Thank you, Tank me.

This was me last Halloween (ish) for the Dublin Roller Derby fancy dress party.

I made a me drawing after that party.. I like it but I also kinda don't. Mostly coz it doesn't look like me and the style went a bit weird. It's a love-hate thing. Maybe I'll just have to do another Tankie selfie...

Daily Outfit : April 9

....yeah, I'm a little behind on posts. 

This is the beginning of an idea I had for an illustrated fashion blog. This may or may not still happen, or just happen on here sporadically. 

This is my non-photographed outfit of the day (OOTD), jewellery included. 

Commission : 99 Pair o' Shoes

Last year I got a commission from an American musician, Shawn Coyle (Sierra Echo Charlie), to create a series of illustrations that would go with one of his songs, '99 Pair o' Shoes'. They were for one of his shoes, where they would be played as a slide show video while he played. This was a really fun project to work on and he gave me a lot of creative freedom. 

These are some of the final illustrations. 

Girl Parts Cast : the Girls

Girls Parts is no longer a project I'm currently working on. Maybe someday... but right now it involves a lot I'd rather not have to thing/write/draw about. At least I have these beautiful characters that may pop up again in the future :)

Lou design page

The whole cast of girls 

Emilie Autumn : OFIFOTO

I did this last year during Octocon for myself. I wanted a nice daily reminder to hand on the wall (coz the one tattooed on my art just wasn't enough?). I also never hung it on my wall...but I will now that I've shamed myself enough. 

Emilie looks a little Poison Ivy here with the Uma hair but it's a style she's rocked before. I like this patchwork heart that I started to use for my signature around then too. That's something that's always given me trouble, signing my work with style. This may stick around or be re-worked into something even better :)

Sketches from Photos

Last year I had used some photos for body reference. I like the way they turned out.

Lost Alt Girls (NSFW)

Last year I did a series of alt girl paintings. These are two that I misplaced - one of which I never finished. I missed my Scarab lady, at least she was lost in a lovely folder and not crumpled somewhere... I must go back and do some more of these sometime.

A-Z Actor Portraits Challenge : O-Q

Just another few of the portraits I've been working on. I'm not all too happy with Olivia. The others looks sort of like who they should... I've started on an A-Z of character portraits too. These are much quicker to see if I can make it look like them, or at least the character, without too much time or detail involved. I'll get back to these in the next few days. Rachel Weisz caused some trouble with the referece photos I chose but I'll see how it works out.

I'd really like to do some life drawing portraits for a change from working from photos. Until I wrangle some willing participants I'll keep up with my googling.


O -- Olivia Wilde

(Black charcoal)

P -- Piper Perabo

(Polychromo colouring pencils)

Q -- Quentin Tarantino

(Polychromo colouring pencils - black & greys)

*click to enlarge

**sorry about spacing, html just wouldn't work with me!

Dr. Sketchy's Not-So-Live Life Drawing II

Here's some more drawings from Dr. Sketchy's, based on the photos taken at the sessions.

Dr. Sketchy's Not-So-Live Life Drawing I

This is some of the drawings I did based on photos taken at Dr. Sketchy's. They're from sessions or poses I missed during the day. They were done pretty much the same way as at Sketchy's; I set an alarm for 1 to 5 minutes. Most of these are between 1 and 3 minute drawings though.