XRAY BABY RAY SERIES Drops
XRAY BABY RAY is a CC0 collection of 69 vandalised polaroids.
Out of the Dankness X-Ray Baby was born. Delivered into the World by Si Simple. Nurtured by creative parents Robness and Empress Trash.
Discovered in a top secret report from Lab 303 where X-Ray Baby from all dimensions test out their supernormal powers.
Break Free. X-Ray Baby cannot be contained.
Haus of X-Ray Baby - Explore Here
The memetic origins of X-Ray Baby can be seen here in the Haus of X-Ray Baby
1984: Thought Police Dog Squad Story
Recently I designed a 1984 book cover for SVSLearn monthly challenge. Having just re-read the book. I have developed a spin-off story idea based around that oppressive totalitarian world where The Party rules. Set in London. The story is based on the Thought Police and a member of their Dog Squad - Mangy Dog.
1984 Book cover designs
Recently I designed a 1984 book cover for SVSLearn monthly challenge. Having just re-read the book. I have developed a spin-off story idea based around that oppressive totalitarian world where The Party rules. Set in London. The story is based on the Thought Police and a member of their Dog Squad - Mangy Dog.
I made the drawings using Adobe Project Gemini (in BETA).
Hate Week - The Stick
Mangy Dog wakes up to and escapes their brain washing and goes on the run through the streets of London. The relentless oppression leads him to look for a way out of the city during Hate Week. Along the way he witnesses all the atrocities the Party commits in keeping their party members and proletariat inline.
The eyes are white to show nobody is home. Mangy has his sight restored.
CHARACTER SKETCHES
Thought Police Dog Squad
Mangy Dog
Mangy Dog Sketch
Thought Police Dog Squad - Dog Sketches
The Party - Female members
The Party - Male members
Having started to develop the characters I can now put together a story script.
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Inktober Day 26 - Elastic Orbs Stretch
Elastic Orbs - STretch Inktober 2018 Day 26 Prompt
Elastic Orbs - Stretch theme for Inktober 2018
I’ve been drawing things for Inktober on and off this month. I also started with the Society of Visual Storytelling online course. Which I found via the Inktober website. It’s an excellent way to learn about the illustration industry and improve skills. The tutors are top notch!
So practising drawing straight lines I made a piece to use for Day 26 prompt - Stretch. Basically a brush that technically is a sponge on a stick. Simples. A high tech fountain pen that guzzles a lot of ink!
Elastic Orbs using sponge based fountain pen
Testing a few of the diffferent brushes I’ve filled with Molotow Ink
Inktober 2018 - Inking from the last few days
Art from the Inktober 2018 sketchbook
DRAIN
Drain theme. "No You're Wrong" A Samurai Domestic.
SCORCHED
Scorched theme. Amy scorched by society. Her life over too soon.
See Creatures
Detail of the giant wave
A departure from my last project on Queen Liz has led me towards photographing nature. The magic lights, life and movement of the ocean. I spent a late summer in Ibiza filming and photographing the ocean. Now after two years working on illustrating and animating the ocean I have my first complete illustration. Working title is 'Big Blue' or 'See Creatures'. I'm leaning towards 'See Creatures' suggested by my friend Joel - he's quite good at naming stuff.
Here is a snippet of it - the final is a sweeping panoramic giant wave with a plethora of creatures in it. I'm keeping it under wraps for now. Watch out for more updates on awesome ocean animations, illustrations and wallpaper videos.
Krink and Grog
Flowerclava
Well I've been discovering the beauty of Krink and Grog paint in squeezy bottles. This has led to my Cara Balaclava series getting experimented on. This series started from some photographs I took of Cara Delevingne wearing a balaclava at London Fashion Week. I've thrown her disembodied head and hand into a variety of fantasy outer space backgrounds. I wasn't happy after seeing the first screen prints as the image just sank into the vibrant backgrounds. I needed to work on raising the central character out of the background.
before the paint pens got to work
Now in the final stages, I'm adding big blobs of paint that are spread around with a smaller nibbed pen to make flowers based on the Lily. This work is influenced by the classic scene in the War film Full Metal Jacket - I'm watching it while I paint. In this scene, "Joker" played by Matthew Modine defends the Art on his helmet to a foolish Colonel - saying It reflects the duality of Man, the Jungian thing.
To me, the balaclava has the reputation of being an aggressive hat and the flower is a peaceful shape. So I though they would explode together. An abundant conflict is formed.
A Cosmic Flower explodes on the scene
I've also made a simpler cartoon flower with fried egg qualities.
Flower Balaclava - being playful painting aggressive hats and peaceful flowers