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Twiggy & Harry - log pals.

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Hadn’t seen this one before, very tense and creepy. Poor bunny.

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It’s October so we’re watching spookies. Here’s good ol’ Deputy Dewey from Scream 1.

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I whittled a collection of fruit and veg for my nephew. All hand carved from basswood with a Carvin’ Jack knife and lightly finished with a smooth sandpaper to preserve the faceted look of the knife cuts. Main body colors were applied with an airbrush using Vallejo Model Air paint. Details painted on by hand with brush. First real foray into carving and will be doing lots more.

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I play with my banana all day at work. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOn-qzH8rm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gttg3n3azmet

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A ghost story of a playlist for the spookiest month. And a skull floating in an ocean listening to music on bone headphones?

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Take a Septembral stroll with me through 10 new choice tracks. As usual, most are what's been on heavy repeat, filled in with classics from the vault that fit just right for a Septembral stroll. Enjoy.

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My first proper sculpt and paint. Seemed only fitting that it be Hellboy as that continues to be my most valued media for both art and storytelling. The white figure at the bottom was my actual first stab that melted in the oven which taught me the valuable lesson of creating a proper armature (and using clay that wasn’t many years old). More sculpts coming.

Original Beige Super Sculpey with acrylic paints applied with various brushes. Base is a piece of pine with medium-gauge wire for armature covered in aluminum foil to pad out bulky areas.

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I’ve been missing sharing music, so I’d like to get back into mixes. I’ll plan on having one each month with an accompanying illustration. It’ll mostly be what I’m listening to at the time with some perennial favorites mixed in no doubt. 

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I made a little “booklet of warning” as part of a proposal to my wife. Working in black and white with screentone was different and fun for me. Bound this little book with a glued spine and the help of an archivists toolkit (see: bone folding tool). 

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Unused variation of a magazine ad. 

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Last October I Married a Witch and for her birthday I made this poster to remind her. Pulled inspiration for text elements from several vintage “IMAW” movie posters but ended up going with my own character design and layout.

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GIF from an animation project for a mobile service carrier. Video chats, voice calls and live streams.

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Food Patterns

A series of patterns based on a key ingredient of a baked good. All hand drawn and fun to make. Color palette taken from dessert in question but shifted to create uniformity. 

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Front of a recent wedding invite illustrated for a couple getting hitched in Scotland. 

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MOVIE POSTER

Big holiday gift for my girlfriend this year was my own rendition of a movie poster for Jacques Demy’s lovely Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Really pleased with how it came out and made me work really big - final was 27x40 inches. Also really forced me to come up with a script I liked and could duplicate across several signatures. Liked it so much I hope that jaggedy cursive can be my own. 

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The holiday card this year, featuring our real-life clothes and seemingly fake dog.