I repainted this witchy image yesterday as part of my watercolour practice. (see yesterdays post for the older version…) I liked the painting but wasn’t completely happy with it, then I popped it into photoshop, added a flat blue wash, picked out the highlights and now I’m far more satisfied. Cheat? me?
Just a little doodling before starting work on commissioned stuff, lots to do…so little time.
I love drawing these old witchy-types…. CACKLE!
Here’re a couple of doodlings drawn in front of the telly this evening….
Today’s sketchings…. I’ve been illustrating a lot of pretty time-intensive work just lately and fancied a bit of instant gratification. This old witch and her pet moggy showed up and insisted I draw them- who am I to argue?
based on a quickie from one of my sketchbooks….
here’s some colour added to the old witch sketch from the other day.
I thought I’d splash some colour over the old witch (see last post). here’s the youtube video:
I drew this old gal in front of the telly last night.
I have a personal project on the go right now written by a popular Australian author (details soon…). Here’s one of the images from the book…
‘When one door closes, another opens….’. I’ve just finished the picture book I’ve been working on, I’ve just started another one and have one more to begin roughs for very shortly. Busybusybusy…. No new art to show, I think I may have posted this before, forgive me if you’ve seen it, if not, here’s an example of how I go about making a new illustration from sketch to finished art (drawn by hand, coloured in photoshop).
I love drawing these Witchy old ladies….
Here’s yesterday’s drawing with some coloured splashed over it…funfunfun.
I’ve always had a thing for mature women….
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?”
Another post today. With apologies to my dear friends over at deviantart who may have already seen this. Just a quickie showing the motions I use to get from one to the other. It truly is a labour of love and, colouring digitally, I’m still left with a piece of inked line art. Cool.
I’m feeling a bit rusty after not being anywhere near my art stuff for a day or so. Feeling the need to get something done before I start colouring up a fair few of the images I still have on th go, I used this drawing of a witch I’d finished recently to get me back into the swing of things again.
‘Witchie’-Digital colour over traditional line art.
I’m very busy with family stuff this weekend, but managed to slip out to catch my breath. Here’s a recent sketch I did on the PC…
Before I start my day at the drawing board, I generally do something to warm up. It may be drawing something completely new, reworking something I’ve done previously that I may not be entirely happy with or inking up old sketches. Here are a couple of older images from my sketchbooks that have been inked over the past few days….
‘Granny’s Magic Slippers’- originally drawn a couple of years ago….
‘Broom Cupboard’- a reworking of an old drawing from a couple of years ago…
‘Paint Like Arthur Rackham’- Commission for The Official Corel Painter Magazine. This image was discarded in favour of a simpler image. It was drawn on paper, scanned in, then inked and painted using Corel PainterX. I’ve already posted the line art for this in an earlier post…
I’ve just finished this TV drawing. I have to say that the inking is my favourite part, call me weird, but I absolutely adore scribbling over the faint graphite drawing with the pen- very satisfying indeed.
So… the photo shoot went really well. the photographer was a very interesting lady, plenty of fresh insights about life and things and I found the 2 1/2 hours just flew by. I didn’t even really mind having my picture taken, which is kind of a first for me. It did help that whatever flash she was using didn’t blind me in the process.
Workwise, things are looking good. Coming to the end of the book I’m working on, just one illustration to go and a cover then I’ll go through and tighten up a few patchy areas throughout the other illustrations then it’s done. I received another book commission through yesterday, so along with the other couple of things I have on the go, I’ve got me quite a nice little pile of illustrations to be working through over the next few months. My horscope yesterday said something along the lines of: “Be prepared for a very busy period ahead…” Seems they were right. Ten deep breaths, now focus Mr. Pocock….
What a fantastic day it’s been so far. I was quite suddenly woken up at 7 Am by my eldest son Niall…”Happy Father’s Day!!!” he exclaimed. Rubbing the sand from my eyes and bidding the wonderful dream I was in the middle of goodbye, I looked up to see my beautiful wife holding my youngest son Finn and Niall with an armful of gifts, and of course, the toys he can never put down they all jumped on the bed and I opened my gifts.
It’s Father’s Day here in Australia today. It’s been a pretty emotional journey through the day so far as I count my (many) blessings and gaze on at my boys with absolute love in my heart. I became a Dad at the age of 36, later in life for many, I just know I wouldn’t have been ready for such a role any earlier I also feel as though I’ve reached a point in my life where I’m about as happy as I’ll ever be and the overwhelming sense of pride and the surreal honesty of looking on at my sons as they play is almost more than I can bear at times. the tears aren’t far from the surface today
UPDATE…… Just gotten back from lunch at the local cafe and went to the park with the boys. Finn took his first step today!!! Also, his first tooth has come through…. Very exciting. 
My Dad, my sons Finn (left) and Niall (right) and I on Dad’s trip over from the UK a couple of months ago….
Niall (2 1/2 yrs old)
Finn (10 months old)
The boys and I at the park today… Can you tell I’m not a big fan of having my photo taken?
I did some work for a client yesterday, I had to produce a dragon silhouette for a company’s logo. It was a great job and I came up with a fair few designs I rather liked. A few of them were far too elaborate for a company logo though, this is one of them….
I had a wonderful day yesterday. It was a very soft energy surrounding things. There were no ’have to do it or else’ vibes going on and I positively revelled in it. Started the day out at the local mall and had a wonderful breakfast at the Italian restaurant there. the kids were very well behaved (which is a blessing when we’re out shopping- let me tell you…).
When I got home I just dropped my current workload on it’s head. I wanted to be creative for myself. The pressure just lately to do this or do that, to make sure this deadline is met, make sure that contract is signed etcetc has taken it’s toll and really leaves me kind of frazzled at times. So yesterday I thought I’d have a little bit of fun, keeping one eye on some stuff for my portfolio to send potential clients, but mainly to goof around and please myself. The Witch I’ve posted here is a drawing from my sketchbook, but I liked it so much I inked it. I also drew a couple of other bits and pieces which I’m very happy with. It’s great to let the hand and the mind run free….. Highly recommended.
Full moon in Pisces today, sentimental, nostagic, romantic, creative, loving, caring….. Highly emotional for some people… Make it work for you.
I’ve just received notification that the advance copies of my latest illustrated effort, written by author Neridah McMullin and published by Little Steps Books, will be available over the next couple of weeks. Very much looking forward to seeing it. It’s a picture book featuring a mischievous little green character called the ‘Ponkidoodle’. I had heaps of fun illustrating it… Feel free to contact me at my email address if you’d like to purchase a copy, not sure of the cover price just yet:
A recent drawing from my sketchbook.
I’m currently putting a booklet together for (potential) publishers showcasing some of my line art. here’s the cover. If anyone’s interested in purchasing one, let me know via my email address:
aaronpocock.yahoo.com.au
I haven’t been anywhere near my studio for the past few days due to the dreadful Pig Flu. I’m just about to start work, but thought it best to begin with a quick warm-up. I decided to loosen up by colouring this drawing I did the other day.
(colour rendered in photoshop CS3 and painterX)
