Wedding Invitation design

Well, what do you do if you don't fancy a run of the mill invitation template?

You design them!!!


I had a load of fun working on those. I pretty much had as much room as I wanted in terms of the design and the content.

On the left is the actual invite front design and on the right, well, the "Thank You" card front design.

I hope you enjoy it.

Inktober Day 9

 Day 9 - Back to Super Heroes.

Miss Marvel.

You can follow all the action on twitter #Inktober

Inktober Day 8

 Day 8 - Once again got carried away with the colour.

I have been watching the new season of Sons Of Anarchy. This is inspired by the great Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz.

You can follow all the action on twitter #Inktober

Inktober Day 7

 Day 7 - I wanted to explore traditional Japanese tattoo design and went with a Dragon.  I got a bit carried away and started applying colours as well.

I can't wait to see the Japanese Challenge on this year InkMaster.

You can follow all the action on twitter #Inktober

Inktober Day 6

 Day 6 - I have been a little bit late in posting my drawings. 

The incredible Hulk. He is not happy!!!!

I will upload a clean scan at a later date.

You can follow all the action on twitter #Inktober

Inktober Day 5

 Day 5 - For today's Inking challenge, I decided to tackle something that has always eluded me. The texture of the Silver Surfer. 

My drawing is based on pencils by Keith Pollard. Some areas still evaded me but all in all I understood a lot more about it. So all in all a good practice run.

I will upload a clean scan at a later date.

You can follow all the action on twitter #Inktober

Inktober Day 4

 Day 4 - In the spirit of "brushing up" on my brush work I decided to dig out my "The art of Comic Book Inking" which had been left alone, untested for a long time. That was a good way to practice and learn a few things.

The pencils are by Randy Green.

I will upload a clean scan at a later date.

You can follow all the action on twitter #Inktober

Inktober Day 3

 Here is my entry for day 3 - The mighty Captain Hook.

I am thinking of adding grey wash to it. 

I will upload a clean scan at a later date.

You can follow all the action on twitter #Inktober

Inktober Day 2

The very Talented Jake Parker has launched Inktober 2014 

Thirty-one days, thirty-one drawings

Here my entry for day 2 - I dug out an old sketch and tried to fix it with ink. the tree texture worked for me but I missed a trick on the clock.

I will upload a clean scan at a later date.

You can follow all the action on twitter #Inktober

Inktober 2014

The very Talented Jake Parker has launched Inktober 2014 

Thirty-one days, thirty-one drawings

Here my first entry

I will upload a clean scan at a later date.

You can follow all the action on twitter #Inktober

Daily Challenge: Whedonesque

Nearly there!!!

Here is the entry for last Wednesday's #dailydoodlers

The theme was “Whedonesque”. 

I think this kind of made me discover Joss Whedon as a writer. 


So here is the Buffy...

You can follow all the action on Twitter #dailydoodlers.

Comments are more than welcome.

I hope you enjoy it.

Daily Challenge: Ink

I am still catching up!!!


Here is the entry for last Tuesday's #dailydoodlers


The theme was “Ink”. 

I decided to post a study I am working for a tattoo... 

It’s not quite NY Ink, Ink Master or even my favourite tattoo artist Tim Hendricks (‏@Saltwatertattoo) but here is a Koi Carp I have been working on.

You can follow all the action on Twitter #dailydoodlers.

Comments are more than welcome.

I hope you enjoy it.

Daily Challenge: Pencil

I am catching up!!!


Here is the entry for Monday's #dailydoodlers


The theme was “Pencil”. 

For me "Pencil" evokes Marvel, DC, Romita, Lee, Quesada, Miller. Every hour spent studying their work. There is still a long way to go... 

So for this challenge, I chose to do a version of my favourite X-men character, Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin

 It's rushed and all wonky but I like the pose and since today's #dailydoodlers  theme is "Ink" I will try to Ink this and correct it hoping to do justice to all my childhood heroes.

You can follow all the action on Twitter #dailydoodlers.

Comments are more than welcome.

I hope you enjoy it.

Daily Challenge: Irish

I am catching up!!!


Here is the entry for Friday's #dailydoodlers


The theme was “Irish”. 

Somehow, the image this theme conjured up was Lucky Charms' Leprechaun. So I went with it.

   

I did not ink this one as I intend to ink it in Illustrator. Once again, update to follow.

You can follow all the action on Twitter #dailydoodlers.

Comments are more than welcome.

I hope you enjoy it.

Daily Challenge: Puss In Boots

I am still trying to catch up but I am getting there.


Here is the entry for Thursday's #dailydoodlers


The theme was “Fairy Tales”. 

I thought it would be nice to revisit some of my childhood memories and Charles Perrault's Puss in Boots was one of my favourite. Looking for reference I found this Puss in Boots cake this lady did and I loved the shape of it.

So here he is, the life of opulence at the king's court has been good to Puss in Boots.

   

I will try to colour this one as well. I shall post an update soon.

You can follow all the action on Twitter #dailydoodlers.

Comments are more than welcome.

I hope you enjoy it.

Daily Challenge: The last book I read

Sometimes technology is a bitch!!! 

I lost my hard drive last week and spend the vast majority of my week a) recovering data and resetting my PC and b) getting behind on my daily challenge.

Luckily, I think good things came out of that very frustrating experience. 

Please excuse the long diatribe. 

Here is my next installment for @danidraws Daily Challenge. 

Today's theme is "The last book I read".

I feel slightly ashamed to say that the last book I read was "The walking Dead Compedium 1" but then again it's a great book. I wish I had picked up on it before I actually discovered the show, the book is absolutely amazing. So today a little bit of fan-art and I give you Bicycle Girl

Ink and Pencil on Paper

and a close-up as well.

 

You can follow all the action on Twitter (#dailydoodlers).  

Comments are more than welcome.

I hope you enjoy it