Creation on a Surface Pro

Roller Girls of Gotham

Originally intended as a Roller Poster the changes I had to make destroyed my creative vision. I dont mind if you need to make changes but when you are NOT paying for it then any ideas you have are only considered by me. Ultimately the decision is mine. So after this was rejected because women having boobs is a No-No according to the Approval Board. This became mine again and Well I brought back the big boobs and made them into Batman Villains. Things always happen for a reason.

RED Liquorice & Allsorts

2013, Yes I am very Late. I am Very Sorry. As Mushroom Chomping Mario would say Here we Go!

The Picture above is a Temp image for the cover of RED LIQUORICE & AllSorts a Table Book that I hope will be available this year (SELF FUNDED) featuring New Girly Art, Character Designs and 'Something Else'. Originally the image was my Valentine Card to my friend in America Mona this year whom I love Dearly and can't wait to see this year (YES AMERICA I'M COMING BACK) . And I decided to use it as an announcement of my intentions of finally getting this Book together

I Have Heaps of Updating on the Blog these next few days but something I wanted to Clear UP first THIS LINK to an OLD post it was a JOKE a long time ago and that was not an Obama Dog Toy (it also happens to be my most Googled Item you SADBUNCH OF RACIST IDIOTS) Some of my Great Friends are African American so if you are reading this looking for an Obama Dog Toy GET A LIFE. See You Shortly on the Weekend for Another UPDATE!!

The Great Ak

Forget Rudolph, The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus is my second favorite Rankin/Bass Production right next to Mad Monster Party. So when asked to contribute some further art to Rick Goldschmidts upcoming Portfolio Anniversary I chose The Great Ak from the stated story.

 Something about that design grabbed me, perhaps its the giant wooden antlers he wears or the Awesome Silver Axe he wields which by the way chopped enemies easily in two in the original book written by Frank L. Baum and not produce lazer beams to minimize angry parents wrath against violence on the screen. Still its a great show I try to watch it every year and really enjoy all the Designs of the Woodland Spirits probably R/B Greatest TV special.

Willy McBean

Some New Art from yours truly for my pal Historian Rick Goldschmidt who is releasing a 15th Anniversary Edition of his book "The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass a Portfolio" Looking forward to seeing it.

Its Due out at the end of November I believe look out for it HERE

Talking about History I've been studying American, mainly the Civil War and different parts of that Country. Interesting stuff  Looking forward to seeing my friends again next year in 2013 and visiting a few more places.

Toy Story Jessie

If Anyone at Pixar Animation, Dreamworks, Blue Sky, Cartoon Network or even an Independant Animation Studio's Sees this Blog I WANT TO WORK FOR YOU!!! 

I Will pay my own way! Help Spread the Word!

Also I've added my Twitter Account to my Blog Now for those who don't have it.

Devil in De-Tail

Was looking forward to seeing my friend Angie this Month, not going to happen now. So heres her Birthday Present she likes to refer to herself as a devil and has wanted me to design it as such. But because of the negative feedback I get from Women on the web in that they feel I give them a 'RawDeal' I've been hesitant to do so as to recieve some more unwarranted Tongue Lashings, This was Asked for by Angie so no complaining.. I'm going to be taking a break from drawing women for awhile however so expect new stuff coming thats not girl related.

In Related news I watched 'The Smurfs' movie and am still recovering.

I also got to meet a fan of my work recently in Melbourne who's bought my T-Shirts since I began making them 3 Years Ago!! Nice Lady, I like people who make time for others. Not enough of it in my opinion, Until Next Time!!

Under the Sea

Ok I can say I'm not very proud of this one. But I'll own it.

Snow White

 Here's some Snow White artwork.

What a Nightmare today was, I'm in Melbourne for the Easter Holidays with extended family. I had heard last week of an Impending Clearance Sale that Dick Smith Electronics was having Australia Wide Luckily Melbourne is Full of these stores. While not the Best place to buy Video Games it occasionally has the odd 'Bargain' thats worth getting. So I head in the day before the big sale to just look around and see what the Local Area Store had in stock that they would need to get rid of and it would seem alot of people had the same idea. I thought to myself this Sale is going to Physically Hurt. So I decided to leave Early the next morning and walk getting there 1/2 an hour before Store Opening. Atleast 100 people were lined outside and I knew this was NOT going to end well. When the Doors Finally Kicked Open there was a clamper for the back of the store (where everything was kept). I took one look and thought No Way!!

