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the idea of restoring, colouring and finishing off the newspaper style version, though some of the jokes will be very out of date now...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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Random Pics

While sorting out stuff in the swanky uptown Funky Punk offices (above), I came across some old drawings and sketches... Here's a select few of them for you to enjoy... 

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Building Blocks 3

 

Just some arty stuff today, here's some more London/city drawing studies... This first one is A3 and inked with drawing pens from a pencil sketch similar to the ones below.

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Rokan

First issue of an ongoing comic book series, Rokan is part fantasy, part super hero, and all Metal.

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Building Blocks 2

 
Here's some more old architectural studies from the late 90s, around the Southbank Centre and the Barbican in London. First is a pencil drawing, the second and third pen and ink, and the last one is a gouache painting. Kinda like how the blue on the concrete floor looks a bit like water as if it's a view under a bridge.

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Glyn In Monsterland

by Kevin Philpott

A 48-page fantasy adventure for everyone young and old!

After failing an audition for a tyrant King, an apprentice witch named Glyn is banished to a dungeon and left to rot. She quickly discovers she is not alone and that her fellow inmates are a crazy bunch of Bright Magic monsters. Refusing to give up, Glyn forms a gang and attempts to break out and overthrow their evil masters!

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Abstract Trees Process

Here's a drawing of some trees in the water of the Thames near Windsor in Berkshire (UK). I was mostly interested in capturing the reflections in the water more than accurately depicting the scene. I did several different versions in different media. On one of them I melted candle wax mixed up with ink to create a nice texture in the water which I really liked. Sadly I can't find that one, lost in time I guess. The first one is your bog standard pen and ink with a grey wash and process white on top.

The next one is a quick watercolour sketch. Here you can see a bit more of the buildings in the background and I'm starting to think about colour.

Then it's time for an Indian ink version. I'm having lots of fun with this one and by now my approach is evolving. 

Now it's time to break out the gouache and think in terms of blocks of flat colour. I love gouache although I rarely use it. I used a lot of it mixed with washing up liquid for colouring the acetate cells of animation projects at my second time at art college in Harrow. The washing up liquid gave the paint a bit of flexibility so it wouldn't crack and fall off the acetate before videoing it. The flat colour lends itself to traditional graphic design and my Dad used to use it all the time. It has a very distinct smell and that coupled with the smell of gum arabic instantly takes me back to the 1970s and childhood. The final piece which I don't have anymore was a much tidier A3 version of this. I think the blocks of blue are particularly effective in creating the water which somehow looks a lot stiller. 

Of course I have also done an up to date digital version which I think looks even more abstract and graphic. Perhaps even a little stark? 

If you like it it's available as a design on Redbubble, links below.

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