Pink pretty Fairy on leaf with pink Butterfly

Pink pretty Fairy on leaf with pink Butterfly

This illustration, painted in Photoshop during January 2014, shows a pretty, pink fairy with blonde hair, sitting on a leaf with is pink wings spread out. Nearby is a butterfly that has landed on a nearby leaf, its colours very similar to the fairies.

Pink pretty Fairy on leaf with pink Butterfly-digital painting

 

Southampton Medieval Merchant House from High st

Southampton Medieval Merchant House from High st

 

This painting illustrates the Medieval Merchant's House in the 'Old Town' area of the City of Southampton, UK, with its distinctive barrel hanging from the outside of the building. It is one of a number of treasures of old Medieval/ Tudor buildings to be found in the Southampton area. The house was build in 1290 by John Fortin, a local merchant. The house currently is in 14^th century appearance. It is to be found at 58 French Street, Hampshire, SO142AT.

The painting is done in oils on a red acrylic base, using a canvas board sized at 20” x 16”. It is based on a photograph taken during the summer of 2012 and painted during the summer of 2013. The house is seen through a gap in a modern development of flats, from a viewpoint standing on the main high street. I was struck by the way the modern buildings were in shadow but the merchants house was bathed in sunlight. The people were there at the time and make a good scale reference within the painting.

Southampton Medieval Merchant House from High st

Scary Scarecrow in field

Scary Scarecrow in field

 

This digital horror illustration was drawn in Photoshop during January 2013. Depicted is an old stalwart subject of the horror world, the creepy scarecrow in a field. Naturally the scene is shown in a gloomy mode with a storm forming one late afternoon over an old, abandoned farm. The Scarecrow its self is dressed in a old farmers outfit, stuffed with twigs. The head however is turned toward the viewer and is looking straight at us. There is also a mysterious green hazy light emitting from it, in particular around the face.

scary scarecrow in field-digital painting

Romantic Cartoon cats on Valentine Heart

Romantic Cartoon cats on Valentine Heart 

This design of a card for St Valentines day features two cartoon romantic cats in love set against a heart design. The cats were painted in photoshop from an illustration created several years ago and the heart background form an illustrator vector illustration created in 2013. They were simply composited in photoshop.

Romantic Cartoon cats on Valentine Heart

Dinosaur Judge in UK Court of Law

Dinosaur Judge in UK Court of Law

Ever wondered why bankers, politicians burglars, rapists ,big companies, you name it, just seem to get away with it and have a slap on the wrist, whereas the victim is let down and more likely to be prosecuted. Well here’s the answer! This illustration of a UK court of law shows a typical judge. He is blind, covered in cobwebs and doesn’t know what century it is, and is basically a dinosaur. All he knows its that he has to wear some old pantomime outfit and funny wig. Typically in a court room setting will be those additional weasely, slippery characters who make a fortune stating the obvious.

This illustration, featuring the two dinosaurs in a UK law court was painted in photoshop to A4 size.

Dinosaur Judge in UK Court of Law

Baby Birthday Dragon with present

Baby Birthday Dragon with present 

A little cute baby dragon is happy on its birthday and has been presented with a wrapped present...

The illustration was painted in photoshop to A4 size during autumn 2013. I tend to paint dragons in a green colour so it fitted that the abstract background should complement it, colour-wise. I do feel that there is a slight Japanese feeling to the illustration. 

Baby Birthday Dragon with present

Traveller in landscape with distant Castle

 Traveler in landscape with distant Castle

 

This illustration was painted in Photoshop to A3 size during january 2014. It shows a made up landscape with endless hills and mountains going in to the distance. Mid field there is a Castle, stuck on a cliff edge and near to the viewer is a traveller, with horse, looking onwards in to the scene, contemplating his long journey to the castle.

Traveller in landscape with distant Castle

Romantic Valentine Skeletons in Graveyard

Romantic Valentine Skeletons in Graveyard

 

This illustration was painted in photoshop in Jan 2014. It shows two skeletons in love on st Valentines day night in a graveyard. The male skeleton is presenting his beloved with a bouquet of flowers, for which the female is extremely happy. The design of the skeletons are slightly cartoony to make them more appealing and easier to draw. The colours of the scene are quite muted, but the flowers less so. The diagonal of the males arm with the flowers thrusting in to the scene, is balanced out in the composition with the diagonal of the landscape with church in the opposite direction.

Romantic Valentine Skeletons in Graveyard