Popbusters!

I've started thinking about getting work in magazine illustration, so this is my first piece of artwork based on an existing article. Its a story from an issue of Empire magazine (circa last summer, big pop out Incredible Hulk on the cover) about the rise and fall of movie cash-in pop songs like that terrible Titanic one and that equally terrible Robin Hood (Prince of thieves) one.

I still maintain that MC Hammer's song for The Addams Family was awesome though.

Six artist, Twelve words.

Here's the flyer for a small exhibition I'm taking part in in September. Each of the six artists involved were given two random words and asked to create a short comic story around them. I was given 'Key' and 'Pulse' and proceeded to write the most insane comic ever. If you're in the area you should come and check it out, there are some amazing artists involved.

What Happens...

Here are my character designs for "What Happens..." a brilliant comic book written by Ian Moore. The story follows Jon and Sue, a couple from Scotland that get caught up in a crazy world of super powered meta-singularities, inquisitive extra terrestrials, and a massive robot that smashes New York right up. Above are my first designs which needed a little tweak to capture the essence of the characters...

Here is my second pass at the main characters which both Ian and I agreed on. More 'What Happens...' to come soon, Keep watching the comic shelves! (seriously, watch them, I steal stuff)

Ghostbustersnews.com makes me feel good!

So literally hours after I posted my Ghostbusters picture on this site and deviantart, the AWESOME guys at ghostbustersnews.com crowned it as "The best depiction of the original Ghostbusters film...ever!" I'm pretty proud of this. I wanted to do the poster as my ulitmate tribute to my favorite film and if I can get a review that good from hardcore fans of the movie then I guess my job is done (claps metaphorical dust off of hands).

If you want to check out the post about my picture (and a badass Ghostbusters site to boot) check it out here.

I am now king for the day and will wear a crown (made of underpants) to signify this triumph!

Cats and dogs, living together...MASS HYSTERIA!!

The Spook Central Centerfold...

This was a lot of fun to do, I've had the idea scribbled as a little doodle in my sketchbook for ages so it was good to finally turn it into reality. Plus I finally drew a version of Bill Murray that looked like Bill Murray!

Its a beautiful (Judgment) day.

Hey everypeoples! I've got another design up for voting on Threadless.com, check it out!

Megan = Metal

I saw this photo of Megan Fox, firing off a mad bird, on the internet and this idea pooped into my brain. A goofy (but ssssexxxy) evening's fun.

Three dimensions of terror.

Hey all you kids out there in TV land! I've got another t-shirt up for voting on Threadless.com. Whys nots go take a look and vote for it? Thanks!

Three dimensions of terror.

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There is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark... part two of my greatest movies tribute. It took me a long time to love Raiders but now its taken its place in my top 5.

This took a lot of planning and I'm really happy with how it came together. A lot of the effects came out of happy accidents while playing around with photoshop. I still think my Harrison Ford looks a little too much like Dennis Quaid though (which is funny cos he's the poor man's Harrison Ford).

History is gonna change...

This took about 3 days. Played with different colours and gradients to get the right feel. Thought I would do some decent film images for my portfolio so this is part one of the 'James's top five movies collection' (actually its my 3rd favorite film but you get it).

This is based on an unused design for the original movie poster by one of my favorite artists, Drew Struzan.

let's call in an angel.

Boop boop be doop!

Russell Brand... I've listened to his radio shows a lot while I work and its one of the things that's helped me through my college course. God bless you Rusty Brandstein!!!

PIN PIN!

Hey there ya big stud!

My self portrait, in all its hairy, gremlin-like glory...

I can't believe that Price prefers McDermott's card to mine...

My first business card. Now I am a professional!

Nerd Alert!!

The Goonies. My fifth and final movie for my college project. This has come out really well and apart from a little tweaking here and there its pretty much finished. Plus the 3D works if you've got a pair of glasses handy. Also the amount of bats I've had to draw for it have given me nightmares about getting bit by vampire bats, those little hairy jerks.

Bootleg Bill.

This is a tee design I submitted to Threadless.com a few weeks ago. I got some nice comments but didn't get a great score so it doesn't look like my fashion designing career is going to take off just yet. But I've got some other ideas so maybe I'll be on the catwalks in the future (when presumably they'll have ran out of 80's and 90's clothes to rip off and they'll move on to the 'retro 2000' look. Take THAT fashion industry!)

http://www.threadless.com/profile/817999/stayteoftheart

EXCLUSIVE: Dogs love bike rides and buckling their seat belts!

Here are two comic strips I did for 'The Bobby Club', a newsletter given to children by the police. The stories feature Bob, my miniature bull terrier getting into minor road-safety based adventures and learning his lesson from a friendly copper named (confusingly) PC Bob. They're always fun to do and I myself get to learn a little something about safety, so everyone wins. 

HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT ME!

Jack and son have a beautiful heart to heart chat. Just before he topples over the edge of sanity and goes insane, crazy, axe-murderer style. This was a weird bit of experimentation which I'm pretty happy with, kind of a "throw everything at the wall, see what sticks" deal, but it works well with the movie. Plus I got to use flock wallpaper in my work, and what kind of an artist would I be if I never utilized the RAW power of flock wallpaper?

You've always been the caretaker...

A test piece for my two page Shining comic. Appropriately creepy.

Wolfie's just fine honey...

Another piece from my "Motion Picture" college project. If Ghostbusters is my favorite film, Terminator 2 (Judgement Day) is certainly a close second. Like Ghostbusters, it's a film I've watched a hundred times since I was a youngster and one I'll most likely watch a thousand times more before Our Lord God Terminates me himself. Praise him..... Arnold that is...