Kingyo Irezumi Set

Probably the last post of the year for 2014! I have felt compelled to add images to this blog even though the frequency that i post at has slowed down since i started it... nearly 5 years ago! a lot of my images i tend to post through Instagram and on my own website, but every now and then i will post some progress here. This set of Kingyo were a continuation of the Koi seasons but with goldfish, i tried again to give each one a distinct colour scheme, i was very happy with the outcome of this set!

Take Note Music

Recently finished a logo and a set of illustrations for Take Note Music, the client wanted an Ant in the logo that could then be used throughout the instructional videos on how to play instruments. Information on the site and finished videos to follow soon!

New Bananajims!

New Bananajims created recently for possible stickers and for a possible Back to Mine 4 Album cover... eventually i want to build up a huge folder containing lots of Jims ready to use! These illustrations were created by scanning ink drawings from the sketchbook into my mac and then using digital colour.

Artist at Work Collaboration with Posh Dinosaur

Myself and Posh Dinosaur Productions have been working together to produce a set of videos about the process of my work. Filming has taken place for the first few stages so far and head of Posh Dinosaur Michael James Day has been working hard to get this first video up.

This is an exciting project for me and i hope you enjoy it, the second video should be along shortly so watch this space

You can find out more about Posh Dinosaur Productions here:

http://poshdinosaur.com/

Super Mario Bros. Pizzeria

Find me someone who does not like Super Mario and ill give you... i cant think of anything worthy, everyone likes Mario! i created this piece after having a vision of the Mario brothers running a pizzeria, I ended up turning the original art into the logo you see here and eventually laser etching some ply with the finished logo.

Samurai Bananajims

I wanted to create a set of Samurai Bananajims prints, I was using Kuniyoshi's 47 ronin series for reference, here are some initial idea sketches, finished ink work and the original inspiration with a finished piece

44 Demons Samurai

I completed these smaller A4 44 Demons pieces recently, the Irezumi on the arms was done freehand with a brush and ink as i did not want it to have a outline like the characters. The masking and solid colour behind each character was a new technique that i tried out that has worked well.

The poses for each character came from looking at Kuniyoshi and Kunisada prints of samurai.

Seasonal Koi

Finished the Koi through the seasons series, from the top left its Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. I wanted the water colour to reflect the season along with the colour and pose of each Koi, the plant in each image represents the season also.