The Shakewell Tarts

I previously done a portrait of The Shakewell Tarts for a side show themed night ran by Monster-A-GoGo. They loved the work so much they asked me to design them something that they could have as a tattoo. At first my sketches where small, but when I was told how large I could go I let loose.

This is the result of a good 2 months procrastination and determination.

See more of them here : https://www.facebook.com/TheShakewellTarts

See more of my work here : https://www.facebook.com/ThingsIDoodle

The Old Lie - Dulce et Decorum Est

One piece I have taken my time with in the last few weeks has been this war photography inspired piece. The words of Wilfred Owen came to mind when I began working on it and have now made their way into the final piece of art.

It has now been mounted and is available for £30. It is A4 in size and was drawn using h3 and b5 pencils. So if anyone in interested in buying this original please email mikmcdade@gmail.com and we'll sort something out. Its currently unframed but can be framed up before it gets posted to you.

Last Work of the Year (part 2)

My final order was picked up today. I enjoyed these. A little present for a Hockey fans Xmas.

If you are interested in some custom shoes then feel free to get in touch via my facebook page or by emailing mikmcdade@gmail.com

Merry Xmas everyone!!!

Monster-A-GoGo - Bmovies and Bombshells (Part 2)

So I have been really busy this time. The Bmovies and Bombshells night last year was a success and this year it seems that Monster-A-GoGo are trying to outdo themselves. In their efforts to do so I have upped my own game to give the most I can visually.

Having a thing for some of the classic Bmovies I decided to pull from the vast array of movie posters out there. You saw the one I based on the Piranha movie that I posted earlier in the week in my first Bmovies and Bombshells post.

SO without further ado here is the next poster in the set (I am aiming to have between 4 or 5 final posters ;) ) . This one draws from the classic Ed Wood movie "Plan 9 From Outerspace". Hope you like it.

Also if you are interested in attending this event or any of the other Monster-A-GoGo events then hit up https://www.facebook.com/monsteragogoclub and keep yourself up to date.

You can also get tickets here: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/agogoevents/events

Finally. If this isn't your thing, there are other events being run by the people that bring you Monster-A-GoGo. Head on over to A-GoGo Events Presents to see what else they are up to.

How I finished off 2012

So let's see. There was a lot of work to be done before the New Year came and went and I managed to get all but one thing done. SO I am pretty pleased with myself...I kinda finished it last night so I will give myself an A- for effort. Here are a few of the things I done.....Heres to a creative and productive 2013!!

Wedding Invites

Save The Date cards

Three of the new designs I done this year

One of the sketches from my first outing at a life drawing class

A commission piece I done for a couple of friends

Check my facebook for loads more :)

Zombie Avengers - Captain America

I decided the other night to do a Captain America Portrait. It went a bit wrong half way through. I am very pleased with the results. :)

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PRINTS AVAILABLE HERE

Mini Prints

There are other prints available in the small 6x4 format. Unframed unless otherwise stated.

The following are available. Just drop a mail to kutieandthegeek@gmail.com

Tattoo'd Jesus Hand - £3.50
Karloffs Monster - £3.50
Framed UnDead Famous Marylin - £6.50
Framed Zombie Embrace - £6.50

Test print of the four horsemen - £2.50 each or £8 for the set of 4.

Printed on 6 x 4 photo paper.

My Little Apocalypse - Mini Prints

So I am off to another Burlesque show and the good people at Kutie and the Geek are going to be selling some limited mini prints of these lovely little ladies.

Printed on photo quality paper, backed on card and framed. This set is £20 or £6.50 each. (Yes buying the set is cheaper! ;) )

Not going to the same show, then fear not. There will be a few more sets printed and made available via Kutie and the Geek. Just email kutieandthegeek@gmail.com and place your order. Once the sets are gone though, thats them done. No more mini sets.

Monster Mash Part 1

This is a series of dancing ghouls I am doing for A-GoGo Events Presents for their upcoming shows, including the first ever annual Monster Mash. Check their Facebook Page to see what its all about :)

Draw - Give Death a Chance illustration

So I have been pretty quiet over the last few months and the reasons for that are many. The positive one is my work for the Author Alan Goldsher.

