pushing up daisies

How I make my backgrounds

2008-11-18T08:17:00.005+10:00

Each background has the same mixture of adjustment layers which helps me get a cohesive colour scheme throughout the film. I add these above the character layer and then put the rain in on top!

I create my own brushes and use this to give the background a more painted feel as I do the shadows and highlights.

Paint in all the painted elements

Linework in flash, then into Photoshop with textures.

Without Thunder background

2008-11-18T08:16:00.003+10:00

Without Thunder background

2008-11-18T05:00:00.003+10:00

Without Thunder - sneak peak film stills!

2008-10-24T04:11:00.003+10:00

Now that I have finished the animation, I have started on the backgrounds for my film, Without Thunder. I've done this a little differently as I usually know the end result at the beginning, before animation etc however I decided to create the characters, focus on their acting and then create a look and feel for the film. So far it's working quite nicely. The fact that there is only one location in the film makes it easier to work this way.

Sexy Elephant Seals

2008-10-08T04:12:00.001+10:00

I got a freelance job doing some animation of elephant seals in the not too distant future…so I thought I’d warm up with sketches and paintings of the beasts. My original sketch of these two look more menacing, like the bull was trying to protect her, but then I found out that this is most likely the two having sex. So I gave the guy a more complacent look.

Illustration Friday: Sugary

2008-10-04T06:47:00.003+10:00

Kind of a sequel to my second illo friday for packed the wiener dog has run away with some of the kitties sugary lollies.

Illustration Friday: Packed - the second

2008-10-03T06:37:00.002+10:00

The kitties stumbled upon a pumpkin packed full of lolly goodness.

Narwhals

2008-10-02T07:37:00.004+10:00

We had a discussion about these guys at lunch and learnt that they actually fight like this! (Click on the image, they move!)

Missing Fingers - The Book!

2008-10-02T03:29:00.003+10:00

I am finally turning my film Missing Fingers into a kid's book. Here is the start!

Pink Sheep

2008-09-30T02:35:00.002+10:00

I did this at the request of my housemate Larisa. She asked for a pink sheep with a funny face. I decided to play around a bit more utilising textures and filters for the background to make it look more like a painting...

daily sketching

2008-09-29T12:55:00.003+10:00

I'm really making an effort to draw and post every day. So here is a quick sketch for today.

Illustration Friday: Packed

2008-09-27T06:30:00.005+10:00

a very quick submission to illustration friday today...I think I'll work on my environments more next week, done a few characters lately

A beast

2008-09-26T08:22:00.002+10:00

Playing around with photoshop brushes

Illustration Friday: Clique

2008-09-25T07:11:00.002+10:00

For Illustration Friday : Clique. I decided to bring back one of my favourite characters, Susan for this illustration and play around with different effects for the background. I quite like it!

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2008-04-15T03:41:00.000+10:00

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VOTE FOR ME!

2008-04-15T03:35:00.002+10:00

So I've been absent for a while do to many many things, but I have been working hard on this Radiohead contest which basically means I would win the chance to not only make the video, but $10,000 as well. A lot of the competition relies on votes - so I need you to go to my video and vote! It does requiring signing up, but that takes a whole 2 minutes AND you don't even get spam email.

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Orangutango

2008-02-14T05:59:00.002+10:00

Here is some rough concept art I have started creating for a short film I hope to make this year. I painted these in flash the other night whilst watching some telly. There'll be more coming once I get the ball rolling.

Space Cowboy ep 1

2008-02-08T03:34:00.000+10:00

Here are ome of my backgrounds in action...

Meth Minute BGS part 2

2008-02-07T12:12:00.000+10:00

I've been working hard over the past few weeks with my various jobs, and it's been a wonderful surprise to get a glowing post from Dan on his blog...pop on there and see my latest backgrounds. I'll post them on here soon enough.

