Anthony Jones (Robot Pencil) contest...

This is my entry into a contest which is being run by one of my favourite artists Anthony Jones (known as Robot Pencil). You can find the contest here. The rules were to create a concept for a character, in around an hour, that would fit into the world he has created for his new art book Heaven and Hell.
I used this firstly as an exercise in working faster, not getting bogged down by the details. Finishing anything in an hour is a real challenge to me! Secondly, I only used one brush for the whole painting....again a challenge for me! Lastly, it was a kind of homage to Anthony Jones work. I didn't deviate too much from his style, just gave my take on it.
Anyway, hope you like it!

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Merry Christmas.....

Managed to get a bit of time over the festive period to submit an entry into Concept Art's challenge to paint a post apocalyptic Santa. This was my entry. I'm not really happy with it, but here it is...Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all!

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Zelda Windwaker Re-imagined

It's been a while. Unfortunately been working these last few weeks on work that I can't show to anyone yet. In between jobs I worked on this old painting I started a few months back.
This started off as a piece for Crimson Daggers challenge to re-design the game cover for Zelda Windwaker.
Never got round to finishing it in time to submit for the challenge but here it is anyway.
Not quite finished, but as finished as it's ever gonna be!!

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Snow White Evil Queen re-designed

It's finally here! I've had some time recently to finish off (I never feel a painting is totally finished) the next piece in my Disney Villain series, the Evil Queen from Snow White. She is always referred to as the most beautiful of the villains and I wanted this to come across in the painting. Again, I tried to stay true to the original Disney design, just put my stamp on it.
Some people have been asking what the "QG" on the crown represents. The Evil Queen was often referred to as "Queen Grimhilde" in 1930's publications so I incorporated that in the design.
Anyway, that's enough rambling for now. Hope you like it!

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Try something new

Hello everyone! The last couple of weeks have brought me some work that I have never done before. The first was a tattoo design. Something relatively simple incorporating the Zodiac sign for Scorpio and the client's daughter's name. Like I say, something new and something simple but fun nonetheless.
The second was something I really enjoyed. I was asked the design wedding invitations that included whimsical bespoke designs of the bride and groom on the front. They wanted something that people would instantly recognise as them. This was a lot of fun and it now looks like I will have further work doing the table name designs, order of ceremony etc. Again, something different from what I am used to but it is nice to stretch myself and do something completely different once in a whole.
In between times I have been working on some personal pieces, most recently starting Hades for my Disney villain series. Hopefully work will let up slightly so I can get a few of these done quite quickly!
That's all for now!
Bye bye!

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General update...

Got a break in work for a few days so spending the time finishing off my Zelda Windwaker game art redesign which I never got around to finishing. Should be ready to post soon.
Then it's back to my Disney Villains series. The Evil Queen is about 75% done. Looking forward to finishing that off then starting on either Hades from Hercules or maybe Captain Hook from Peter Pan.
Anyway, ciao for now!

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Mr Alien

Thought I'd better post something on here, as it's been a while! Sat down in front of my computer this afternoon for a couple of hours and this is what came out. More a lesson in working a bit faster than anything else but I enjoyed it. 

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