Daily Drawings.. BIG POST!

Hi everyone,

Here are a selection of drawings I've done over the past few months.

I've been mostly active on my tumblr, but I will try and post more often here too now as it has been wayyy too long!

Life update: Currently I'm looking for work in London. Seems a bit slow, but I'm hoping something will turn up soon. Mostly I am trying to sort out where I am going, well, moreover, where I want to be art-wise. The last few years have been up and down and I don't feel like I'm reaching my potential at all. So, I just need to get moving, get motivated and keep working.

(The drawings here are oldest->newest)

 Inspired by a 1940s dress featured on BBC2's, The Great British Sewing Bee

 This one is based on my sister! (When she was little!)

 

 Liza Minnelli

 My uni friends and I when we used to eat supper whilst watching Channel 4's, Embarassing Bodies... 

(not recommended for the squeamish..)

 'Lilca Captain America for sketch_dailies on twitter.

 Judy Garland

 Audrey Hepburn as featured in Funny Face.

 Arya Stark recounting her Death List..

 I went to the Matisse Cut-Outs exhibition and got inspired. I honestly feel like this exhibition was one of the best I've ever seen. Timeless art, pure genius.

 Anna from When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr. An idea for a 'scene'.

 Judy Garland as Esther Smith from Meet Me In St. Louis.

 Why was Young Justice cancelled? Seriously? This show rocks. Some sketches of Artemis and Kid Flash, because they are really adorable!

The drawing on the left is a study from an illustration by Gennady Novozhilo. The drawing on the right is mine, using the same techniques as applied in the drawing on the left. 

Ty! :)

---jkl

1920s Bride.. Photoshop Practise

I'm currently trying to find my style through a different range of mediums, from Photoshop to watercolours to colour pencils.

So here are the work-in-progress images as well as the final one for a 1920s style Bride.

I may be working on some wedding invitations for a family friend soon, so want to try and find a way of colouring that suits me.

This piece was really fun to work on. I loved working on all the details; the lace, headband and bouquet in particular.

I made the brush too. I got the default hard round brush and adjusted the hardness and spacing to make the imperfect edge which is a favourite style I see in other illustrators artwork. I'll need to develop a few more though.

As I didn't plan the background, it's very simple, but I will definitely plan the backgrounds in the future. I definitely prefer a minimalist style to backgrounds, but definitely need to practise spacial backgrounds with depth, perspective and objects.

---jkl