Meth Minute BGS

2008-01-16T14:28:00.000+10:00

Well it's been a busy few months...right now I am working as an intern for Dan Meth who creates an awesome series called the Meth Minute 39 for Channel Frederator which has been so much fun. I created some backgrounds for an upcoming episode set on Mars. I got a sneak peak of it today and it rocks.

Here are a couple of my BGS I did...so enjoy.

Illustration Friday: Grow

2007-10-25T12:52:00.000+10:00

This one was inspired by two tv shows I've been getting hooked into. America's Next Top Model and Project Runway. I just love watching the bitchiness between the competitors as well as the artistry in the challenges. Today ANTM was talking about 'growth' as a model and on a previous PR one designer created a gorgeous outfit inspired by an orchard...so I combined these to create this illustration. Just a quick one painted in flash.

Illustration Friday: Extremes

2007-10-19T01:35:00.000+10:00

I got this idea when I was holidaying in Mexico at the beginning of the year and would like to make it into an illustration with text however don't have the time for that this week, but wanted to post something! It was fu just to do something really cartoony.

Illustration Friday: Open

2007-10-09T06:07:00.000+10:00

"Open doors and hidden secrets"

Something a little different for me...some more photoshop painting. This started as just being the start of various colour keys however I started working more detail in and started to like it as a more finished piece!

I'll try and get round to doing some other colour keys and I'd like to turn this into a painting at some stage...and if you like, vote for me in the forums at Illustration Friday

character design fun

2007-10-07T01:12:00.001+10:00

I managed to get these done before my picnic today (picnic in Central Park...how New York!) so I thought I would post them...they're for my music video project I'm working on.

painting in flash

2007-10-06T11:32:00.000+10:00

I felt like freeing myself up and do something random...I did have a character in there though he didn't turn out so great, so out he went.

some work in progress

2007-10-06T07:33:00.001+10:00

Something I started today...I may go back and work on it some more, but at the moment I just want to get some ideas out there. It's for a music video project I'm doing. I thought I'd have another crack at some work in painter, this time an environment...

more journal

2007-09-25T12:50:00.001+10:00

I thought that i just need to draw whatever comes into my head...so this is a drawing journey of my day today...

Art Journal

2007-09-24T09:47:00.000+10:00

I've finally done it...I've bought a new moleskine notebook (fancy fancy) and decided I really need to start an art journal as I want something to just be mine...so here it is...my first entry to my journal.

A pig navigating two monkeys on a desk across the pacific

2007-09-18T06:34:00.000+10:00

Cam drew this and sent it to me...I then coloured it in. Fun times.

colour pencil concepts

2007-09-18T05:33:00.000+10:00

I started these today for a project I am finally able to start. It should be a lot of fun...a lot more metaphorical than my usual literal work. I got out the coloured pencils and started doing some drawings in my moleskine. It was nice to work in a real medium and just focus on the basic shapes...I should do it more often.

some random work of mine

2007-09-16T06:22:00.001+10:00

A portrait I started ages ago...

Turning Norman Bates into a Giant Cupcake

2007-08-27T14:24:00.001+10:00

I've been crazy busy this week doing some storyboards for some people I've become friends with here in New York...it's a cool thing they've got going. Sets are being built and my boards are being used to sell the script to an actress interested in playing the part. Since I haven't done this for so long it was a lot of fun getting back into it all. Though I'm looking forward to getting my new moleskin out and being creative in a book - you know old school!

The film includes a Psycho influenced scene to finish...very fun to board up!! I also did some concept art as well...fun fun fun.

Illustration Friday: Emergency

2007-08-11T05:27:00.000+10:00

Haha...this one is a first for me. A topic where I can post an existing piece of artwork. My best friend is a paramedic (a really good one too!) and I drew this for his birthday after we first got together. We're only friends now as I moved away but he's my favourite person. I miss him like crazy, so it's a Missing Emergency illo friday!! I had an idea for last weeks but never got around to executing it...hopefully I'll get to it this week and post it.

