Photoshop experimentation

Illustration experiments inspired by human mortality

Hiroshi Sugimoto seascapes

Recently I've been getting into Hiroshi Sugimoto's poignant, beautiful seascapes. I find them intriguing and evocative.

I have created some grey washes inspired by these photographs that I hope to use as backgrounds for my drawings:

Sketchbook from this week

My 'Howl' project is almost done - it just needs some tidying up. So here are a few personal pieces and sketches from my sketchbook that I have been doing in the meantime. I'm thinking of maybe starting a new mini project inspired by my dissertation which was about human mortality.

'Kafka on the Shore' Photoshop mock-up

A personal piece of work inspired by Haruki Murakami's 'Kafka on the Shore', may be the start of a new project.

Some sketches of my favourite authors

Here are a few early sketches of Haruki Murakami, Kurt Vonnegut and F.Scott Fitzgerald

Photoshop experiments

Sketchbook upadate

This week I've been drawing some buildings to layer on Photoshop for my 'Howl' project.

This week's sketches

This weekend I plan to experiment with my mark making - maybe some washes and super thick brushwork.