Year of the rat

I have just completed my entry into this years annual Illustrators Australia 9x5 exhibition. This years theme is Year of the Rat. As you can see I went for a rather dark interpretation of the theme. I used this painting to explore some stencil techniques. I ended up using a couple of A4 sheets of Frisket Film brand low tack masking film. This stuff was great! In the past I had used over head transparency sheets stuck on the canvas with glue stick glue. Using the low tack masking film was easier, quicker and cleaner. Three big ticks from me!
By the way this years 9x5 exhibition is being held as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival.
The exhibition launch will be held on Thursday the 2nd of October at Space 39, Level 2, 39 Collins Street, Melbourne. So if your in the neighbourhood around that time come on down and check it out! Peace out!

Magic Marker Art

Here are some A2 sized pieces I have done for an up coming group exhibition.
A whole series of artist, designers and illustrators have been asked to create a series of image for the exhibition. There is no theme to the content as long as the main medium used in magic markers. I am not sure when this exhibition will be held, but I believe it will be some time in late August. I'll keep you all posted on that.

Rugby

Here is another sporting sketch I did. This piece is based on an image I saw of a rugby player "spear tackling "his opponent. It is interesting to note the effect of gravity on facial expressions. You can notice the force of gravity dragging the face of the player doing the tackling downwards towards the ground. I must say I am enjoying doing these sporting based sketches, it really helps focus the mind and eye on depth, shape and character interaction.

Images of IA Northern Exposure window

Hello everyone, I thought I would post some images of the IA display window, which featured in this years Northern Exposure festival. I have also posted some images showing various members of the IA committee constructing the display. I must say the people I worked with to get this baby done worked bloody hard! Well done Matt, Sonia, Chris, Jodi, Jeremy and Andrea!
Hope you like the photos!

Action illustration

I felt like doing a action illustration, so I did this illustration based on a photograph I found of two football players.

IA display at Northern Exposure Festival

During the last weekend I worked with other members of the IA committee to create a display window for the upcoming Northern Exposure Festival. Below is an email that IA is circulating to its members, if you can make it you should come on down and check it out!

ILLUSTRATORS AUSTRALIA @ NORTHERN EXPOSURE 08

As part of the annual Northern Exposure Arts Festival taking place in
High Street, Northcote on June 20 - 22, IA have taken over a shop front
at 241 High Street. Take a stroll around the galleries and wander past
our fabulous installation (on display for that weekend only).

Official opening Friday 7pm June 20 at the Northcote Uniting Church -
hope to see you there!

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE:

Daniel Atkinson
Matt Clare
Lisa Coutts
Beth Croce
Andrea Innocent
Sonia Kretschmar
Jeremy Ley
Jody Pratt

For more details visit http://www.northernexposure.org.au

Character Style Sheet

Hello all,
I finished a character style sheet last night for a medieval foot solider character. I thought I would share it with the world. I completed the line work by hand in pen and ink and then coloured the piece in Corel Painter. Enjoy!

Steal-Life

I was invited to display a slide show of my illustrations on the web-site Steal-Life.com
This is a great website that contains a huge collection slide shows from some very talented photographer and artists. It's well worth checking out. Of course while you are there you can check out some of my work on the following link. http://www.steal-life.com//showitoff_slideshow.php?ssdir=6b70710d6efc87bf36cf842acc87672d
Hope you enjoy it.

Good Folk Exhibition

My apologies for the huge amount of time that has passed since I last placed a blog.
It's been several months and quite a bit has happened since I last placed a blogged. It is these events that have kept me so distracted that I have struggled to find the time to keep regular entries on this blog.
First of all I have been involved in a group exhibition that ended earlier this month on the 4th of May. It ran only for a week, but it was great fun to display some work get some very positive feed back from the public. I would like to send a big thanks to the other very talented illustrators whom I shared the exhibition with, they included Helena Babic, Sam Quan and Neil Sanders. Many thanks guys!