Monthly Archives: September 2010

Pete Rose diving into third base

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Pete Rose

This is the first of series of sketches I am making of a photograph of one of the most infamous baseball stars Pete Rose. Now Rose was some one who was about long before I became interested in the game but from everything I have read he played the… Continue reading

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I’m Henry the eigtph I am

One of the advantages of working with a digital image is that you can correct mistakes you may have made. I know I have already written about this but it does allow for more experimentation as well as the afore mentioned correction fluid. Henry is… Continue reading

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Variations on the Long Goodbye

As a new artist (well I can’t think of better noun) one of the frustration I have felt is that when produce some work in the real world there is no Undue button. Of course the more you draw the more you realise that this has its advantages as well… Continue reading

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Unknown visions

Once you start to let your imagination go it does take you in some very strange directions. I have spent most of the day drawing, and failing, Lady Gaga from the magzine shoot in I-D. I really do not think I have succeed in producing a drawing tha… Continue reading

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Bloody IPAD!!!!

After taking 5 hours to back up – a new record! Now I went to install the update for the iPad software and the whole thing crashed. So now I have to restore from the back up – goodness only knows how long this will take. All I can say is that I ho… Continue reading

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It makes me scream

Yesterday was a good day today seems to be a little different. I just couldn’t get the drawing right. Fortunately I have been able to recover it somewhat by post production in Photoshop. Still it just makes scream. Simon Marchini LRPSWeb: http://W… Continue reading

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Turning the virtual into actual – Animal Tryptych

I know I have bee in my bonnet about this but I do feel that an awful lot of digital content will, in time, be lost for numerous reasons. This is why I am trying to keep a real record/copy of some of the things I am producing. This is taking the f… Continue reading

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Real and Digital Art – just where does iPhoneography end?

Well where does one end and the other begin? I have no answer to this but at the moment I love the effect I can get from combining the two. This drawing of Lady Gaga was created in the real world and then brought into the digital world by my iPhon… Continue reading

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Dr Who

What a challenge. Matt Smith has one of those faces that may well help him to become a great actor but I find it very difficult to draw. Karen Gillan, in contrast, was a lot easier to draw. Now I am not claiming that either is good but they do sho… Continue reading

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