First Skateboard Printed!

So, Printed the first portrait skateboard. Board

is for a friend that I skate with. 

Unfortunately not the best quality deck in the world,

but the board is really just meant for the wall, isn't it?

Painting was done in oils.

Robert Baratheon - Game of Thrones

Robert Baratheon from Game of Thrones.

Time-lapse screen recording below.

If you do, then watch in 720p :)

Eddard Stark from Game of Thrones

Painted Eddard Stark from Game of thrones. (Click image to enlarge)

Thinking of doing all the main characters.

Time lapse Screen recordings below.

Parts 1, 2 & 3

If you do, then watch in 720p :)

Painting Oils again.

Second attempt oil painting attempt in ages.

Slowly getting back into it.

First Oil Painting in Years

Painted my first oil painting in years.

Was quite refreshing, a well needed break from the laptop.

Pixels will never quite compare to real paint.

Jacob Zuma

Painted a caricature of South African president 

Jacob Zuma

Dave Portrait

Officially the longest painting I have ever painted.

Spent about 3 days painting on and off.

Pretty stocked over this one.

Eye study

First upload in a long time.

Just some practise to keep

myself in the game.

London with Jason Seiler

Here's a photo from the workshop that I attended

with Jason Seiler in London. 

"Whitchurch Wildlife"

So I can officially say that I am finished with this project.

In the end it was decided that, instead of using these paintings

for postcards, they are going to be put up on display in an exhibition.

It was decided that series would be named "Whitchurch Wildlife" due 

to the eccentric appearances of the characters featured. 

The last painting of the elderly lady is one that I finished

just last night, I wasn't going to include it in the final display

because I was having a terrible time trying to get the portrait

to "look right", I just couldn't get the values correct and painted

repainted it over and over until eventually the correct values 

started falling into the right places and the painting started

to resemble something that looked half decent, from then on

it was smooth sailing which lead to a pleasant "all nighter" of

smooth painting amidst the symphonic sounds waves of 

Cinematic Orchestra.

Schoolism LIVE in London

So, it's official. I am going to the Schoolism LIVE in London Character Workshop!

Purchased my ticket and now just have to wait it out until the day.

Seriously excited for this because, although I have been to a few

comicons and stuff, I haven't really ever been to any event that

celebrates Illustration to this extent before. I'm pretty sure that I'm

 going to walk away from this one with a wealth of new knowledge

and a few new friends of Illustration.

As Jason Seiler says "It's going to be EPIC!"

Caricature of a friend

Still busy practicing caricatures. Spent 9 hours on this

one. With each new painting I'm painting for a bit longer

and pushing it a bit more. The result is a stronger painting I think.

I'm also focusing on achieving a good likeness in

my paintings, taking more time to get it right.

I have also been watching "Sketching with Jason Seiler" Which I highly

recommend to anyone interested in caricature or portrait art.

I owe a great deal of any improvement in my work to that DVD.

Caricature attempt.

Think I'm slowly getting better at caricatures

Although I still have a hard time stepping outside of my 

comfort zone, I think I'm getting a bit braver, with each new painting,

 when it comes to exaggerating certain features.

Today's portrait

Portrait practice

Some more portrait practice.