ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Pencil)

'When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion'.

NELSON MANDELA (pencil)

MIKE TYSON

Iron Mike in his prime.

DARREN, PENCIL PORTRAIT

Wanted a little break from caricatures and the digital world, so decided to do a back to basics pencil sketch of my good friend, Darren Evans. Was fun to do.

JAMES DEAN paint sketch

AMY WINEHOUSE

Wow... Has it really been 5 MONTHS since my last post. Disgraaceful... Shame on me.
Well, here is a digital painting of the late great Amy Winehouse. If you happen to see it, I hope you like. Really was a lot of fun to do, hopefully it shows.
Rip Amy.

Liam Neeson

More caricature fun. ('',)

Gil Scott Heron (Finished)

At last, my tribute painting is finally finished. If you're seeing it, I hope you like it.

Rest in Peace brother Gil.

Nadine (Chalk on black card)

The lady in the pic is my old college friend, Nadine. A really cool person, and also a very talented illustrator. She's given me a lot of great advice about how to tackle this illustration hustle, for which I'll always be grateful.

The chalk sketch took literally 10 minutes to do. It was really a case of focusing on the relevant highlights and letting the black card do all the hard work.
It's also a good reminder to myself that I don't always have to go all out with little details... Simple sketches can be just as effective.

Francesco Totti

A.S. Roma's legendary Francesco Totti. A painting dedicated to my girlfriend's Roma mad cousin, Walter. ('',)

Jose Mourinho

Haven't posted anything on here for a loooong time, so here's something to get things rolling again.

THOM YORKE FROM RADIOHEAD

I can't lie, I'm a pretty big Radiohead fan. OK, their songs won't be the first to be played on a grey Monday morning, that's for sure. But when it comes to creating beautiful music that actually touches you, they definitely get a standing salute from me. 'The bends' and 'Ok computer' will always sit pretty in my top 10 favourite albums of all time.

In regards to this painting, I've been stopping and starting with it for a good 2 weeks now ('man flu' and other projects are mainly to blame). But fortunately I finally had a chance to sit down and complete it last night. I think it looks pretty cool, hope you do too. :)

MALCOLM X

One of the last great leaders.

"I saw all races, all colors, blue eyed blonds to black skinned Africans in true brotherhood! In unity! Living as one! Worshiping as one! No segregationists, no liberals; they would not have known how to interpret the meaning of those words"

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole."

Malcolm X

ARSENE WENGER

Yeeeeaaaah, I'm a big Arsenal fan....Haters hold your gums.
For those that might not know, this talented old man is Arsene Wenger, legendary manager of Arsenal football club (soccer).

To date this is still my favourite piece of artwork. Not so much because of the finished result, but mainly because of the feeling while doing it.

It was one of those rare effortless moments where I just zoned out 100% into a pure and complete sense of focus. Didn't feel worried about losing likeness while exaggerating, or under/over using values, everything just .... flowed (Cheesy, I know. Lol). Came out pretty neat too. New years resolution....Need to get that vibe on a regular basis.

Jason 'WAN-CEE'

This pic is of my old multi-talented uni friend, Jason. Dude is a film maker, spoken word poet, rapper (Under the name Wan-Cee), and possibly one of the most confident people I've ever met.
Unfortunately this was another digi painting where I learned that exaggeration of features without permission, won't always bring praise from the subject. Lol.

DARREN.

This one is of my good friend Darren. How this guy is not on TV for his comedy talents, I'll never know. He's one of those rare gifted people who can deliver hilarious lines of the top of his head, with effortless comic timing.

BUGGIN OUT

This one is of a character named 'Buggin Out' from Spike Lee's brilliant, 'Do The Right Thing'. If you haven't already seen this movie i definitely recommend it. Powerful as well as entertaining viewing.
'Buggin Out' wasn't particularly one of my favourite characters from the film, but I really loved the expressive, somewhat iconic, black and white reference photo of him. I was pretty pleased with how the finished result came out too (a rare thing), mainly because it was one of my first attempts at digitally painting. Definitely plan to print it onto a few T shirts one day.