Art in the Gardens

At the beginning of the month I attended my first art fair as a market trader! The annual Art in the Gardens is held in the botanical gardens here in Sheffield and I was proud to set up shop for the weekend offering original canvases and prints. This was a great learning experience for me in setting up a stall and displaying my work (as well as restraining myself from the exuberant market stall calls of “get yer art prints here...”). It was great to get so much positive feedback from people and I seemed to strike a particular chord with dads who appeared to perk up at the sight of Star Wars references.Managed to sell some prints too!

All in all a great weekend and a big thanks to my parents for helping out so much.

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Cirque Du Slay Poster

Another poster for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls. As is often the case with the themed title of the bout events, the poster needs to fit that style. This time I wanted to reference the busy layout of vintage circus posters. It’s a good job I’ve got so many themed fonts - jog on Times New Roman, you’re not needed anymore.

The bout is Sunday the 9th of October at Ponds Forge and you can purchase tickets HERE

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All Ireland Roller Derby Logo

More logo design work for a roller derby team. This time I've gone all international with this design for the All Ireland Roller Derby team. As always when working with pin ups, this was a really enjoyable project. I think I successfully ran with the brief of "make it Irish" (short of her drinking a pint of Guinness). The team will be attending Blood and Thunder Roller Derby World Cup this December in Canada; just what that country needs, another high speed contact sport!

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SSRG Banner

This is a fully digital piece done for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls to act as a helpful sign at bout events once it’s printed onto a 6 foot banner. I was aiming for a Gil Elvgren look to the piece and learned a lot about his colour palette. Had fun working on all the details and giving some attention to areas other than my usual portrait work. Look out for it at the next bout, which looks like it’s going to be the 2nd of July at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre.

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Doug Bloodworth

Just had to share the amazing work of Doug Bloodworth as his technical skill needs to be seen to be believed! It’s fitting that a section of his work features comics as I’m currently working on my own comic themed collection. Doug chooses to feature a photo-realistic copy of a comic along with other familiar objects (also rendered in amazing lifelike detail!), resulting in a familiar scene of reading comics and enjoying a snack. His talent for photo realism is truly impressive and the way he manages to capture the complex textures of his subjects brings a real beauty to typically everyday objects. Below are two of his paintings...yeah that's right, they're not photographs!

I've actually got this issue of Superman for research on my current project.


These are only part of Doug’s impressive output so be sure to check out his Western section and Painted Buses at his website.

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New SSRG T-Shirt Design

Another t-shirt design for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls! Tried to capture the classic sugar skull look but keep it feminine with the hair and eyes. Really pleased with how the printing has turned out as it still has all the detail of the original design. I’ve been told that there are different colourways of the design and I’ve seen it on the back of hoodies so it seems to have gone down well at the recent bout. Not too sure the t-shirt is available for purchase outside of the bout events so you’ll just have to make it to the next one to pick up a t-shirt for yourself!

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NewWebPick #33

I was recently asked to participate in the upcoming edition of NewWebPick online magazine. The full version is available now for only $2.50 (with a free “lite” version of the magazine available later). It features a collection of interviews and features on creative types from around the world. I’ve posted my pages below for your reading pleasure but would recommend the full magazine (at 470 pages it’s a steal!).

The official press release:
"Patient and Beauty" - NewWebPick #33 Full version Released!


CONTENTS:
===Collection===
Amaia Arrazola (Spain) / Erik Brandt (Estados Unidos) / Josh (USA) / Mute (UK) / Naoshi (Japan) / Cena (china) / See Wai Chung (Hong Kong)

===Elite Interview===
William Chua (Singapore)

===Patient and Beauty===
Husam Elfaki (Sudan) / Andrea Forgacs (UK) / Kashyap Murali (India) / Pelle Martin (Denmark) / Piyavachara Arunotai (Thailand) / Takashi Nakano (Japan) / Ting Liang (China)

===Super Pick===
Katya Reka (Ukraine) / Dody Agung Wibowo (Indonesia) / Ma Qunli (China) / Mi Ju (USA) / Thomas Clever & Gert Franke (Netherlands) / Minzi (China) / Owen Qiu (China)

Subscription for "NewWebPick" #33: http://ezine.newwebpick.com/

NewWebPick Website: http://www.newwebpick.com

My Pages:


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