Dragon Training Revisited

A quick reworking of my last Dragon Training image following some of the suggestions made by my internet friends (when I was young we were too poor to afford real friends).

A big thanks to everyone who dropped a comment especially Jon who commented on my Crossing Paths piece and even made a video tutorial! (still blown away by that), but left me with the dilemma of redoing the whole thing ;-P. Thanks everybody and good luck in the new year!

Dragon training

Another D&D portfolio piece: learning to fly has inherent occupational hazards.

A quick piece trying to work with value and composition to get a bit more dynamic. Been really inspired by the work of Ralph Horsley lately.

Acrylic on board.

Crossing Paths Update

A reworking of the last image with some tweaking- hope it works a little stronger. Again feedback and comments are welcome :)

Crossing Paths

A portfolio piece along D&D lines- may still offer in some tweaks so critical feedback is welcome :)
Our heroes come across a wounded orc- old, hunted and injured, but a mighty warrior of his kind and not to be taken lightly.
Acrylic on board, 305 x 390 mm

Things from the Junkyard

Some more sneak peeks fro Ms Doody's Art Show III.

The show opens this Friday night and is open all weekend :)

Come one come all!

Some WIPs for the Marvellous Ms Doody 3

Having taken part in the first two Ms Doody exhibitions I am taking a slightly different tack with the subject matter this time- the pieces are slightly more introspective and thoughtful than the usual cute stuff, but perhaps this is a natural evolution. Anyway, comments and critique are welcome.

Website Launched & Many Other Newses

Hello all from the far reaches of cyberspace.

I have been most remiss in posting, which is made all the worse because so much has been happening. I submitted a piece for the Schaffas 2 exhibition which you can see at http://www.screamdance.com/schaffas_pages/schaffas2_62.html as well as all the other crazy entries- some of which are outstanding! There is also a Schaffas Artbook which has photos of all the schaffas from the two exhibitions.

Tickle Me Zoo, the childrens' book I am illustrating is in the final stages of painting- just doing the covers. Ben Long and I recieved second place at the CYA writers' and illustrators' conference for Graphic Novels and Illustrated Children's Books.

WEBSITE WEBSITE WEBSITE

A big thanks to Tom Need at 28smith for helping me host and build a great space for me to hang all my pictures up! Cheers Tommo! Here it is folks:

http://tommiart.28smith.com/

There are still a few things I want to tweak out, but it's up and available for viewing.

Coming in October, Friday 29th, Adelaide Illustrators presents: Illustre 2010- a showcase of Adelaide Illustration which will feature artwork by me! among others.