This was drawn and inked by hand then coloured in pshop...really basic though I was going for a very graphic look.

a flash portrait

2007-08-03T15:01:00.001+10:00

I saw a self portrait of this guy in a magazine, so thought I'd have a go at painting in flash...this is the outcome.

Toy concepts

2007-08-03T05:51:00.000+10:00

I'm going to have a crack at making some toys...just to see how I go! These are the concepts I've come up with, drawn in flash. It's the only fabric I have...hence the stripey browns.

Illustration Friday: Moon

2007-07-30T10:28:00.000+10:00

Finally I have had the time to do something for illustration friday. I've been so busy with my move that I just haven't had any time to sit down and just draw...bit now I'm here in the big apple I have all the time in the world. If you like to read about my adventure, see my new blog with all my photos and stories. I update it most nights. Anyway here is my take on moon. I drew it in flash and then coloured it in photoshop, a method I've never done before...I'm also trying to work on my design skills by playing with text. Also, add me on myspace!

Busy times and film work

2007-06-13T19:38:00.000+10:00

Well I've been super busy lately, but I had a chance to work on a few short live action films. I did a couple assistant jobs in art departments and did my first production design job on a third film. So whilst I wasn't getting much sleep, I was having a lot of creative energy and fun making and sourcing props and running around on film sets. The photos are from the film I was production designer, Henpecked. It was a lot of fun working on this one as the whole cast and crew had to stay out at this cute farm stay in the country.

some paintings and flashiness

2007-05-08T11:33:00.000+10:00

I've been inspired these last couple days to get some characters up on mojizu.com so here are a couple I've worked on last night and today...I worked through both of them in painter first then took them into flash. I found this helped heaps cause in painter I take a lot longer and need to learn a lot more about the character so when I get into flash I'm more patient and know the character quite well, so I get something that isn't rushed and sub-standard.

Pastel painting

2007-05-04T16:07:00.000+10:00

I'm trying to post something everyday i have away from work...so here's a portrait of a character i created ages ago. I wanted to try the pastel brush this time...it's was a lot more time consuming than I first thought...

i didn't get chilli, i did this

2007-05-03T13:22:00.000+10:00

here's something completely different...a dog in flash. now i'm really hungry...i should eat

Pierre the pirate/dressmaker

2007-05-03T12:11:00.000+10:00

Just been playing around with painter some more...this turned out to be more concept art than anything finished for the moment as I'm still grappling with this new style of working. This is Pierre, he's a character from a film I've written and will hopefully make it to the silver screen at some stage. For the moment, he's just an idea in my head. I want to turn this into one of those typical portraits you see people have had commissioned to make them look royal. Pierre is all about looks. He's the only character in the film I've realy settled on in terms of design...still getting the others worked out. Might try and get some more concepts like this one done, get my mind thinking about it. But right now I'm too hungry to work, so I'm off to get some chilli...mmmmmm

This Devils Workday: Illo Friday 2

2007-05-01T16:41:00.001+10:00

Do you remember bullies? I do...and I went to an all-girls school, they were nasty! He's probably just jealous the snail carries his home on his back. Well thats the excuse my mum would have given me if I were that snail and just got home after this happened.

Yes, it's another monster. I was listening to Modest Mouse whilst trying to get a different illo started and "This Devil's Workday" came on. The bit where the guy laughs made me think of an image similar to this one...I wanted to get a feel for painter with my own sketches, rather than using a photo as a reference. It was a lot harder than I imagined, which is why I think my other illo isn't pleasing me. But I kept at it and I quite like this one...Definately one of my better drawings of late, the pose and character design fit a certain style which I've been trying to emulate...isn't it just grand when things work out!

Another acting portrait

2007-05-01T11:54:00.000+10:00

Well this time I tried to make it a little more difficult for myself and do a painting with a bit more expression. It was taken from a photo of Kevin Spacey (love his work, seen a lot of it lately for some reason) however I didn't really manage to get the likeness...but I am happy with the way it turned out as a separate piece. I still need to work on my proportions when it comes to this sort of work. In the very least, it's practice and practice makes perfect!

