A collective blog of my artistic process so far

Little doodle from class

Made this to protest the luxury tax on tampons. Yes, that is made out of tampons. Possibly more to come?

Miffed I missed the chance to submit this to the BBC'S gallery for the wonderful radio 4 production of @neil-gaiman's "The Truth is in a Cave in the Black Mountains", but thought I'd still go along with the challenge and illustrate it in some way myself. Any thoughts, anyone?

Experiments

Some notes of colour and texture from mixing paint in screenprints

Surrealism/Photomontage sketchbook work

Prep in sketchbook for 3D(ish) work

mustard seed

tiedie

robot

first i liked her

"Let's Get Creative!" I wanted to try and draw the notebook from don't hug me i'm scared as a human without giving her a huge dress or long hair or such. I tried to draw her for what (she?) is: a short haired, pretty androgynous, messed up kids TV host.

I wanted to try and draw Sal without making her too "pretty"...not sure how I did. I like the scowl, though.

Preliminary ideas in my sketchbook. I was *aiming* to focus on human form, but everything has evolved as I've moved onwards. 

I was looking at Propaganda and the supposed "Art Of War" and wondered if I could recreate the effect of print-making with layering sheets of acetate. I took a picture and painted each sheet with different tones. The end product was a little too sketchy to resemble the clean-cut lines of a print, but it created an entirely different effect in itself. I'm sure I could refine the technique further, but for now, I'm leaving it be. 

Velma (Pastel on black paper)

This one looks better in real life, but better on a screen than printed.

I wanted to continue experimenting with pastel on a black background, and I doodled this beauty. Yes, it's a little cliché, but I like it all the same.The colour scheme is also ridiculously simple but it demands attention.  

Hannah (Pastel, A3)

A sketch of my friend. Perfected my technique here of starting with a dark, pastel background (See the remnants of that plum purple?), then adding on detail in a darker colour, THEN adding lighter tones in with white and smudging to blend. I just had to draw attention to Hannah's hair- it's glorious. Almost three tone? Not sure.