"Truth Dept." box art

Cover art for a small project, running on the theme that the "generic 80's action hero" was a fraud and a coward. The game would revolve around being part of a propaganda ministry and trying to convince the public of the nation's great hero. shots of the interior design soon to follow.

Recent Poster Work

some of the recent poster illustration i've been working on, an update on current projects will be coming soon. 

  

Breaking Bad: What's the matter, Chief?

Work based on my favourite scene from Breaking Bad season one, where jocks are making fun of Walter Jr. and, being on the brink, Walter White exits the scene from the back of the building and renters through the front and kicks a jock in the back of the knees and says "What's the matter, Chief? having trouble walking." I found the scene extremely powerful and, for me, it demonstrates what a person can do when pushed to breaking point.

This composition was made for a competition with Little White Lies magazine

We Chill Here: The first student art brand

I've had the pleasure to work with the extraordinary individuals at WeChillHere.com by creating the set "Tiger Skies" for their kickstarter campaign. The aim of their campaign is to raise enough money to get the first student art brand funded and off the ground, I am only one of the five illustrators who has created work for the campaign

I urge you to visit their Kickstarter page and give the campaign a look, they would appreciate the attention to their cause. as of writing this they have 15 days left, make them count!

Hanging out at TRIN STUDIO

Trin's Home Studio

Today through an interesting turn of events I got the chance to hang out, meet and interview Trin of TRIN STUDIO, a freelance illustrator and designer as well as a full time architect. Trin works out of Khon Kean, mostly producing sculpture and reliefs, for his 3D work his inspiration is his dedication to the Buddhist faith, with the majority of his work being images of deities, the Buddha or accomplished monks. Despite being extremely driven and, in a few weeks, leaving to become a monk for a short while, Trin is a very laid back and comfortable practitioner, besides sculpture Trin also work in digital medias for freelance logo, illustration and graphic design.

the back of Trin's plaster work shop

Meeting Trin and having the chance to talk to visual practitioners of other cultures is just what a journey like this is meant for, observing Trin's laid back approach to his practise and over all chilled nature was interesting and a stark contrast to some of the stress filled, deadline driven practitioners that are present in the west. Having gotten along with Trin as well as him showing me through some beautiful temples where his work is placed we decided to have something of a cultural exchange, we did a sketch swap.

I sketched out a somber Batman for Trin and he sketched me a traditional, fully garbed Buddha image

Full Trin interview possibly forthcoming 

Heading to Thailand, and also a mech design.

So, fairly big news, I'll be traveling to Khon Kaen, Thailand to study the countries unique artistic and cultural background, visiting the Wats, street markets and seeing The University of Khon Kaen, which has became the pride of the city. I'll be uploading sketches and paintings of my journey and time in Khon Kaen as well as when I travel to Chiang Mai and experience a more urban side of Thailand when I go and spend some time in Bangkok. I'm excited to have the chance to experience a different culture and see their rich artistic history, as well as be able to see how their approach to the arts might have changed or matured. I'll be heading of for my flight mid-month, which is exciting in it's self, airports harbour a hugely diverse group of people who are always a blast to draw and observe.

trying to subtly capture the feeling of a puppy with this Mech design

also, heres a design for a Mech, not at all related to my trip to Thailand, but, when is a Mech really THAT inappropriate?