Smaug

My drawing of Smaug (from The Hobbit). I used an image to draw from, unfortunately i'm not good enough to draw from my mind yet! I'm glad with how it turned out seeing as i don't draw much anymore. 

'A heart' 

'Let it rain.' Just another experiment with illustrator. I used a photograph of my own horse to make the design. Still need to work on my effects, it looks vaguely rain like I think! I'll keep practicing!

Make a wish.

Inspired by looking out at the stars last night. Need to work on my colour effects! But I just needed to get something down!

Another floating island! I'm thinking i'm going to turn the idea of a 'floating islands' into a mini serious. 2 down, many more to go!

be free.

I drew the vector in Illustrator and placed it upon the sky background which I had taken from a photo of mine. I'm still not sure of having the text 'be free.' but i feel it needs something.

Mechanical Kingfisher

Another drawing i've done recently. I used a photo I had taken to base it on. I've simply made the Kingfisher look mechanical.

My first experiment using Apple Motion. Theres mistakes but as I experiment more I will hopefully get the hang of using the programme!! Im happy with it as a first attempt.

Magical and Wonderful

I created this in Illustrator after being inspired by Biffy Clyro's song 'Biblical'. I wanted to bring the line, 'you gave me magical, I gave you wonderful' to life as I can relate to it.

Firefly

Inspired by the TV series Firefly, I started playing around with images in photoshop.

Batman. This only took me 2 hours to draw this time. Getting quicker! Now it's done i think theres some parts which aren't quite right but i'm happy with it anyway :)

Optimus Prime. I think i've got the perspective and proportions right, but as I was filling it in I kind of got tired of crosshatching as there were so many dark parts-so it looks a little rushed and untidy. 

My drawing of 'Predator' from Alien Vs Predator. Drawn in a fine line graphic pen. This is the first thing i've drawn in a while, i'm trying to get back into it. I draw a lot of animals mainly but its good to shake it up a bit! I mainly do black and white drawings and prefer to draw life like images, so no cartoons etc... I'm pleased with how this turned out, I guess it could be neater-spend time making the really dark parts full black and i'm sure some angles are off!

Ice Ice Baby!! My own photo taken on the Malvern Hills. I was trying to capture the detail of how the ice formed which I think i achieved. I also like how the background blurred out as it emphasis the iced plant more. I think as a development I could try and get a closer shot and try and make it central within the shot. Also I could look at how ice forms on other things.

As this probably suggests i like horses! I used my horses head as a guide then carried on from their. Drawn in pencil on an A2 sheet of paper.

Experiment with the new letterpress app I got. Gives great effect, cant wait to use it more!

Thought i'd add something to make this front page a little more interesting. Malvern Hills 2012.

I am currently in the process of setting up a website for a small printing company I am running with my dad. Everything is printed at high quality on a professional printer and is all my own work. The Company name is Anchor Arts Design. I will post a link to the website once it is up and running :)

Still trying to get the hang of using blogger!! I also have some of my work on Deviantart.  http://pride-joy.deviantart.com/

Finally made a blog...now to fill it!