Defensive End

Pigs

Going to make part of this image as a print, I think. Any comments or tweets  will be gladly received.

Uzi Girl

I've been trying to improve my 'comic book' chiaroscuro style lately, with emphasis on the solid black areas that contribute to the form of the figure. My default method in illustration over the past couple of years has been mostly a linear one until recently when I've had my world rocked by a series of graphic novels illustrated by utter masters of pencil, pen and ink. Guys like Tim Sale, David Mazzucchelli, Frank Miller, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Dave McKean and Dave Johnson have blown me away with their art.
Prior to becoming an illustration student a couple of years ago I was a dyed in the wool art history buff. I couldn't see past the old masters and I wasn't interested either. They were the epitome of everything I thought art was and as a result I was completely ignorant of contemporary Illustration.
I am glad that I spent years meticulously copying the likes of Leonardo, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Durer, Ingres, Raphael, Michelangelo, blah blah blah et al, but I'm a digi artist now, and I wanna draw chicks with uzi's.
I've been digging heavily on Lee Bermejo of late, he is it, and the shit. Like Prince.
The girl is based on a cool photo on the awesome pixelovely figure and gesture drawing website.

Je suis Napoleon!

After 'Napoleon Crossing the Alps' by Jacques Louis David, however, instead of Napoleon on his horse we have a chimpanzee on a rhino. The more discerning of you may notice that the rhino is in fact some sort of cross between a black, indian and white rhino. Well bully for you. Also, that monkeys don't ride other animals donned with capes and strapped with an uzi. Well screw you David Attenborough!

Dinho

                            Detail of a piece I'm in the middle of and will post later on.

Killer Base Player

A development of my last post.