Animal Supermarket drawing vs painting

Animal Supermarket drawing vs painting

Animal Supermarket drawing vs painting

Above is a  comparison between a drawing (done digitally in photoshop) with the finished painting, also done digitally within photoshop. It can be seen that a series of lines, to indicate a base of prospective indications was planned form an early stage to aid in placement of the interior of the supermarket and animals to populate it.The artwork of 'Animal supermarket' was created in 2010.
The finished illustration can be seen here.

 

Zany Zebra art blog update 15

Zany Zebra art blog update 15 

The result of my two Zany Zebras entry in the auction

The final part of the Zany Zebra's campaign took place on the 18 October 2016. It was an auction where all of the full sized painted Zebras were sold off in a big event held at the 'Hilton at the Ageas Bowl', near to Southampton, which is where the original trail showing all the Zebras on the streets of the city had been held during the summer. 
I'm pleased to report that my Zebras each both went for £3000, a figure that I am proud of. Only two other Zebras went for a higher prices, and one other for £3000. The money raised from the auction goes to Marwell Zoo, the creators of the project, in to their charity to help support the work to protect the 'Grevy's' zebra and other wildlife in Africa. The sculptures are based on the Grevy Zebra with its distinctive ears. 
Thanks must go to the Sponsors, Casa Brazil and Associated British Ports for their sponsoring of the two Zebras I created. Thanks also to the new owners who bid, and lastly thanks to Marwell Zoo and the team involved in the hard work running the 'Zany Zebra' campaign in Southampton, which was enjoyed by the thousands!  
The total raised in the auction was £87,550. The campaigns pages for Zany Zebras are here, and the main page for Marwell Zoo, here.
A general page relating to my input in to the project can be seen here.

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 update 14

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 update 14

The 'Zany Zebra' trail in Southampton officially started on the 16 July. I have not taken 'proper' pictures of my two Zebra creations in place as yet but I did snap the 'Seafaring Zebra', a design using ships and boats and sponsored by Associated British Ports. As the Zebra was standing in the company of a large cruise ship it was a good opportunity not to miss!
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'Seafaring Zebra' at the waterfront, Southampton

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 update 13

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 update 13

CASA BRAZIL  Zany Zebra by Martin Davey design vs finished sculpture

Recently, official photographs were taken in a studio showing my two completed painted Zebra sculptures for the Marwell Zoo 'Zany Zebra' campaign, which are due to be seen publicly on the streets of Southampton during during the summer. The start date is 16th July 2016 and runs until October. This design is sponsored by CASA BRAZIL, a Brazilian themed restaurant chain in the south of England (the other Zebra not shown here is by Associated British Ports). The image shows on the left the original design as drawn in photoshop. On the right can be seen the finished, life size painted sculpture. It can be seen that the design has transferred well from the flat, 2D image. Sometimes slight alterations are made because of the fact of dealing with a 3dimentional object can reveal 'gaps', not apparent in the 'flat' workings out. The colours have some changes, notably the yellow as an exact match was not available with the emulsion paints I tend to use on these projects and the photo as introduced a slight colour shift anyway.

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 update 12

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 update 12 

ABP Zany Zebra by Martin Davey design vs finished sculpture

Recently, official photographs were taken in a studio showing my two completed painted Zebra sculptures for the Marwell Zoo 'Zany Zebra' campaign, which are due to be seen publicly on the streets of Southampton during during the summer. The start date is 16th July 2016 and runs until October. This design is sponsored by ABP ( the other not shown by Casa Brazil) and the image shows on the left the original design as drawn in photoshop. On the right can be seen the finished, life size painted sculpture. It can be seen that the design has transferred well from the flat, 2D image. Sometimes slight alterations are made because of the fact of dealing with a 3dimentional object can reveal 'gaps', not apparent in the 'flat' workings out.

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 Brazilian Zebra update 11

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 Brazilian Zebra update 11

Today the final items were painted on to the zebra, named Rio by the sponsors 'Casa Brazil', a Brazilian restaurant in the city . One of these was the logo which fitted in well as it has a 'flame' look, and suited its placement in to the Olympic torch flames very well. The final stage of its preparation for display on the 'Zany Zebra trail', in which it will be seen on the streets of Southampton during the Summer, is a coat of varnish.

