Doodle - Mar 14

via Instagram http://ift.tt/2mnDeRR

WIP / doodle.
I say work in progress, but I probably won't go back to it.
I was trying to play around with a different painting process. I'm a huge fan of digital art that has a painted or traditional look. Way outside my comfort zone.

I didn't spend much time on it. It's more messing around than anything.

Get well card for Gabby

via Instagram http://ift.tt/2m9Nixy

A friend on twitter told me about a young girl in her small town in Iowa, who had just gotten out of hospital after having surgery for a brain tumour. She now faces a year of chemo too.😥
Thanks to the internet, little Gabby is receiving Get Well cards and postcards from all corners of America and UK. So now she is getting at least one card from Ireland too.
I saw updates on her progress on her mum's FB page. It's incredibly to see her smile after what she is going through.
I was originally going to make it a postcard (it's not very big), but I was worried it would get damaged. Also, the markers I used went straight through the card. So, I just mailed it in an envelope as normal.

Hopefully it will arrive safe and sound and in time for her birthday.

The female character is Viking shieldmaiden Lagertha. On her mum's FB page, someone made a reference to Gabby's hairstyle being similar to that of the Shieldmaidens in the TV show Vikings. Her mum continued to refer to her as a shieldmaiden. Appropriately, considering the bravery and strength needed to get through this.

A random leprechaun, because why not?
R2D2 and Bob the minion: I saw these a few times in photos and a video, so I'm assuming she really likes them (they were by her side in hospital).

Doodle - Mar 2

via Instagram http://ift.tt/2lHJyTW

I have been asked again to paint two boards for the local school's entry in the St Patrick's day parade.
We will see how that goes over the next week or so.

Doodle - Mar 1

via Instagram http://ift.tt/2lHMZd9

It's March "of the Robots." I thought I would give it a shot to get me back into a routine. The problem is I don't tend to draw robots or any kind of machinery. So, this could be extremely challenging and I might give up...
I probably won't try to do one every day because it could take me 2 or so days to get them looking right.

This is a poor attempt for day 1.
I was kinda inspired by the robot that is gaining attention lately -the one that is able to balance itself on two wheeled legs and its "arms" (which look more like the legs of a chair) act as a kind of counter balance.

Hello Detective - Chapter 2 (requested illustration)

via Instagram http://ift.tt/2lVDw62

I got a request on Tumblr for an illustration based on their fan-fiction novel. I shouldn't really be doing free illustrations but I was looking for something to draw anyway, so I gave it a shot.
The story was based on the BBC TV show Sherlock ,starring Benedict Cumberbatch. I ended up binge watching four episodes while I did this.

The woman in the picture is a character written for the story. I was asked to design her like Leighton Meester (an actress in the TV show Gossip Girl). I didn't quite get her accurate though.
The story was strangely written in Second Person. I think it's some kind of genre designed to put the reader into the story

Story / tumblr: Hello Detective.
User: cutie1365
Chapter 2 (without the illustration):

http://cutie1365.tumblr.com/…/hello-detective-sherlock-imag…

#Sherlock #BenedictCumberbatch #illustration

Doodling - Feb 23

via Instagram http://ift.tt/2mpMKnV

The two on the left are just random drawings.
The four on the right, I had photos opened beside me. I was trying to practise a few things, but it was more for fun. They aren't very accurate (and are riddled with mistakes), but they look good enough...

Chamber of Creation

via Instagram http://ift.tt/2jbSlwy

I didn't make much of an attempt to make this a universal representation of a god / creator. I didn't want to spend too much time on it. However, if I had spent more time, I like to think it would have looked less like Santa Claus! (D'oh).

I just had an idea about visiting ancient standing stones deep underground in a cave system. This should be regarded as more a concept image. There is a lot of details I could have kept adding to the image to make it more universal and encompassing.

It's also meant to be symbolic rather than literal. 

With all the weddings, wedding proposals and other events during the last year (and with the start of the new year!), it kind of motivated me to return to a story or idea I had for a few years. 

I guess it can be seen as a story about trying to find God and hopefully find answers. Or to find a conclusion.