Archive for May, 2012

Glugging the night away

It was very nice of Glug to invite me to do some live drawing at their ‘Beautiful Summer’ event at Cargo last night. I thought it’d be fun to try creating a movie poster on the night, and what kind of movie poster could be more fun to draw than a kung fu classic, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow? Here’s a few photos of me ‘in action’, as it were, taken by my lovely wife. Tools used were canvas, pencil, and a big ‘ol bag of Uni Poscas.

Thanks to everyone who said hello and came to chat – was nice to get a break every now and again to prevent me from succumbing to canvas blindness! I’d be lying if I said I finished it, but I got pretty close. If anyone’s interested in purchasing it when it’s done, feel free to drop me an email and, er, make me an offer!

Finally, I’ve got a few A2 prints left of the palm tree poster I created for the event. I’ll post this separately when I get chance, but feel free to enquire if interested. They’ll just be a fiver plus postage, and hey, I’ll even sign it for you if you’d like. Although be warned that it may deprecate the value further.

Painting on canvas at Glug
Painting on canvas at Glug
Painting on canvas at Glug
Painting on canvas at Glug
Painting on canvas at Glug
Painting on canvas at Glug

Bond for Planet Pulp

Planet Pulp had a Bond theme going on in April, and seeing as they’ve kindly invited me to contribute to their monthly celebrations of pulp culture, I thought it would be worth putting something together. In fact I only just made the end of the month deadline (well, depending on what time zone you’re in, I kinda just missed it too) so this is as fresh as they come. This is basically a Skyfall inspired image, in that the girl is Bérénice Marlohe, who plays the character Sévérine. I’m especially pleased with the muted palette here, the beige and the blue both being fairly low in saturation to give it cool, calm feel.

Bond for Planet Pulp
Bond for Planet Pulp
Bond for Planet Pulp