tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34526333387145402102012-01-27T16:29:43.962Zdesultory compulsion - sketchblog of Joseph FellsA digital sketchbook of my illustration, concept art, painting, design, model making... there's a bit of everything here!HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.comBlogger3251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-3285043914146930272012-01-27T16:29:00.001Z2012-01-27T16:29:43.981Z
Just something for fun because I like to make messy art. Fenrir character design, ink and acrylic on watercolour paper.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-15656673055880475352012-01-24T20:40:00.000Z2012-01-24T20:40:09.347Z
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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-81027329182126654362012-01-23T20:38:00.002Z2012-01-23T20:38:53.654Z
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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-54775746770741570052012-01-21T21:04:00.001Z2012-01-21T21:12:17.934Z
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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-80024734865755601152012-01-20T23:08:00.000Z2012-01-20T23:08:21.979Z
Photoshop sketch of a dragon. That raised arm is dreadful and needs to be fixed. Otherwise he's quite nice.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-70984949191142071532012-01-19T20:14:00.000Z2012-01-19T20:14:03.176Z
None of these are very good, but bad drawings are better than no drawings.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-63866974009795162042012-01-18T14:44:00.000Z2012-01-18T16:58:03.170Z
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 HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-43378418804156253032012-01-04T14:31:00.003Z2012-01-04T14:31:34.936ZAnother 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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-27860486648115283592012-01-03T21:12:00.000Z2012-01-03T21:12:34.538ZReally 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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-39206362894895207982011-12-25T19:03:00.000Z2011-12-25T19:03:11.982Z
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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-47584176712629361922011-12-02T22:03:00.001Z2011-12-02T22:08:57.227ZI 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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-14752764375123729212011-11-30T11:57:00.001Z2011-11-30T11:57:19.646ZCommissioned Nautilus t-shirt.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-1444851028888464082011-11-27T19:25:00.001Z2011-11-27T19:30:25.976ZI 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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-14798879914866753512011-11-25T15:03:00.001Z2011-11-27T17:45:37.732ZI 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 HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-31771407095834045762011-11-24T19:07:00.001Z2011-11-27T12:10:17.362ZCommissioned Allosaurus skull t-shirt I did yesterday.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-83049236899121709092011-11-19T17:00:00.001Z2011-11-19T17:03:12.299ZHere's a couple of recent sketches. Walibi and Arrow.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-49548940075139569722011-11-10T15:51:00.001Z2011-11-27T12:11:48.033ZSorry 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 HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-4392870020722920552011-11-01T11:52:00.000Z2011-11-01T11:52:58.808ZHere 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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-48096734635796176252011-10-31T12:37:00.003Z2011-11-27T17:46:29.443Z
Happy Halloween guys! Have a werepine! It's also my 4 year anniversary with Kyle today, so this was a gift for him. :)
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-4870915678320018062011-10-20T21:42:00.001+01:002011-10-20T21:42:35.757+01:00Painted this robin day before yesterday. Intend to print it on cards for Christmas.
And then with the left over paint I did this Dragon...
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-2019691234517699052011-10-10T13:12:00.002+01:002011-10-10T13:16:38.619+01:00First proper attempt at drawing Walibi. Turned out pretty decent!Still something a bit wrong with the face.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-49439443476521173542011-10-09T15:17:00.003+01:002011-10-10T13:16:13.722+01:00
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 wouldHAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-59495870220617146442011-09-03T13:07:00.001+01:002011-09-03T13:07:54.048+01:00I 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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-91511087456843415882011-08-27T16:15:00.000+01:002011-08-27T16:15:20.149+01:00Hey, 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 HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-56194769631497953642011-08-04T13:52:00.001+01:002011-08-04T13:52:47.733+01:00Think 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.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-68534711502503274442011-07-28T14:54:00.002+01:002011-07-28T14:55:42.118+01:00 Added some colour to one of the creatures from a few posts ago.
And this dragon has apparently just finished peeing or... maybe scratching. I don't know, but I like him anyway.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-47412729107211696052011-07-24T20:57:00.000+01:002011-07-24T20:57:07.892+01:00I started clearing out my cupboard and I found this amongst other treasures. It's a print out of an MS Paint drawing I did back when Pokemon was huge.
