Happy Halloween everyone!
How I spent my summer (Part 2)
Marwell Wildlife had chosen my Oxpecker bird design, although asked if I could change the birds to Humboldt penguins and to include their local celebrity, Ralph the penguin.
During Ralph's annual moult, he loses his feathers quicker
than the other penguins, exposing his skin to the elements and for the past couple
of years, Ralph has had to wear a wetsuit to protect him from the sun. Because of this Ralph has become bit of a celebrity, 'the penguin
with the wetsuit', and for this reason Marwell wanted to include him in the
design, a 'Where’s Wally' approach.
I got straight to work redesigning
the rhino with Humboldt penguins in mind and Marwell Wildlife gave me the go ahead with my new design (above)
The studio in which all the artists and the rhinos congregated was in the Marlands shopping centre in the centre of Southampton, it was an open studio where members of the public could come in to watch the artists at work and to ask questions.
I came slightly late to
the project so the studio was pretty much full of artists busily at work on
their rhinos. After get acquainted with the space and the rather large blank
canvas of the rhino sculpture, I set to work.
Once started, I began to realise the enormous amount of work that lay before me and I encountered a few problems......
The first problem was my intricate style of drawing on a full scale rhino; I started drawing as I usually would in
my small detailed style and drawing the penguins no bigger than paper clips,
thinking this would be alright. How wrong was I?! I spent hours on just a small
part of the lower leg, it looked impressive, but as my girlfriend pointed out to me, this would take me forever to finish and my rhino wouldn't be ready in time for the trail. I needed to draw the penguins a lot larger, so I had to start all over again! So if it wasn't for her I would still be painting penguins today!
Covering the whole rhino with all those
penguins took its time, drawing them in the curves and contours of the
rhino and making sure they all connected was a real head scratcher.
Once drawn out I could set about painting the rhino.
To be continued in part 3
Once drawn out I could set about painting the rhino.
To be continued in part 3
Read How I spent my summer part 1 here
Warm Weather
Alresford Music Festival launch evening
Alresford Music Festival
For more information on the festival go their website ENJOY!
Working progress
Got lots going on at the moment, but here is a little snippet from one of the projects I am working on, will post the final results this week
How I spent my summer (Part 1)
This summer has been really eventful and my creative
productivity has gone through the roof. Going to festivals, having BBQs, watching the tennis and managing to soak up every last bit of sunshine was pretty much standard, but one of the biggest
events/projects I was fortunate enough to be part of was Marwell Wildlife's Go Rhinos2013 project in Southampton.
It all started when I attended a meeting inviting local
artists to find out about the project and what it entails. Go Rhinos!, I found out,
was a major charity art project within Southampton where local artists submitted
designs to be chosen and sponsored by local businesses to be painted on
full scale fibre glass rhino sculptures to be displayed across the
city. I jumped at the chance to be part of this amazing project and got to
work immediately on my designs.
I submitted two designs in the end, both in my signature
detailed style, one of which was inspired by the Monarch butterfly migration in
Mexico and the other by the Oxpecker bird.
After the deadline in January there was a small wait to find out if any of the sponsors would choose one of my designs to be painted on a rhino.
Unfortunately in March I found out my designs had not
been chosen, but all was not lost, In April I got a surprising phone call from Marwell Wildlife telling me that they had chosen one of my designs to be reproduced on a
rhino, although they requested some slight changes to be made.......
To be continued in part 2.
Interview for Color Ink Book
In space nobody can eat ice cream
'In space nobody can eat ice cream' something to work on.
More Work in progress
Practicing drawing space men in preparation for a much larger image. Will keep you posted on progress.
SO.A.P newspaper
Competition
Work in progress
Interview
Check out my interview I did for Lost & Found magazine, an insight into my imagination and creative process.
Work in progress for a poster
Here is some work in progress for a poster design. watch this space for updates
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