Lennon on a Lamp Post

we can work it out

50% of this Beatles project will be typographical - here's a few early roughs from the sketchbook.

Beatles 2

First stage of turning those Beatles character sketches into vectors.

Beatles

Another month goes by without a post, but I have been busy scribbling away. I'm currently putting together ideas for a Beatles related project which hopefully I can begin rendering in Illustrator soon. I'll be sure to keep you updated as the project progresses but for now here's a selection of character sketches to wet your appetite.

selected roughs

Here's a choice selection of sketchbook character workouts from the past couple of weeks.

Heads

This week I have been mostly drawing heads.

More Rough Stuff

Well I'm still sketching away whenever I can. For the past month I've been trying to strengthen my figure drawing, with variable results. Here's a selection of pages from the past thirty days.

Rough Stuff

Apologies for the lack of posts this past month. I became a Father again three weeks ago with the birth of my son, Carter Philip, so I'm sure you can appreciate that I've been a touch busy for the blog. I have, however, managed to keep up the sketchbook on my daily commute. I'm still working out character designs for the Shangri-La's strip I posted about in December. The ultimate goal is to achieve a simplicity and consistency for repeat rendering off the cast. Below are some of the more successful of recent pages which I've had to snap with my camera as my scanner's on the blink at the moment.

Covered

My version of Justice League of America #137 for Robert Goodin's Covered Blog.

The original JLA #137 by Ernie Chan (not one of his best).

DVD Bonus: The original sketchbook page of Superman and Capt. Marvel's tussle.

Happy New Year

Kicking off the New Year with a piece inspired by one of my favourite graphic novels of 2011, 

Blank Slate's Nelson. 

Sketch Show

Although the posts have been thin on the ground these last few months, I have been keeping up with the sketchbook. I've been trying to nail down some character concepts for a comic strip featuring my all-time favourite girl group, The Shangri La's. Progress has been slow as I usually can only find time to draw on my daily commute and the results have been variable. Presented below are some of the more successful sketches that show the look I'm trying to capture for the strip.

Merry Christmas

Just time to wish you all a very merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year. Have a good one, folks!