Illustration Friday: Remember

2007-04-30T14:33:00.000+10:00

This is another double - up for illo Friday this week. I decided to have a bash at doing an entry for mail me art and the theme just so happened to fit in with "remember". I haven't done anything real painting in a long time. So this one didn't come out as well as I had hoped, though I thought I'd post anyway, since I got this far on it. The photos are really dodgy as well as I took them with my phone camera as my good one just happened to run out of batteries...

Mr Postelthwaite

2007-04-30T09:53:00.000+10:00

I watched Brassed Off for the umpteenth time again last night. I love that film. The last scene where the band plays on the open air bus is just gorgeous how Danny conducts solemnly from within the band. So I decided not to go to bed and do a portrait in painter of Postelthwaite. I found a lovely photo of him in Sydney and use that as my inspiration. My proportions are that great but I have to say I'm quite chuffed with the way this came out, it really exceeded my expectations...I haven't done a portrait like this in ages, since i was in high school so it was great getting back into it. And learning painter is lots of fun, this time i used the conte brushes and found how cool blenders are!
This week I want to focus on getting some new portfolio pieces together...lately i've been quite slack.

Illustration Friday: Polar

2007-04-24T16:41:00.000+10:00

Well finally I've managed to put something really simple together for this week's illo friday. I've been so busy the last couple weeks my whole monster a day thing just got forgotten. I really have to be more disciplined with myself if I want to get a nice folio going...anyway here is my polar bear with his little stuffed penguin. Polar Opposites. It's my first play with painter...and I'm actually quite happy with this pic, it's not my best but it sure was fun playing with the brushes...almost like real painting but I have mister undo to help me out. Hope you like.

Ilustration Friday: SNAP!

2007-04-04T10:49:00.000+10:00

My first thought for this topic was the card game snap, but then I thought of school pictures and how quickly they SNAP you...so most of the photos are pretty much a right off for the parents as the kid's are either blinking, looking away or picking their nose. And, to keep upwith my monster a day thing, here are my little monsters getting SNAPPED.
Also, go to my MOJI profile and check out my moji's...these kids'll be up there fairly soon.

Monster day 6

2007-03-30T19:42:00.000+10:00

Another one! This time a doggie monster :p

Vote for Humphrey

2007-03-29T22:16:00.000+10:00

My wonderful first moji, Humphrey is ready to be voted for, so go to Moji and vote for him!

Monster day five

2007-03-29T15:36:00.000+10:00

Ok, here's monster 5. Wanted to push my vector look from yesterday but I didn't really achieve what I wanted...oh well, it's fun to experiment anyway! Had a look through my Monster's Inc art of book and found some awesome pieces by Lou Romano. That guy is good!

Monsters the fourth

2007-03-28T12:01:00.000+10:00

Three monsters for day 4. Not sure what they are, some sort of jellyfish/ghost/skull like creatures...whatever you like really! I wanted to do a really super simple character design and focus on the colouring this time. My aim was to use the vector tools in pshop but they got annoying, so I did it my way in flash, using shapes, then went into pshop and used the brush tools for some effects... I downloaded Mozilla to post my blogs cause now I have more control...woop.

Illustration Friday: I spy

2007-03-27T16:31:00.000+10:00

"I spy a cuticle in need of a repair!"

Now I'm reaching a bit on this one, but I really wanted to get an entry into illo friday this week. This is Humphry he's a triple illo this week - Illo friday, my first Moji AND monster of day three...phew, poor humphrey. Humphrey is a metro-monster. He cares a great deal about his appearance and is always trying to look immaculate. He hates his big hands and his nails are the bane of his existence...

Another caricature

2007-03-27T16:29:00.000+10:00

I felt so good after my donald sutherland pic that I thought I'd try again...this time with my favourite Scarlett Johansson. She's gorgeous. Anyway, here she is.