So I was there for a $100 XBOX360 4gb Console and I can tell you it wasn't going to happen, People when they want something desperatly enough act like Hungry Zombified Hordes. And so I decided the easiest thing to do was to go to the front Counter and find a Shop Assistant. I had noticed that they had the Modern Warfare Limited Edition marked down from $499 to $299 in a glass cabinet and had opted for that (when you put into account a Console, Game, Hard Drive and Controllers its still very reasonable and so that was my decision and its stuff I would have had to have bought anyway.) And to me it was a Bargain.

As I left the store I looked back at the throngs of people scraping for every little cheap Gaming Console, Game and Accessory they could get. When they saw my carrying of an Xbox I was almost set upon. I had to get out of there and fast. I left adrenaline was at an all time high I had narrowly missed being involved in the Rush.

There's been alot of bad stuff on the Internet said about the way the sale was Handled by Dick Smith staff (The Frenzy only began when a Leaked document of the upcoming sale hit the Internet, who is not going to notice a $20 DSi) but some even saying that most of the items that were a part of the sale weren't there to begin with but that the sales assistants had put them away prior to this sale starting for themselves and ebay. I saw no evidence of this, but then again I couldnt see any of the items due to the shear number of people who had hoped for a bargain so maybe they just didnt have any to begin with. I'll never know what I do know is that I got an Xbox360 was out in 5 minutes and I wont be trying for anything like that again. Also before you complain about the fact I spent money and am supposed to never have any money what I did spend was my saving for this easter trip and you know what I DESERVE this!!.

In other news If you know my Facebook page lately you would have seen I was in a recent Dog Attack and my dog Billie who was already waiting on an operation was Hurt as well. We are waiting for him to heal before going forward with his more dangerous Operation. So this will give me time to resave up for it. Hoping to meet with friends while in Melbourne along with posting more artwork so Stay Tuned Folks.

Emperor Underway

The Graphic Novel 'Lord Fancy' is Still Happening, Since I haven't shown anything in a while heres a look at a Villain I created but won't use in the first book. I envisioned him as a Short Statured actor Terry-Thomas type ex-Lord Underway whos ambition is to remove the Queen and become Emperor of Great Britain.

Mister Spock

"Its Life Jim, But Not as We know it!" Been Watching the Original STAR TREK of late. So Heres a Some Nimoy Love!

Also please be patient if the Blog is a bit Out of Whack right now, I'm modifying the design. Including the wonderful new Headline Designed by the Eccentric, Incomparable....uh...me!

Don't Forget I'm looking at travelling to the States to follow my dream of becoming a Character Designer this Year. I would love to visit some Animation studios for the day and also learn American History if you live in the following areas of Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, New York or Washington let me know.

The Dream is Alive.

Happy 2012

Last Year was rough for me, lets try and make this one Better!

Birthday Present for a Friend!

Step Ahead

As I reported Yesterday the 'Inkling' now seems to be out and early reports are that, its not good. However it maybe a matter of getting used to it and many just dont like to give things a chance. For Example the first time I sat down in front of a Mac computer to learn Adobe Illustrator I hated it with a passion. But after I got accustomed it felt like second nature. Change is hard to begin with but sometimes it works out.

Fancy Stamp

More art from the soon to be released MMP book. I was thinking of sticking this on a Tee-Shirt.

The Captain

So Yes I treated myself to Captain America: The First Avenger in 3D. And I gotta say out of DC and Marvel movies Marvel wins hands down for there love of Continuity and nods to other heroes. Now as you know I'm not the biggest fan of 'The Dark Knight' Mostly because it was so dark it alienated me from the movie I hate depressive films I get enough of that in my daily humdrum life. Captain America is Heap of Fun Escapism, It would have been nice to have a few more 'lighter' moments but the movie doesnt go over the top in either direction.

One of the things I disliked about the earlier Marvel Movies was their lack of reference within each universe to anything outside that particular 'Heroes' world. Thankfully once IronMan proved it could be done it seemed a given that they would continue to allow all the Franchises to emerge. From the Pitiful Fantastic Four movies to just Bad HULK movies I was worried that they may not come out of the Comic Book Curse. But they Have.

