Photoshop Illustration.

A few weeks back I found my graphics tablet which I had completely forgotten about. Now I have a whole bunch of free time during my uni summer break I thought it would be a great chance to get myself doing the things I used to love and haven't done in a very long time. I did a set of three potted plant drawings, a cactus, an aloe vera, and a venus fly trap. These were all similar in colour and style (including being drawn into the same style pot).

You can buy these illustrations as separate A4 prints or as a set of 3 A5 here.

Venus Flytrap.

Cactus.

Aloe Vera.

Sketchbooking.

This is the first update on the progression of my work during the summer. Here are a few things I've been doing this week in my newly made sketchbooks. 

Mixed Media Houses.

Dripping Ink Skull.

Skull and Daisy.

Mixed Media Block of Houses.

Mixed Media Colour Leaves.

Mixed Media Coloured Leaves.

Mixed Media Cacti.

Pencil on Black Paper Whale.

Two Tone Ink Drawing of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tracing Paper Removable Sunglasses.

Wax Crayon and Ink Yoda.

Wax Crayon, Ink and Pencil Bikes. 

Handmade Sketchbooks.

I recently made two of my own sketchbooks using a variety of different papers including tracing paper, old opened out envelopes, parchment paper, etc. I used different papers since I'm really bad at sticking with one sketchbook, and in hope that this will keep me interested until the end. This will also help me with different approaches to different paper and media, helping me become looser in my illustration work. To make these books I used the coptic stitch binding method. For a first attempt, I don't think they came out too bad, they could be a little neater but that will come with practice I suppose. 

My Hand Bound Books. 

Colourful Mens Face Prints.

These three geometric mens faces are also now up for sale (as prints) on my etsy store. They are individual and A5 sized, printed onto 200gsm paper. You can view and order these here, here, and here! 

Foo Dog A5 Prints.

I recently finished a line and dot work drawing of a foo dog. I have now got this up for sale on my Etsy store for £9 each. You can order these here.

Foo Dog A5 Print.

A5 Original Paintings.

I have recently sold quite a few of my A6 original paintings from my etsy store, so I thought I'd up my game and make some more detailed A5 originals. These are done on the same quality papers (recycled, cotton rag, 150gsm, acid free), just larger. Here are some examples of the first few. You can order these here.

A5 Panther Original.

A5 Cat Skull Original.

A5 Bird Skull Original.