I used to draw things in MS Paint a lot, I wish I had a comp with a floppy disk drive so I could look at them all.
Anyway, haha, thought I'd share... I think it's pretty good considering.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-29552865180184280082011-07-23T15:56:00.000+01:002011-07-23T15:56:51.741+01:00Back in college, I made several of pictures of lemons exploring the idea of communicating taste with visual image making. This was the largest, inspired by lemon slices in a glass of coke. It's acrylic and sand (yes, sand - to capture that fizzy sharp flavour/sensation) on thick paper. It's huge, like 4.5ft wide. I decided to get it out of the loft and list it on Folksy. I hope it finds a hope HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-18280820702319894692011-07-21T17:37:00.003+01:002011-07-21T17:46:48.102+01:00I bought a smallish sketchbook that I could take with me everywhere so that, when bored on public transport or whatever, I could be productive. These are from the weekend when I was on holiday with friends in Blackpool (don't judge me, I hear you judging me... stop it) and York. They aren't very good but practise is practise. Oh, and it would appear the new blogger uploader works slightly better,HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-330548892578999892011-07-15T18:52:00.001+01:002011-07-15T18:53:19.335+01:00It's Splat Griffon! Coloured and everything. Look at me, being all productive...
...by my standards anyway.
Pencil sketch coloured in Photoshop.
Present for Kyle. :)HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-7128699097908598532011-07-13T14:06:00.001+01:002011-07-13T14:06:31.131+01:00I forgot to post here about the portfolio I finally set up, check it out!
http://josephfells.carbonmade.com
...I have up trying to make my own. There's no way anything I did could ever be as effective as the endless supply of free portfolio sites out there. I'm just using josephfells.co.uk as a hub to find all my stuff now, which I think is pretty sensible.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-66980786115753192822011-07-12T16:51:00.001+01:002011-07-12T16:52:07.587+01:00I'm testing out the new post creator on blogger. I don't like it. I don't like change! It was broken and they made it even more broken it seems. Has anyone noticed with the old editor how if you move images around they loose the ability to enlarge them? As in, the link dissapears? The level of stress that has caused in my time blogging is extraudinary, and if you've ever come accross an HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-25970698045728118302011-07-09T16:04:00.002+01:002011-07-09T16:08:07.941+01:00Haven't drawn a dragon in ages. I noticed when doodling this that I really never have any idea what to do with their feet. I really need to look at some animal anatomy. You can get away with being rediculous with heads and bodies to an extent, but feet need to look like they work.There is always bits of stuff floating around in my scanner. Always. No matter how much I clean it. Always.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-53980698524078094202011-07-02T15:26:00.002+01:002011-07-02T15:30:51.592+01:00I was forced to sit through each Saw movie, one each night. I'm really squeamish, so I've been avoiding them for ages. Ignoring all the parts I didn't see because I was covering my eyes like a pansy, I actually really enjoyed them (except 7, wtf was 7?).I've been meaning to do a picture of Billy the Puppet for Kyle for a long time as it seemed like a fun and fitting thing to do in this painterly HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-33559712917425560832011-06-30T23:19:00.001+01:002011-06-30T23:20:49.758+01:00A drawing of Arrow the Porcupine that did at Summer of Sonic.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-1933329052017834222011-06-29T13:00:00.002+01:002011-06-29T13:03:16.960+01:00Did this for a friend ...last week?Bears wearin' camo. Makes perfect sense.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-39280596613592172302011-06-26T21:37:00.005+01:002011-06-26T21:47:25.249+01:00I got some awesome postcards printed from Vistaprint. I originally used them to get business cards, and decided to risk it despite their awful reviews, but my business cards arrived and I was happy with them. So I thought I'd go for some postcards, and the quality of these glossy ones is above what I expected. The postcards feature the monster wolf I illustrated for The Problem.I'm going to be HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-89680959252875634232011-06-23T16:45:00.001+01:002011-06-23T16:47:44.192+01:00Here's the second image for the Thorpe Park zine I'm working on, this one features Saw, Samurai and Slammer.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-29549568195526077222011-06-23T14:58:00.004+01:002011-06-23T15:01:50.885+01:00This is fairly old, but I can't remember if I ever posted it here, so here it is. It's just a little marker and pencil sketch, but I rather like it. It was drawn from a photograph I took in what is now the London 2012 Olymic site, I suspect these buildings no longer exist. It was a pretty run down part of London.
