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Doodlings and 2010 musings.

I always find January a weird month; all the build up before xmas and then bleh! Everyone's broke and grumpy, myself included! It's only the start of Feb and I'm already berating myself about what I've achieved. Given that I've had positive feedback from a couple of publishers, had some commissions, almost drawn a full-length book and may be involved in a very exciting project (more on that as things hopefully pan out), I don't think I've done too badly. But being the self-flagellating artist I am, this is never enough! Why do illustrators always set such high standards for themselves? :P

Anyway, on a less maudlin note, above are a few pages from my current sketchbook. I'm a big fan of packing the pages with as much as possible and just trying to switch off while I doodle as I find that's where a lot of images I go on to ink and colour come from. I'd feel really lost without a sketchbook at the moment and even if I'm not drawing in it all the time, it has to come with me everywhere! I'd like to see if anyone can guess what films Things From Films are referencing. I know there are more of us film freaks out there!

New On-line Shop!

I've now updated my website to include an on-line shop. I did have one at Etsy but wanted one direct from my site. It's very small at the moment but hopefully I will update it in time to include a lot more items!

So, how is everyone feeling?

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Starman and Stargate!

Here are two new commissions I recently worked on: JSA Starman and Teal'c from Stargate. In a move of extreme idiocy on my part, I totally forgot to scan them in before sending them off so these are the best pics I have! I really really enjoy making these characters for people for a couple of reasons: I'm always surprised by what people want as most of the time as they're characters I would never really think to do and so are all the more challenging and fun; the people I get these commissions from are always extremely nice and a pleasure to work with. A lot of them are comic fans I've met at cons or friends of comic fans who have had commissions from me and passed on the word. Having worked in a comic shop for nearly four years (I left in 2007 just before I went to Japan) I always get a pang of sadness when I get commissions like this as I realise how much I sometimes do miss working in the environment. It's still great to go to cons though and I think I've opened up a whole new market for myself in making these. I really need to get pimping on some comic related sites!

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What could C, N and R be in my alphabet...?

And the winner is...

A big thank you to all who entered my giveaway and I'm sorry there couldn't be more than one winner, but the person who gets all the goodies is...Mark Hanna! Well done!

Fear not, as I'm planning another giveaway soon that will have multiple prizes so there will be more of a chance to win something. Keep an eye out! :P

Last day to enter giveaway!

Today is the last day to enter my awesome giveaway so make sure you leave a comment on the giveaway post! The winner will be announced tomorrow. Can't wait!

Besides giving away stuff, I'm still working on several other bits; I've almost finished a Stargate Character commission and a Starman commission (JSA not Jeff Bridges) which hopefully will be up for posting tomorrow. The alphabet project is still in full swing and I'm drawing LOTS of things to make into stickers. I can't wait to produce packs to sell! I'm even making a sticker book to go with them!

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Superhero Medley!

I drew these a while ago for a series of shoe designs which will hopefully be coming out through Kings of Neon soon. Will also be selling them as a pack of stickers - keep an eye out!

Super Happy Fun Giveaway!

Woot! Sorry it's taken me so long to get this sorted, but here it is! My first ever Super Happy Fun Giveaway! I was going to run a competition for this but decided I'd rather just give away stuff for free. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post (please include name and email if you're not on Blogger and have to be anonymous) and the winner will be chosen at random via a handy on-line generator (no favouritism here!)

But what the dickens do we win, I hear you say? Well take a look here!

The lucky winner (there can be only one, I'm afraid) will win 3 original paintings, 4 A4 prints, 4 postcards, a set of 10 badges, a fridge magnet, 2 packs of Doodlecards and a whole heap of stickers! Here are some close-ups (please excuse the bad photography on my un-ironed bedspread!):

The giveaway will close on Thursday the 21st of January and the winner will be announced sometime during the day. Good luck! :D