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 | A manga pilotCategory: Illustration | |
I have now been to Killington Mountain and have travelled for a few weeks – it’s been a great adventure. First to Las Vegas then to Boston and after that we drove up to Killington Mountain. We have enjoyed the city and night-life in Vegas and eaten at the Cheesecake Factory in Boston and skied the slopes on Killington Mountain. The snow-conditions have been superb. Because we have been flying a bit I felt like sketching a pilot in Manga style - a bit of an adventurous look in his eyes - just the way I have felt for all of this trip! I will post more pictures and drawings from this adventure asap. |  | |
| Tags: manga, pilot | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2010-03-08 00:00:53 |
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| A couple of dudes that I sketched in orangeCategory: Illustration | |
I sketched these two dudes some time ago – but I like the feeling they give - a kind of bothered stare sort of feeling. Could be a great t-shirt print. The graphics in the background add a bit of depth to the design. Might print it some day in the future – or maybe even as a painting. Tell me if you are interested.  | | |
| Tags: dude, sketch, illustration, orange, tshirt | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2010-02-15 00:00:29 |
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| A warrior inspired from the Bedouins in EgyptCategory: Illustration | |
I got very inspired by the Bedouins we met in Egypt – so I just thought it would be cool to fantasise about what a Bedouin warrior, from long ago, would look like. He might still keep some of the clothing as you can see in my sketch. But still he needs a few things that are more meant for fighting. Here he is anyway – the wind blowing through his clothes… His sword I would say is from some raid or something – not very Egyptian. I made a broader sword to give more of a fearful fight feeling – and also show that he is a strong warrior being able to fight with this heavy sword. So it is mostly the head-piece that he is wearing that resembles a real Bedouin – but his fighting spirit is there! | | |
| Tags: bedouin, egypt, sketch, warrior | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2010-02-01 00:00:00 |
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| A Bedouin night in EgyptCategory: Illustration | |
I have just been away in Egypt for a super two weeks - really good weather and a great adventure. Experienced lots of different things - one was a “Bedouin-night” – of course made and inspired for tourists – but I really enjoyed it - and of course the Bedouin camels. I got to ride one too. A very large animal – very calm and had a nice pace when walking in the desert. I have also been swimming and snorkelling in the ”Red sea”. Super beautiful – and I checked out some ancient designs too – The Pyramids. Tell you more soon – there is lots. Here is a sketch of a Bedouin-sheik – I got the inspiration from the Bedouin-night of course! | | |
| Tags: bedouin, beduin, egypt, egypten, pyramids | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2010-01-11 00:00:00 |
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| A skull-head skate tattooCategory: Illustration | |
Here I have been sketching different types of skulls to get a tattoo feeling for a skate print. I guess to make it have the right feeling it must be the same “look” as a tattoo would give. This will make the t-shirt print stand out. I’ll see if I develop this a bit further and will, in that case, post some more sketches later. | | |
| Tags: skate, skull, tattoo, sketch | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-11-30 00:01:46 |
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| A little hovercraft babyCategory: Illustration | |
One of my friends has a taxi-boat company (SeaCab). The transports are mainly passengers out into the Swedish archipelago. He also takes school children from the different islands and brings them to the island of Möja – where the school is situated. In the winters there is usually ice everywhere and boats can’t get through. So then they use hovercrafts. There are several hovercrafts and hovercraft-pilots that drive around in the archipelago. This year there were a few new drivers or pilots – the original pilots wanted to welcome them into the group of existing pilots by giving them a “first year” diploma each. They are called new comers or baby-pilots. I made this illustration to put on the diplomas - to get the feeling of that they were baby hovercrafts – or rather baby hovercraft-pilots! Good luck to the new hovercraft-pilots! | | |
| Tags: hovercraft, baby, hovercraft baby, diploma, seacab | |||||
| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-11-16 00:04:19 |
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| A skull warriorCategory: Illustration | |
The great fighter, from the Skull-warrior tribe, fights and hunts with his spear and sword - a strong but lean warrior with his dark red cloak - the red coloured by blood. His hair is cut short so no enemy can grab hold of it and pull it when in a fight for life… So this is some of the history and thinking concerning this warrior – The Skull Warrior. | | |
