1. Right, brief hiatus… apologies.  Fancied exploring some organic textures, and honing the portrait skills. Why not combine the two? I’ve been meaning to do a series on interesting and inspirational musicians/producers/DJs for a while, so thought I’d kick off with an all time favourite, Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet

    Right, brief hiatus… apologies. 

    Fancied exploring some organic textures, and honing the portrait skills. Why not combine the two? I’ve been meaning to do a series on interesting and inspirational musicians/producers/DJs for a while, so thought I’d kick off with an all time favourite, Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet

  2. Skull drawn on tracing paper, then inverted. Gave it a nice texture, but preeeetty unforgiving, so to be honest wouldn’t recommend it. I also made some skulleidoscopes… more for the word really. Anyway, recently bought a pair of decks, and am in awe of the scope a 12” record sleeve gives, hence the square format. So, could be a sleeve design, but equally, given the right amount of holly and bells, a christmas card. Dead festive eh. I’ll stop now. 

  3. A portrait of Michael Haneke, Austrian film director and persistent beard owner. As far as I can tell. I’ve seen two of his films, The White Ribbon and Funny Games. Though tough going at times, I loved the former, but despised the latter, which I guess that was in many ways the point.  Anyway, Haneke’s most recent film, ‘Amour’ was released last week, and I hope to catch it soon. 

    A portrait of Michael Haneke, Austrian film director and persistent beard owner. As far as I can tell. I’ve seen two of his films, The White Ribbon and Funny Games. Though tough going at times, I loved the former, but despised the latter, which I guess that was in many ways the point. 

    Anyway, Haneke’s most recent film, ‘Amour’ was released last week, and I hope to catch it soon. 

  4. Forgot to post this, although in fairness I was waiting for it to appear on the Nucleus site. My contribution to the Power in Numbers online gallery. Have a look at it here, along with other close ups of the piece, and more information on the scheme. 

    Forgot to post this, although in fairness I was waiting for it to appear on the Nucleus site. My contribution to the Power in Numbers online gallery. Have a look at it here, along with other close ups of the piece, and more information on the scheme. 

  5. Issue 8 of Popshot magazine is out, and I’m in it! Pretty excited about this one, been a real fan of the selection popshot puts out for a while now.  That said, I will not be drawing a ball of yarn again in a hurry… not that I even managed to on this occasion. ‘Twas a slow process for sure. Still, think it was worth it.  To see what I’m on about, you can check out a few sample pages on their site, www.popshotpopshot.com. 

    Issue 8 of Popshot magazine is out, and I’m in it! Pretty excited about this one, been a real fan of the selection popshot puts out for a while now. 

    That said, I will not be drawing a ball of yarn again in a hurry… not that I even managed to on this occasion. ‘Twas a slow process for sure. Still, think it was worth it. 

    To see what I’m on about, you can check out a few sample pages on their site, www.popshotpopshot.com. 

  6. ‘I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.’ - Woody Allen.  I love that line… Having one of the most instantly recognisable faces in show business actually made Woody Allen surprisingly difficult to draw. There were definitely points where, like drawing a self portrait, I found myself drawing what I thought he looked like, and not what my reference was telling me. I know this isn’t exactly an artistic revelation, but I noticed it more on this drawing than perhaps on any other. 

    ‘I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.’ - Woody Allen. 

    I love that line… Having one of the most instantly recognisable faces in show business actually made Woody Allen surprisingly difficult to draw. There were definitely points where, like drawing a self portrait, I found myself drawing what I thought he looked like, and not what my reference was telling me. I know this isn’t exactly an artistic revelation, but I noticed it more on this drawing than perhaps on any other. 

  7. Prints! Yup, I’ve finally got round to getting prints of my Black Swan image done. For £25, you can adorn your wall with a beautifully printed, archival quality giclee print, printed on lovely 310gsm soft textured fine art paper, signed and wrapped and delivered to your door.  So hop skip and jump on over to my online shop, www.rupertsmissenillustration.bigcartel.com, and treat yaself. 

    Prints! Yup, I’ve finally got round to getting prints of my Black Swan image done. For £25, you can adorn your wall with a beautifully printed, archival quality giclee print, printed on lovely 310gsm soft textured fine art paper, signed and wrapped and delivered to your door. 

    So hop skip and jump on over to my online shop, www.rupertsmissenillustration.bigcartel.com, and treat yaself. 

  8. Editorial for Little White Lies issue 43, a portrait of the main character(s) of Rian Johnson’s latest film, ‘Looper’. Tricky one this one, as Joseph Gordon-Levitt underwent 3hrs of make up each morning to look ever so slightly more like Bruce Willis, so a portrait of him was always going to look a little strange. Still, the film looks pretty cool, and the rest of the issue looks great, check em both out. I also helped out on the features section, but more on that soon.

    Editorial for Little White Lies issue 43, a portrait of the main character(s) of Rian Johnson’s latest film, ‘Looper’. Tricky one this one, as Joseph Gordon-Levitt underwent 3hrs of make up each morning to look ever so slightly more like Bruce Willis, so a portrait of him was always going to look a little strange. Still, the film looks pretty cool, and the rest of the issue looks great, check em both out. I also helped out on the features section, but more on that soon.

  9. Progress is slow in the heat… (Taken with Instagram)

    Progress is slow in the heat… (Taken with Instagram)

  10. Woody Allen WIP… (Taken with Instagram)

    Woody Allen WIP… (Taken with Instagram)