"sometimes it’s good to do stuff you suck at."

- Jillian Tamaki

this is a loose study based on a design for a character named Avalanche by Steven Gordon for the animated series 'x men evolution'. i really love the simplicity of gordon's designs. i've been pausing and gesture drawing my way through a few of the episodes.

i'm working to simplify my lines and shapes.

the disappearing lady - a drawing so minimal it's barely there!

programmed to love?

"hello! i found this in your front yard."

some of you have noticed that my blog name as changed - i've gone from an old internet handle to my actual name. do not panic! everything is the same. needless to say some old links won't work.

a little more...

moar wip figure studies. what better way to spend valentines day!

progress report:

WIP! was feeling a little lazy doing all those portraits so now i'm attempting a full figure. let's see how far i can take this! it's so hard to stop but i have to get some sleep.. here is where i'm at right now

today's practice: adam hughes' supergirl

and again! i'm working my way through parts of this adam hughes book because I'm trying to study the way he paints... so i'm painting his stuff. over and over. and over. yay!

okay, disclaimer time: i dont read superhero comics. i'm just here for the painting.

hangover study - cat woman by adam hughes.

is there any hotter super villain?
(A: no.)

take your medicine!

police photos of australian criminals, 1920s

unbelievably beautiful images.

thank you mina!

ah yellow sweater you are nice.

i am watching you do stuff.

magic 8 ball says this thesis concept sketch may get rejected but i really like it

sucks to be that guy. i like drawing characters in ridiculous and horrible situations with whom i can then sympathize with.

this is a really quick and messy sketch i did of my nephew but i like it because i caught him in this second when he was poised to paint but then suddenly got distracted. his head moved but everything else stayed totally frozen in position. he had a deathgrip on his paintbrush but his other hand held the paper down so carefully and delicately.

everything about his pose said '3 year old' to me.



oh jack i love you

another doug braithwaite study - wonder woommaaannn



digital painting is funny, sometimes i'm like 'man it's so much easier to get this colour i'm looking for' and sometimes i'm like 'where is this colour, if i could only just mix it by hand'

another lil' somethin-something, from a top secret drawing i'm working on for a friend.



it's an alternate version oliver twist where everyone is replaced with gargoyles.

actually no its not. but y'aww ain't he cute?!

also i think this is my first serious attempt at a monster - cool!

this is a study based on part of a Justice cover by doug braithwaite.

i'm suddenly interested in digital painting! it's a lot more crampy than regular painting but im also not used to holding the stylus thingie.

This piece is part of a series entitled Stranger than Fiction, I've used retro and pulp fiction style imagery to explore contemporary neurological case studies revealing that actual science is even stranger than science fiction.

This piece is about Delusions of Sentient Companions: where the sufferer believes inanimate objects are sentient.. and sometimes BFFs!