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And...

2008-01-22T18:48:00.001Z

And something I just finished...

New stuffs

2008-01-22T18:38:00.001Z

Just a quick post with some new sketches and stuff...

Coffee shop sketches

2007-11-12T03:11:00.001Z

I recently bought a lovely new Macbook, complete with Leopard.
I've been trying out some digital painting out and about at Starbucks, Nando's etc. Here's some stuff I've done.

More to come later...

Stuff

2007-11-12T03:00:00.000Z

Some stuff I've done recently...

Enjoy.

It's been a while...

2007-10-08T12:20:00.001+01:00

Yep, it's been a while! Thanks to you guys who left me comments.
Here's a random bunch of stuff. Some for school, some not.

Enjoy.

School work.

2007-05-14T23:48:00.000+01:00

Here's some work I finished last night for a school project.

I have lots of other work to show since my last post here, but I've been super busy with school. I'm near the end of my 2nd year so hopefully I can post more soon.

Peace

Some new stuff.

2007-02-16T00:16:00.000Z

Some stuffs I've done over the past couple weeks:

Thanks for looking. More to come soon.

Peace

Huge update.

2007-01-28T00:15:00.000Z

A super huge update. I kinda forgot about this place : [
Just a bunch of mixed stuff I've done in the last week or two.

That's it. Hope you enjoy.
And to anyone reading this, I'd really appreciate it if you could leave a comment, so I know I'm not wasting my time with this blog : ]

Peace

More.

2007-01-21T03:12:00.000Z

I have some more stuff to show.
First, some quick pen sketches.

Next is a quick paint of the above sketch.

Then a crappy paint I did while feeling frustrated and depressed. I used an oil brush in Painter, which was completely unforgivable, which made it even harder to paint.

Lastly, a sketch I did for a painting I plan to do.

Hope you enjoy.

Peace

Late night (morning) sketches.

2007-01-19T06:50:00.000Z

I should have gone to sleep a long time ago, it's 10 to 7 in the morning now...
Anyway, here's two sketches I just did. Using a chisel tip marker.

I'm gonna sleep now : ]

Peace

Quick crap.

2007-01-19T05:03:00.000Z

Got some quick sketches to show. Testing out my new pens.
Nothing amazing I'm afraid.

And because I'm nice, I'll show you all a WIP of a painting I started today for school.

Not the most amazing update ever. I'll try and get some better stuff done to show!

Peace

Rusty life drawings and stuff.

2007-01-17T23:10:00.000Z

Sorry for not posting on Monday, or Tuesday, I was sleeping.
Since the holidays I've been getting to bed very late and waking up late. It's a mixture of laziness, my love of sleep, cosy bed and Wii till 6am that causes it. Not my fault. Anyway, here's some life drawings I did on Monday.
I find that if I skip a week or two, I take a step back skill wise with life drawing. It's something you need to keep doing. So I was expecting after a 4/5 week break that I'd be pretty rusty. But at least I'm back at it.

Not much there I know, but I got there late, and had to sit on the floor in the corner with a rubbish view. Not the best start to the term. I plan to get there on time next week.

Today I managed to wake up early (2pm) to get to the art store and then to the Veláquez exhibition at the National Gallery here in London. Unfortunately it was sold out for the night, and so me and my friend decided to just walk round the permanent galleries. I saw a great painting by Adrián Pulido Pareja. I've never heard of him but I loved the painting so I tried to do a study of it.

Me slow + getting to the National Gallery late = me not getting much done.
I plan to go back and maybe finish this off. Or I might do some others. I want to wake up really early (12pm) and make a day of it.

Lastly, some super quick tube sketches in my new mini Molskine sketchbook.

That's it for now. I should get some more stuff scanned later this week.

Peace

I'm back

2007-01-14T19:50:00.000Z

Ok so the Christmas and new year holidays provided me with a lot of free time, most of which was spent playing Zelda! I haven't really got any new work apart from some quick sketches and some crap school work.

School work first. These are some pages I did for a project where I had to make a comic. I decided instead of wasting time thinking of a crappy story I'd use an existing story. I turned to Mr Ashley Wood for inspiration, (Like I always do!) and his Metal Gear Solid comic. I chose to make a comic out of the video game Resident Evil 4. Why? Well it's a game I've played many times. And it has zombies.

If I spent a nice amount of time with this I reckon I could have produced something half decent. Unfortunately though, and as usual, I left things to the last minute and rushed it all to get it finished in time for my half year assessment. I made the deadline but had to cut it short, only getting the first 10 minutes of the game in 9 pages.
In the end it was a lot of fun though and I definitely want to pursue this further as a personal project. I'd love to get the whole game done one day. Probably nothing more than a pipe dream though.
I wont show all the pages because most of it was absolute crap. These are the only pages I feel are worth showing.

