Bit more work on the Doberman logo.

Not much done on this but i'm slowly chipping away at it when i get a spare minute.

Too busy making a polystyrene box in C4D, for my current module, with very little actual C4D exerience... I don't know why i insist on making things hard for me lol.

Anyhoo,

I wanted to keep away from using text but it was a requirement of the brief.

A quick eye breaker

Taking a break from the Doberman job for an hour. Going to get this started.

It hurts my eyes but i have plans for this one. Fasr too simple as it is but i'm going to put some time into it and see how it goes.

Had a commission!
I know right? Not sure i'm good enough for actual work but hey ho :p If you don't try, you can't succeed. Luckily this isn't that tough.

My brother is turning into a very successful bespoke slingshot and knife maker and his business is rocketing off, we are all really proud of him. As a side project from AKM slingshots  (facebook.com/akmslingshots) he is starting Doberman knives. If you are the outdoorsy type who admires well made tools take a peak.

For this he needs a new logo that can be used on shirts, promos e.t.c. and will also be etched onto his products.

I have spent today just mapping out a few ideas and putting them in illustrator. As you can see they are still pretty rough but the idea is moving on nicely. Once i have the sillhouette sorted i will start fleshing the design out. This has a short deadline so expect ore soon :)

New camera has arrived!

The quality of the photos on this blog will be vastly improved as i have just recieved my Canon 40D!

Picked up second hand and can't wait to go Urbex'ing to get some arty shots.
I also need to pick u a 50mm macro lens to take some proper images of all my toy prototypes.

Alphonse Mucha is awesome

Ever since i was young i have admired Alphonse Mucha, definately one of my favourite artists.

I realise that the best way to admire an artist is not to butcher one of their pieces but i thought i would give it a go anyway:

This will be scanned in and painted in photoshop to go on my wall.

Traced it to make a quick colour test using Copic markers:

Hopefully i can get this worked out digitally over the weekend so i will have something a bit better to show you.

Just a little thing i made :)

Just wandering through newcastle a few weeks ago i spotted this piece of graffiti:

As soon as i saw it i realised how cool this would look as a toy so i decided to sketch up a mesh, adding a few tweaks to make it mine:

(sorry about the bad phone pic)

And got to work rolling out an egg with Super Sculpy:

Which became this:

The green pieces are made with Green Stuff which is a bit easier to work smooth.

The finished prototype:

Abit rough thanks to the spraypaint not being fit for purpose. Luckily it sands down really well so once i decide what to mold it with i can give it a slightly better finish.

There is something so much more satisfying than working digitally when you actually get your hands dirty.

As an aside...

Scanner is still broken :(

But here is a quick side project i am working on for a friend.

My flatmate drew this to get tattooed and i couldn't let him go with just a sketch:

Original

Haven't finished sorting out yet but this is how far i have gotten fixing the outlines:

The stained glass is tomorrow mornings TTD as i am beginning to get square eyes lol

Eventually the line work will be sorted out and the stained glass sections will be coloured and textured. Not my cup of tea but if it keeps the flatmate happy...