Almost there. Below are two screenshots of characters that I have placed into the scene. All are based on real people who use or work in the shop.



Finished!

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Initial colour blocking.


(Don't take this seriously, it just helps me to get rid of the white background)










Finished my first proper rendering of the picture without people!

Bedtime!

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This is a quick screenshot of the whole image after it has been properly inked, scanned and joined.



Note: initially I used an ellipse for the break between interior/exterior details after decided that I didn't really like the brick-removal method. It looked like this:



Then, after feeling uneasy late at night about it (was it a cheese sandwich?), I went back to image and did some careful digital editing and used the ellipse outline as the basis for a brick removal-style exposure. This version is better because it uses the elliptical outline as the guide.



This image is looking really strong now.

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First step.

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This gives an idea of what the agreed tidy pencils are like. In actuality I made a few extra changes on site.

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This one is really about getting the composition right.

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Just in case anyone out in the wider world thought that I was taking it easy...

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The Open Houses show was short but very sweet.


... a bit like Haydn Jones' 1957 Renault Dauphine.


I had a fantastic space to display work with a very talented bunch of other artists. It was great that everything worked so well together.


Some good friends turned up, although some chose to stay in bed...

Thanks to the Saville Jones folks who were fun to be around and made it highly agreeable to be an exhibiting artist in Worthing. I would wanted to wish Maggie, Jo and Kellie all the best.

And then I got a call from Mandy and Martin Newnum of Newnum Art to begin my next commission. The piece will feature the next door courtyard and signature dolls-house view of the shop. Watch this space - I shall be working on this during the next week and a half.

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Yes, I am now on twitter for all those more minute-by-minute informal bits of info. I will still be using this page to provide info on more permanent stuff like works in progress, shows and commissions.

I shall probably be twittering a few moments from the show this weekend.

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I am getting ready to show some work at Saville Jones Architects as part of the Worthing Open Houses event later this month (10am-6pm, saturday 25th and sunday 26th July).

Here is the official weblink, which includes some details about the other artists I will be sharing the space with.

The address is 74 Victoria Road Worthing BN11 1UN, and they are helpfully located almost opposite Worthing train station.

How to get there


Many thanks to Linda and Will for the invitation.

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I was really glad to get some great coverage in the Argus today*. Many thanks to the nice people who put it together for me. Just in time for the last day of the show.



*Page 3 and still wearing all my clothes!

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Yay! The kind people at Worthing Library have made some space for my work to display from today (24th Jan) for about two weeks. I shall be taking it down around Thursday 5th Feb, so please visit if you are in the area.

Thanks to Bob and Bea for loaning their magnificent print.

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