The completed Zany Zebra named 'Rio'

rear view of Brazilian Zany Zebra

Side view of Rio Zany Zebra

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 Brazilian Zebra update 10

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 Brazilian Zebra update 10

After more than a working week away, I continued work on my Zebra, now named Rio, for the Zany Zebras campaign as run by Marwell Zoo, Hampshire. This project will see up to 47 painted sculptures of Zebras on the streets of Southampton during the summer of 2016. The Brazilian themed artwork now shows details placed on top of the initial green and yellow base colours (stripes). I will not be doing any more masking now. From here on it is all painted with quite a fine brush but still using emulsion paint.

 

Front of the Brazilian 'Rio' Zebra under WIP.

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 Brazilian Zebra update 09

Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra campaign 2016 Brazilian Zebra update 09

Brazilian Zebra with all the body covered in paint

Today was spent filling the white areas with yellow, up to three coats and then repairing the damage caused by the masking tape on the green sections. Fortunately the repairs do not take too long and can't really be seen. The aim is to get the large areas of blue, green and yellow done so that they look tidy and have dense colour. It was good to see the whole 'Zany Zebra' now covered with paint. The next stage after this is to apply some detail in the form of pattern, squiggles and the Olympic torch for example. I did some detail on the rear end and leg to get a feel of how it is going to be practical to do. The details turned out quite well and were done freehand. As the details are quite organic they did not have to be 'mechanically perfect' which would have been difficult. A cheap 1/2 inch sable hair brush was used and I found it worked well by loading it with paint and having the confidence to work quickly. Being slow would have made the end result more shaky than it is!

Some painted detail to leg

Black And White Pig on Farm

Black And White Pig on Farm 

This oil painting is done on a canvas board measuring 10” x 12”, on top of a rough acrylic painting. The subject is a black and white pig wondering around a muddy pen on a farm in Hampshire. The painting took less than a day to do, and was done in June 2014.

http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/black-and-white-pig-on-farm-martin-davey.html

Black And White Pig on Farm-oil painting

Cartoon Dinosaur Museum

Cartoon Dinosaur Museum

 

A collection of cartoon Dinosaurs are at a Dinosaur museum. But in this world the dinosaurs are fully alive and enjoying the exhibits. The main exhibits however are a group of fossils of human skeletons involved in a staged battle. To the right is a display case with some human artefacts.

Some of the Dinosaurs are on day trips out with families. A dating couple are taking photos of each other and another Dinosaur can be seen on the upper gallery having a sandwich. One visitor to the museum is having some help finding his way around by a dinosaur pointing out his position on a map.

Painted in photoshop during April 2014.

Cartoon Dinosaur Museum

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Cartoon Lion Father Christmas delivering presents

Cartoon Lion Father Christmas delivering presents

This digital illustration is painted in Photoshop to A4 size. It was painted in October 2012 and is for the Christmas season. The illustration depicts a Lion, dressed as Santa delivering presents. He is pictured creeping silently out of a boy cub's bedroom, leaving behind presents. The Lion cub is fast asleep and is busy dreaming about Christmas. A Christmas stocking is on the end of the bed, and the room is decorated with Christmas lights. The perspective in the image is deliberately distorted and does not matter for this cartoonish image. The main light source is from the open door in the bedroom. The lighting is not designed to be realistic but cheated so that the viewer can see the Lion cub and presents clearly.

cartoon lion father christmas

 

Animal Office

Animal Office

This was painted in january 2011, in photoshop to A4 size. I have used a horse before in this position (1 2 3) but it is always funny,but this time I have added some lipstick! The 6 key keyboard and hay sandwich add some fun.

from the website...
This was painted in photoshop in 2011 to A4 size. As can be seen in my work I like to place animals in mundane human situations. An office is a good location and I'm sure I will visit this theme again. Its fun to have such unlikley animals in these roles, such as the Hippopotamus with dress and bright red lipstick and the horse typing at the six keyed keyboard, with her hay sandwich to hand. In the background some office gossip is in progress. An image like this is drawn on the computer, then painted in a traditional, layered way similar to conventional painting media.