Containing a a thunderstorm

So, we've arrived at the major point in the book where Gemmy is captured and contained. As part of his imprisonment he's made to wear a containment suit that keeps his power from spinning out of control. The theory is it will need to be head to toe. The suit is designed to syphon any excess energy he generates at 'collection points' around major muscle groups. These points serve a two way function which can send a pulse that paralyses the major muscles to prevent escape. Here are some initial sketches for what the suit may look like.


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We can be heroes!

I've recently been designing the posters for Edinburgh Showcase. Showcase is a great group that puts on a concert every year to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. This year's show is called 'Heroes' after the David Bowie Song.
Overall I want the posters to have that classic comic book 'noir' feel to them, so quite poppy and mysterious but exciting at the same time. Think 'The Incredibles' meets 'The Dark Knight'. Here are a few design sketches for ideas for the poster.
The first idea (which is my favourite) features two 'average joes' who are hidden heroes. The idea is the people who donate to Macmillan are the actual heroes.

The second sketch puts a Macmillan twist on Bowie's Ziggy Stardust make up but still has the 'BANG! ZIFF!' of old school Batman. I'd still like to play with placement, etc, but I think it's a very striking and iconic picture that people would stop and look at.

Burfday drawings

So, it's a the big 30 this year. I'm planning to have a bit of a shindig and, sadly, the thing I'm most excited about is designing an invitation! I've got several projects on all at once, so I won't be able to properly get stuck in until at least June. But, I had a crack at an illustration and I think I'm going to go for an Alphonse Mucka style image. Here's a first draft of Gemmy lounging reading a book.

Thebans and the Argoknots

So, I'm up against it as usual with getting the Thebans' 10th Anniversary booklet done so I've stopped toying with knots and have settled on the 3 major ones. They're not as fancy as the ancient Celts rocked out in the Book of Kells. But, pretty good for a novice. And, best part is I have something the Celts did not... Adobe Illustrator! The original drawing are scanned and then redrawn in illustrator. Best part about symmetrical knots is you only have to draw one half. Then you can copy it and do a mirror image and it links up properly! I'm also keeping the illumination simple and elegant because we're a modern people. If the Thebans' 10th Anniversary book was as illuminated as illuminated manuscripts it would look like an illuminated manuscript. Here are the knots I've come up with:

Thebans Knot

For use as a centre piece on pages. This is the only one completed in illustrator so far. It's in the shape of a rugby ball.

Text Knot

This will be used as a border in combination with the Thebans' knot and can also be used on its own to underline headers.

Corner Knot

This will be used as illumination in the corners of the pages. Can also be linked with digital ninjary to connect to the simple text knot.