Leaves…

Finished drawing the mischevous little faery fellow hiding in the leaves. I may scribble away at it in front of the telly some more soon, but for now, I’m calling it done.

moozik….

regulars’ll know I play guitar and the studio’s recently put an album out for Lloyd Sanderson called ‘Left Phase Blue’. Pete (studio owner/entrepreneur/all round good guy) has just put up a music clip of us ratbags playing one of the songs from the album. If you’re intereted, pop over to Lloyd’s site and have a listen. Click on the Youtube player at the bottom of the screen. If you’d like to hear more snippets of the songs, click on the podcast player over to the right of the main page.

http://www.lloydsanderson.com/

WIP (continued)…

I’ve decided to get back into doing some sketching and loosening up before I begin working for the day- keeps the wrist nice and loose and helps to keep the book work from looking stiff. I’ve been scratching away this morning at the little fellow I drew last night (see yesterday’s post)…

W.I.P….

I’ve had the sudden urge to draw my little fairy friends again… after the sketch I drew of the Moth rider the other night, I’ve decided I’d like to do a few more of these…. here’s one I’ve started drawing tonight:

 

new picture book illustration….

I’ve just finished up frantically drawing black and white images for my last two books and have had to make a gear change into colour mode (which I find rather difficult sometimes-switching from one style to another). Anyway, I’m back to working on picture books again. Below, is the first illustration for the new one I’ve just started. (Line art coloured in Photoshop and Painter)

Moth Rider

Sometimes I get the urge to draw the same thing as I’ve drawn (sometimes countless times) before. This theme just keeps on coming back in my quiet moments and I’m more than happy to have another go…. I managed to find an hour or two last night to draw this little lady and her mothy steed…

 

here’s an older version of the same idea from last year….

 

This Year’s Christmas Card….

Here’s this year’s Christmas card. I finally managed to get one done in between all the work I’ve had to do lately. the wife’s been on at me for ages to do it, so I did. I must admit, I’m fairly happy with the way it turned out…. Considering I only spent 3 or so hours on it. (touch-up work in photoshop and painter).

Close Encounters….

Those 11’s are coming at me thick and fast right now…..

(above) An old drawing from around 2002

(above) drawn last night-12th Nov 09

11:11:11

It’s a special day today! Enjoy the energy.

stairs….

Here’s an little watercolour I painted some time ago. the model is the beautiful Elandria:

elandria.deviantart.com

swans

It feels like I haven’t drawn anything for myself for a very long time, so tonight I decided to scribble something whilst sitting in front of the TV.

Plucking Guitar strings on a new CD….

It’s been quite a while in coming, but the music my pal Pete and I have been working on for Lloyd Sanderson for what seems like years has culminated in a CD at last. If anyone’s interested, swing by and have a listen to a few snippets:

http://www.lloydsanderson.com/

just hit the play button on the media player. Warning: This is old fart’s music, don’t play this if all you like to hear is pop/pap or boomboom music. (laughs). I’m playing guitars on the songs-quick, grab yer’ earplugs! And if you’re still interested after listening to it, there’ll be an unplugged video going up on the page next week some time…

(Above) Here’s the cover art I produced for the CD (I’d like to thank photoshop etcetc..)

Have a great weekend everyone.

Aaron.

Up…Down…Up…Down…

Lots of changes happening around me at the moment, both global and personal. These past few weeks I’ve felt  like a seat on a see-saw… up, down, up, down..etc. Thankfully, at least one thing is constant in my life…. Deadlines. gotta love’em.

This sketch was based on the photos of the very beautiful Elandria:

elandria.deviantart.com

Happy Halloween….

Got no time to draw up any new sketches for the halloween festivities, but here’re a few from the PC archives, sorry if you’ve seen them before anywhere…. have a great one everybody!

“How would you like it if somebody stuck a pole up YOUR butt?”

Crow Girl…

I’m feeling very very up and down at the moment, if I said the words ‘Earth changes’ would anyone reading this have any idea what I meant? There’s a whole lot happening right now and it’s running people through the wringer. I’m both (strangely) exhausted and elated. It’s a very important time for us. watching how the banks are taking a tumble, the changing weather patterns, people’s spiritual growth, watching the younger generations with so much potential, watching how the so-called ‘powers that be’ are taking a nosedive into their breakfast cereals-(hooray!)…. So much happening out there. I sit and think about all this stuff all day as I work and given how many things I’ve experienced in my lifetime be it physically, psychically, spiritually and emotionally, I feel  qualified enough to say that we are in for some surprises very soon. Strap yerself in Bub it’s gonna be one hell of a ride!…..