I was feeling pretty bumped about my school results and I just have to paint to see if I still have what it takes to be an artist.
The focus of this year's competition is the fantastic book, 'The Bloody Chamber' by Angela Carter. It is a collection of dark reinventions of classic fairy tales. Having just completed a children's picture book, I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to create some sinister pieces of illustration. Below are my four entries for the competition as well as the passages that inspired each image.
The Bloody Chamber & Other Stories Cover
"...The Beast not much different from any other man, although he wears a mask with a man's face painted most beautifully on it..."
The Company of Wolves
"...If the benighted traveller spies those luminous, terrible sequins stitched suddenly on the black thickets, then he knows he must run, if fear has not struck him stock still..."
The Bloody Chamber
"...I took the forbidden key from the heap and left the others lying there..."
Puss In Boots
"...A white hand fragrant as Arabia descends from the black cloak and reciprocally rubs behind his ears just at the ecstatic spot..."
Pig on a Trampoline - three pieces, each 408 x 231mm
Acrylic on 140lb Saunders HP Watercolour paper
This is an idea I had, a series of images of a pig at the top of its bounce. I drew about a dozen poses, some more absurd than others, before arriving at just these three.
Before any porcinologists tell me, I know, pigs don't bend that way. Well, my argument is, a trampoline can be very persuasive.
The lack of eye contact is intentional because I want the viewer to remain disconnected with the pig. It's as if we've just turned a corner and happened upon her, gleefully bouncing away in her own little moment of joy. She'd never know if we simply, and quietly, back away and leave her to it.
This idea led to a concept for a children's picture book. Hopefully I'll get round to completing it, eventually.
For those that way inclined, here's a closer look at of one of them.
My tribute for the awesome sci-fi short-movie 'ROSA' (directed by Jesus Orellana)
Official website > rosamovie.blogspot.com/
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Here's my latest image done to send out as a mailer to clients and potential clients in October with my group of pals over at Once Upon A Sketch!. I'll be posting some process stuff for it soon. (Psssttt...I did record the process, but managed to erase it in while I was editting it. Sigh. Next time I'll work on a copy, like a sane person!) Ha!
Oh and as always click on image for larger version! :)
Here is a link to a little illustrated ad I´ve done for Bournemouth University (animated by Richard Shaw), click here to have a look BU Animated Illustration ad
This is my entry for the 'SPACE Exhibition' running in conjunction with the Cardiff Design Festival 2011. The quote is attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson and I picked it as I wanted to produce quite a melancholic response to the brief.
My latest illustration for Caravan Club Magazine is a nostalgic look at the decade that brought us space hoppers, polyester shirts and the Raleigh Chopper.
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