat was taken didn't lend itself well to a level viewpoint. Some perspective changes have been made to remedy that. I also have a soft spot for warmer palettes, but that just wouldn't do here.

An outstanding frigid feline sculpt by H of Southcott, quickly taken into the Photoshop Shambles and dealt with in a multi-layered manner. Think radioactive onions, only more so. Fab cat, fab comp!

Penguin on a Cup

A project I just finished up for a client on C.spring. Smooth, affable, picture perfect finish. What more do you need?

Ho ho ho

Is it a broken clock or a minute hand trying to catch up? A deal saver, et tu Brute (after Brutus joins the slew of dinner-party cancellations)?

IT'S NEITHER.

Sea Life

Thinking I could get through an entire range of sea dwellers - as called for by the client's brief - I jumped in a few hours ago with much aplomb but managed only to churn out this jovial duo. My lids are drooping so I guess this will have to be banished to the archives or finished off later. Either way, the client can scram!

Hit me up with $$

The panhandling goes on. My latest bank statement's lit a fire under me, so a prompt rejuvenation of my finances is called for. Not that these are sure-fire solutions, but thank heavens for the intarweb.

Art Swap

An ad poster for an Art Swap event with a retro injection. Only thing nicked was Velazquez's Pope Innocent X. Turned out quite nice.

Droid on Droid

Some more of my way the hell up and gone work. These (an)droids ought to fetch a few bob. Giddy up.

As always, the sketch was a tad tawdrier than the final product.

Horror On Horror

In the interest of not going homeless, I've once again begun trawling for gigs where anyone with any tangible self-respect shouldn't dare. At least the creative juices find some motility. This composite is something I threw together for an indie film movie poster. It's still in the pipeline. Them pipes again.

Hellenic Art

A little vignette for the emoticon haterz! Vector and raster go together to make VexterTM. There's no going back now.

Wining around 2

Now working on some wine packaging for the new brand. I have to say, just getting the UVs to display correctly on the cans in 3ds max was an unforeseen chore of the highest magnitude. Whereas a UV unwrap for a simple cylinder would have taken 3-5 minutes, a simple modification of the geometry had me pulling my hair out as I pushed and pulled single vertices for hours on end. Get a grip Autodesk! IT'S 2011 FFS!

Wining around

I'm currently working with a client on some assets that are mainly based around a newly established vineyard and their output. Simply sending them some label designs that flatly display on the screen is quite boring and doesn't do much to convey the designer's vision. So I tend to use 3d renders to woo them a little. Helps in the long run.

I lost a day

Just thought I'd post this as a testament that my dry spell does appreciably moisten on occasion. It's a terrible thing. The sketch never showed promise, and I was a breath away from scrapping it when something just gripped me. And off I went. It's still very rough around the edges, but a little post work made it passable.

Move the island

I remember scribbling this during an episode of that long winded bane of our existence, Lost. Nothing special, but it puts a smile on my face every time I flick through my work. If this spoils the show for you, it's well deserved. In fact...

THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIVING IN LIMBO! (you'll thank me later)

Naughty comeback

Just got to sketching in pencil. Next thing I know, BAM! I'm seeing blue. It could have gone either way to be honest. Nice to be able get something out, even if it does espouse a bit of self-indulgence and pointless misogyny.