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Following on from the original post, here is the finished collage I made to hang in our bedroom. Click for full size (and it’s huge!) Below, is a photo of it hanging in place. I’m pretty chuffed with it.

On Saturday, we read that Andy Scott’s new sculpture had been unveiled in Cumbernauld the day before, so headed through for a few photos. Provisionally named Comar Nan Allt (Cumbernauld in Gaelic) It was renamed Arria following a local competition. Arria was the mother of local boy, Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. (He of the Antonine wall which runs nearby). [...]

I’ve been subconsciously forming an idea for a while which was crystallised a few days ago when I read this article about Alan Moore’s new magazine, Dodgem Logic. Back in the mid nineties, in the two years between school and work that I charitably refer to as my art school education, I was a huge fan [...]

Josh Brill I was unaware of any of these artists when I drew the Magpie illustration recently but a post on Drawn has just made me aware of the Bird illustrations of Josh Brill, Eleanor Grosch and Charley Harper. Josh Brill’s are particularly gorgeous, but they are all fantastic. I can just imagine having a [...]

Just a little sketch I made earlier in the week. The view is Mount Vernon park in Glasgow.

It’s been a long time coming but finally, here’s the first few glimpses of artwork for the comic book I’m working on. Neither of them are finished. I’m not especially happy with the way Sam looks. He needs a bit more development stylistically I think, but I’ll be putting the artwork on hold for the [...]

Great little digital short by Justin Cone

Fantastic piece of handmade stopmotion animation. Be sure to check out the main website of the project for a better quality (but unembeddable) video and a whole load of behind the scenes goodies.

  I’ve been working through some tutorials just trying to get to grips with the nuts and bolts of Photoshop now that I have it on my work box. The plan is to use a combination of Photoshop and Flash to produce the illustrations for the graphic novel. Here’s my latest drawing. I can take [...]