30 Days Digital Painting Challenge
May 2023 -
Wanting to improve my skills as a digital artist, I took on a self imposed challenge to do 30 portraits in 30 days. Each image was given a time restriction of 2hrs as to be manageable in my day to day and not so demanding that I would neglect to accomplish the goal. Most images were completed in this timeframe however, some did go over or under by 30-40 minutes. The aim was not to have a fully rendered image, but to make each piece as close to done as possible in the allotted time frame.
I have been keeping a diary of my thoughts on each piece and will publish those musings when the challenge is complete.
Images arranged in order of completion starting on Day 1.
Ongoing project exploring anthropomorphic character concept for the Lunar calendar zodiac signs.
Collection expanded yearly
Year of the Ox
LNY Character Collection
2021
Year of the Tiger
LNY Character Collection
2022
Year of the Rabbit
LNY Character Collection
2023
Circular portrait series as social icons.
Bick & Child
2021
Gift portrait
‘Selfie’
2021
Artist portrait for socials.
Disney Week Fashion Collaboration
2021
Created in partnership with Ali Awadhi: https://www.thealiway.me/
Concept: What would Disney princesses outfits look like if they were constructed for a male figure? Process of creation was to look at the historical dress for the settings of “The Princess and the Frog’ and ‘Moana.’
Project has had very positive reception on Instagram and a 3rd instalment is in talks.
Various book art projects which re-imagine illustrative aids for the following short stories and novels:
- ‘The Murderer’ by Ray Bradbury
- ‘The 12 Dancing Princesses’ by the Brother’s Grimm
- ‘Alice’s Adventures Through the Looking Glass’ by Louis Carrol
“The Murderer”
Cover page & Interior Title Card
2019
Concept art of cover art and interior title card for Ray Bradbury’s short story ‘The Murderer,’ where in a man confesses to murdering all of his household technology.
”Dancing Through the Woods”
Centre Fold
2019
Book centre, full splash page art for the short story “The 12 Dancing Princesses.” In this scene the royal sisters make their way through enchanted woods that change colour as they walk, while secretly being pursued by an invisible man seeking to find where they are headed.
”Sequential Alice”
2019
Illustrated snippet from Louis Carrol’s “Alice’s Adventures Through the Looking Glass.” Colours strategically used to show Alice’s transition between worlds.