| Tags: skull warrior, skull, warrior, tribe | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-11-02 00:01:16 |
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| The two wolves, the start of a fairy-taleCategory: Illustration | |
I was out walking in the forest the other day – and there I came up with some ideas to draw a wolf. Don’t ask me why – I just felt like it came to me - a little fairy-tale about a fox. When I got home I grabbed my sketchpad and made a few sketches. Here are two more wolf heads. | | |
| Tags: wolf, wolfhead, wolves, forest, draw | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-10-26 00:00:11 |
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| A wolf head sketchCategory: Illustration | |
The other weekend I was out at Sillö walking about in the woods there. I was checking out the little cabin too see if everything was ready for winter - no trees had fallen, nor had there appeared driftwood that had to be moved. The woods are very beautiful and are filled with colours - especially when the autumn is coming slowly. The leaves are changing into lots of different yellows, orange and reds. The pine-trees stay green, but give lots of variety. All this against the blue sky and dark-blue water is very beautiful. I thought of lots of different characters that could live in the woods. Even though I think the Stockholm archipelago never has had any wolves - this is what I felt like sketching when I got back to the cabin. I gave the wolf a bit of a cartoon look – with a big nose. I might post some more versions of the wolf again soon. | | |
| Tags: wolf, sketch, illustration, sillö, archipelago, colours, autumn, ytter sillo | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-10-19 00:03:55 |
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| A cat sketch on the spur of the momentCategory: Illustration | |
I have posted before a picture of my cat Puzzle and Niklas W has posted one of his cat too. They are fascinating animals and have a great sleek way of moving and enjoying life. You can tell when they really want something that only you can give… or when they want to go their own way and don’t want to be bothered. When I was sketching the other day I couldn’t go on because the cat sat right on top of my papers and wanted attention. After patting her a while, she slowly wandered off. She stopped for a second looked back and then sat down. She lifted up her nose a bit and just looked at me. So I took the opportunity to capture her in this pose. Cats do what cats feel like doing. | | |
| Tags: cat, sketch, puzzle | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-10-12 00:00:01 |
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| Anonymous space looking dudeCategory: Illustration | |
I have been painting and illustrating a bit last week and then… I sort of got carried away and started painting a few extra things – including this space inspired dude. Or he could be someone from ancient times too I guess. This is up to the observer of the picture, but I mainly had a futuristic feel when I painted him – or it. I have outlined the character too - to give him a little more distinct look. Been watching the space-station pass by in the evenings at around about 20.00 hours. This is probably why I had this space-inspiration in the back of my head. | | |
| Tags: space, spacestation, paint, dude, cartoon | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-09-28 00:02:13 |
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| A cool gecko or lizard for TheoCategory: Illustration | |
As you know Niklas (Niklas Waller) has a son called Theodore or Theo. Niklas and his wife have decided to repaint Theo’s room – just as Theo had wished for some time now. Rebecca – Theo’s mother got busy as a bee and started painting his room. Then Theo had one more request and that was that he wanted a lizard or gecko on the wall. They asked if I could help out with some kind of lizard design. Of course, I wanted to help Theo with this and started drawing and sketching a gecko. So this drawing and montage that I made is a suggestion for inspiration for Theo’s wall. One could also just go with a one colour-design on the gecko and then spray some colour round about. There are several ways to go on this – but I think Theo will know what he wants. Hope this is the gecko you are looking for Theo! | | |
| Tags: gecko, lizard, theo, niklas waller, wallpainting | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-08-03 00:00:56 |
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| A fighter pilotCategory: Illustration | |
