Rolled down to Greens n Co in Leederville today for some general sketch action with like-minded types. Was good fun.
Most people who live in Mumbai or have visited it would recognise these right away. The “Gateway of India”, “Marine Drive” and “Flora Fountain”.
These are among some of the most iconic landmarks in the city.
I did these in fine tip ink pen on 300gsm watercolour paper while I was in the UK recently.
Probably the first time in a while I’ve had a crack at doing landscapes / architecture – they turned out quite well!
Did these for someone while I was in the UK last month. Pen illustrations of various Indian scenes, and landmarks. They are about A5 in size. Probably do larger prints of these down the track.
A quick watercolour sketch I did recently of Mahatma Gandhi.
The last Dr.Sketchys for 2011 was quite an epic show. Two guys with full armour and weaponry came up on stage. They even staged a mock battle.. that drew real blood. Definitely made for excellent entertainment and some great drawing. I think last night had some of the best work I have ever seen at Dr.Sketchys to date.
For example… this is some of Jennas work. It comes with a far superior breakdown of the night’s events.
These are some of my sketches from the night.
My mate Chris commissioned me recently to illustrate a short children’s book he wished to present as a gift to a friend. He came up with the idea, the story and everything else. He even got finger puppets made for each of the characters in the book – so the narrator could wear them while telling the story. Brilliant is the word! I did the rest, and he got it printed online.
I worked on concepts and storyboards for the Brownes “Kick” TVC recently. These are a sample of the storyboards I did for that project. Also featuring my good friend Iskandar (Perth Y U SO SMALL).
Poster for Levon’s birthday I whipped up. The crazy thing is, none of this is photoshopped. That actually happened.
My sister and Alex were sitting in the green room. I took some pics.
So, drawing in a live setting with an expectant subject and curious onlookers in permanent ink is a pretty relaxing thing……… </sarcasm>.
Seriously though, I hadn’t done this in a while and I needed the extra shot of confidence and experience. Especially if I want this to be a regular thing. Turned out rather well I thought – although I was surprised that it was mostly girls who wanted caricatures done.
Anyway, I think once I get over the nerves and relax a little I’ll be able to take a few more risks and push these illustrations a little further. And get the time down. There were a few folks who waited till the end and missed out. Turned out I still had ink and paper, but ran out of minutes! Ah well, I’m sure there will be another gig soon and I will let you all know.
Here are some of the caricatures I did last night.
By the way, if I did one of you, and you have access to a scanner I would be your friend forever if you could scan it and send it to me. I will post it up on caricaturesbyjeff.com
Cheers ^_^
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Levon got tux’d up for a pic for his birthday invite. I figured we might as well get some more pics since he had gone to all that effort. So here are a few of them.
Got together with some fellow sketchers at Greens & Co over the weekend. Here are some of the sketches I did during the day. Medium used was my new ink-filled brushpens and watercolour.