I have done 4 illustrations for his upcoming book "Give Death a Chance" and hopefully all 4 will be published. I won't post them all so as not to spoil the surprise of what the book has in store for the reader, but I am sure I can post this one as there is no spoiler here at all.

Hopefully in the coming months there will be more artwork from myself and more news of exciting little projects like this :D

Work In Progress - (UN)DEAD FAMOUS - Monroe (PART 1)

Just a little sneak something else I am working on at the moment :)

Draw - Ahhh! Brains (Bisto Parody) - Done

And so I think that is me done with this one. I have actually started to enjoy doing it inbetween doing my pencil work.

Available here as greeting card / postcard

Draw - Ahhh! Brains (Bisto Parody) - Part 3

Finally getting round to coloring this one. It's been a long hard slog getting my arse in gear to do this one. Mainly due to my work in pencils coming along nicely and me not wanting to stop doing something that feels good. This will more than likely be one of the last digitally colored projects I do until later on in the year or early on next year.

Here is the sneak peak of how the coloring is coming along.

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PREVIOUS POST!!

Juha Arvid Helminen - My Inspiration for WAR

So I have been searching to find something to spark my inspiration to continue on my FOUR HORSEMEN set. In doing so I came across the wonderful photography of Juha Arvid Helminen. I fell in love with this mans style and composition and decided I wanted to see if I could recreate, in part, the depth and feel of his style in pencil.

Here is the result:

Needless to say I have been inspired and my WAR will be worked on this weekend :)

PLEASE Check out Juhas' work.

Update....of sorts.

Much has been happening in my life that I shall not bore you with, but I have picked up my pencils again and have drawn one or two things I think are worthy of showing off.

Here they are.

The first piece was part of a larger tattoo design I was doing for someone. I have since stopped working on that and decided I wanted to try a more shaded version of what was part of that design. It's my first real take on glass. I was pleased with the results of this doodle.

The second piece was a test of my endurance and I am really pleased I took my time and worked on it over 3 days. The depth I managed to achieve in some places by using only an HB pencil inspired me to purchase a range of H and B pencils. So once I get used to them I should be able to get a great deal more depth :)

Draw - Ahhh! Brains (Bisto Parody) - Part 2

As a follow up to my original post (found here) I thought it might be an idea to let you see a final mock up. This is the last draft before I set to getting the final ink and colouring done.

I may do just a normal black and white of this, but I am not too sure. I really want to stick by the original colour scheme, but I am getting to the stage that this has been a long process to find the inspiration to finish this project.

I'll keep you all posted.

Draw - Karloff as Frankenstein

After my last post I decided I should sit down with one of my projects and just draw it from start to finish. I can say that this is one of my favorite pieces to date.

I had seen some work at a tattoo convention by a young lady called Kara Kastanada - You can see some of her work on her facebook page. There was a walk-through of the technique she used to get the shading right on one of here pieces. I took some advice from it and applied them here.

For my first time using new techniques I am more than impressed and wish I knew these things sooner. Anyway, without further ado, here is my take on Boris Karloff as Frankenstein.

Draw - King Kong (first attempt)

This is the result of me wanting to push myself further to see if I can do more art along the lines of the Zombie Embrace drawing I done. To be honest I really enjoyed working on this, but I have to admit that it was start 4 weeks before I managed to find time to finish it off.

It is based on this image.

Draw - Ahhh! Brains (Bisto Parody) - Part 1

I have been working on a little Parody of an old Bisto advert involving, you guessed it, Zombies.

This is the first full design based on the original that you can find here. I have added some of the concept sketches at the bottom that I doodled while at work.

From here I began further development of the Brains based on the Bisto text used in the advert. From the basic outline in the above image and the sketches included I hope you can see the development process.

Here is the first inked version of the design. As you can see no shading has been done and only the outline is complete. I think it gives the design a bit more life.

With the text in mind may still change the R as I am not too sure about its final shape, but we'll see what it looks like when I put it all together and begin colouring. It may look better then.

Once I have began the colouring process I will add more scans and hopefully we will have a finished design in the coming weeks.

The Sketches that really started it all.