Paintings and Things

Greetings ^_^

Thought it was time for a new post as I've just finished my first attempt at a painting in 6 years and only just got round to taking photographs of it :P

After checking out artists such as Josephine Wall and Linda Ravenscroft I've been overwhelmed with fantasy and brightly coloured themes and it reminded me of a project I did while I was studying illustration.

The brief was to illustrate a playing card without using a literal representation of the face/number or the suit. I chose the 2 of Hearts and this is the idea I came up with:

I decided to revisit the idea after seeing so many wonderful artwork by well known and not so well known fantasy artists, I changed it a lot from the original one I came out with which was very flat and just well... crap!! But the idea always stuck with me ^_^

It was fun getting back into using crazy, whimsical colours and hiding things in amongst the shrubbery, now my brain is full to the brim with ideas! :D

I'll be back as soon as I've got something else worth showing!

Untill next time ^_^

Shameless Self Promotion and Other Adventures

Howdy!!

I'm quite happy to say that lately I've been rather busy being very creative. I've been working on some funky drawings and taking snazzy pictures to send a to a friend who lives in America, I thought it might be fun to share them here too ^_^

Bournemouth Eye, locally famous hot air balloon tourists ride on :)

Giant ice cream cone in Bournemouth Gardens ^_^

River Bourne, the towns namesake :)

Crazy Golf Course.. I'm VERY good at crazy golf :P

These mosaic tiles were designed by various school kids to raise awareness about AIDS

Bournemouth Pier, something like a billion years old ^^

Fabulous merry-go-round on display all year long :)

All the carousel horses have their own names, I love them ^_^

More of Bournemouth Gardens :)

Avery :) all these exotic birds are paid for by donations from the public :)

Canadian Geese at Poole Parkm first time I'd ever seen them ^_^

Groovy Freaky Duck!!

Pretty swan ^_^

Cool statue man

Me and my friend showing off in front of cool statue man :)

Boats at Poole Harbour :D

I've done one drawing already inspired by own little tourist adventure :) I'm working on more, it's pretty cool to get out and about and properly take in where you live sometimes, it's definitely going to be helping me make some new art ^_^

Tomorrow I'm off to a new gallery opening hoping to soak up some more culture and influence, I really need to get my hands on a bloody scanner so I can update my drawings as I do them instead of having to do it in bulk at the library >< *needs to win the lottery*

I've also finally started to update my Zazzle shop!! feel free to pay it a visit for any merch you might need with a Psyko twist :D I'm willing to take commissions and ideas so feel free to suggest anything!! :)

You can find me here: http://www.zazzle.co.uk/psykodaizie*

That's all from me at the mo, I'm off to make a cuppa tea and start on a new drawing :)

Tata!!!