In the Urban Playground
Monday, 30 March 2009
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Clocks Forward...
Don’t forget to put the clocks forward an hour tonight.
From Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to British Summer Time (BST)
From Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to British Summer Time (BST)
Friday, 27 March 2009
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Friday, 20 March 2009
Happy Texture Accidents...
Here are some oil and turpentine experiments on brown card.
I make a lot of textured backgrounds for use in digital illustration and graphic design work, which is how these images came into existence.
I love the marks that have been left on the card as the turpentine has receded and dried.
I thought that these were really nice as images in their own right.
I make a lot of textured backgrounds for use in digital illustration and graphic design work, which is how these images came into existence.
I love the marks that have been left on the card as the turpentine has receded and dried.
I thought that these were really nice as images in their own right.
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Words 'n' Wordz...
The concept is this:
You write three words, pass it on, someone else writes three more words and they pass it on, someone else writes the closing three words. There are no strict rules. You could go on and on and have a massive poem but I have found that the three lines are more punchy, powerful and poignant. The hardest job is writing the closing line (the punch line if you like). Anyway it is great fun if you like wordplay. We have done it with six words over three lines too. Here are some of the results! Enjoy.
Conquest made sane
Insanity pursues conquest
Conquest buggers all.
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Boredom pursued happiness
With such vigour
He became happy
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A tiny grin
Faded into submission
Such was truth.
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When we connected
Morning had broken
And my hymen
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The fallen rise
The Berlin wall
The reason falls
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Motive not apparent
Merely an aspirant
Learning to be.
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Little, big fish
Filthy shaven perverts
Praise the Bic.
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It was a classic car tarnished,
Sun cracked, gravel rash and plaque
First time our daughter met crack.
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I said yes. It meant shit.
So often it had meant something!
A time I asked "did it?"
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He stole the keys and fled.
Took the soft-top, left the slut.
Slut got house, car wrote off!
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Monday, 16 March 2009
Hedz Trois...
Portrait illustration features heavily in my work. People’s faces and their expressions fascinate me. I love to capture that unique moment in time. The human face has so many levels of expression and it intrigues me just how the face can change from moment to moment.
Friday, 13 March 2009
Face 2 Face...
This was just a very quick drawing that I did some time ago.
It was in an old sketchbook of mine and I happened upon it recently.
When I opened the pages of the sketchbook I realised that I had opened it upside down and that the image that was staring back at me was this simple drawing of a head with spectacles on.
It dawned on me that the inverted image still worked in a quirky kind of way. The expression was quite different upside down than it was the correct way up. So for a bit of fun I put this illustration together introducing a simple line to represent the mouth. I have now captured that moment in time that made me smile. Simple things…
It was in an old sketchbook of mine and I happened upon it recently.
When I opened the pages of the sketchbook I realised that I had opened it upside down and that the image that was staring back at me was this simple drawing of a head with spectacles on.
It dawned on me that the inverted image still worked in a quirky kind of way. The expression was quite different upside down than it was the correct way up. So for a bit of fun I put this illustration together introducing a simple line to represent the mouth. I have now captured that moment in time that made me smile. Simple things…
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Work, Rest and Play...
Life’s Elements - Postcard Designs
WORK : Three digital photographs containing images of nails stood up on their heads to form a geometric square echoing that of a bed of nails, which may or may not lend itself to the idea that work is perhaps painful in some way or maybe even structured and boring. Moreover, the image of a nail is a link to that of a workman, be it DIY or a professional tradesman. The inscription, ‘But don’t become dull!’ is derived from the saying; ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’.
REST : Three digital photographs of flowers (Aubrietia). Chosen as a theme for rest as so many people enjoy and tend to their gardens for relaxation. Many of us retreat to nature and the countryside for recreational relaxation and rest. There is something about these images that reminded me of the poppy field in ‘The Wizard of Oz’. When Dorothy succumbed to the enchanted pollen and fell asleep. A tenuous link perhaps, but it is where the idea for the inscription, ‘But don’t sleep in!’ came from!
PLAY : Three digital photographs of a children’s climbing frame. I would imagine that all of us have had the pleasure of playing on a children’s playground at some point in our life’s, although in my day they were those horrible concrete ones with the obligatory heavy roundabout that was impossible to stop once in motion. The inscription, ‘But don’t graze your knees!’ is a statement of recognition to just how unforgiving those old playgrounds used to be! The statement also attributes itself to the idea of…play, but don’t play too hard.
The postcard design ‘WORK’ was used by Boomerang Media and distributed around the UK in all kinds of leisure outlets, Bars, Clubs, Cinemas etc.
WORK : Three digital photographs containing images of nails stood up on their heads to form a geometric square echoing that of a bed of nails, which may or may not lend itself to the idea that work is perhaps painful in some way or maybe even structured and boring. Moreover, the image of a nail is a link to that of a workman, be it DIY or a professional tradesman. The inscription, ‘But don’t become dull!’ is derived from the saying; ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’.
REST : Three digital photographs of flowers (Aubrietia). Chosen as a theme for rest as so many people enjoy and tend to their gardens for relaxation. Many of us retreat to nature and the countryside for recreational relaxation and rest. There is something about these images that reminded me of the poppy field in ‘The Wizard of Oz’. When Dorothy succumbed to the enchanted pollen and fell asleep. A tenuous link perhaps, but it is where the idea for the inscription, ‘But don’t sleep in!’ came from!
PLAY : Three digital photographs of a children’s climbing frame. I would imagine that all of us have had the pleasure of playing on a children’s playground at some point in our life’s, although in my day they were those horrible concrete ones with the obligatory heavy roundabout that was impossible to stop once in motion. The inscription, ‘But don’t graze your knees!’ is a statement of recognition to just how unforgiving those old playgrounds used to be! The statement also attributes itself to the idea of…play, but don’t play too hard.
The postcard design ‘WORK’ was used by Boomerang Media and distributed around the UK in all kinds of leisure outlets, Bars, Clubs, Cinemas etc.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Monday, 9 March 2009
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Birds Eye...
I took this photo at a falconry display just over two years ago. When I got the image off the camera and onto a large monitor I noticed that in the reflection of the eye of the owl was a small child. There were quite a few people at the display and many of the kids had muscled their way to the front to get a good look at the birds.
I have used Photoshop to remove most of the colour from this image but the eye remains the same as it was in the original image. I find it kind of spooky.
I wonder if this Great Horned Owl was considering the child fair game?
I have used Photoshop to remove most of the colour from this image but the eye remains the same as it was in the original image. I find it kind of spooky.
I wonder if this Great Horned Owl was considering the child fair game?
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
The Dancer...
This is one of the initial images I made when first introduced to Photoshop way back in the last century! It was worked from a scan of an old sketchbook image. I still love this image.
The Dancer (Sketchbook Image)
The Dancer
The Dancer (Sketchbook Image)
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Jump, Jump, Jump...
Spike jumps at Malham Cove, Yorkshire Dales.
He actually landed quite well too. No broken bones or sprains. I was quite impressed.
He actually landed quite well too. No broken bones or sprains. I was quite impressed.
Spring Scribble...
Well, spring is just around the corner and I am feeling just a little bit frisky!
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