Next some quick sketches for the sake of doing something productive and not playing Zelda all day (Oh how it rocks though!).

...Yep, it's been a pretty unproductive holiday. But I ate a lot and played a lot, so it wasn't all bad.
On the plus side, my life drawing class starts back up tomorrow, which I'm very much looking forward to. And although I have 3 weeks off from school while an assessor assesses how much work I haven't done, I have two new projects I need to start, which will provide for some new sketches and paintings. Fun times.

Expect a life drawing update tomorrow.

Peace

Wii GET!!

2006-12-17T15:55:00.000Z

Yep, I FINALLY got my Wii. Got called up 15 minutes before Currys closed Friday night.
Been playing it non-stop since then. Seriously, 5am average bed time! It's bad but soooo good!! : ]

I'm going home to my parents house for the holidays this coming Tuesday. Don't expect any art posts till then! However, though I will be bringing my Wii home for the family to try out, I'm sure I'll be getting some art done too. My little brother is also into arting about so he'll probably kick my ass back into gear!

Till then, happy holidays everyone. I'll see you soon.
(Oh and if you want to exchange Wii codes, just message or email me)

Peace

I'm rather angWii...

2006-12-15T16:20:00.000Z

Another Wii post I'm afraid. But at least this time it involves what could be described as art...

apologies for the foul language. Like I said I'm a bit upset that I still don't have my Wii.
For anyone still reading, I phoned up Currys, they haven't received their shipment yet, but are expecting it before tomorrow. It seems now though I wont be getting mine anyway, they will probably only get about 4 or 5, and I'm number 7 on the pre-order list.

I still have my fingers crossed, perhaps why my Samus looks so retarded.

Updates soon.

Peace

Wii... not

2006-12-15T12:57:00.000Z

Ok, I still don't have my Wii. Stupid Currys. I'm told I can expect it anytime in the next 24 hours.

Anyway, I like to buy crap on eBay when ever I can. Nintendo related of course!
Here's my latest purchase, a Wii baseball cap. They were given out at the London pre-order queues for HMV (or GAME, can't remember which).
I wasn't able to go down there, as I had work to do, and a presentation at uni on Friday morning. So now I don't feel like I missed out. Except, you know, I'm still Wii-less!

I 'spose I could do some art, to pass the time 'till I finally get my Wii.
Wii'll see! *(Sii what I did there?)

More...

2006-12-14T20:28:00.000Z

Some more artwork, as promised.

Ok, that seems to be it for now.
Hope you enjoy. I'm off to pray I get my Wii tomorrow!!

Peace

No Wii : [ Some art though...

2006-12-14T20:03:00.000Z

Yep, long story short, I pre-ordered my Wii from Currys, I didn't get it.
I'm hopefully gonna get mine tomorrow, wish me luck!! : ]

In the mean time, I realized I've neglected my blog far too long. So some crapola awaits you...

More to come in a minute or two.

Peace

Wii

2006-11-08T20:53:00.000Z

I don't think I've mentioned before on my blog, but I'm a HUGE Nintendo fan!
I'm eagerly awaiting the launch of Nintendo's new Wii console, and although I have to wait until the UK launch date of December 8th, I have a few things that are helping to make the wait easier.
One of those things is a replica Wiimote that I bought off eBay.
It's from Nintendo of Japan, and was given out at some Japanese Wii press conference, and is also available for VIP members of NoJ.
It's actually a remote control for TV sets, hence the Japanses text next to each button. It doesn't work with my PAL TV though.
Anyway, I thought I would post some photos I took of it (along with my beautiful white Gamecube!).

(Photos came out weird due to the flash)

The remote is a lot smaller than I imagined it would be. As you can see it fits "inside" the width and length of the Gamecube. It's also very light, but still heavy enough to be very comfortable (thanks in part to the two AA batteries).

Hope you enjoy the photos. Anyone else have one of these? Let me know.

Peace

Last post for tonight

2006-11-04T22:49:00.000Z

Here's some recent digital stuff.
The first two are quick paintings for school. I'll show more on that project in the near future.
The third is a self portrait for Concept Art.org's "National Self portrait Day", on November 1st.
I haven't done many sp's so it was good practice for me.

That's it for now. I have some sketchbook pages that I need to scan, but this is enough for tonight : ]
Hope you enjoy. And don't forget to keep checking back every now and then.

