Well 2012 has already gotten away from me a bit, hasn't it? No resolutions this year for the simple fact that it leaves me with no feeling of having missed something by the end of the year. Last year turned out to be one of the worst I've experienced personally, and 2012 is already shaping up to be one of the best. Such a contrast in such a short time leaves me re-evaluating quite a few things for the better. Life really is a wild ride; my only goal is to do what I can and learn to let go of the things that fall short.

On a lighter note, I have new artwork to show! This illustration stemmed from my wanting to try something completely different, and feeling that a 9x36 inch illustration would fit that bill perfectly (strange I know). I call this one "The Spirit Well". I had written a short poem sort of explaining the story a bit, but felt it wasn't working. If I can get it together, perhaps I'll post it as an extra post down the line. For now I'll just post the finished art piece. This was done with brush pens (on 3 9x12 inch pieces of bristol), a few smaller pens and Photoshop for colour.


Followed by some details:

Labels: mother, soldier, spirits, The Spirit Well, witches

I'm not normally one to do this; I find that I usually have to abandon an idea once I get it to a point, otherwise I'll obsess about it completely. That being said, I was very proud of the ink work done on this piece, and while I liked the colour, something just didn't jive. So I decided to give it another go with the colours and see if I couldn't do it a bit more justice, at least in terms of what I imagined. I like to think I got it a bit closer this time.

Labels: alternative, Illustration Fridays, influence, whisper, witches

I think for me this has to be one of those rare artistic moments when I was sketching something down and could not wait to complete it. There was no trepidation, or concern over screwing something up. I knew what I wanted to draw, the style I wanted it to be in, and just went for it. It's refreshing to have those moments, no matter how few and far between they are.

This was once again an Illustration Friday topic, "Influence". I tend to interpret these very loosely, but I think that may be the point, at least for me. I may wind these down soon. I'm sort of all over the map, and need to get some focus back. We'll see.

Labels: Illustration Fridays, influence, whisper, witches