This image is avalible as an A4 print on Folksy.
var gtbTranslateOnElementLoaded;(HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-38351222312253257312011-06-21T12:59:00.003+01:002011-06-21T13:03:57.315+01:00I've put all the final work for the Temple of Elang theme park attraction design into one PDF file. This seemed like the easiest way to display it digitally, in a kind of book presentation of my ideas.Here's the link to download it and have a look...http://josephfells.co.uk/portfolio/JosephFells_TempleofElang.pdfLet me know what you think!Check out the label "Elang (Roller Coaster)" under this HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-49007836387040892232011-06-20T12:29:00.002+01:002011-06-20T12:31:41.506+01:00I had an idea the other day to make a series of theme park zines. So I started today and did this drawing of Colossus. It was tedious. Maybe I won't make a zine. We'll see.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-45255180133530749672011-06-19T22:49:00.003+01:002011-06-19T22:57:30.455+01:00I don't think I ever posted this here. It's my favourite image from The Problem, the book that David Lawrence and I made at the end of last year. There are A4 prints avalible of this for those interested. Contact David for details on that. And if you want to buy the book it's on Folksy and Etsy, or you can buy direct from myself or Dave, just send me an e-mail.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-76739968000282554622011-06-19T12:36:00.003+01:002011-06-19T12:54:04.225+01:00Here's some recent listings in my shop. The Disregarded London zine is back in stock as is the Owl and the Pussycat at long last. There are also some new prints, some of which are a bargain, and new greeting cards. HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-15748949311657887212011-06-15T21:59:00.004+01:002011-06-16T00:47:36.162+01:00Quick little gouache kingfisher I did on a card for dad. Some of the white details were done with a white pen.Oh and, Uni is over. That's it. Done. Never again. More on that later, I'm sure.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-910357069327967942011-06-10T21:22:00.029+01:002011-06-14T22:51:32.508+01:00Yesterday was opening night for our exhibition! I was surprised and delighted with how many people turned up to look at our work.The variety on display is actually astounding; I think most people would be surprised to find that we were all from the same course. On the wall where I’m displaying my work alone, there are photorealistic pencil drawings, theme park design, tattoo design, album art, HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-67742258075797200122011-06-08T22:04:00.003+01:002011-06-08T23:51:35.951+01:00Been busy all day putting up the work for the show. It opens tomorrow night! Here's a sneaky peak of the work on display and our class busy preparing their work! For more information on the exhibition, check out this post.http://www.wminillustration.co.uk/HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-21829451049678959452011-06-06T21:13:00.003+01:002011-06-06T21:24:18.623+01:00I sold two copies of my Disregarded London Zine last night! I've been busy this evening making some more copies to put in the shop at the gallery show I'm doing later this week. Make sure you come along if you're in London to see all of our awesome illustration work. I spent the best part of today getting my work trimmed and finalised for the hang which begins tomorrow. Check out my previous blogHAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-57280005872662208892011-06-05T13:11:00.003+01:002011-06-05T13:27:20.270+01:00This is about a year and a half old, but I never got round to scanning it. We had a project at uni where I chose the quote "Wrong is Right" and took the opportunity to tackle my favourite theme. The relationship between real and pretend and how you can't tell the difference.Certain things are authoritative by their very nature and thus convincing in the telling of lies (intentional, or otherwise)HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-67089002954901975882011-06-04T14:00:00.002+01:002011-06-04T14:03:46.331+01:00I actually started this years ago, and Kyle nagged me to finish it. :PHAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-33767628887000529872011-06-01T20:44:00.009+01:002011-06-08T23:52:08.624+01:00Next week is our degree gallery show! I will be displaying Temple of Elang project along with The Problem and my portfolio and you'll get to see everyone's very varied work from the illustration course. We literally have all kinds of artists displaying their work, there will be something for everyone! There will also be a little shop!So come take a look at our art, take some pics, maybe buy some HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-20590285772469546792011-05-31T18:21:00.002+01:002011-05-31T18:25:23.218+01:00Did this little painting of an owl yesterday, it's my first attempt at an ACEO (art cards editions and originals).It's up for sale on Folksy, click the image below to take a look.