SOYO Live Art 28/06/2010

When I was first asked to do some live art I was initially worried that my style wouldn't fit the restraints of the event. Time was the largest restraint for me, my canvas work can take me up to two weeks rather than the 3hours allowed by an evening of live art, and this affected my choice of subject matter. The three previous sessions had included generic likenesses in a slight cartoon style because I thought a true realistic likeness would be a bit risky to try and complete in the time. With that said I thought it was time to give it a go and attempt a Star Wars piece featuring the unique features of Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin. I was really pleased with how this turned out, just need to push the shading a bit more in the future but it was a successful test that opens the door to other more specific character likenesses at upcoming live art events.

As always, big thanks to Matt @ SOYO
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Smashdance Poster

Some more design work for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls. This time for their debut bout here in Sheffield; the appropriately named Smashdance. Obviously had the original 1983 Flashdance poster for inspiration. As advertised, Saturday the 24th of July is a date to mark in your calendar, tickets available HERE.

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SOYO Live Art 14/06/2010

Another fun night at SOYO! Finished this piece in about 2 1/2 hours. I really wanted to recapture the bold composition and colour of the first She-Ra live art piece I did a few weeks back so I went with another forward facing female portrait. This weeks inspiration (probably the loosest reference to a movie I've done so far) was Carrie. This was also the first time I'd used some grey tone pastels for some of the shading on the face - its a great quick way of putting down some smooth shade.

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Childs Play Exhibition @ The Forum, Sheffield

Well my first group exhibition is finally under way! Massive thanks to Geo Law for the opportunity to take part in the 'Child's Play' exhibition currently on display at The Forum in Sheffield. It's great to be hanging side be side with some of Sheffield's finest artists and illustrators and I'm really pleased with how my work turned out. Working under the title 'Child's Play', I wanted to capture some of the shared memories of our childhood and hoped to remind people of a couple of 80's legends! The two pieces submitted were much larger than previous work and I really responded to the increase in size so I plan to work on this scale in the future.

The opening night was a great opportunity to finally meet those artists I've been aware of for so long and have a chat about art and life in Sheffield. Free beers too!

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SOYO Live Art 31/05/2010

Another great experience at SOYO working along side Beards! Went for a simpler design than the previous week and it didn't take nearly as long to complete (under 2 hours I think). I think it's lacking the colour of last week to make it really stand out though but its all still learning to see what works under the restraints of the night. Got a few ideas for future work so I best get sketching!

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