Thursday, 24 May 2012

Pip Skweek

I Made this for a music project i used to do about 7 years ago, via MySpace.I made trip hop style instrumentals for a girl from Brooklyn and she sang over them.It was fun.This image is was made from hundreds of vector images i found and collaged together.Some Windlings type fonts that made pictures instead of letters were also used.I cant remember which ones though.I like this image a lot though still.
Note : the kid with the bazooka is protecting the little Bambis not firing at them.
Here's the music if you're interested at all :

http://www.myspace.com/boglebogle

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Can't Stop Listening To This Song Today



I don't tend to read reviews on bands but i guess if you're a fan of the Cocteau Twins, Portishead or Bjork you're onto a winner.However they're live show videos sound terrible.The Auto tune voice thing is used really well on their recordings but when she sings live it just sounds really out of tune in my opinion, and i dont really understand how that can happen with an effect that auto tunes your voice.
Nevertheless this song is nice played really loud while you're in the bath, however do not attempt to light candles and turn the light off because like me you'll get to the bathroom with the candles, make eye contact with yourself in the mirror and think "yeah this is way too gay".
Enjoy the song anyways :)

Simon Gabriel Portrait



This was a portrait i drew of my friend and fellow band mate Simon.He is in another band called Organ Freeman (Check Link Below) that are one of the most entertaining bands to watch you will ever see down (the) Wirral.
In the video below you will notice that aside from the fact that the whole band are wearing hot pants and crop tops, have an unbelievably weird set up including to stood up percussionists and seem to be playing something that resembles a lady gaga tune....at one point 2 random crowd members appear to run on stage and start making and giving out cheese sandwiches...great stuff !
My portrait was copied from one of their band photos :



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Big L Portrait




Sunday, 29 April 2012

Dorks Love Bueno's

Black Sharpie on glossy paper

MELT DIZNEY

CHECK OUT MY ART ON ISCRIBBLE.NET BY CLICKING THIS CAPTION

The Smiths (canvas)

I painted this in acrylics and used the usual black and white chalk markers for the outline.It is a gift for my littlest sister who turns 16 in forty minutes....Happy Birthday Ruby !
She did like 'Bring Me The Horizon' but now shes all about 'The Smiths'. So i i combined some references to them also adding  Ruby's name and soon to be age on the front of peoples tshirts.
Hope  she likes it :)

My latest batch of drawings and doodles

Cheer You Up Bunnies

My Head Hurts Again

Quick Thing

Once Upon A Cat

Life Would Be So Much Easier

Some Objects Next to Each Other

What?!

Head Aches

Strawberry

Ill Quit Smoking When you Die Of Cancer

Web Of Piss

Friday, 23 March 2012

Mixed Media Knitting & Painting Exhibition

The past 3 months I and my dear friend Penelope Teapot have been working on ideas for an art exhibition.Which we hopefully would like to see happening by the end of this year.Sara is the best knitter and crafter i have ever met.You should follow her from the link above.
The exhibition is to be a mixed media of painted canvases and textile ie knitting, crochet, sewing etc.We had this idea to attach fabric and knitted things to the canvas.For example the finished picture i painted of Sara Teapot, which is actually an acrylic painted version of the same picture i painted in coffee a few months back (check older posts)..In the picture she has her hands up knitting a scarf.So we came up with this idea to replace the painting of the knitted scarf with an actual knitted scarf still on the knitting needles which could be glued to the canvas.Then using another canvas i can draw the hands and cut them out and have them holding the needles.So basically its an acrylic painting of Sara Teapot knitting a real scarf...cool idea amirite?

So we decided on some colors .These were chosen by Sara.As we both new we wanted pastel colors so it was just a matter of which ones Sara felt inspired to knit with.She decided on pink, blue and cream.Or as i call them "kawaii ice cream colors'.

So Pretty :)
                                                 
 
This is what you call professional tension
                     
This is the portrait that this beautiful example of professional crafting will be attached to.

Step1: pencil sketch and first layer of skin tone
Step2: Building up the skin and hair color and tone
I always leave the eyes till last.As adding the eyes is when a painting becomes alive.
Step4: Buy a new camera :S
Step5: seriously...new camera !
Step 6 : Give Life
We have since changed our idea so that now I am to paint another portrait.this time of my self.and the knitted scarf will hang down to this canvas either underneath or at the side of,and be wrapped round my portraits neck.
Keep your eyes peeled for more updates and creations for this exhibition.Eventually we are hoping to be selling all of it.
Thanks
Bob

Untitled Canvas

This is a painting I'm not sure ill ever finish.Not because its going to take ages but just because I've sort of lost interest in it.Its hanging on the wall in my bedroom.I hoped seeing it 90% complete would encourage me to finish it.But it hasn't so far.I've sort of gone off it a bit too.I prefer the original digital image.But that could be something to do with it being unfinished.I feel like I've lost the mind set i was in when i stared it and now it feels like a chore to come back to it.
Anyways i suppose blogs are for things the user is working on as well as completed.So look at this as a 'work in progress' that Isn't getting worked on and hasn't progressed :P

This was the original digital image I drew on Iscribble, the online drawing tool.

The site is fun to use and i enjoy being able to collaborate with other users as well as just socialize.
This picture started out as lots of random doodles on a purple background, which I sort of put order to and at the end and made into a whole.I did not at the time intend to paint it with real paint.It was basically just a doodle that evolved and turned into something and as far as i was concerned was done and dusted.Only recently have i thought to paint some of my digital drawings in acrylics.ie the Forest scene.I decided to go with acrylics and marker pens to achieve that street art look that the digital picture has.
This is the first time I've bothered to take photos of my progress through out the creation of a painting.I only wish i had more than one follower to appreciate it.Thanks Sara Teapot <3

PENCIL SKETCH AND THE BEGINNING OF PAINTING IT


BACKGROUND PAINTING FIRST
ADDING CHARACTERS IN BLACK
ORANGE SKY? WHY NOT?

TEAPOTS <3
...AND THIS IS AS FAR AS I'VE GOTTEN
One day this will be finished and I'll be happy.Hope you enjoyed this journey to an unfinished picture :)