Here is a fighter pilot flying to his next mission in formation with his fellow fighters. I gave the fighter-pilot a futuristic look. To give it the right feeling I have shown a few more fighters around him. The best way to do this, I thought, was by showing two fighter-planes in front of him by showing them in the reflection his goggles or helmet-glass. Two more fighters you see in the reflection of the well-polished helmet. So a total of five planes are on a mission. You can also see the trail from the two fighter-planes above. Fighter pilots have many times been seen as very useful in war-time - for instance in the Second World War. As Winston Churchill once said: Never have so many, owed so much, to so few. | | |
| Tags: fighter pilot, pilot, churchill, second world war, helmet, fighter plane | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-07-13 00:01:14 |
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| A flower design came out of a coffee-stainCategory: Illustration | |
This time I have made a flower growing out of a kind of ball or planet-like ring. I actually came up with the design after putting a cup of coffee on my notebook and it made a circular stain - the planet - as I called it. The plant growing out of the planet - good name for this design – especially if I make it into a painting in the future - oil or aquarelle. I will tell you – and post it on wohill.com - if I get the time and inspiration to do it some day. I think the plant is growing in a nice twirling way. I have drawn this design in ink on the back of my Moleskine notebook. | | |
| Tags: flower, planet, plant, design | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-05-04 00:01:11 |
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| Patterns and shapes that inspire youCategory: Illustration | |
A lot of wallpapers, ads, and clothes are filled with graphic patterns. Even old buildings and museums have lots of shapes and inspirational forms. Take a look when you are walking down the street next time – give a glance up in old building ceilings. You will see a lot of very well made things. There are exceptions to the rule… but you will be inspired in some way. The other day my good friend Hasse was going to make a party invitation for Michaela. Of course, I would like to assist. So he needed a nice pattern that had a good flow and gave that free feeling that this invitation should have. I made some twirls and dots as you can see. It’s going to be a two colour-print so the graphics had to be only one or two colours. So maybe this pattern will inspire you too in some way. I might even use it for Wohill. Hope Michaela gets to have a great party! | | |
| Tags: pattern, hasse, party, invitation, michaela | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-04-20 00:01:05 |
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| A man sitting downCategory: Illustration | |
The other day was a long day and I felt like just sitting down to draw for a bit. What better than to draw somebody sitting down too. Not completely tired but enough to want to sit down and rest – that kind of feeling. I drew one or to inner lines also to give something extra to the mans dynamics. Or a more three dimensional kind of look – without making him in to a 3D model of course. The little man in the top left-hand corner also has a block behind him to enhance the feeling of perspective and depth of the picture. I used that block mainly in the beginning to see how I wanted the man to sit. Take a break now and again – from today’s stress. So you can go even faster when you stand up again. | | |
| Tags: sitt, dude, man | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-03-25 00:00:37 |
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| A tulip sketchCategory: Illustration | |
As you might have gathered by now I sit and draw when I am on the phone. Maybe not when I’m in the car, but otherwise, I usually grab a pen and paper. This time I made a little tulip study while I was talking. There was a bunch of tulips in a vase in front of me on the table - pinkish in their colour and a lot of green leaves. They had been standing there for a few days – so the flower had over-bloomed a bit and opened up. Some of the tips of the leaves had curled, as you can see from one of the leaves I have drawn. I wrote “tulip” too - just to give it a “pen” or sketch feeling. I made the slight shadows in pen – and just gave it some colour in Photoshop after scanning it - so you can get an idea of the colours I saw, while I was sitting babbling on the phone. | | |
| Tags: tulip, sketch, ink, phonedoodle | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-02-27 00:00:01 |
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| Skull made with a Copic markerCategory: Illustration | |
I have several sketch-books and papers that I draw in nearly everywhere I go. So this is the cover of a “Moleskine” sketchbook. The skull is drawn with a marker from “Copic” - very nice feeling to draw with actually. The marker also has two different tips or ends – one broad one and one thinner version. This gives you the possibility to make details with the thin end and more filling out with the broad one. But best of all you get it to stay in the same colour-scheme since the marker has the same colour. It’s a nice flow to the marker - good paint or colour flow. The “Copic” logotype is a bit boring – but I guess one could say it is classic and practical because you are able to read what it says. I made a little shadow in pencil underneath to make it look like a floating skull. The yellow colour close to the edge is to give the skull a bit more depth – a bit more dimension. | | |
