This evening I am very pleased to be able to announce the launch of my brand new portfolio pages, featuring more than 100 samples of artwork from the last 15 years that I have been working as a professional artist. This is made even more exciting for me as I’m using new slide show software [...]
I’ve recently started work on a HTML/CSS/Javascript image browser that I think could be very cool if I can get it to work. I have some ideas that I think make it potentially very flexible and useful for any artist who wants a stylish and easy to use way of displaying their images. However, my [...]
My wife asked me to do a sketch of Rogue, one of her favourite characters from the X-Men universe. When I looked for some reference material for Rogue, I was struck by the fact that almost all the images of her show her as a dynamic, flying sex symbol (or the awful, shrieking, sulky teenager [...]
My favourite cartoon series in recent years is Avatar: The Last Airbender (I own all three series on DVD, including the US-only final chapter). Today’s quick sketch is of Aang, the eponymous Avatar. I lost track of how long this took because I kept getting interrupted.
Although I’m not able to publish any of the artwork I created for Jambo! Safari myself, there seems to be plenty of examples of my environment and character concepts, and character artwork scattered around the interwebs. Below are samples and links to a few of my images: Amy Wildman character artwork on Gamblog.fr Max Söderström [...]
I’ve actually managed to add a couple of new images to my portfolio recently. I had the chance to colour up a sketch I did a few years ago for an NCsoft art test: I’ve also just added a spaceship concept I did recently for an space combat game currently under development by an independent [...]
I’m a big fan of Ben 10 (yes, I know I’m far too old to like cartoons – get over it). One of my favourite characters from the series is the Cannonbolt alien, so I made him the subject of my second “15 minute” sketch attempt. I still haven’t quite got the hang of the [...]
A few weeks ago, I was introduced to another illustrator via a mutual friend at my aikido club. Kevin Levell is an excellent artist, and I recommend having a browse through his portfolio. One thing I’ve noticed that Kevin does is regularly publish 15 minute sketches on his blog. He does some very nice sketches [...]
As a freelance artist, one of the hardest questions to answer when preparing a quote is “how long will it take?” Experience helps, of course. It’s much easier to be able to look back over similar projects and use them as a guide for timescales. But the problem is, there is no way to factor [...]
My good friend, top code monkey and bloody nice bloke Bobbin Threadbare of Hidden Games has just released his first game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Air Cadets is a fun little 3D arcade style flying game, designed from the outset to be quick and easy to learn and play. The 3D graphics push [...]