The Day That Our World Ended

A one-off poem I wrote. 

Enjoy!

The Poem That I Wrote

Slowly getting through the illustrations of my children's book, The Poem That I Wrote. Redesigning the character set me back a bit, but it all helps the overall project, which is the main thing. I cannot in all good faith release something without my 100% satisfaction. 

Anyway here's a little taste of what's to come.

 

The Tobacconist

I doodled this whilst reading Robert Seethaler's The Tobacconist (Translated by Charlotte Collins). It's a great book and I highly recommend it. This scene in particular grabbed my attention. Normally I don't like the trope of 'main character has inspirational talk with historical figure', but Seethaler's style is so subtle, you almost forget that the character is talking to Sigmund Freud, but rather a wise older gentleman. It was a nice conversation, the kind you always wish you could have with people, as opposed to "weather's turned mighty bitter".

Midnight in Metropolis: An Animated Film

This is an animated film I made during the first year of my Illustration degree. I was the only one interested in the art form and is still the area I would like to get into. As with all of my projects, this is one I would like to remake one day.

We didn't have long for this project, but it was still one of favourites. Because it was a silent film, I wanted to pay homage to one of my favourites films Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927). I have always been a fan of robots, I just adore them. I cannot hate a robot. So, the film is really my attempt at bringing justice to the adorable machines, that always end up being the villains in films. Its like how I treat monsters. I always loved them, so wanted to make them the sympathetic characters, allowing the audience to see them the way I always did. 

So, please enjoy Midnight in Metropolis.

Magician Poster

I've always loved old theatre posters, particularly Magician posters, because they always featured little devils and cool themes. I threw in a bit of the art-nouveau look, especially Alphonse Mucha (an early hero of mine).  The magician, who I named Abra-Kadebra (GET ITTT!!!!), is obviously influenced by Zatanna, a favourite comic character of mine.