Hellgirl

A recent Jam on the Drawing Board posed the question "What if Hellboy had a sister?" - basically a female equivalent of the big red guy.

I did two quick sketches to get some ideas down:



and then produced a more finished piece:

Movie heroes

A coloured pencil sketch of Daniel Day Lewis in "Last of the Mohicans"; and quick digital sketches of Arnie as "Conan the Barbarian" and Sting as Feyd Rautha in David Lynch's "Dune" movie.

WW3

A couple of Wonder Woman drawings by me...



... and one by comics superstar Mike Wieringo, which he kindly let me colour.

World's Finest

A sunny, happy Superman and a gloomy, lurking Batman (Gotham by Gaslight version)



And two of the actors who portrayed them on screen, Christopher Reeve and Michael Keaton

Out with the old, in with the nude...

Some old pencil sketches of various ladies in a state of (tasteful) undress

Is this testing whether I'm a replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?

A portrait of Sean Young as Rachael in Ridley Scott's classic movie "Blade Runner"



And an image showing the progression of the lighting and atmospheric effects

A Christmas Wish

The image I did for my Christmas Cards this year. My attempt to do something a little bit in the style of Dave McKean...



...and a step by step showing the process...

One picture, two versions

A quick painting (shown actual size) based loosely on a photo of Charlize Theron, but it doesn't look like her.

The yellow/green/blue version was done first, then I played around a bit and got the second, colder, version.

Liv, a little

A challenge from a work colleague - she named a celebrity, and I had to paint them within the course of a work afternoon.

She chose Liv Tyler, and I did this in two and a half hours.

The Joker

Some random images of the Clown Prince of Crime, in order of creation:

Shaken, not stirred.

Some recent James Bond sketches...

Sean Connery in Dr No, when he first utters the immortal line "Bond, James Bond"; a rough caricature of the latest 007, Daniel Craig; and a generic non-specific-actor Bond.




And some Bond villains...

Donald Pleasance as Blofeld (the definitive interpretation of the character, in my opinion) in You Only Live Twice; and Mads Mikkelsen as La Chiffre in Casino Royale.

Star Trekkin'...

A old sketch of Captain Kirk, and some recent paintings of Mr Spock and Lt Uhura.

Miss Luana

A portrait of model Luana Lani, with various stages of completion.

This is from a period when I still drew everything on paper first, before scanning and painting over - these days I do it all digitally from beginning to end.



This image links to a full size version of the finished piece.

The show's not over...

...'til the fat lady sings. This is a couple of years old but I still like it. First is the original blue pencil rough sketch; followed by the finished painting.

I don't really know anything about opera other than what I've learned from Chuck Jones' cartoons.

Nightcrawler

A painting and a couple of old sketches of the popular X-Men member

The Scarlett Murderess...

A fake cover - my homage those of the 1950s and 60s paperback crime novels. I'm a huge fan of that particular genre of illustration, especially the great Robert McGinnis.

30min sketches

A bunch of quick sketches done to loosen up and sometimes to get me out of a block.