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!….. 

more elves…

I had a commission from the Official Corel Painter magazine a few months ago. It was a tutorial on how to produce an image in the style of the great Arthur Rackhma-digitally. I sketched the image on a piece of paper then scanned it in and inked it digitally (results here) then coloured it digitally also. I’m not sure if the finished ’dinks’ (digital inks?) look entirely natural, but it was a real challenge to try and get that look using my wacom tablet instead of my trusty inking pens. It was a great gig though, , I’d love more of this kind of work.

Elven Lady

I’ve always been inspired by all things fantasy and earthy and green and whispy. Elves and Faeries are among my favourite things to draw.  I drew this whilst the remnants of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ still rattled around in my head. I rather like the idea of high Elves- seems to me that the world needs more of their way of thinking.

PHEW!

I’m working at a rate of knots this weekend! I’m in the middle of working on two covers at the moment- One for a Young Adult book and another for the book I’ve just finished 70-odd black and white illustrations for, hence the reason for posting another oldie. Sorry. I promise I’ll get back to idly doodling as soon as I get to take a break…‘Earth Mother’ (graphite-old image from my sketchbooks from around 2002)

Oh yeah… Seems we may be having some ET/AlienUFO talk coming out from Washington soon… Very much looking forward to that.

twit-ta-woo…

…Here’s another owly drawing from last night, sketched it in front of the telly. As it’s all workworkwork right now, I needed to sketch something quick for me….Sorry about the crappy scan, I had to use the camera and I’d drawn it with a pencil that was far too light…. silly me.

Little Miss Muffett Inked….

I managed to scribble some ink over the sketch from yesterday’s post….

 

Little Miss Muffett….

…sat on her tuffett (etcetc). It feels like I haven’t drawn anything for myself in a very long time so last night I set about rectifying that and came up with this quick sketch:

I’ve also just been over to get a link for a friend for one of the books I illustrated in the past and forgot all about the little animation I’d drawn… Pop over and have a look if you’re at all interested:

http://www.neil.com.au/index.php?id=7

Birds of Prey…

Here’s a fairly recent sketch of an owl. Birds are among my favourite things to idly sketch as they pose such a challenge and to get the look anywhere near correct is a great buzz for me. rather than drawing this one realistically, I’ve gone for a more ‘illustrative’ look.

 

 

-And here’s a typical page of drawings from my sketchbooks.

character rough….

As I’ve been so busy and haven’t been able to post anything I’ve been doing, I’ve just drawn up a few roughs for one of the books I’m working on and thought I’d add this sketch anyway…. I rather like this dude.

A couple of finches…

Way back, before I became a full-time illustrator, I’d spend a lot of time (a LOT…) painting and drawing birds and animals. Nature has always fascinated and captured me, even as a lonely young boy, I had a very deep respect for nature. A lot of my time was taken up poking around woodlands, climbing steep hills and mountains and experiencing the elements at their most fantastic, fearsome and powerful. I try and put as much of that respect as I can into the work I produce nowadays.

here’s a paiting I did around 2002-03. Gouldian Finches (watercolour and gouache).

and another: Eclectus Parrot(Watercolour and Gouache) 2002