| Tags: sketch, marker, copic, skull | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-02-23 00:00:40 |
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| A face sketched in ink, a phone-doodle?Category: Illustration | |
I have been on the phone a lot lately. Who hasn’t? Today - compared to my childhood – sure, I was on the phone then too – but only when I was at home. Now I’m always at home or at least always on my telephone. So if one calls, I answer 99% of the times. This brings a lot of time-changes and checking to hear if people are there, and not setting as many exact time-dates as before. You just say: I’ll give you a call when I’m getting closer! The ringing and calling people everywhere doesn’t stop me from drawing when I’m on the phone. Now – of course, not when I’m driving… but almost every other time I get a chance. This time I made another face. A “Joker”-like face. I made it in ink and inverted it after scanning it – this gave it a little cooler look – on black in green. | | |
| Tags: sketch, face, phone doodle, ink, cartoon | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-02-04 00:00:19 |
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| An orchid sketched in inkCategory: Illustration | |
Orchids exist in thousands of species and of course have a lot of different shapes. The other day I was on the phone having a long conversation, but still felt like drawing. You know – phone-doodles or just sitting sketching something when you are on the phone - lots of different things do in fact come up when talking on the phone! So, as I was sitting by the kitchen table and had an orchid in front of me, I thought I would take the chance to do a study of the plant itself – and not so much of the flower. I don’t really remember what was said on the phone, but I do have a plant sketch anyway. The plant and its leaves have many lovely graphic shapes and forms. | | |
| Tags: orchid, sketch, leaves, ink | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2009-02-02 00:03:26 |
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| Father Christmas and Santa ClausCategory: Illustration | |
Christmas has arrived and I sat here sketching away and all of a sudden I realize that I have started sketching a face that looks like Father Christmas - funny how the surrounding world can affect you like this. I have given him a dominant and powerful look. Maybe even a tattoo-“ish” style one could say. Maybe Santa Clause isn’t the most usual tattoo - but why not? It is of course the red on his white face that enhances his Christmas-look - the big moustache and the beard also show the modern day look of Santa. Hopefully you will have a great Christmas! | | |
| Tags: santa claus, father christmas, christmas, sketch | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-12-24 00:02:27 |
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| Many good Christmas carolsCategory: Illustration | |
Christmas is coming and everywhere you look the Christmas-spirit is blooming. The windows in Sweden often have small lights lit – like a step-formation I would say. All the big stores and store windows have Santa Claus or elves in them – lots of parcels everywhere. People are running all over the place to get set for Christmas. Not very many take the time to listen to some nice carols or something like that… or at least I would say that round about Christmas they are very nice to hear. After a few weeks of hearing them one can of course feel that they get on your nerves - but before X-mas like this – why not? So I drew some “Carollers” singing. I mostly see these in Walt Disney cartoons or maybe in some old movies. Nowadays I haven’t seen anyone out on the street-corner singing - maybe some school-kids trying to make a buck – on the other hand these songs are playing everywhere. If you feel like getting the lyrics or listening to some on your computer you should check out following links. Mp3lyrics Christmas carols Christmas-carnivals Carols.org.uk Merry Christmas! | | |
| Tags: christmas, carols, singing, merry christmas, lyrics | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-12-22 00:00:05 |
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| We had lots of snow and now its only rainingCategory: Illustration | |
A couple of weeks ago we got lots and lots of snow. It looked like in a story-book. A landscape all white – trees, everything covered. Very pretty I must say - and if you were out walking in the dark evening or at night – the reflection from the full moon gave a beautiful look. Now it has all melted away and no more snow – only rain! So I took this drawing I made last summer – to illustrate the feeling that one carries around a rain cloud all the time - instead of one containing snow. I actually made this sketch for my good friend “Nippe” who also has been guest-blogging here on Wohill (with photography). He kept year after year choosing his vacation on the rainy days of the summer - but this summer the curse was broken. Maybe it will snow at Christmas! Need the weather-forcast? | | |