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-80341025786904823192011-05-30T20:02:00.002+01:002011-05-30T20:06:10.527+01:00Yet another game character in that series I started with GLaDOS a few posts back. I didn't think it would work too well with Sonic, but it came out better than I thought!I think gouache is my favourite paint now.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-82734251931066378342011-05-27T21:47:00.001+01:002011-05-27T21:49:57.451+01:00The Big Daddy Bouncer I promised. Did this for Kyle about a week ago but only just got a chance to scan it.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-26581824608166775332011-05-26T19:08:00.002+01:002011-05-26T19:17:32.595+01:00I have a couple of prints available of the GLaDOS picture, since a few of people asked. :)Large: 41cm x 22.4cm £7+P&P (2 available)Small: 28.7cm x 15.6cm £4+P+P (4 available)I intend to post them flat in hard card envelopes.If there is a lot of interest I'll get more printed. Contact me at joeyfells@gmail.com if you want one!HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-76640412479831046352011-05-24T19:33:00.002+01:002011-05-24T19:37:10.528+01:00Drew this back in February, but finished it up today for Kyle. He's staying for a couple of months and he's a big fan of Arrow. :)HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-63242667755045340742011-05-14T17:39:00.004+01:002011-05-14T17:53:42.753+01:00It's been a looooong time, how have you been?Yeah, it's been a while since I did any fan art. I've wanted to draw GLaDOS since I got Portal 2 around Easter but I've been crazy busy with Uni work. This is mixed media on brown paper, mostly gouache. I actually did a couple of pen drawings of her last night, but she's so complicated that pen drawings really bring out inaccuracies, ink and paint hid HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-34613421288681952872011-05-11T21:50:00.006+01:002011-05-17T12:39:40.025+01:00HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-1186866011450057672011-05-08T18:36:00.007+01:002011-06-03T21:21:24.487+01:00So, that's it. Final Major Project is finished and it shall be handed in tomorrow. It's over!I'm trying to find a way to display the project digitally, and then I'll post it here in it's finished state, because right now it's in bits all over the place on here, which isn't cool. Any suggestions?I've put a couple of things up for sale in my Etsy shop, so check them out! HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-17144287521351821992011-05-01T14:32:00.003+01:002011-05-01T14:37:11.838+01:00I promised photos of maquettes.Making maquettes is really useful. It helped me get my head around visulising in 3D, get a sense of space and figure out if my ideas made sense in a real 3D world. They are also great to use as drawing references.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-55102339566160131132011-04-29T18:12:00.003+01:002011-04-29T18:17:37.591+01:00This was totally rushed, yet it came out pretty good. Really don't understand arty abilities sometimes.This is the design for the food stall in the area. Some ruins converted to be used as a kitchen at the base camp was the idea. I made a model of this a while back (and I'll upload decent photos of all the models I made once they are sorted out), but because everything in my portfolio is drawn, IHAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-66669848346301405632011-04-21T14:14:00.002+01:002011-04-21T14:17:48.209+01:00Entrance to the roller coaster queue in the middle, primate exhibit to the right and on the far left you can see some of the viewing area. I think the trees came out well in this but I was a little sloppy with the bricks.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-49152910668234184682011-04-20T13:19:00.000+01:002011-04-20T13:20:38.981+01:00Just some storyboard stetches.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-88989688739594008942011-04-18T16:46:00.003+01:002011-04-18T16:52:50.857+01:00I've been a bit lethargic of recent with regard to art. It's at that boring stage of my Uni project when there is no time for more exciting development of the concept, just need to finish images and present them in a portfolio. Yawn.Here's a section of a photoshop paint I've been working on of the ride entrance, primate enclosure, viewing platform and such.And here's the "finished" entrance HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-11868672752826610882011-04-07T17:33:00.003+01:002011-04-07T17:38:37.398+01:00This is what I've been working on today, a detailed entrance design image, until photoshop decided to play up. Looks a bit Dark Forest at Alton... Hm, might be the colours? might have to be careful of that.And