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90% art inspiration 9 % rings 1% whatever. I also post my own painting and illustration projects as well.
Death by Vermillion 14 x 22 inches oil and acrylic on wood

Death by Vermillion

14 x 22 inches

oil and acrylic on wood

Death By Vermillion

I have three main excuses for slacking off on my “War” series of paintings.

(1) MEFCC/Dubai Comiccon

(2) this guy

(3) Illustration commissions (for a client). For a while I felt like I was doing covers for Precious Hearts Romances.

Anyway Im back in the saddle, and thinking about Loki/Tom does not have the same impact on my ovaries as it did around three weeks ago, and so I was able to complete a new painting.

Yes, that is Mr. Rowan Atkinson on the tv. We went on a Black Adder marathon the weekend I finished the painting. It is such a brilliant comedy series. I am going to start using the colorful insults from the show as facebook status messages .

The Borrower Arrietty watercolors on Arches paper A3

The Borrower Arrietty

watercolors on Arches paper

A3

The Borrower Arrietty

Of all the Studio Ghibli movies I’ve seen so far, The Secret World of Arrietty remains my favorite. Look it up! —> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp2nb9Vq0yY

My newest watercolor painting to date, is a homage to this excellent piece of animation. I based the painting on one of the movie’s famous scenes, wherein Arrietty is shown amongst the flowers.

image courtesy of Studio Ghibli. All rights reserved.

A little background on why Im doing fanart this time around: I used to be a BIG fan of anime fifteen years ago, even making my own geocities website where I used to upload gouache drawing of favorite characters from various anime series. Anime is partly the reason why I am drawing and painting now; it is also responsible for teaching me how to use photoshop and illustrator and all that.

Although my illustration style now is worlds away from what I used back then, I am not averse to making fanart from time to time for a movie that is really inspires me.

I drew the character of Arrietty in my own style, but in the composition of the famous scene. I also replaced the toon flowers with references from actual flowers.

Getting her hair right was a little tricky. I am still not sure whether I should have made her hair brown red rather than orangey brown.

Here it is, with an original framed Studio Ghibli print that I bought from Cartoon Gallery around 3 months ago.

Of course, the guys over at Studio Ghibli are the best, and I can only humbly hope that I did a bit of justice to Arrietty’s character.

I am going to try and make this available as prints for the upcoming MEFCC (Dubai’s first comicon), where I’ll be showing my art-based accessories alongside with fellow Brownmonkeys (www.brownmonkeys.com)

Alice and the Cat watercolors on A4

Alice and the Cat

watercolors on A4

Miss B Haven 22 x14 inches oil and acrylic on wood

Miss B Haven

22 x14 inches

oil and acrylic on wood

fresh from the painting factory! (when i say factory, that means my bedroom slash studio) Entitled “Miss B Haven”, its 22 x 14 inches oil and acrylic painting on wood. It is part 2 of my ongoing “War” series of paintings. More or less it is inspired by wartime pinup girls, history and a dash of politics. I keep the first painting of the series close by, so i never lose track of the continuity of the series. The painting is full of tiny details that are worth zooming into, because they are hardly visible from afar. I enjoy doing these tiny details; one detail for example references the smiley icon from the graphic novel “Watchmen”. Another is the seal that says “IN WAR WE TRUST”. This detail pretty much explains the whole painting.

fresh from the painting factory! (when i say factory, that means my bedroom slash studio)

Entitled “Miss B Haven”, its 22 x 14 inches oil and acrylic painting on wood.

It is part 2 of my ongoing “War” series of paintings. More or less it is inspired by wartime pinup girls, history and a dash of politics.

I keep the first painting of the series close by, so i never lose track of the continuity of the series.

The painting is full of tiny details that are worth zooming into, because they are hardly visible from afar. I enjoy doing these tiny details; one detail for example references the smiley icon from the graphic novel “Watchmen”. Another is the seal that says “IN WAR WE TRUST”. This detail pretty much explains the whole painting.

She Dreams in Mysterious Ways 22 x 14 oil and acrylic on wood

She Dreams in Mysterious Ways

22 x 14

oil and acrylic on wood

I made the most out of my one week off from work by painting like a madwoman. I was able to complete a 22x14 oil and acrylic on wood in just a week, when normally this would take me a month to finish. The inspiration for the painting came about as a result of reading too many World War II history books documentaries. At one point, I was dreaming about the horrific events that transpired during the era. As with everything I do, the painting is open to interpretation; I only try to paint what I feel, not necessarily what I know. In case anybody is wondering, the white things floating above her head are the chemical structure forserotonin (happiness), dopamine (love), acetylcholine (dreams). Prints is available on my Society6 page: http://www.society6.com/prettymonkey26

I made the most out of my one week off from work by painting like a madwoman. I was able to complete a 22x14 oil and acrylic on wood in just a week, when normally this would take me a month to finish.

The inspiration for the painting came about as a result of reading too many World War II history books documentaries. At one point, I was dreaming about the horrific events that transpired during the era. As with everything I do, the painting is open to interpretation; I only try to paint what I feel, not necessarily what I know.

world war 2

In case anybody is wondering, the white things floating above her head are the chemical structure forserotonin (happiness), dopamine (love), acetylcholine (dreams).

Prints is available on my Society6 page: http://www.society6.com/prettymonkey26

In Bloom, 2012 22 x 14 acrylic on board

In Bloom, 2012

22 x 14

acrylic on board