Updates!

I neglect this little blog.. and I shouldn't.

Here is what I have been working on...

(Click the links to see more of the work)

Project Luna

Blog background for a great project I am working on 

with Tony Camehl 

Project blog

Real Monsters

From an on-going personal project- 

Designing characters based on mental illnesses

Real Monsters

Jack and the Winter King

Picture book entry for Macmillan book prize 2013

More photos

Calender Tales

My shortlisted entry for Neil Gaiman's October Tale

Calender Tales

I miss blogging...

I've neglected my blog for a long time, and its down to having frequent internet hiatuses and having lots of work to get on with. However, I am going back to uni in a few weeks and should start on a more regular routine that I can fit blogging into...
I'd love to start doing Illustration Friday again so hopefully that can fit in.

As for now, here's what I have been up to over the past few weeks/months:

Bluebeard sketches based on the fantastic fairytale-

Jason and the Argonauts (Futuristic) concept sketches-

And a few random things of course-

Long time no post!

I've been busy with little things that I haven't updated my blog in a while, so I thought I would!
I finished my daily draw challenge this Wednesday which was taking up most of my time and I think I will definitely have to do this again. I learnt a great deal about my practice whilst doing the 30 days, especially learning that If i put my mind to it I can create good work in a short period of time.
Here is the combintation of all my efforts over those 30 days in one picture!

I'd also like to share a few of my personal favourites-

All of my daily draws can be seen in one handy place, on my Tumblr blog- http://zestydoesthings.tumblr.com/tagged/daily-draw

Ive also had a few little commissions going on in between and offers to do lots of other exciting projects. Things are moving along nicely in Zesty-land, and I hope many more opportunities will arise when I go back to university after the summer.

I need to get back into Illustration Friday too...

Playing with Colors on the 3DS

Ive been so excited for an app to come out on the Nintendo 3DS for ages, and it finally came out today! Its a panting/drawing app that lets you make 3d art! How cool is that?

Ive been playing around with it today and will be entering the weekly contests very soon!

If you click on the links you can watch a video of my drawing them! =D

Only viewable in 3d on the Nintendo 3DS
(Actually if you click on the image while the video is playing, its shows off the 3d!)

http://colorslive.com/details/84517-The_11th_Doctor_by_zestydoesthings.php

http://colorslive.com/details/84278-Autumn_Meadow_by_zestydoesthings.php

Enjoy!

I will be more active on my blog in the next few weeks. Ive been having some time off recently. =D

Character Development

Me and my cousin are developing a story idea I've had for a long time, called 'A Nyght's Tale'. The characters were created ages ago but the story had never been fleshed out properly. 

As I said the story is being written fully and will hopefully be put forward in some form in the future, either in a comic form or a game or something.

Anyway, I've been working on the character designs and discovered my characterization and character development has come on a lot recently.

Nyght the main character. How he looks in the real world (left) 

and how he looks in the dreamworld. (right)

Grulff, Nyghts companion. Dreamworld form (left) and real

world form. (right)

Nyght works in a coffee shop.

Grulff in his ogre form. 

Character designs (c) Toby Allen 2012

IF- Prepare

I missed Illustration Friday last week due to uni workload =(

But I've got back into the routine so have managed to fit IF in this week.

This is the Quail Postman preparing for his days work delivering letters 

to the other quails along the coast. He loves his job, meeting all the people 

and handing over exciting letters and parcels!

I dug out the inks and watercolours this time, decided I was relying too

much on the magic of digital mediums.

Its good to use watercolours again. =D

Quail Scented

Ive been getting in the print-based mood and come up with a collection

of greetings cards and bookmarks, that I am calling 'Quail Scented'.

I love Quails and so everything in this collection with be related to the

wonderful, cute birdies. Also everything is slightly 3d and relief. 

Happy Quail-Day Greetings-

A quail-day is like a birthday, but quail scented...

3d relief bookmarks

I also got into book binding again, and made this for my friends birthday present.

I always make her something for her birthday so I thought I make

something useful this time, a handmade notebook!

Its about A6 in size. 

With tea stained paper [I love tea-staining!]

Oh look... Its a bookmark!

This Quail-Scented collection will grow in time to include more card designs and other

print based goods. They will be on sale eventually.

 Stay tuned Quail fans! =D