these are storyboard images, out of sequence for the time being. The storyboard is serving two purposes now, as it's become a good way for me to keep track of what makes clear sense and HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-78786246709441034322011-04-07T12:18:00.003+01:002011-06-19T12:34:27.300+01:00We had to do a self portrait for the cover of the catalogue for our Uni show.I hate drawing people's faces and I hate drawing mine even more, so here's what my hair was doing this morning.EDIT: After telling us all to do this horrible project and "upload the images to our blogs", lecturers turned round and said that no one bothered to do it in class. That's massively confusing since I remember HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-13436942315517265272011-04-05T18:05:00.002+01:002011-04-05T18:10:33.908+01:00The treasure room... after leaving the station, the car would enter this room and slowly move forward before being stopped by the glare of the statues. Then you make your escape forwards into the pitch blackness.I need to tidy up the edges on this so I don't have to crop it so tightly, and it perhaps needs lightening up. But until I see how the uni printer prints it, it's a bit pointless fussing HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-66157765933457389342011-04-03T19:00:00.002+01:002011-04-03T19:08:23.999+01:00Just working on sketches for the storyboard.And yeeeeeeeeeah, old blog header back. The new one was shit, wasn't it.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-54794582619799366252011-04-02T20:48:00.002+01:002011-04-02T20:55:36.833+01:00Logo rough, the textures and such need doing properly. In case I didn't mention before, I hate the pen tool. So much. So. So. So much. Might handwrite the text. Here's the map in a more finished state, but I need to sort out the track as it's very pixelated and just pulled out of No Limits coaster simulator.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-55393810661346551962011-04-01T17:15:00.003+01:002011-04-01T17:19:42.976+01:00I hate working with vector stuff. I've got no visual sense with it and I find it tedious and frustrating. Pen tool can go DIE. As can No Limits. So bad with anything like that...Still, needed to create some sort of layout/map, no matter how rough, inaccurate and all round crap. So here is is so far. Currently the queue line goes to NOWHERE. Ha.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-78095370102801266732011-03-31T16:13:00.002+01:002011-03-31T16:19:48.059+01:00Really having a hard time designing the area where the ride entrance, primate house, shop, food stalls etc are situated. Just struggling to visulise it. Might be time to build a simple model of the entire thing...View from queue of where the ride exits the building. Think it needs the train in shot to make it interesting... Dreading drawing it.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-6921336244291067512011-03-30T18:04:00.002+01:002011-03-30T18:11:05.681+01:00Some watercolour observational studies from photos that I did last week. Really need to do more observational studies digitally, or with any other medium that watercolour.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-43699660150831233432011-03-27T16:06:00.002+01:002011-03-27T16:13:21.472+01:00This is a scene inside the dark ride section of the roller coaster. The car will slowly move through this dusty and dimly lit room filled with treasure, before tripping a sensor which awakens the bird statues guarding it. They glare at the riders with bright eyes before the car moves forward into the darkness (beyond the pillars will not be visible) where a small drop will take riders by surpriseHAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-87547616765033812952011-03-26T12:17:00.006Z2011-03-26T12:26:36.700ZColoured primate enclosure design. Part of the temple ruins previously held up by wooden scaffold. In the area beyond the crumbled wall, there is a more naturalistic jungle area which leads to an indoors out-of-sight sleeping area for the animals on the back left. The front (and open top) would have fencing, but the enclosure is designed to suggest the animals are free to roam all around the HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-46472529374988346392011-03-21T11:24:00.002Z2011-03-21T11:28:28.738ZHere's the sketch from a couple of posts ago coloured in photoshop. It shows part of the queue line and the roller coaster interacting with it. Plan on doing 4 images like this, so better get a move on.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-38643091889025008262011-03-16T14:53:00.002Z2011-03-16T14:56:17.353ZConcept drawing of the primate enclosure, themed to a ruined building held up by wooden scaffold and overgrown with trees. The enclosure would go out further backwards into a more "jungle" area to give it depth.