Both ends.

I’ve been keeping my head down the past week working on my digital illustration portfolio, so hopefully over the next week or two I can put those images up.

I also burned the midnight oil good style last night wrapping up my submissions for Semi-Permanent, a pretty big Australian Design Conference in the vein of Design Indaba here in SA. I got to bed at six this morning after sending the files off and was woken from my coma by the Noon Gun to find an email notifying me of my inclusion on the annual Semi-Permanent book! In Cape Town this process of responding would take weeks, so I’m most grateful for the diligent souls in the world outside our haze of blue bong-smoke (which outsiders mistakenly refer to as smog.) for being quick on the draw.

Here is a link to the conference site and the five images I submitted. The middle one was chosen for inclusion and you can view higher res versions on my Concept Art thread here.

Rain, wet paint and not-so-wet paint.

So after a drought of a few months, I'm finally painting again! Got myself a shiny new easel/box, which makes site painting loads easier, so hopefully I can get a lot more done from here on in. We shall see.

Still pushing the digital work and it's coming along nicely, it may still seem pretty rough, but the improvements are happening where I want them to, so the practise is paying off.

Here's the last digital piece and some excursion photos from this morning's mission. Bit damp over the Mother City, but cleared up nicely. I'll be working on this painting for one or two more sessions, then I'll be sure to post photos of that as well.

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Headway

Well, here some small developments on my somewhat inconspicuous quest for world domination.

On a technical note (this will undoubtably mean little to you guys, except for us geeks), I've managed to have what some alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity regarding the use of layer blending in Photoshop. This lightswitch being flipped has allowed me to produce more complex pieces with much less hassle and head-scratching. So productivity is looking good. Now it's workworkwork to get the overall game up. The images below are some very fast pieces employing this layering. Hopefully improvements will be evident in the near future.

Ons a shoutout note, I have come across some awesome work and handy sites, for those interested in art and the broader industry, so here are some links.

Veronique is a French artist and illustrator. Her work is nuts and a total breath of fresh air, so check it out. Awesome variety, which I always appreciate. www.v-meignaud.com

Secondly is the site www.sidebarnation.com which has all sorts of information regarding the comic industry and peripheral goings-on. Something that makes this site stand out though, is the downloadable podcast conversations they have with various artists ranging from comic artists, illustrators to fine artists and people working in the film industry. So if you're as ravenously curious about our industry as i am, then this is an invaluable source of shared experience.

And lastly, I have just sent off a bunch of press stuff (images mostly) to be featured in the upcoming issue of ImagineFX, a UK-based science fiction and fantasy art magazine. I'll make more noise about this closer to the publication date.

www.imaginefx.com/

Pardon the waffle. Here's some art.

No brushes were harmed...

Scribble scribble scribble on the rapidly deteriorating tablet, but the efforts may bear fruit yet if I keep this up. Only time will tell...

So here's another few scribbles of nothing in particular. Someday this will all add up to something bigger. I promise.

Ker-splat.

Here are some more inks. I've also just added an Etsy tab on my facebook page, so work can be bought directly from there. I'll be sure so put more work up for sale in the near future!

http://www.facebook.com/flying.dutchman.art

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=43896478

Chomp Chomp

Well, we're playing the waiting game at this end, so not too much noteworthy taking place except for the odd scribble, so here's a quick digital one I've been working on.

On Point

It's been quite a while since the last post, but I assure you there's a good reason for this, I've been alluding to this project for a while and i'm going to play it cageu for a little while longer, but things are moving into place, so hopefully over the coming weeks I'll be able to put some newsworthy stuff on here, so sit tight please.

In the meantime, here some brand new bits from my sketchbook, so hope you like.

In the meantime...

Been busting my ass earning the wage and still tending to a big project we're looking to wrap up soon, but that's still classified for the time being, so ears open and fingers crossed.

Last friday we attended an event in CT called Paper Girl where drawings are donated and then at a later stage handed out at random on the street, which is interesting. Anyway, so here are two sketches I submitted. Very low light, so excuse the grainy images.

More to come soon!

Wet Paint. And Ink.

Here are some of the new traditional bits I've been doing, two quick oil paintings done on the Sea Point promenade and a couple of sketchbook pages. Interesting digital stuff are also in the works, but not ready just yet, so sit tight!

Hit the ground running. Yet again

All the best for the new year, guys! It sure looks to be a big one, so let's carry this momentum forward and do it right. Things have gotten off to a cracking early start in the Dutchman's stable, so let's hope that he too can maintain the tempo 'cos there's a lot to be done!

Here are a few sketched I did during my recent research/surf trip up the coast.