DISGUISE - Illustration friday - Camo & Flage

Camo & Flage is a tribute to wide-eyed gun-totting would be hunters. Camo, he's the real hunter, tall and carrying grandpa's big gun. Flage, on the other hand knows deep down he's only playing at being the hunter, hence the 'handgun' he carries with him. Both have spent hours on their outfits that are so good that both Camo & Flage are likely to come home on the hood of an SUV rather than driving it themselves.

A fun one posted here for illustration friday.

Media is pen & ink characters with and acrylic paint background on plywood.

Illustrators Australia A3 group show

ONLY 2 DAYS
and only two Snakeskin Sketchbook prints from me in this exhibition. There is also around 120 others from the Illustrators Australia group to see as well.

Next week is the two day Sydney exhibition of the Illustrators Australia A3 print show at
Fraser Studios 10-14 Kensington St, Chippendale.
They are also available online (2011 A3 SHOW) (page7) if you happen to not be in Sydney during the all to brief window of viewing opportunity.

Prints are on Museo 300 gsm Portfolio Rag (archival, acid free, matte & 100% cotton)

The Giclee prints are from some of the best Australian illustrators in the industry - all on sale for an amazing $125 each!

CLICK here for a link to some exhibition and set up photos.

A gesture for a gesture - Illustration Friday

'A gesture for a gesture.' AKA 'For Heaven's Sake'
It's about asking or pleading for a little sign from a higher authority.
Or is it about osmosis. Waiting for the movement from where there is more to where there is less.
Print available at Redbubble and Artflakes.

Stay - Illustration Friday

'Stay' is another image from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series of drawings.

When you don't want it to end a tentative touch says stay.
Inspiration of the Illustration Friday topic 'Stay'.

The technique once again is a combination of ink drawing and a digitally created textural background.
Cards & Prints available at my Redbubble account.

Illustration Friday - Medication

'Medication' is another image from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series of drawings.
This one has incarnated into a finished print through the inspiration of the Illustration Friday topic 'Remedy'.
I thought that this was an apt image to address the topic as the remedy for much of life's maladies, both physical and emotional, can be a little dose of love in your life.
The technique once again is a combination of ink drawing and a digitally created textural background. Print available at Redbubble.

Midsummer Night's Madness - Illustration Friday

'Midsummer Night's Madness' is from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series.
This piece was inspired by the Illustration Friday suggested topic 'Midsummer Night'.
"Why this is very midsummer madness" - William Shakespeare.
I couldn't go past this quote without thinking of a good bungy jump on a warm summer's eve and thinking about holidaying in Queenstown New Zealand.
The technique is a combination of crosshatch ink drawing and a digitally created textural background made with photoshop filters over an Illustrator created background. Print available at Redbubble.

'Launch' - Illustration Friday

Swoop is from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series.
This piece was inspired by the Illustration Friday suggested topic 'Launch'.
The technique is a combination of crosshatch ink drawing and a digitally created textural background meshed with photography. Print available at Redbubble and Artflakes.

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.

A Little Bird told me

'A Little Bird told me' is another from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series.
Stories make the world go round and somebody here has been told some intriguing information.
Ink on paper, digital background.
Print available.

Swept Up, Illustration Friday

'Swept Up' is from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series. This piece was stimulated by the Illustration Friday suggested topic "Swept'. This is a combination of crosshatch ink drawing and a digitally created background.

Print is available from Redbubble.com

Snakeskin sketchbook 5

I've been pursuing the Snakeskin Sketchbook series quite rampantly of late. It is evolving as it goes in the original sketches themselves. It is also evolving as the finished prints become more complex in their background textures.

I'm posting a number here that are showing the framed prints available on the Redbubble site.

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.

Drawing Day 2011 - Road Rage

'Road Rage', Another drawing from the Snakeskin Sketchbook and an image submitted to Drawing Day 2011.
'Precious Life' also appears there.

Redbubble has featured Road Rage on their homepage. Very nice.

IA A3 Print Show 2011

"Precious Life' is presented here as a giclée print originally created for the Illustrators Australia A3 Print Show 2011 and is from the Snakeskin Sketchbook series of drawings. The IA A3 Print Show is part of the Northern Exposure festival in Melbourne 17-19 June and in Sydney July/August 2011.

Ribbonhead on Threadless

A  tshirt design  I've been playing with on the Threadless site.

Score this design: "RIBBONHEAD and the Bird," to help it get printed on Threadless!

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