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. A rare reblog, but by a good artist for a good cause. Get on it.  illustrationking: Hi, As my close friends will know, I cannot fashion any facial hair, so have drawn Tom Hardy as ‘Bronson’ to raise money and awareness for Movember instead.Check out my facbook page for the Auction  http://www.facebook.com/events/118309978329523/ Prints will be available for £30 with 10 percent going to charity.I am putting the original up for auction with ALL proceeds going to charity, so dig deep people as it goes to a worthy cause. Auction starts on this page, now. The winning bidder will pay the money into my Movemeber page.http://uk.movember.com/mospace/Spread the word about this auction to all your friends, it would be great to raise even more awareness (and money) for this cause. Thanks! Aaron King.

    A rare reblog, but by a good artist for a good cause. Get on it. 

    illustrationking:

    Hi, 

    As my close friends will know, I cannot fashion any facial hair, so have drawn Tom Hardy as ‘Bronson’ to raise money and awareness for Movember instead.

    Check out my facbook page for the Auction 

    http://www.facebook.com/events/118309978329523/ 

    Prints will be available for £30 with 10 percent going to charity.

    I am putting the original up for auction with ALL proceeds going to charity, so dig deep people as it goes to a worthy cause. 
    Auction starts on this page, now. The winning bidder will pay the money into my Movemeber page.

    http://uk.movember.com/    mospace/

    Spread the word about this auction to all your friends, it would be great to raise even more awareness (and money) for this cause. 

    Thanks! Aaron King.

  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. Another sketchbook brush pen warm up, that I had a go at tarting up… really enjoying the ink stuff, but don’t feel like I’ve carved out an individual approach yet.  This is Neville Brody, and if ya wanna know more about him, or perhaps discover the significance of his forehead, have a look at this link .  

    Another sketchbook brush pen warm up, that I had a go at tarting up… really enjoying the ink stuff, but don’t feel like I’ve carved out an individual approach yet. 

    This is Neville Brody, and if ya wanna know more about him, or perhaps discover the significance of his forehead, have a look at this link .  

  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. @AdamRealBuxton … (Taken with Instagram)

    @AdamRealBuxton … (Taken with Instagram)

  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. I was lucky enough to take part in www.project-o.co.uk, contributing a portrait of Yvon Chouinard, climber and founder of Patagonia clothing company. Really nice project, with a collection of illustrators producing portraits of various key figures in outdoor cultural development. 

    The launch for the project was held at church of london’s new 71a gallery space last night, was great to see all the work again and even meet some of the contributors. Special thanks to Adam Cruft for patiently being the recipient of my fumbling attempts at networking. Check out his stuff here, really lovely work. 

  10. This was my final entry for the little white lies D&AD brief. Now I know its a bit late, but I got nominated for a yellow pencil for it, chuffed. Anyway, I thought it best to post up the final entry now the shortlist is up on the D&AD website, if only to show how I rectified my embarrassing type suggestion…  Check out the others too, a classmate of mine at Norwich University College of Art, Stacey, has also been nominated for her excellent portrait of George Smiley from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. 

    This was my final entry for the little white lies D&AD brief. Now I know its a bit late, but I got nominated for a yellow pencil for it, chuffed. Anyway, I thought it best to post up the final entry now the shortlist is up on the D&AD website, if only to show how I rectified my embarrassing type suggestion… 

    Check out the others too, a classmate of mine at Norwich University College of Art, Stacey, has also been nominated for her excellent portrait of George Smiley from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.