The dragon is finished!

The details could be a lot better...

But overall I'm pleased. First full colour finished picture of a dragon I've done in literally cannot recall how many years. I need to finish more work, there is something so deeply satisfying about it yet I so rarely stick personal work through to completion. I enjoy the whimsical scribbling and messyness of sketching and  immediate art, and find myself bored when I get to the serious stages when you need to actually think about what you're doing.

Maybe, if he's lucky, he'll get some kind of background... Though perhaps that's pushing it. 

Just something for fun because I like to make messy art. Fenrir character design, ink and acrylic on watercolour paper.

Couple of watercolours from today. A dragon from imagination (obv... lols).

And one from a photo ref. I like the trees in the background, but otherwise eugh.

A couple of meh watercolours I did this morning. I seem to really struggle with the idea of detail in the foreground and not in the background. Seems simple in my head, but... never seems to work out. 

I started adding colour to the dragon. He's raising up on his back legs slightly and showing his flushed neck in some kind of display. 

Fenrir related scribble. Idon'treallyknow. 

Photoshop sketch of a dragon. That raised arm is dreadful and needs to be fixed. Otherwise he's quite nice.

None of these are very good, but bad drawings are better than no drawings.

I really, really need to start drawing daily again... And working on a project. And working digitally.

I've been thinking that perhaps the way I've been tackling ride concepts is a bit too... I dunno, too "how I've been taught to do a project" and not enough "make some work". I try, in my head, to make a concept work before I even get it down on paper and that's a backwards habit that needs breaking. I guess this applies to anything though, not just creating ride concepts. I've got to change my project habits completely. 

So here is a quick doodle of Fenrir to warm me up.

Another forest painting. This one is too big for the scanner so the picture looks a bit faded. Light isn't great today. I like the background more than the trees.

Really wanted to do some kind of textural painting inspired by the foresty areas along the side of highways in much of the US. Bare, thin, tall trees with a crisp blue sky behind. This didn't turn out really how I invisaged, but I'd still kind of nice for a quick thing.

A giraffe painted on plywood, for dad for Christmas. Did this a while ago but ya never know who's watching... Acrylic, gel medium and tissue paper.

I finally finished that zine I was working on. It's a collection of drawings based on rides at Thorpe Park.

Currently giving away a copy over on Facebook. Click here.

Available to buy on from Folksy. Click here.

Commissioned Nautilus t-shirt.

I did these on the train the other day. Some quick sketches and ideas for the Fenrir dark ride I've been toying with for ages.

I did this a few weeks ago for dads birthday, but didn't want to upload it and risk him seeing it.

Acrylic, tissue paper and gel medium on plywood. Really attacked the plywood with sandpaper too to try and remove any nasty edges as well as make a sort of grassland feel to the background.

Oh also... Can I encourage you all to like my Facebook page? I'm only a few away from 200 likes and when I get there I shall be doing an epic giveaway!

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Thank you. :)

Commissioned Allosaurus skull t-shirt I did yesterday.

Here's a couple of recent sketches. Walibi and Arrow.

Sorry I'm so quiet. Really need to fix that instead of keep apologising. I actually have a few things to blog, but it's just getting round to doing it.

Here's a bleach painting I did on a t-shirt yesterday, of a leaping killer whale. It's for sale on Folksy! It's a one-off, hand painted, unique item. Medium in size, 19" across the chest armpit to armpit/8" around.

The robin painting is also now available on cards for Christmas! Click here.

Here are some recent sketches and studies. I really like this pen... I need a new sketchbook as I'm having to resort to drawing on pages I already had drawn on. Anyway, have some fuzzy dinosaurs... and dragons.

Happy Halloween guys! Have a werepine! It's also my 4 year anniversary with Kyle today, so this was a gift for him. :)

Painted this robin day before yesterday. Intend to print it on cards for Christmas.

And then with the left over paint I did this Dragon...

First proper attempt at drawing Walibi. Turned out pretty decent!Still something a bit wrong with the face.

I'm a little late to the party, but I've been blown away by the stunning re brand of the Walibi theme parks in mainland Europe. I've never visited the parks, but after years of neglect they had quite a reputation for being awful. The new characters and universe they've created are really rather awesome. Check out the website.

I figured they can't be that difficult to draw and would be a nice whimsical fun thing to sketch. Turns out they are really difficult to draw...

 

Or it could be that I simply haven't drawn much in ages. Yeah. That needs to change.

I've got a new portfolio site over at Wordpress... http://josephfells.wordpress.com I think it's a lot better than the Carbonmade one. I hate complicated web pages, as a user and Creator.

I don't know when I drew this guy, or even what species he's supposed to be, but he's pretty good. found him in a sketchbook. A few weeks old I think.

Hey, sorry for the lack of activity. I was doing work experiance at Merlin Studios last week and the week prior to that, which was awesome. I got to sketch up loads of ideas for future attractions. Really sad it's over actually... Was like a dream come true.

And this week has been spent job hunting for similar positions (including more work experiance), researching and the like. Productive, and it's been worth it too as I've had some great people get back to me with advice.

And no, I havne't started on that dinosaur sculpt yet. I've also been thinking a lot about an attraction idea I scrapped earlier this year... I think I should take another look at it. Here's a couple of generic dragons in the meantime... Really should have looked at a ref for the antelope thing. It's dire.

Think I'm going to make another dino sculpt, larger this time. I'm thinking maybe a carcharodontosaurus. I was going to go for tyranotitan based on a suggestion, but the lack of reference material put me off. I've done some prep sketches... Still having issues with legs, I draw them too straight I think.