Zee Brush

I began teaching myself how to use Zbrush after seeing some amazing work done online using the program. I've always been an avid sculptor since my days studying fine art and clay, is my medium (with sculpty a close second) so when I discovered software like Maya and 3Ds Max used digital clay I was to say the least intrigued, then along came Zbrush and I knew I found it. :)

This is the first completed painted head sculpt I've made so far, it's a fan art piece of Batman villain Killer Croc. 

The character has a great unusual face to create as he has been reimagined as everything from an MMA fighter with a bad skin condition, to a talking dinosaur so though there's a few parameters the characterisation is a free for all .   I've done other pieces which I'll be posting soon to show my progress. 

The Fifth Wall.

Like being talking bears wasn't mind blowing enough.

I dug up some of my old single panel gag cartoons from years ago, I did a series of fairytale themed way back in the late 90's that needed a rework. So to kick off further 5th Wall additions here's my take on the old Brother's Grimm weird home invasion story we grew up with. 

Newest member of the IA club

I'm officially a member of  Illustrators Australia (or as I like to call it: The Australian Illustrators Guild) who have given me a brand new place to showcase on a database out in cyberspace, I appreciate the opportunity to have been accepted in. Please check out my work there.

http://www.illustratorsaustralia.com

Ed Dyer's -Amazing Live- Caricatures!

Somewhat new signage.

I've been dabbling with a few new ideas for my newest signs for my work and my market stalls.

Ed Dyer's Amazing Live Caricatures: Some pics from the Booth 2014

As I haven't really gotten around to putting up my work that I produce at the park I figured it was high time that I did. So basically playing catch up to an entire back log of caricatures I've drawn for "The Place with the Face". In the last couple of months the booth has gone through a couple of aesthetic upgrades mainly as I'm attempting to get the digital caricatures up and running as a feature and updating the look and layout of my display I've been kind of swamped, also in February I found a new program that I've gradually been teaching myself how to use so yeah, been a bit busy.

The Great Giant Mango Heist

This is the first thing I thought of when I heard the news that the Big Mango was stolen earlier this week from it's tourist attraction spot in Bowen. 

It really seemed like the behaviour of a deranged super villain than a bored crane driver and a fast food franchise but yeah, ever since the giant fibreglass and steel monuments have been on lockdown ever since.

There's a whole bunch of "Big" things scattered across the country here's a few examples.

Admittedly, yes they are random but it's a special kind of random.


http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/crane-driver-fesses-up-to-role-in-big-mangos-disappearance-20140225-33dym.html

Voldemore or Less like him...

I honestly liked the first movie version better.

I never found the final version of Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter movies all that intimidating, actor Ralph Finnes did a great job bringing the character to life but honestly I felt the makeup held back a lot when it came to making the main villain of the story more badass. He just didn't seem nearly as scary or snakelike enough. Though I never quite joined the Harry Potter band wagon my favourite character was Voldemort, but like with a lot of pop culture movie adaptations the live action films quite often fall short of their animated counterparts and honestly I felt the central antagonist of the movies could've been more cgi than simply just his nose.

These movies will be remade someday no doubt.

How does he smell? Awful?

One of the best parts of being a caricaturist and/or police sketch artist.

This is one of the weird quirks and anxieties of being a caricaturist, the old "it looks nothing like me" which happens every now and then (especially when someone's watching you behind your back) because honestly you never know how someone's going to react to a photo of themselves, much less a purposefully  exaggerated portrait, drawn by a stranger. When someone laughs out loud at my work I usually know instantly that the drawing was a hit, because that's what we do as caricaturists essentially we're telling a joke at someone else's expense like a roast, and if they get it, all the better. It's when you're met with a stunned silence or worse, blank indifference that's when it kind of hurts a bit. When all your practice, dedication and hard work is greeted with a "meh" reaction. Ah well that's the process.