Spires in the sand

Here is a background test for the comic I'm looking to construct for before Thought Bubble in November. I'm tying to create interesting moods and to colour with only gradients- Its proving challenging but I feel I'm getting a little closer to where I want to be with it. Please let me know what you think :)

ATCards.

Ok so I'll be sharing a table with a talented artist and a good friend of mine ( Lee Stevenson http://crouchingbrushhiddenpencil.blogspot.co.uk/ ) at ThoughtBubble in Leeds on the 23rd-24th of November. Now although I'll be taking along plenty originals and prints of my work I thought it would be a cool touch to sell original art trading cards done with markers and liners on Bristol board- here are some examples. let me know what you think! Also here are the markers I've been using- Tria grey set- great markers, I love the fine nib on them, really versatile

''Pick and Choose, Sit and Lose''

I'm gonna be taking a few of the sketches from from my Langton pad and taking them a bit further- if nothing comes from it then nothing lost right? right?? well whatever! lets see how it goes!!

Here's the first one- EL 'MECH'-I-CAN. I'll post all three stages to show my process. I'm still trying new stuff in my work- I've been looking a lot at both James Stokoe and  John Kenn Mortensen and I think it shows- both great artists! check them out !!

'Rhino bot'

Between projects I asked a friend what he thought I should draw seeing as though I had a bit of creative block- he said 'Rhino Bot'- I drew this :)

Products of pen and paper

Here are some pages from my Langton sketchbook, i like where these are going- they're all drawn straight in pen. The pen is great to use. although the grain on the paper is really coarse and the pen is really delicate they strangely work well together.

Hell Boi'

A quick sketch done on my break at work on some 'borrowed' printer paper. Quickly painted when i got home. I wanted hell boy to look different with a tattoo sleeve instead of a breeze block for a fist
- Why do we say borrow?- we never mean it...

Robots and Watercolour Pads

My partner always reminds me that I never fully finish sketchbooks, and the argument that I'm heading towards minimalist tendencies doesn't hold up. So as a result she returned home one day with a Daler Rowney A5 'Langton' pad demanding that I fill every page. Around the same time I was treated to an early birthday present which was a lovely Faber-Castell TG1-S. I love to draw with fine liners and this was a rather fine example of one. I've combined the two, chose a rough subject matter- robots- and off I scribble.

'Flash Bang'

Here are some pieces I created in Adobe Flash. If you know Illustrator it makes Flash a lot more approachable, its a great program and you can use it for so much. kinda like a ruff n' ready Illustrator. Hope you like!

3D On Hold

Due to the incredibly steep learning curve involved in learning Maya i have had to put it on a back burner for a while- I will no doubt return to it though. Probably with a different character to work from, the robot before this was slightly off in each view- making it very difficult to make a coherent model. I've quite a lot of 2D work I'd like to crack on with regardless. Onwards and upwards.

Continuing 3D

I have decided to revisit a character from a project I worked on in second year of university called 'Materno'. Its a robot, that has a maternal sense of care for the child that featured as the main role and its because of these characteristics I chose to add a gorillas proportions/posture to the machine. I am going to remodel it in Maya and maybe drop it into Zbrush so I can add a bit of texture. lets see how it goes. Here are my original design sheets.

Guns Ho!

Here is a piece that I just finished tonight, really enjoyed this. mainly gradients in Photoshop. which is unusual fir me, would usually use illustrator instead. done from a little sketch. I think that's why I mainly had fun because I wasn't expecting anything. hope you like :)oh happy Halloween!

...so where was I?

Waw, over a year since my last post...long story, won't even bother- but more importantly....drawings!!!! yay. because that what its all about kids! so this will become more of a regular occurrence for me again as of now so please keep an eye out :)

Ther she blows!!!

This is a sketch of my girlfriends i took into illustrator as practice- a nice change of style. hope you like it.

Kaylie's Blog: linesnjunk.blogspot.com check it out :)

Up to Date

aaand up to my most recent piece, influenced by the last image...a barbarian :)built up in illustrator then further detail added in flash.

From here I feel its more learning quicker shortcuts and just getting in the practice.

The rough sketch was done in Photoshop...my preffered medium hehe

sir knight

Heres another micro project, a knight. Because i'm oh so nooby at flash/illustrator still. I imoprted a jpeg from flash and drew over the lines in illustrator -_- I wasnt aware I had to select the actual lines in flash- and then export it.

What a fool...ah well, you live and you learn.

Adam goes forth!

...animals!

Here are the next few pieces that helped me develo an understanding of how the different components of an image related and overall organisation-something thats hardly needed in Photoshop.

the first animals that popped into my head i drew in my sketch book-then droped into illustrator.

A more educated attempt

I think this is the third design sheet i attempted, my good friend gave me a few pointers on illustrator and also introdouced me to diametrics, so i then felt i had a fightin chance. I did really enjoy making these potion bottles- i also attempted in game floor tiling. it was a steep learning curve at this point.

First Attempt

ok so this was done a few months back, literally the first time id tried using the pen tool to effect- it just used to scare me. A picture of Ed from 'Ed,Edd n' Eddy' one of my favourite cartoon series as a kid. It was just an excercise to get to grips with the satanic pen tool.

Welcome

Hello all, welcome to my blog Digital Ink.

I created this blog to act as a creative diary and to show my progression with Adobe Illustrator. There may be other things I throw in here like scanned images or pieces done on Photoshop, but thats all good, im looking at my overall progression.

Feel free to let me know what you think about my work. All crits are welcome.

Thanks

Adam