Glamour girls

by Eddy on April 27, 2013

in girls,sketches,traditional

Girls watercolour and pencilEarth girlTokyo JoeGlamour queensBollywood girlsWatercolour girlsDino girl

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Drawing with fountain pens

by Eddy on February 17, 2013

in girls,sketches,traditional

Hero M86 fountain pensketch with Hero M86 fountain penDrawing Lamy Safari fountain penDrawing Lamy Safari fountain penDrawing Lamy Safari fountain penI have been trying out two fountain pens I brought recently, the Chinese Hero M86 ($12) and German Lamy Safari ($20). The nib on the Hero is slightly upturned and depending how you hold it gives a lovely varied line width. The more perpendicular the pen is to the paper the thinner the line. There’s no line variation with the Safari but it flows beautifully and feels similar to the Rotring Art Pen.

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Acrylic sketches

by Eddy on January 1, 2013

in sketches,traditional

blue dudecyclopsDivagreen ladyblue robotdark girlAcrylic on canvasblue girl and robotcircus girls

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Tura Satana painting

by Eddy on December 12, 2012

in girls,process,sketches,Uncategorized

Tura Satana painting process 09

Tura Satana painting process 08

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Tura Satana painting process 06

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Tura Satana painting process 04

Tura Satana painting process 03

Tura Satana painting process 02

Tura Satana painting process 01

Here’s some process photos of a Tura Satana painting I completed a couple of months ago. The initial drawing was quite stylised as you can see from the Photoshop rough and the sepia sketch on canvas. As I progressed I felt I wasn’t capturing her unique look despite repainting her face a couple of times. Finally I re-gessoed the canvas and started again. This time I went for more realism paying close attention to the shape of her eyes and jawline.

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New sketchbook

by Eddy on November 7, 2012

in girls,sketches,Uncategorized

robot-monster01cocktailhour01characters01characters02characters03Pages from a new sketchbook.

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Suzie in Glad Rags

by Eddy on October 20, 2012

in girls,traditional,Uncategorized

Suzie quilt by Chris Jones

‘Suzie’ quilt by Chris Jones

Suzie by Eddy Crosby
‘Suzie’ vector illustration

This year, I was delighted to hear from Queenslander Chris Jones, a talented quilter and textile artist. Chris has created a new quilt based on one of my vector illustrations. As you can see the “Suzie” quilt looks pretty amazing and it’s definitely the first time I had a drawing turned into textile art! I love the bright red dress which definitely gives it a much more festive Chinese feel.

Chris’s piece was part of the Glad Rags exhibition showcasing the work of quilting group Purple Paddo Patchers. Check out Chris’s blog here where you can see more of her work and photos from the Glad Rags show.

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First Born

by Eddy on September 15, 2012

in digital,process,sketches

First Born - final artworkFirst Born - colour roughFirst Born - sketch 01
First Born. Initial sketch (biro on notepaper), digital colour rough (Sketchbook Pro/Photoshop), final painting (Photoshop).

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Sketchbook

by Eddy on August 31, 2012

in girls,sketches,traditional

Afro girlcthulhu templelady cocoabodyguard01bodyguard02blood of the pterosaurPterodactyl squadronThis month I started working in this small format sketchbook (appox. 15cm square).

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I was recently commissioned by Victor Ng of Melbourne law firm Markwell to create illustrations for their website. Victor’s idea was to move away from the generic imagery that’s often associated with lawyers (e.g stock photos of businessmen shaking hands etc) and go for something different and distinctive.

Each image illustrates a heading “Bulletproof Branding”, “We speak human”, “No hourly rate, No surprises” in a style inspired by superhero and EC horror comic art. Attention was paid to bold line work and saturated colours so it would contrast well with the colour scheme and grid like layout of the site.

Check out the illustrations on Markwell’s home page
http://www.markwellip.com.au/

Bulletproof Branding

Bulletproof Branding

We speak human
We speak human

No hourly rate, No surprises
No hourly rate, No surprises

I’ve included the preliminary sketches for each illustration. The whole process was digital with the sketches and final ink created in Manga Studio. Colour was added in Photoshop.
Bulletproof Branding sketchesWe speak human sketchesNo hourly rate, No surprises sketches

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Simian Spectacle photos

by Eddy on July 20, 2012

in News,traditional

Here are a few photos from Simian Spectacle’s opening night on 14th July at the Harold Golen Gallery, Miami. The exhibition continues until 4th August. More details here. Photos courtesy of Robert Jimenez.

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