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-35956673758510008322011-03-15T15:44:00.002Z2011-03-15T15:47:17.042ZGouache photo observation.Concept sketch of primate exhibit. A ruined building held up by wooden scaffold, overun with monkeys.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-22467977471727265302011-03-10T20:54:00.003Z2011-03-10T21:04:39.571ZObservations from photos. This one is gouache and I only used the primary colours and a touch of white. Was a colour experiment more than anything, I think it was quite successful. Other attributes of it less than so. I like gouache. Need to use it more.This took far too long. Had real trouble drawing the coaster. It's a detailed concept sketch of part of the queue line. I'm going to try HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-76515779561959286722011-03-09T17:38:00.005Z2011-03-09T17:52:04.241ZObservations from photos.The treasure room, where exciting special effects would take place. And bird statue doodles, because I'm really struggling with it for some reason.Station interior. Not sure about this.View from queue of coaster exiting the building after the launch.More bird statue stuff and... stuff.View from entrance of first temple (indoors section of queue).HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-57665575524830839502011-03-06T16:42:00.003Z2011-03-09T17:48:49.683ZNothing new here, but we have mid-semester reviews tomorrow. I thought it would be beneficial to collect my research, ideas and work so far and present it together so I don't have to thumb back and forth through my sketchbooks. It's a lot clearer this way for myself and everyone else.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-67916381636805686492011-03-03T19:57:00.003Z2011-03-09T17:48:49.686ZObservational drawings of the first model I made.Storyboarding for the queue-line. Trying to work out the key scenes as you move through the attraction.A crashed jeep as a piece of theming to suggest a narrative of past exploration. I think it would be cool if this was an interactive piece that you could get in for photo opportunities.A sketch of the food stall, the sketch I worked from to make HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-12878807600161508682011-03-01T23:04:00.003Z2011-03-09T17:48:49.689ZI made another model. This time a themed food stall. The idea is that it is ruins that have been adapted by explorers to use as a camp kitchen. Sorry about the poor picture quality, took it with the Macbook. I also filmed myself making it and uploaded it to youtube. Check it out by clicking here.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-84955234213574051232011-02-27T22:25:00.004Z2011-03-05T17:57:36.594ZThis is the model of the entrance for Elang, painted and in a more "finished" state. Made from polystyrene and clay and other bits and pieces. Need to take better photos, I think it's pretty awesome really and this doesn't do it justice.And the bird, after being baked and painted and lit by firelight!HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-559536058665203362011-02-25T15:39:00.004Z2011-02-25T15:44:21.678ZI listed 4 t-shirts on Folksy today. Click here to go to my Folksy shop. :)HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-11634774337463581552011-02-23T20:01:00.005Z2011-03-09T17:48:49.692ZI'm going to set myself the goal of beating last years blog post total, as they have increased every year but I'm not set to beat last year if I carry on at this rate! Must make more art!Been making models today. I've been having trouble working out how the eagle statue would look from various angles, so I decided to make a maquette... It's scruffy and stuff but It'llhopefully serve it's purpose.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-80700309701345234612011-02-22T19:53:00.002Z2011-03-09T17:48:49.695ZWatercolours from photos.More theming design stuff.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-19898687678606235912011-02-22T12:35:00.003Z2011-02-22T12:53:46.127ZWe have to do promotional material for a uni project, and I've wanted to do a simple portfolio website for a long time now. So here's some stuff...Business cards.And website WIPs. Think I'll change the button font to the same as the title font.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-2911927373433953722011-02-14T21:34:00.003Z2011-03-09T17:48:49.698ZColour concept sketches for the external area of the ride (which doesn't look much like an entrance... should work on that) and animal exhibit (monkeys).Storyboard of main features.More character doodling. Trying to work out how stalyised, simplified, etc. it should beI went to the awesome cemetary down my road to draw from life and painted this horrendously bad watercolour sketch.I'm quite proudHAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-80701202976006917762011-02-12T13:06:00.004Z2011-02-13T20:56:38.874ZHere's some quick sketches from London Zoo.
