I’ve been kindly invited to give a talk on my experience as an illustrator in Ballyfermot College next Tuesday 12th March. I was asked to send an image to promote it but I really wanted to create something new… So that is what you are looking at. I hope you like it
These are other two examples of what I am lately doing with gouache: very limited palettes and flat colours. Hope you like it
This week’s word was perspective. Not sure why but that terrible western by Sam Raimi came to mind.
Although I am using my usual scraperboard effect for this illustration, I’ve actually changed the approach to how it is done from what I’ve learned in the last couple of weeks (see previous posts.) The image was built as if it was a three-plate linocut, applying reduction method in one of those plates eight times. The result is like a 10-colour screenprint with the sharpness of a linocut and all digital… I’d love to transfer this to real plates if I had the time. Really exciting stuff.
Illustration for a showcase in www.scamp.ie
This is my first linocut. I love all those imperfections. I normally spend hours trying to achieve them in photoshop… and here they are!
The programme for St. Patrick’s Day 2010 events in Kilkenny was launched this morning.
This year I’ve been fortunate enough to having been asked to design the main image and poster for the event. It has been a real fun project, as I am sure the day itself will be. Make sure you don’t miss it.
New contribution to Illustration Friday.
This week word was propagate. A song from KMFDM immediately took over: “Rip the System”
This is my first attempt to woodcutting.
Steven Aylin was really good and took me on a crash course on woodcutting yesterday. It was truly amazing. It was like being a monk a thousand years ago, carving something forbidden. Such satisfying feeling when the ink touched the plates!
My fingers are still numb and dirty… That doesn’t happen with a digital tablet.
New Contribution for Illustration Friday. This week’s word was adrift. All that came to mind was Coleridge.
There is a very nice review of my work in Illustration Pages. Check it out.
