Odds ‘n’ sods

I'm going to try to do one post or one picture a day at least on this blog. This image is a very rough very quick sketch of my dungeons and dragons character. Her name is Soheila, she has an Arabic complexion and a scar and specialises I'm duel daggers and is a neutral evil … Continue reading Odds ‘n’ sods →

Bechdel test

Films that pass the Bechdel test make more money it seems. I guess that means there's no excuse to exclude women characters right?...right?!

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa- Paint tool SAI, DIGITAL- 2012 I drew this image some time last year and didn't share it much. It is of course the great Frank Zappa. I used Paint tool SAI to create it and I love the textures that the program creates, the lines feel a lot more natural than Photoshop and … Continue reading Frank Zappa →

fire

This is my rough image of a submission I'm creating for Elemental at Partia in Aintree hospital. This is the first digital image I've created in over a year now and I feel that it turned out okay. The idea of the piece is to look at both the destructive qualities of fire and the … Continue reading fire →

Sketches- December

I've always loved chameleons. I love the panicked face they all seem to have and I love the variety of colours they can be as well as their awesome movements. I chose this little dude to do a study of for his colouration and facial expression, I used inks and watercolours (weirdly enough used an … Continue reading Sketches- December →

Japan: Dystopia and the Uncanny Cityscapes in Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s Akira

Japan: Dystopia and the Uncanny Cityscapes in Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s Akira I wrote this essay for my Masters in Art, Aesthetics and Cultural institutions, it got a good pass but was not marked very highly due to the essay not being very philosophically based and more closely resembling film criticism. Despite this I am fairly happy … Continue reading Japan: Dystopia and the Uncanny Cityscapes in Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s Akira →