Mr Donald

2007-03-26T17:26:00.000+10:00

Richard and I saw Reign Over Me last night, I'm a fan of Don Cheadle so was quite happy with the main flow of the film...some things didn't add up but oh well...thats film for you. Anyway, my point is during the film I noticed Donalde Sutherland's amazing lips, they're really thin and crooked. So I drew him. This is the first portrait I've drawn for a VERY long time and I'm actually quite happy with it. Yay to a confidence boost! Definately good to get this out after my monster!

Monster day two

2007-03-26T16:46:00.000+10:00

Wasn't sure if i was going to actually post this one since it was even more rushed than yesterdays...but here it is anyway. I should try and spend a little more time on the character designs...thats what the exersize is for at least...anyway here is monster day two.

Monsters Day One

2007-03-25T16:06:00.000+10:00

Well to try and keep my mind creative and active, I've decided to take a couple of DaniDraws 101 projects for artists and put them to good use. I've hit a creative block, so hopefuly this will reach in and start something going. So, I'm starting with nmber 77, draw a monster a day for a month. So here is my first monster, very quickly drawn straight into flash. Another one tomorrow!

Euphoria Matte finished

2007-03-21T15:54:00.000+10:00

I've finished the euphoria world matte for the music video I've been working on...I quite like it, however want to work on my photoshop skills a little more to manipulate the textures better. But thats an after thought. I may be doing some image textures for flash cards used in the music video, so that will be cool...I like the fact that I'm able to use my 2d skills in a 3d production, at least there's some hope for me out there in a 3-dimensional world!

Illustration Friday: Wired holiday

2007-03-15T22:11:00.000+10:00

Well I wanted to actually get something in on time for this weeks illos friday...so this is what I can only assume is a typical family camping trip for the family of today. All wired up. I'm planning to change the colours dramatically with a sunset, however only have the time to do the base colours as I'm tired and have to work early tomorrow. Also, feel free to check out my late illo friday for Hide...I had every intention to put the link in but unfortunately I cant find the link button...hmmmm.

Belated Hide

2007-03-10T23:02:00.000+10:00

I got called into work so I didn't get round to finishing my first illo friday for a while, but I followed through and here it is. I wanted to try a new style in flash, where I painted rather than aim for perfect lines like my other vector work. I was inspired greatly by the work of Pascal Campion whose illustrations and animations ooze life. Whilst I didn't get anywhere near his work, I'm still quite happy with this. I wanted to push my character designs as well as aim for a really simple background style. Also thought I'd try a texture bg...lots goes into a simple pic :p

Boy how they grow up fast

2007-03-10T10:02:00.000+10:00

I'm procrastinating today since I have to go into work later, so here's a post about my dog Bob. Mum just sent me these photos of Bob taken by a friend of theirs whilst he was staying with them. They kindly looked after Bob whilst I went holidaying in Mexico. He's quite grown up now at 9 months. Very different from the little baby we got at 3 months...he was so good back then!

Colours...look at the colours

2007-03-08T17:22:00.000+10:00

I've actually been proactive the last couple days. I've managed to upload and launch my parents' company website; I've been finishing off the euphoria matte (I'll upate on that later during the week) and I've been able to redo a piece from a couple years ago in flash, something I've been wanting to do for so long now. I'm doing a whole rehaul on my portfolio as I'm going to look for work in the states in animation...so it's gotta be good :p So here's my colour playaround.

Euphoria Matte

2007-02-28T10:20:00.000+10:00

Here's another matte bg for the music video I'm working on...this is for "euphoria". I'm quite happy with it so far, probably will make a few changes, but the progression in this work alone has pushed me to try new techniques. So I'm chuffed :p

City

2007-02-12T12:00:00.001+10:00

Here's something for the music video I've been working on. I've moved on from concept/colour art to background mattes. Whilst this is something completely new to me, it's a lot of fun! I went away on holiday 2 weeks ago to Mexico (wow what an awesome trip that was...photos to come) so I ended up rushing this image towards the end, but I'm quite happy with it.

