Friday, 28 May 2010

Noh Love

"Noh Love : Leave it all behind" - Tattoo design inspired by David Mack's 'Kabuki'
and Angelique Houtkamp.

One of my favourite pieces i've drawn this year.



Friday, 14 May 2010

Two Tattoo's and a Sketch

After reading a book in alocal bokstore about Angelique Houtkamp (http://www.salonserpent.com/Home.html) i had a couple of ideas for tattoo designs and the following snippets are from these works in progress.

One is related to David Mack's Kabuki and the other is a flight of fancy based around the singer P!nk. More will be revealed as i get them closer to the finished pieces. :)












And then there's this fella, a character created by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti back in the mid-late 90's. An awesome fire-fighting hero called 'Ash'. Though i'd try my hand at him by copying a character design sheet that Joe Quesada produced, and for once he's turned out quite well.
Thanks for reading!
Rob

Thursday, 13 May 2010

ActionMan Adam


Action Man Adam

by Marc Streeter

ActionMan Adam is a entertaining introduction to a crazy Canadian character - based in Christchurch, New Zealand - trying to fall in love with every good-looking female within eyeshot. And lets face it who doesn’t want good-looking girls to fall in love with them?

Marc’s knack for witty dialogue and often cringe-worthy situations brings Adam’s personality off the page and with the introduction of a supporting cast (Adam’s flatmate Munter) starts to bring some real dimension to the character. Fluid layouts, great toning, consistent artwork and great story-telling make the Adams adventures a pleasure to read.

You can see the development in Marc’s art from story to story within the book and I can envision Marc doing a Spiderman story in the future with the way the character tumbles across a tree branch in the first story and Adam slightly geek-ish nature puts him in a similar realm to Peter Parker.

Marc’s writing endears the character of Adam to the reader through laughing at his outrageous attempts at gaining the affections of any good-looking female within eyeshot and sympathising with him when it ultimately doesn’t work out. Adam has a good heart just a misguided sense of affection.

Unfortunately most of the stories in the book are a bit short, which makes it a quick read. Though the last story ‘Cold’ rounds out the book quite nicely and leaves you wanting to know more about the character it’ll be interesting to see where Marc will take Adam in his next adventures and how he will develop his character further.

By the look of the new pages being posted online (www.actionmanadam.com) Marc is definitely pushing it to the next level in terms of story, layout and artwork.

Keep up the good work Marc, great things await.


Review by Robin Hotter

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Daily Sketch 12 - Nekkid Skydiving


Weird idea's at funny times of the day or night produce weird cartoons. Think about it...
maybe it's just my warped imagination. :)
Cheers,
Rob

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Hellboy


Hellboy - head sketch.
A bit of fun and a great character to draw. I always love drawing his chin really big. :)

Friday, 15 January 2010

Racin' Red


A Sketch of my character and Rally Mark's mechanic "Racin' Red".

Rally mark continues apace and i am hoping for release later this year.

Welcome to the New Year and i hope it's fruitful and zany, crazy and fun for you!

Cheers,
Rob

Friday, 11 September 2009

Sketch a Day - 1 - Superboy


My first ever attempt at Conner Kent, done all with ink (i.e. no pencils) i'm happy with it, in fact i quite like it, there are a few issues with it but onwards and upwards I say! :)


All done in a little under an hour.

Rob