Lazy Sunday Sketchcrawl :: Bristol City Museum

Yesterday Hattie and I had a lovely afternoon sketching in the Bristol City Museum. Such a beautiful building with a diverse collection of things to draw. I have been to the Bristol City Museum more times than I can count. First when I originally came to Bristol, then during college and uni it was a common place for projects to take me, and now it's still a great place to go if you want to draw some interesting things. Looking forward to next time already!

1st November :: International Self Portrait Day :: 2014

Every year on 1st November artists around the world do a self portrait in their chosen medium: drawing, painting, video, animation, music, origami, sculpture, you name it! I did this on my tablet in front of the bathroom mirror in just under 2 hours, which is a long time for Fifi to sit there waiting for me :P

Process gif, just for fun:

Dr Sketchy's Bristol :: "They Only Come Out At Night"

Just back from yet another brilliant Dr Sketchy's Bristol event, this time the Halloween themed "They Only Come Out At Night". There really was a first class line up this time, featuring (a new favourite of mine) Ana Kiss, a billiant rendition of Marilyn Mansons "Tourniquet" from Dis Charge, and the headline act: world famous (and surprisingly pint sized) Talulah Blue! Organisers Lou Leigh Blue and Screaming Keating are consistently putting on great shows, its a real privilege to have them putting on such great shows. Funny and saucy and doodley, what's not to love?

Roller Derby Tablet Sketches

Hattie and I were lucky enough to get tickets to Bath Roller Derby Girls's first public bout, which was held yesterday. I was spending some of the quiet time before the bout to sketch the skaters and refs doing their warm ups... there are also a couple of sketches of the crowd and the fearsome clog dancers from the half time show! 

A phone doodle that I have been carrying around in my pocket for the last few days, that I finished off in the studio today and decided to share. 

Dr Sketchy's :: "A Night at the Movies"

Another great session at Dr Sketchy Bristol, this time the theme was "A Night at the Movies". Today's models were Miss Angelique Dominique, Ivana Vanderfluff and (Hattie's new favourite!) the magnificent Raven Noir! 

I didn't do as much pencil sketching as usual, because I was trying to make better use of my tablet... Raven's ginormous orange/yellow/red feathery outfit was best captured in big splashy strokes of colour. These were only 2 minute poses, so there was very little else to do but embiggen the brush and make it as quick and messy as possible :)

Ms. Kukri

There was a spooky ghost!

Self Portrait

Bristol Roller Derby B-Team :: Futuristic Uniform Concept

Above: The final concept. I didn't change the existing B Team uniform colours or strip, in the end I focused on adapting it to fit the leotard concept. The pads and skates would be the skater's own, so the concept is really focused on the uniform and the helmet.  Below: Some development tablet doodles of variations of the unform.

Central to the futuristic element of the unifrom concept was that there would be loads of hi-tech features built into the helmets.