The bottom image is a composite of the matte and my concept art for the scene...I'm waiting to see the rendered version.

Illustration Friday: Super People

2007-01-25T19:32:00.000+10:00

Just a couple roughs this week which were inspired by illo friday's theme Super hero. The top is pretty self explanatory whereas the second is a rough for an idea that I got from the trailer to Factory Girl, a scene where Sienna Miller (as Edie) turns around to face a mass of papparrazi wearing a gorgeous backless dress, a cigarette hanging from one hand. It then says "He made her a superstar" and it got me thinking as to how the word "super" has gotten beaten about the last century thanks to the media. I'd like to get around to colour this one in...sometime :p

Illustration Friday: Help

2006-12-21T08:27:00.000+10:00

I rushed this week a bit so I could get a post in since I haven't done so in a while...christmas means I get loads of work at the shop which is great for [resent buying, but bad for my head. Anyway, I drew this for HELP as it comes from a line in a Snow Patrol song "How to be Dead" it's the very last line "Dr Jekyll is wrestling Hyde....for my pride" It's one of my favourite songs at the moment, and whilst I haven't done it justice just yet, I wanted to share it...hopefully in the new year I'll get some time to rework it and make it to my standard. I've put in three images, the rough, a concept painting (my wacom tablet went funny so the pen pressure didn't work) and a flash drawing.

Illustration Friday: Invention

2006-12-01T19:48:00.000+10:00

I had several ideas this week for an illo, however due to lack of time I resorted to a few quick sketches of my dogs post operation. They got desexed on Tusday and now have to wear big buckets on their collars. These are both blessing and nightmare. Whilst they offer great amounts of hilarity to look at, and manage to stop the dogs from getting at their stiches, it really screws up their periferal vision and so they manage to crash a lot. At first this was sooo funny and provided a great deal of entertainment...they really hurt when the dog comes hurtling towards you and doesn't know when to stop. I've been knocked over a number of times...and this is with the dogs on sedatives....so here is my "invention"!

Illustration Friday - Windy dog

2006-11-02T16:10:00.000+10:00

Finally I've had a chance to do some artwork for fun. I did this really quickly in the last hour, just playing around with my tablet. My boyfriend's dog, Lotus loves the beach, but I think he loves the car ride there even more. He'll ride the entire hour and a half with his head resting out the window. My dad said he was told it was like christmas for them. The photos are of Lotus' first discovery of wind when he was just a small pup.

48 Hour film project

2006-10-09T19:21:00.000+10:00

Over the weekend my friend Andres and I got together to make a 4 minute animated film in two days...we got 2 hours sleep. We did it for a competition where you get given a random genre (we got comedy), a character, prop and line of dialogue that had to be in the film at some point. This year they were, "Crazy Bob" child entertainer; an orange toothbrush; "I don't know where it came from". We had a lot of fun making it, and when I get a chance I'll pop a video of it on here. For now you'll have to live with some stills from the parts I did :)

Way past my bedtime

2006-09-29T00:18:00.000+10:00

I'm up so thought I'd change my blog a bit, make it a little more "streamlined." I finished my website today apart from a few minor bits and pieces so hopefully I'll be able to find a cheap web hosting deal that will allow me to shine! In the mean time you can check it out at www.timpack.net/daisy.html I'm stealing space from my parents....Anyway, hope you like it, the new look and a couple piccies of my dogs. The white dog is PJ, he unfortunately went to heaven, just like all dogs do so I am told...Bob is the little pup. He's my little baby. He graduated puppy school last night with flying colours. I better get some sleep...night!

Euphoric Splendour

2006-09-28T10:28:00.000+10:00

Some more concept art I've been wokring on. This is for "euphoria".
Not sure which will be chosen...I like the middle one the best.