Peace

Random life drawings

2006-11-04T20:46:00.000Z

Here are some life drawings I've done over the past few weeks.
The first is sketch of a stuffed Bush Baby from the National History Museum in London.
The rest are life drawings, apart from the two brown pages of the weird looking animals and skulls. They were from the Hunterian Museum in London, it has loads of crazy shit in jars, I'd recommend anyone in London go check it out.
Apologies in advance for the shitness. I haven't done observational drawing in a looooong time, I'm still rusty.

Still have a few more things to post later on.

Peace

Lost sanity

2006-11-04T19:41:00.000Z

Here's some work I did for a school project. I had to illustrate a book cover.
Below is the finished piece, with the initial sketch underneath.
Below them are 4 rough's I did first, at which time I didn't know what book I was going to do the cover for.

Yet more coming your way soon.

Peace

Random crap

2006-11-04T19:31:00.000Z

Sorry again for neglecting my blog. I've had a few messages, and I noticed that this is getting a little more popular, so I should really try and update it more.
Here are some random sketches and paints. The last one was for my sketchbook thread on Concept Art.org, it had reached 1000 posts.

I'll post more in a sec. I have some others laying around.

Oh and btw, if you send me a message, I can't reply to it. So either leave me a comment or email me if you want me to get back to you. Thanks

Peace

Stuff...

2006-10-19T21:29:00.000+01:00

Hmm, it's been a while since I posted stuff here, been kinda lazy and busy, but I plan to get back into things.
Got some stuff to show, I'll start off with a few and post more later.
Some sketchbook pages with a brush pen and markers.

Ok that's it for now, I'll post some more stuff later.
Hope you like : ]

Peace

Insomnia again.

2006-08-17T19:14:00.000+01:00

Right, so I finished my school project today. So here they are.
If you've ever noodled something to death, you might know how I feel about these...

At least I've finished it, now I have more time to paint robots! : ]
Oh, and here's one of the sketches I did for the project.

So there you go. If anyone actually reads this, please leave me a comment.

Peace

Me

2006-08-16T01:21:00.000+01:00

No robots this time, just my ugly mug.
For a school project.

Peace

Quicky

2006-08-15T01:06:00.000+01:00

Told you more art would be on the way : ]
A quick Painter sketch before bed.

Peace

Chile

2006-08-14T23:31:00.000+01:00

Ok, so no new art yet. I'm working on the 3 other illustrations for school, plus I've finished the one I posted a few posts down, I'll show them once they are all finished. Maybe a few robots too : ]

Anyway, I thought I may as well plug some of my photos. I've always been interested in photography, never really got into it though.
I went to Chile for Christmas and new years 2005/2006 and met up with my Dad's side of the family (I'm half Chilean) .
Had a great time, took a shit load of photos...

Check out my photo album to see more.
It says favourite 50, but to be honest I just chucked them on, I may change a few at some point...

Anyway, hope you enjoy.
More art on the way soon...

Peace

Slow droid

2006-08-14T03:17:00.000+01:00

My computer has decided it now wants more RAM.
I can't afford more RAM.
So everything is running at a snails pace, Painter included : [

If crappy robots aren't your thing, I'm sorry.
I would blame it on my puter... but it's probably just me being crap. We'll never know.

Oh, and if you read this blog, please leave me a comment, so I know I'm not wasting my time : ]

Peace

Insomnia

2006-08-09T00:57:00.000+01:00

Here's a piece I did today for school. It's for a project where I have to illustrate a poem. This is the first of 4.
The poem is called "Insomniac" so I tried to go for an abstract, dreamy image.
The black area is where the text will go.

I'm not finished yet, but finished for the night.
I'll finish it off tomorrow and maybe post an update.

Peace

Crappy robot

2006-08-08T01:28:00.000+01:00

I pulled myself away from Bust a Move long enough to paint this piece of crap.
It started off crappy, got better... and then ended up crappy.
I kinda like the brush strokes which is why I zoomed in on the first image.
The second image is the original.

I would say enjoy, but this actualy hurts my eyes, I'm sorry.
Back to Bust a Move it is then.

Peace

Distractions

2006-08-07T22:27:00.000+01:00

Ok, I should be doing work, and posting it here, but I've been distracted by this.
I'm going to buy the DS version, along with a DS Lite... so it's only going to get worse!

... I'll try and post some crap soon!

Peace

Robots

2006-08-03T22:20:00.000+01:00

Thunderdome LMS2 - Round 1

2006-08-03T22:15:00.000+01:00

First post - Some craps!

2006-08-03T22:06:00.000+01:00

Ok, so I've decided to make myself a blog, so I can post sketches and stuff without having to update my website.
To start off, some pencil drawings I did a while back.

There you go, I'll try and update every other day or so.

Peace