And another watercolour environment from a photo.
HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-30663150050348967972011-02-09T22:44:00.005Z2011-03-09T17:48:49.701ZCouple of watercolour studies from photos. Getting better at this game.Just some random other ideas that were brought up during the first brainstorm.Initial ideas for bird character which might relate to one of the attractions.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-5740217902742729182011-02-08T23:08:00.002Z2011-02-09T22:50:15.347ZScanner killed this. Just some water colour studies from photos. I'm proud of the first one. Trying to be aware of colour and just practising with water colour.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-25738347121372511842011-02-06T12:18:00.002Z2011-03-09T17:48:49.703ZSketchbook pages from this past week, developing ideas for two different attractions/areas. One set in Europe, one set in Asia. Spent yesterday at John's disgussing and sketching ideas. It was productive. I had intended to just try and get out a magnitude of different ideas, but that didn't exactly go to plan this week. Probably still should just in case something else is a better idea.And a few HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-91167421923387742992011-01-30T20:34:00.003Z2011-01-30T20:40:31.198ZMore environments from photos. This one in gouache. I think the colours are a lot better than usual for me in this.And this, this is the result of about 2 hours trying to pay attention to perspective. I'm proud of it. Might be boring, but, big step for me... I used a RULER today. A pikachu one.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-19305787385556317892011-01-29T14:39:00.006Z2011-03-09T17:48:49.706ZInitial ideas for a jungle temple ruins themed attraction area.Observational drawings from photos of various environments. Still trying to do at least one, preferably more, every day.And a fairly interesting dragon from a boring side view with no body just so everyone knows I havent had a brain transplant.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-37409143373824472542011-01-27T23:01:00.004Z2011-01-27T23:10:12.702ZThese are from the last few days since the last upload. There are more, but they are even worse or even more mind-numbingly dull, so I'll spare you their awful unfinished scribblyness. Most of these are of Angkor Wat, which I think I may use as the inspiration for part of my next project. I'm not sure I'm getting better at drawing entire spaces and not just specific things, but I'm not so HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-77008267915177345252011-01-22T23:50:00.003Z2011-01-22T23:55:47.545Z2011 is the year I learn how to draw environments. I suck at them, but my next project will demand them. Fml. Got a sketchbook that I intend to fill with them. These are just from random photos, need to get out and draw from life.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-30275385649131299432011-01-06T16:03:00.005Z2011-01-29T15:12:27.460ZIt's finally finished!Buy on FolksyBuy on LuluHAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-31413913801820059772011-01-01T18:39:00.005Z2011-01-01T18:45:34.565ZIt's been a while, I know. I've been working my arse off on uni stuff and, like I said a few posts back, I didn't want to post every little detail of what I'm making.That said, here are some images from a zine (How "indie" of me.) I'm doing as a mini project about disregarded places in London. This is a subject I keep returning to. These are mixed media, essentially gel transfers coloured in withHAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-35901055502248497212010-12-04T14:27:00.002Z2010-12-04T14:30:56.908ZSome British garden birds. Great Tit, Goldcrest and Chaffinch. My intention was to use them on greeting cards. We'll see.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-53629649500861301632010-11-24T22:10:00.002Z2010-11-24T22:38:31.826ZMore X-Mas decs for prezzies. One is cinnamon scented the other smells of cloves. I can't tell you how much I hate cinnamon.This is a picture from last year that was a jectected image for a uni project. I cropped and framed it and it looks quite nice. Considering going through old art and presenting it like this and putting it up on Folksy/Etsy.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452633338714540210.post-43584337124779285242010-11-19T18:19:00.002Z2010-11-19T18:23:40.578ZSome little sculpey robin Christmas tree decorations. Going to give them as presents. Need to find a nice ribbon to finish them off, me thinks.HAJiMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com0