Heartspace - Encyclopedia of Grim

The heart space a space of infinte richness or infinite emptiness.
Love found can make it feel like it's filled with the wonders and joy of the universe. Love lost can make it feel like it's filled full of nothing.

This is a drawing from the Encyclopedia of Grim.

Popularity

The trouble with wanting to be popular and attracting attention to yourself is that you have no control of who succumbs to your attractions. You have no control over their thoughts and actions. It is a double edged sword.

This image is also from The Encyclopedia of Grim. This image was actually one that was highly dependant on the random paint marks of the background. I pulled the figures out of the shapes of the colour blocks. A skull shaped yellow area was the catalyst for the leering figure on the left. The white facial area block sitting on the pink body was the catalyst for the figure on the right. The concept developed gently from the ongoing theme of the The Encyclopedia of Grim sketchbook which was the grimacing mouth shape.


Apologies for messing up and submitting two links to the Illustration Friday site.

Violence-Silence

Often the natural response to violence or the threat of violence is to stay silent. Silence in the hope of not attracting further violence. This character is hollowed out by the experience and the silence.

ARTFLAKES - Prints now available in Europe

Some people have been enquiring about buying prints direct in Europe. I've now joined up with Artflakes so that they are available to a wider audience. I am only making the Snakeskin Sketchbook series available at this point. These are giclée prints available as framed prints, canvas prints, poster prints, the very cool gallery print and as cards.

Illustration Friday - A shadow of my former self

'Shadow of My Former Self' is from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series. I've taken the original drawing, that I called 'Feeling It', added the tension of the looming oppressing unknown object at the top. The character finds itself under it's unknown shadowing , perhaps his former self, presence.
The stimulation for this particular version came from the idea 'Shadows' from Illustration Friday.
Print available at Redbubble.