Street Sketches!

I'm going to update this post as I scan and compile these images: For some time now I've been keen on practice drawing more people and using pens more frequently to record things I see. 

A friend and former colleague kindly gave me a V ball pilot pen, and I've enjoyed how the fine lines have influenced my sketching, which I often feel is messy and overly constructed. (NB some of these drawings are still just that, but in a few cases I feel like I've been able to break some bad habits, which to me is progress!)

Also been playing with brush pens:

And the obligatory pencil:

Sketchbook Scan Sunday!

Since returning to a spell of freelancing towards the end of last year my Sundays have again become the universal day of Tea and admin, since the Taxes are done I thought I'd try another slightly tedious task and scan in some sketchbooks.

Here's some compilations from last years Inktober month. Some street sketches up next post!

Some old ghosts...

Just dug up some work from last year that never went anywhere, I think these were intended for use as stickers - not particularly seasonal but hey-ho. In my more current projects I've been doing loads of 'dirty' digital painting with some great grease pencil brushes, so its nice to look back at this stuff which is using crisp vector masks and smooth gradients.

VMAT 2013 - Merry Christmas!

Some friends suggested doing VMAT (very merry art trade) this year, cheated a bit on the colours but was fun.

New game project is coming....

And it definitely involves trains.

Some early idea generation stuff I've been doing on a new project I'm hoping to make it into a concept document and comic. 

Don't hold your breath though - in between freelance, portfolio and trying to draw cave paintings this one's going to be a slow burner... The classic rail travel posters actually weren't in the forefront of my mind when I started this image - but with the vector shapes it just went that way. Still a WIP for now.

Selfie

Feels like a bit of a A-level art assignment this one - but since I missed world portrait day, thought I try and do something with some new Frenden photoshop brushes. (which are great btw.)

Wedding peeps

Just a quick little card image for some lovely pals!