Jump!… to a new website.

Firstly, the image above is my attempt at Sean Galloway’s style of art. I like it. I think I’ll assimilate it into my own.

Secondly, I’ve finally bought some webspace (!) and so I’m saying goodbye to SGS and hello to a simpler http://www.adamjhall.co.uk (the blog is up and running but I have yet to tweak it so bear with me)

The site itself is not entirely finished yet either, but I’ve gone for a super simple design, trying to keep it all about the images. Considering I’m still very much  in a developmental stage with my art, I think some of the pieces I’ve added to my site aren’t necessarily representative of my current skill level, so I might have to do some jiggery-pokery, but it’s mostly there.

I hope you’ll join me.

Militia Biker Concept

The purpose of this piece is two-fold: 1) to develop a design for a generic character to be included in my (long-time-coming) graphic novel, and 2) to establish a style for it as a whole.

What I want from the style is something simple but with the potential for sincerity in order to lend weight to the topics I intend to address within the book. Whether or not I’ve achieved such versatility cannot be gauged from a single drawing, but I’m fairly confident I’m on the right path if nothing else.

A Doodle Evolved

This has nothing to do with the graphic novel stuff I said I’d be posting; what we have here is a doodle that I just continued to develop.

Interestingly, the first thing I drew was her bottom.

A New Avatar

So I recently set up Facebook and Twitter accounts for my art things – which, if you feel so inclined, would love your attention (scroll down, on the right) – and it occurred to me that I didn’t have any sort of avatar. So here we are:

Honestly, you have no idea how accurate those proportions are.

Some things…

Firstly, here’s another random. Just a little illustration for a friend, inspired by a Deadpool pic I found on my travels.

Secondly, my mind has recently been ablaze with a renewed passion for my graphic novel idea, and so I’m going to be posting sketches and roughs of characters/vehicles/pages very soon. I stopped work on it last time due to certain… creative anxieties, but I feel so compelled to create the world and tell the story that I’m confident this time I’ll overcome them. Obviously, any project of this scale is bound to create concerns; the trick is to take action in spite of them.

Or so I’m told. ¬_¬

SB – Octopus Attack!

Another page from the sketchbook.

Unfortunately I made a perspective mistake on the submarine’s rear propeller housing and ended up using liquid Tipp-Ex to remove it, knowing full well of the problems it creates with uneven surfaces. As you can see it was a fatal error, and something I strived but failed to take control of.

It’s okay though. It’s only in the sketchbook. And it was just the motivation I needed to order some Tipp-Ex Mouse Correction Tape. That’s where it’s at!

IF – ‘Vocal’

Illustration Friday – ‘Vocal’

Although, to be honest, it was more of a Photoshop painting exercise than anything.

I’ll make a proper IF illustration soon, I promise! One where I don’t take the topic at face value. It’s all about creative interpretation, after all!