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The back cover of 'ImagineFX' (Issue22, October 2007), and based on the famous Uncle Sam poster!]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:32:14 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/578820

Some tatty old pirates about to get the shock of their lives from a beautiful Siren. This painting featured in 'ImagineFX: Issue22' and will also appear in 'Erotic Fantasy ARt Now!' (edited by me and Aly Fell), published by Ilex Press and Harper Collins in 2008!]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:28:42 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/578817

An illustration for 'Inside Housing' magazine about testing different building materials]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:24:52 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/578818

A revision to a quick painting i did a while back... This version was tidied up and developed in PainterX for 'Digital Art Masters: Volume 2']]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:26:28 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/578815

An illustration for the front cover of Scholastic's 'Storyworks' magazine (US) to encourage reading.]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:23:28 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/578814

A poster workshop for 'ImagineFX' based on my King of Space character... More to come in 2008!]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:21:52 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/578813

The rarely spotted Highland Minotaur of the Scottish mountains... Painted with a beta version of PainterX in January2007 for ImagineFX magazine.]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:20:15 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/578812

This was painted for a thunderdome over on conceptart.org. It was inspired by my Dad's worldly travels which are usually inspired by food!]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:18:22 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/333015

It was a grey day.


It was always a grey day.


The dark grey mills belched out their dark grey smoke into the dark grey sky as thousands of children scampered along cobbled streets to be greeted by the dark grey foremen of the dark grey mills.


But something felt different this morning.


There was the faint burble of music and a strange red tint to the dark grey clouds.


Joseph stopped on his way to the dark grey clog factory where he spent most of his dark grey days. He could see shafts of red light spilling through the archways in the dark grey viaduct. And from the other side of the dark grey terraces he could hear music. It wasn't beautiful, but he so rarely heard music that it seemed to him to be so very beautiful.


Other children stopped.


A thousand children stopped.


A thousand children breathing light grey mist into the dark grey air.


And then it appeared between the dark grey arches.


A burbling, trundling, tumbling circus of scarlet and ivory shrouded in a creeping, crawling, inquisitive mist.


As it edged towards him along the dark grey cobbles, Joseph realised that he had never seen anything like it. He had never seen anything so colourful. He had never seen anything so red. So very very red.


In all of his dark grey life, Joseph had never seen anything so Spectacular!




(My entry for the Spectacular Challenge... And it came fourth! Hoorah!)]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:57:07 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/396969

This was an image for the third and final part of my 'Imagine FX' Painter workshops. It was meant to be a challenge to learn PainterIX after years of Photoshop and it was great fun.

Chimpski has arrived on the moon and he's taking a photo of himself and writing a postcrad home to his family. But is he alone?]]> Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:47:18 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/396966

This was the second in a series of three images for 'Imagine FX' magazine. My goal was to learn Painter over three workshops and i was looking at the Oils variants for Chimpski's arrival on the moon....]]> Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:35:04 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/373733

This is another piece for 'Imagine FX' which develops the Chimpski character. The workshop article was about 'defecting' to Painter from Photoshop and this is my first finished piece produced in Painter. It's a three part series and there's two more Chimpski images coming along soon. ]]> Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:22:16 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/335342

This illustration was for issue 3 of 'Imagine FX' for an article on illustrating fairy tales.

I went for a fairly muted palette where Little Red Riding Hood would stand out in her red cape. I took a few liberties with the shadows, perspective and lighting. ]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:25:29 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/335344

This was another image to illustrate the 'Wacom' article in 'Imagine FX'. I reckon he's bought himself a flying saucer that isn't quite big enough. Or has he grown into it?]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:35:57 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/333017

This is a piece i produced for 'Imagine FX' magazine about Photoshop brushes. I tried to use a range of different brushes and explained how i created custom brushes in the accompanying article.


It's about a shepherd who wants to get home to the castle, but there's a gruff and hungry looking troll in his path...]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:58:00 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/335326

This was another image produced for 'Imagine FX'. It was a header for an article giving tips on using and setting up Wacom tablets. And i thought it'd make a good header for my portfolio with the 'Chimp for Hire' tag line.


The image was inspired by the 'Journey Begins' challenge, where i'm working on a Russian chimp who's about to be sent to the moon...]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:55:11 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/333007

Bjorn the Berzerker is on his way to battle. He's trying to get in the mood... all berzerk and stuff... when a robin lands on his hand. What does it mean? What is he thinking..?


Another piece for 'Imagine FX' on creting character concepts and turnarounds.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:51:56 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/333010

The King of Space is a character i created for the Grand Space Opera challenge. He's been lurking around behind all my real work for a long time now and i'm planning on launching a webcomic in the next few months.

Check out www.thekingofspace.com soon! (Hopefully!?)]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:53:47 +0000 http://duddlebug.cgsociety.org/gallery/263101

Some peeps may remember this character from the 'Master and Servant' challenge. This is an illustration for a story i created around the 'Master and Servant' theme, about a servant boy who finds a wooden flute in the forest and discovers that it can help him with his errands.
In this scene he's collecting firewood and is getting a little help from the woodland animals...
I didn't finish the challenge because my daughter was born three weeks before the deadline, and everything went to pot. But i did promise myself i'd finish this picture. I'm in the process of working up the book with a view to publication, so i may be able to post more stuff later... but i thought i'd give a taster...
I'll post some close ups in the next day or two... i need to get some onto my webspace and i can't do it from the office!
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This isn't my usual style, but it's fun to do something a bit different from time to time. I've been working on this in my lunch hour for a week or so, for a 'friendly contest' on... ahem... another art forum. The topic was 'Rome 3000', 'Imagine if the Roman Empire had thrived and survived to the present day'.
I started a couple of images, and this was the second. The first was a few gladiators and an armoured 30's Bugatti waiting in a tunnel to go in the arena. But i went with this idea because it seemed more 'fun'. And i had a smile on my face putting in the detail. Not sure who he's phoning... maybe his mum?
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I got an honourable mention in the Machineflesh challenge with my Monkey Girl character, but hadn't quite captured the look and feel i was after with the contest image. So this piece was a development of the work i'd done in the challenge.

'Monkey Girl' is another potential comic i'd love to publish, but real work always gets in the way!]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:55:05 +0000