A Happy Graveyard

2006-09-17T22:39:00.000+10:00

Here's some concept art I've been working on for a graveyard scene in a music video project I'm a part of...they're based on one of the colour sketches from an earlier post. I'm quite happy with these, they worked out a lot better than I thought they originally would.

Some Concept Art

2006-08-23T11:33:00.000+10:00

Long time no blog. Man I've been busy! I'm rapidly doing up concept art and storyboards for my stop motion film I'm hoping to get funding for, as well as concept art for a music video some people are making, and working my casual job so I can pay the bills! Woooo.
Anyway...some artwork :)

Illustration Friday - Skyline, behold the view

2006-07-10T17:38:00.000+10:00

Well I decided to take a break from yellow and went for some quick blue studies for this weeks Illustration Friday. The top is a quick colour sketch and the bottom is a flash drawing, however I think I rushed it a little too much, but I have a lot to do, so I may get back to it later...

Illustration Friday - Sticky Icky

2006-07-06T14:00:00.000+10:00

Again, more practice in using my tablet and working with a golden colour scheme. Soon I'll start my concept art and character design for my film. I'll probably start up an independent blog for that one...stay tuned!

My fortnightly life drawing

2006-07-06T11:31:00.000+10:00

I've started taking up life drawing seesions through Queensland Animator's so thought I'd pop my fav up

Illustration Friday - Rain (what else would you do?!)

2006-06-29T13:49:00.000+10:00

Well this week I decided to spend a little more time on my illo friday as I am in desperate need for creative outlet, which tends to happen when work gets mundane. So I gave myself a task. I am going to be starting some concept art for a short animated film I've written, and want the colour styling to be like that of Bruegel's and Bosch's works. Very warm and yellow. So I am going to start by using illo friday's theme to help me get into that. Unfortunately the rain topic made it a little difficult get into yellows...but I'm quite happy with the way it turned out, for only a day's work.

Illustration Friday - Dance baby Dance

2006-06-21T23:48:00.000+10:00

"School Recital Night"

All I could think of when I saw the topic for this week's Illo Friday was "dance" were the school recitals I did when I was in primary school. They always involed my mum being up all night for a week making costumes for me and my brother and sister. And they were always ridiculous costumes...So here is my little ballet bear. She's so cute.

Illustration Friday - Cake...mmm...cake

2006-05-30T22:04:00.000+10:00

Finally a spare moment for me to do some drawing and experimenting. I called in sick to work today, only had a 3 hour shift and I still had to go to the doc to get a certificate...grrr. Not too happy with that. It's only a casual job!
But anyhoo, I managed to spend some time in bed doing some doodling and wound up with this. It's my first attempt at painting in photoshop, so I'm still getting the hang of it, but for a first attempt I'm quite happy. Hopefully I'll manage to do some more experimentation down the line with this look. My awesome friend Adele showed me how she does it...go to her web site - her stuff ROCKS!

Well I hope you like this...soon I hope to have my website finished and am going to do up a customised blog for that, so it shouldn't be too long before Daisy is truly web based.

Illustration Friday - FAT

2006-05-06T23:21:00.000+10:00

I did this one really quickly, as I was instantly inspired by Augustus Gloop, my favourite fatty from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Don't know why I didn't give him feet...he probably needs them to catch the chocolate...but it's not like he needs the chocolate, now is it...

I put in two different ones cause I cant make up my mind which I like better. Think I like the white one so far.

The Veggie Plot

2006-05-02T14:56:00.000+10:00

I am re-illustrating an ebook I did for my grandma (she's written loads of children's education books) and have just started mucking around with concepts. This is just an idea, and hopefully I'll get into the full swing of it and go nuts. (Yes, I did steal the sea from my illustration Friday...)

llusration Friday - Under the Sea

2006-04-30T20:34:00.000+10:00

This is not only my first go at llustration Friday, but also my first post...yay! I hope that everyone enjoys my work and whatever I decide to post in the future.

I liked the idea of fish pirates, so thats what I drew. It was fun and refreshing to do something for no particular reason, just to draw...