Building Blocks 4

Here's some more architectural sketchbook studies for you...

This first one is an A5 pen and ink that was done in the mid 90s to have a go at showing moody atmosphere with light and shadow.

Next up we have a very exaggerated extreme depiction of the 'Crooked House' in Windsor near where I grew up. It's quite the tourist attraction, was built in 1687 and is the oldest teahouse in England. It was done with watercolour and pen and ink in the late 90s.

And finally we have this shopping mall design... Mid 90s again it was going to be part of my 'Anytown' story which has had several incarnations over the years. Essentially it was going to be a satirical swipe at UK suburban life told through the eyes of the Grey family. This design was very early on, early/mid 90s, and would have featured an elite class of superheroes who only cared about their celebrity. I ditched the superhero side of it and it became newspaper style strip focusing on the older son of the Greys and his terrible amateur metal band, Beneath Contempt. I wrote about 70 strips and drew 36 of them that were showcased on a very early now long gone website, SillyArts around 2001. Then around 2007 I scripted a whole comic book format story that has yet to see the light of day. Still focusing on satire and the Grey family it was about the daughter's birthday told in a kind of comic mockumentary style if that makes sense. I still like the idea and might have to work up a more up to date draft of the script and do it as an OGN. Also I quite fancy the idea of restoring, colouring and finishing off the newspaper style version, though some of the jokes will be very out of date now... 

A satirical graphic novel...

Coming soon... 

maybe...

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