Back to Captain America and OMG the Comic refences are everywhere, Theres a particular character that showed up early in the film and only at a short glance that I had no idea was appearing but it buried me in this universe and it created a feeling that this movie was made with alot of love and care to the Lineage of Marvel. Something that DC Comics has yet to still Grasp sadly. I really enjoyed Chris Evans Performance I honestly had my doubts since he had played Johnny Storm and he left a bad impression on me (as well as the film) But he pulled it off anyway I promised myself there shall be no spoilers here I really want you to go see this movie if you have the time its a Great Ride, if somewhat Short only perhaps because I was left wanting more.

Banana Bread

I'd like to thank all those who have been emailing me this past week since announcing I'll be cutting back on drawing for the forseeable future.

On Wednesday I had a job interview in Customer Service, Currently its the best option to make some much needed money now we aussies have been given a new Useless Carbon TAX to pay for from the elite politicians. I hate those guys!! Anyway The job is highly sort after and I'm staying hopeful. I guess I'll always be an artist inside it just hurts to not put it to good use.

Finally Played the first PORTAL game on my PC (which is in need of a new battery) gotta say Really Enjoyed it. Just have to wait for a better price on the sequel.

Spookily Yours

Heres some inspired background artwork, I suck at backrounds which has made the job of getting Lord Fancy done THAT much harder.

Protocol

 First up the good Stuff heres some new Character Designs of both Agents Day and Sparrow for creator owned Spy Series S.O.S

Sadly recieved some Bad News this week my Artwork for the Book 'SkullFace' was unceremoniously dumped before publication and am not in it. Despite the two special Pieces I did for it (Mammoth Destruction and Remember Me) I believe there were alot of factors involved the biggest one being that my names not big enough. This is a Sad state of affairs despite being asked to participate I have no control if it goes in the book or not. I needed to even ask if I was in it (after its release) I had been waiting for a year for its release and am Disappointed. Still I now have my two pieces one is up for sale on Redbubble the other isn't but now I'll probably do a limited print run on it (which will involve Pre-Orders)
I'm sure its still a Good Book with alot of better artists, Go check it out and buy where you can get it cheaply because papers expensive these days.

I really Appreciate People buying my art lately from Redbubble, I'm very grateful to those buying Tees especially recently as I have had to pay some Medical Bills of Late not for myself but Vet Bills for my sick Golden Retriever. I love my Billie Dog more than life itself he keeps me Sane and to have him in pain causes me to be very upset indeed. The Bank account has been low for awhile and the bills have been piling up So if your all out there I just wanted to say thankyou and that I hope you enjoy the goods you have.

Goodies Proto-Type

I've been off working on my first Graphic Novel 'Lord Fancy' as well as work behind the scenes with Publishing it. I'm not going to talk details without it totally blowing up in my face like so many other occassions but anyway thats the excuse for my absence this month. I'm working on it.

I know there there hasn't been alot of art in recent months because of Fancy, but anyway thought I would share a Tee Proto-Type idea I had. Best I can do for now. I really disliked Python never got into it just boring silly gross stuff. But the Goodies were Silly Fun INSANE Stuff and I just had this urge to do a shirt with these guys. Its not meant to go on the market I was just seeing how it would look and be recieved by closet fans. If I did a Comedy show this is what it would most be like, from Giant Kittens to Loch Ness Monsters to the fight to the death over Cream, Scones and Jam. This show WAS my Childhood right next to Doctor Who. Anyway heres the shirt leave a comment or don't. Just how many people are out there Watching Me? Should I be Worried or Paranoid?

It's About Time

So a Little Update this month I'm almost done with the first two pages of my 'Lord Fancy' graphic novel with most of the plotting done and its Literally a Big Dastardly Plot. Its an odd storyline but will keep you intrigued throughout I hope. When I did some early tests the story seemed quite dull and not really getting anywhere I believe I've rectified that part. I have also enrolled the help of some seasoned comic pros to help with its fine tuning I want this to be a memorable book. So It Continues On.

Also received an unexpected message from Angela White today, nice of her to remember me. I guess if I had a muse she would be it since I've drawn her more times than I can count. Despite my outspoken points of view on the opposite sex I'll always have time for Angela we shouldnt get along and yet we do. It was her birthday at the beginning of March so I did a quick drawing and sent it to her.

Flying to Melbourne on the weekend for a Doctor Who Convention and will also attend Supanova but perhaps only for one day since I will be travelling alone.

Also Notice I've added a few new Gadgets on the Blog including 'Popular Posts', A 'Visitations' Counter and the best one is a Follow by Email so as soon as I post you'll recieve a notification in your inbox.