| Tags: rain, lightning, clouds, snow, weather forcast | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-12-15 00:01:25 |
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| A crazy duckCategory: Illustration | |
I was sitting sketching and scribbling yesterday and only had a pencil with me. Now I’m writing down some notes and have found a red pencil… so I have added some red to this duck I was sketching and then he got a bit of a crazy look. Really – this seemed to agree with the mood I saw a man in just a little further away in the coffee-shop I was sitting in. I would have turned into a mad duck too if I had to wait any longer for my meeting to start. The thing is that, sometimes, black on white paper is very traditional and it feels like it will last forever - but as you might see a two-colour sketch gives very nice clear impact. Quack quack! | | |
| Tags: duck, sketch, pencil, crazy | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-12-08 00:00:13 |
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| Sketches of faces at meetings – caricaturesCategory: Illustration | |
I occasionally go to meetings here and there – who doesn’t… Sometimes people like to go to meetings hoping that they don’t have to sit there at desk and work. Maybe they don’t like what they work with or are bored in some kind of way. These people tend to drag out meetings a lot. Now I’m not saying that I don’t like meetings – because I do. It’s just that I don’t like meetings that take far too long, or nothing important is said. I would rather sit down and know that the meeting isn’t to get on further with the project – it’s just a meeting to chat and get to know each other better. If you really want to get down to it – it should only take a few minutes to establish what you or your client wants… This is why my thoughts sometimes wander off. This time I started sketching a face… a face with a strong expression – a caricature? | | |
| Tags: face, facial expression, meeting | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-11-24 00:01:08 |
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| Hungry VikingsCategory: Illustration | |
I think that after designing lots of different things that have to do with eating – it is about time to show some hungry Vikings. I posted one the other day that was all set to get out and get some food. So these two are prepared to eat. I used these to illustrate an information-film a while back. They are just as you see - meant to sit and wait to for food that they can eat. Don’t really now if they have been hunting or if they have been on some kind of raid and collected lots of treasures and food - but that is up to your imagination. Lunch-time! Let’s go eat. | | |
| Tags: viking, eat, hungry | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-11-17 00:00:05 |
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| Mushrooms are growing everywhereCategory: Illustration | |
If you have grown up close to the woods, or even been out for walks in the woods, you know there are nice edible mushrooms everywhere. Of course there are a few that you probably shouldn’t eat. Our guest blogger Nippe likes the “mushroom-hunt” – he doesn’t like to eat them but he likes going round in the woods looking for them… So by the way does Niklas – Wohill’s ”development-guy” - but I think Niklas is fond of making wonderful dishes with mushrooms. So I thought I would draw some mushrooms for them - so they can have a look at this design and get inspired to go mushroom-hunting. These are growing mushrooms that pop out of each other. Enjoy nature! | | |
| Tags: mushroom, woods, nippe, niklas waller | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-11-10 00:06:18 |
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| Halloween and pumpkinsCategory: Illustration | |
I have grown up with Halloween - preparing the pumpkin, hanging up lights, candles and witches -lots of things that thrilled any kind of young boy I guess. It’s a very interesting time of the year – the nights are coming quicker day-by-day and it’s becoming more like Halloween by the minute. A lot of cool characters show up at Halloween – ghost-like and everything from scary to funny. A good example is the film “Nightmare before Christmas” - lots of great characters and made in a fascinating way. This pumpkin I made to give you some Halloween-spirit. A big grin, dark clothing and a scythe instead of a broomstick… Happy Halloween! | | |
| Tags: halloween, pumpkin, happy halloween | |||||
| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-10-29 00:01:05 |
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| Vikings from the NorthCategory: Illustration | |
