One Defining Moment - draw more!

I haven't posted anything for a loooong time, and I also haven't worked on a drawing and sketched just for fun in a loooong time which makes me sad. But I worked on this image the other night, based on a really cool image I found of Charlotte Gainsbourg. It was supposed to be entered into an online competition....last week!! Missed that deadline, so this is My Defining Moment - that tells me to stop procrastinating and start drawing more! :)

One Defining Moment/Lust

Brendan Smyth being led away from court, 1994. A defining moment in the relationship between the Irish people and the Catholic church. Looking into those eyes of madness on every screen and newspaper back then certainly did some damage to my - by then already fairly fragile - faith.
It also occured to me that since I didn't do an entry for seven deadly sins then this'd do a double shift as lust...if ever there was a man whose lust destroyed him, not to mention his victims, it was aul' Reverend Brendan.

Comic and animation character theme: Morning Practice

Phew, this one took a while. Obviously it's Brave. I did it mainly in watercolour but I messed up my layers a few times so edited it a bit in Photoshop.  I'm also wishing I did this on A3 as opposed to A4 because some of the character details were difficult to get right so tiny.

Sept 12 Theme

Hey Folks, I see that I am next in line to pick the Theme for September. Well my theme is

One Defining Moment

Pick that one image that sums up a film, book, comic, animation, tv show or whatever is your interests are right now! For example if you were reading Moby Dick and the image was the white whale jumping over the boat with the harpoon lodged in. This is used on most Moby Dick books as we all know, but what if that didnt sum up the book for you. What did? Use your creative genius to your hearts content in this theme. It has something for everyone.

Comic of Legend.

Hey folks, big big sorry for not posting recently. Have been very busy! But still had time to do this quick drawing of Kenshin Himura from Samurai X or Rurouni Kenshin. Its been awhile since i drew any sort of manga/anime characters but I feel this suits the theme for this month well as the just released the live action version in Japan. Cant wait to see it.

Crazy Cat Lady

I think Niki and I have been spending too much time together 'cause I drew this the night before seeing what the new monthly topic is :/

Anyway, saw the new Batman and, while Hathaway is arguably the best thing in it, she'll never beat the Catwoman of my childhood Michelle Pfeiffer.

Animation/Comic Character Revisited!

My turn to pick a theme this month, so this month's theme is "Animation/Comic Character Revisited." Pick any known character and do your own version of that character.

Olympic Legends

I didn't have a lot of time for this one this month as I'm doing a course at the moment. So instead of a drawing, I messed about with text and the olympics logo in Illustrator, and added a few textures in Photoshop to make it look less flat. Here's hoping that the legends on the Irish team bring back some medals!

I'm Ron Burgundy?

Finally, I get around to doing a blog post. Obviously this is for the legends theme. :P  Didn't draw any of it, but instead I built up the painting through a series of bleeding effects.

This is possibly a more serious option with Chúchulainn.  Some light water colour and Chinese ink in a very Chinese style.

Icarus - Legend

Not entirely sure if Icarus would be considered a legend but his story was always one that stood out for me.  Maybe it was the illustrations in the book I had growing up (Childcraft encyclopaedias if anyone's wondering :D), or maybe because I just thought if I was given a pair of wings I wouldn't be so bloody stupid haha.  Anyway, here it is.

July Theme - Legend

I think it's my turn this month to come up with the theme. I'm going to go with "legend". Looking forward to seeing everyone's posts!

Childhood memories - Italia 90

Karen, came up with a great idea for this month's theme. When I looked at the http://monstersinrealplaces.blogspot.ie/ site I got inspired to do my own version. I found an old picture of myself looking off camera at something, and added some footballing characters.

June's theme - Childhood Memories

Eeeek! Sorry I am only posting June's theme now...I have been really crap at posting lately too so apologies to all the creators of all the awesome themes that have been posted.

So for Junes theme I was thinking along the lines of Monsters in Real Places http://monstersinrealplaces.blogspot.com/

But with a slight twist :) Using a childhood photo include some imaginary friends, monsters under the bed or general madness that might have occurred in your tiny pre-pubescent brain. Before the internet, before mobile phones, before Facebook and Sky Plus, all we had was our imaginations! Oh and etch a sketch.

Humanity 2.0

tumbleweeds in here...somebody post something!

No One of Consequence (Lovable Rogue)

Two months late - the dread pirate Roberts, an archetype of the lovable rogue if ever there was one. No humanity2.0s yet...I do seem to have a knack for picking unpopular subjects!

Loveavble Rouge

Bit late here, sorry I'm working on a book of my own at the moment so work on this blog has kinda taken a back seat. This is Barbara Thorson, if you do not know the splendor of this loveable rougue, then check out a book called "I KILL GIANTS" you will be happy you did ;)

Loveable Rogues: Bill Murray

Sorry, ridiculously late post, but I had to find the time.  I chose Bill Murray cause he always plays those kind of roles. I had some fun with it though.  I think I have 4 or 5 movie references there.

Humanity 2.0

"Of course there clearly had to be a Supreme Being. But since the universe was a bit of a mess, it was obvious that the Supreme Being hadn't in fact made it.

If he had made it he would, being Supreme, have made a much better job of it, with far better thought given, taking an example at random, to things like the design of the common nostril. You only had to look around to see that there was room for improvement practically everywhere.

Terry Prachett - Small Gods

If you had an opportunity to rebuild humans from scratch, what - if anything - would you change? Are we as good as we could be, or is there, in fact, room for improvement? Let's find out.

Loveable Rogue

This was a really great theme this month. It gave a lot of room for interpretation and my problem was focussing on just 1 idea. I decided to go with a image of a roguish child or dog, who you can't help but love. After trying out a few different compositions, this one was my favourite. Dogs and shoes just don't mix!

Tyrion Lannister - Loveable Rogue

Since I'm on a total Game of Thrones buzz lately I decided to draw my favourite character for this month's post. Here's Tyrion Lannister :D