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I 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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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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Pages from a new sketchbook.
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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. Initial sketch (biro on notepaper), digital colour rough (Sketchbook Pro/Photoshop), final painting (Photoshop).
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This 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/
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.
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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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