ILLUSTRATION
Here are various
drawings for various reasons. I'll add to these as I go along.
HILLHEAD BLUES (& YELLOWS): As well as drawing I do like to 'spank
my plank'- that's playing the guitar to you non-string-obsessed punters out
there. I go to my mate Pudsey's (who's a fine cartoonist!) in the Hillhead area
of
CHADFEST 2005: This is currently part of the sleeve artwork for Eugene
Chadbourne's 2005 Chadfest release, the good Doc had a fire in his house last
year (hence the burning house in the background). Check out
www.eugenchadbourne.com - a fine musician, I once saw him get a tune out of a
bloke's shoe laces, honest!
SKYE 2 COVER: This is a cover for a CD/DVD of our second trip to Skye
('our' being myself and the blokes from Hank29), at time of writing we are
still working on an animation for the Emma track.
BIG EYED BEANS FROM VENUS: This was for a Captain Beefheart 'zine
called Steal Softly Thru Snow, I really enjoyed submitting work to SSTS, sadly,
it seems to be no more.
PIGJO: I had a request to draw a pig from Hans and Ulrike in
CARRAT HEID: This was the cover of a mini comic I did for the Glasgow Comic
& Card Mart in Feb 2005. We raised money for the Asian Tsunami appeal and I
was sat along side such legends as Frank Quitely, Alan Grant, & Jim
Alexander. The drawing was actually one of my sketchbook pages, but I like it
all the same.
SANDY'S PYJAMAS: This is a drawing for the first trip to
Skye and appears on the DVD Hank29 produced (again checkout www.Hank29.com).
Skye is a great place - very inspirational. We also met the amazing Nick Carter
- who was the lighthouse keeper, guitarist and Tommy Cooper impersonator!!!
YOU STILL FEASTIN'?: A drawing I did as a wee birthday
prezzie for the astounding guitarist Gary Lucas (www.garylucas.com). I did a
few of these drawings based on the title of his first solo album SKELETON AT
THE FEAST - he is seriously one of the most amazing guitarists you will ever
hear.
FERNET BRANCA: This was my entry into the Fernet Branca competition this year (2005).