Still broken

Dear Blog, So sorry I have been neglecting you but I am still broken and haven't drawn anything now in over three weeks. I am finding it very hard not to put pen to paper or wacom. I have relaxed a little though and have found time to read so thats good. I am rereading Don Dellilo's Undereworld for what must be the third or perhaps even the fourth time. Great stuff. Anyway, hopefully I'll start doing a little bit of work again soon . . . .

Worse than the fear

I have had an ache in my shoulder for a while and lately it has got a lot worse. It seems to be RSI. Too much time hunched over the wacom or a sketchbook. Go figure :( So it has kinda put everything on hold. I guess unsurprisingly at the worst possible time . . . it being a result of being so busy that is. So probably not much in the way of updates for a short while but I am trying to get a post together about influences and stuff that makes my jaw drop . . . .

The fear

I have the final script for the graphic novel now. It is quite exciting. Although I have a few changes to request it is a great start to the project. Now that the ball is in my court I'm feeling the fear a bit. Looking forward to it though :D

Edit - some lighting and texture tweaks (added 23/07/10)

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Alterations

It was bugging me so I had to make some alterations. N0 doubt it won't be the last time I fuss over these designs. In fact its quite likely they will change all together but for now it is time to move on to something else.

Poised

Todays effort. Making progress I think. Not quite right but almost. The 'adventuress' outfit needs a re-think me-thinks.

I've update this post three times . . . sorry to any subscribers if your rss reader has spammed you with all of those :P

Thoughts of Mme Yvonne

I was hoping to add a couple more sketches to this page tonight but I have run out of steam. It was a long but good week. These sketches are starting to get me somewhere. Hope to pick up where I'm leaving off on Sunday.

This is post 298 and the first from my new home. I've had no internet here for a month and a half so its good to be back up and running. I also brought a new Wacom tablet this week. Its the large Intuos 4 and it is great. Combined with the new iMac as well I can't wait to get down to more work at home.

edit - removed lines and tightened colour

She's not got the right look for what I was after but shes an OK start. Hope to get somewhere by the end of the week with this and a few of the sub characters for the graphic novel.

Overstretched

I'm a bit overstretched lately and am failing to find time to get this finished. Lunch hour improvements are all well and good but need a real block of time to get this to the finish post. With work soon needing to be started on my graphic novel and a growing need to sort out my portfolio not sure how to get on top of everything. . .

Coffee Spill

Waiting for the train this morning

. . . and a bit of colour

Update

I bought a 27" iMac recently. It rocks! Enjoying working on it lots.

A bit more of this and that

Here is a bit more of this. I am making progress with the Mekon/Dan Dare piece now but will spare the blog tedious updates until next week. Really enjoying these commuter scribbling sessions. Makes the journey so much better.

Scribbles from trains and platforms

On being lame

Well I'm still being a bit lame with the blog. Lots of excuses but really need to start sketching more and posting it up . . . promises, promises . . .

update

Started work on the final background. Very early days but taking shape nicely.

Work In (slow) Progress

Background

just a rough layout . . .

Pretty in Pink