June sketchbook, 2019. Wellington, Phnom Penh and Singapore

Wellington, New Zealand

Christchurch (airport), New Zealand.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Singapore

phone doodle

self portraits.

Trying to draw from life when I'm the only one in. From a photo and from a mirror.

camberwell

modern type

My friend Matt Jones emailed, telling me about his plans to hold the first retrospective of Ronald Searle's work on the west coast of America - at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco.

The only snag was how to get Searle's work to California. So Matt hit on the idea of asking his friends and contacts in the industry to donate a Searle-inspired piece, which he could auction to cover shipping costs. Loads of people said yes, and you can see the results over at Matt's blog.

And here's mine - a British rocker, inspired by Searle's late fifties work (in books like the wonderful 'Modern Types').

instagramoodles

Doodling, from http://instagram.com/helloitselliot

dugs

abstracted

A bit pixellated. Apologies. 15th June.

 

White pencil crayon on A1 black paper. 11th June.

mindless scrawl

As I mentioned the other day, I've been drawing from life so much (what with the public transport pictures) that I'd forgotten how much fun drawing without thinking was. Here's a few pictures from the past day or two.

 

The last one was immense fun, drawn onto A1 black paper with a white pencil crayon. It took about an hour, I suppose.

Here it is 'in real life', weighed down at the corner with a book, a notebook and a box of R. Crumb postcards. Without them, the paper would snap back into a tight tube and roll off onto the floor.

not drawing from life

I feel like I've spent too long drawing from life recently, what with the public transport pictures. So, to recharge, I've been doodling without trying to think too much about what I'm drawing. It's been a lot of fun. I fancy doing a bit more of it.

Yes. Even if I'm drawing chairs.

For the third drawing, I was on the train listening to Bongwater. The speech balloon's from a track on their Power Of Pussy album. I hadn't listened to it on headphones since I was about 16.

no nick o'teen

A hastily-photoshopped telephone doodle, of Superman having a tab.

mocata

Charles Gray's hypnotic, Satan-worshipping character from 1968's 'The Devil Rides Out'. Drawn for James Howard's 'Draw Hammer Horror' blog.

mike mignola's hellboy

I decided on a quiet night in last night, and had a stab at drawing Mike Mignola's Hellboy. I came to the character late; seeing the film before ever reading the comics (sorry, fanboys) - which may explain why I've drawn too many fingers on his 'big hand'. Apparently it's meant to have three fingers, not four. Like a Disney glove.

Anyway. This was fun. The most fun I've had drawing in a while, in fact (and with a touch of serendipity, James Howard - on twitter - was about to suggest that people 'draw hellboy', so I submitted mine. You can see the rest of the submissions here).



Initial sketch.

Finished line art.

Colour final.

joker

A few days ago, the brilliant I.N.J Culbard posed an online challenge - to draw Batman's arch-nemesis, the Joker. As is always the way, I'm late with my attempt. It was fun taking part, though.

self

jarvis #2

As news of Pulp's reformation is all over the web, I've had another crack at drawing Jarvis Cocker (not the modern bearded version, as such, but certainly a more recent version than this one).

It's just pencil and a quick bit of photoshopping at this stage, but I might work this up into something more finished.

hallowe'en 2010

A drawing for Sunday. Have a spoooOOOoky week, everyone. Here's a Spotify playlist to get you even more in the mood.

with apologies to shelton and kahlo

After a bit of online japery with Mike, here's a quick 'Fat Frida's Cat'.

femme fatale