I was shocked and somewhat speechless when I heard the news—that last night, on Monday 21st of June, comedian Chris Sievey, aka Frank Sidebottom, passed away. I couldn’t help but be moved to make my own, small tribute to the man, who never failed to make me laugh…
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! I usually like to draw some kind of comic or illustration whenever I give anyone a card—though they’re not usually so topical. But BP just seems to get everywhere.
The lines aren’t as clean as they might have been, but as always with my card illustrations, it was done straight on with pen and ink.
…I probably should have drawn it somewhere better ventilated, given the amount of ink that it took to make the last panel of the comic!
Had an idea and a little extra time before heading to bed last night—figured I’d throw together a little typographic illustration while I was still up and feeling the design vibe!
A quick and fun type treatment based on the classic “you say tomayto, I say tomahto,” example of different dialects and pronunciations based on geographical location. I started out without worrying about making it too immediately legible; as I got into it, that began to seem more and more fitting, further emphasizing the concept of a language barrier within the one language itself.
One of the somewhat refreshing aspects of working on a design or illustration for purely personal means—the ability to focus on form entirely independent of function (not something I believe should ever be encouraged within design, but I find giving myself less orthodox challenges helps to keep me on my toes)!
This week’s comic is… well, okay, it’s a bit of a weird one.
I’m rather happy about that!
UPDATE: Well that was kind of fun. May try it again sometime, if I think more people might be interested.
SKETCH 1
Matt Doyle – “A monkey in a suit playing air guitar, on roller skates” (had to be tricky, eh? :P)
This week’s comic was based on a conversation a friend and I had involving Zach Weiner.
Chances are you’ve already come across Zach Weiner’s awesome comic before – if you haven’t then fix that right now by checking out SMBC comics!
In other news, I’ll be doing a $10 sketch run later today – keep an eye on my design blog or my Twitter feed for details and updates when they come!
Hey Guess What, I Made a Book – it has stuff in it. Funnily enough, that’s also the title! The book is 12 pages and features a selection of works from my potrfolio.
It’s currently available to download for free right here – or, if you prefer, you can purchase a hard copy for the-not-all-that-outrageously-extortionate price of £5.
I took some photos of my copy once it arrived; I’m rather pleased with how it came out:
A little late this week, due to workload and tablet troubles.
This almost wasn’t going to be a comic, but a few things lately reminded me of the idea for the strip, and I figured that there couldn’t be a better time to draw it! (Especially as it may act as a nice lead in to next week’s comic!)
Amélie Fowler has recently graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art with an Honours Degree, and has had some of her work featured in Source magazine’s showcase of graduate photography. I heartily recommend checking out her and her fellow students’ work!
I recently had the opportunity to create another digital painting, this time in the form of a character I’m really looking forward to reading more about – Vora, Princess of the Skies. I was able to have a bit of fun with the layout and theme of this one; didn’t want to go for anything too stereotypical, but instead play around a little more with the underlying theme and allegory.
Click the image above to view the full illustration.