A fearsome way of living - great travellers – well the Vikings must have led a tough life. There must have been a lot of sailing and rowing, lots of time at sea, lots of fighting and killing for a living – or survival. The Vikings have been portrayed in many different ways - mostly with horns on their helmets and beards and big swords. So I thought it would be nice to draw a Viking that has a bit of a cartoon feeling - big belly, big sword, big shield… well big in general. Still pretty short to give him a bit more of a funny kind of look. The Vikings had many different gods that they worshipped. Today, one might even say they more resemble fairytales from the past. I’ll see if I can do some more drawings in the future based on some of the old sayings. Till then – look out for the mighty Vikings. | | |
| Tags: viking, north, sword | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-10-27 00:03:11 |
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| Coming out of the tube, surfing at its bestCategory: Illustration | |
I have been drawing a lot of sketches lately. This is because it is the first stage of the picture or design I am going to make. Sometimes I draw something that I will use much later and sometimes I will go on and take it a bit further – such as making it vectorised in Illustrator. Or sometimes I go out and photograph what I need and then put it together in Photoshop. Whatever the outcome I usually start out on paper – sketching. This time I have tried to capture the feeling of a wave starting to roll over you - or slowly form the shape of a tube. Just that moment when you let the wave catch up with you - this moment when you just let the rest of the world go… Just this roar from the ocean – but yet this moment of silence. Now if the truth be told and as you might have gathered by reading some of my other surf thoughts, I don’t really experience this every day. Only on a tiny little scale in the smallest waves… but when you watch the BIG guys do it - you almost get the feeling that you are there. So – like me, keep up the dreams – one day that might just be you. | | |
| Tags: surf, pipeline, tube | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-10-22 00:02:24 |
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| Many different faces in oneCategory: Illustration | |
There are so many different ways of expressing your feelings and showing people what you feel like - as I mentioned earlier when designing another facial expression. This time I have designed a silhouette partly inspired by my own face. Just again wanting you to see how some simple lines can give you a feeling of what the person is thinking just in that moment. Now, of course, it is the eye of the beholder that decides what he or she feels. Still it is very interesting to see how colour also gives you an entirely different point of view - even though the lines are exactly the same. The red haired head feels more intense than the orange one, but yet they are so alike. The blue naturally gives you a cooler look – and since the head is tilted slightly forward - it also gives you the feeling that it really wants something with its definite stare. | | |
| Tags: face, silhouette, colour | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-10-06 00:00:50 |
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| Snowboarding is freedomCategory: Illustration | |
Looking out early in the morning over fresh snow… Can you beat that feeling? The urge is to get out and make your mark in the snow. Carving down hillsides or maybe mountains if you please! Just that early morning when the sun is rising, the sky is blue and you grab your board to head out for some great riding. Carving down the slopes maybe even catching some air-time - like the snowboarding dude I made here. Grabbing the board – letting the wind flow through your hair. Just pushing it that little bit extra. Now this could mean that you will end up tumbling down the slope looking like a snowman - but it is just that thin line, between success and failure, that gives you that extra feeling of lust to push a bit harder… Enjoy riding! | | |
| Tags: snowboarding, snow, snowboard, carve | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-09-24 00:02:18 |
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| Lady cartoon with a flowing hair-dayCategory: Illustration | |
This time I have something from my sketch-book, where I make notes and write down what there is to do and what not. Most of all it gets filled with lots of sketches. After the meeting I usually sit down and go through my notes or mind-maps if you wish. Meetings all day long and far too long meetings by the way… you sit and wonder what kind of weather it is and what you are going to do as soon as you get out of the meeting. Finally I got out and had had a meeting where one of the ladies there had big hair - or just a bad hair-day. It was flowing everywhere. So what that did was that I felt like sketching a “flowy” kind of hair-style. The flow even runs down into the dress - a nonchalant look just as she is about to say something. Most important is said in the first 5 minutes of the meeting – the rest… well you tell me. | | |
| Tags: lady, cartoon, sketch, hair | |||||
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| Created by Randolph Guy - 2008-09-08 00:12:52 |
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