leftlings

the right hemisphere of my brain made me do it!


Birthday boy



So, I'm turning like a million years old today. This is how I look at the moment... but I feel young inside. NO! the other way around... this is me inside... no that's not it... anyway... this is an old me. It's cooler to draw myself as an old person, for some reason. yay! send me cards, hug me, give me cake! woooo

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We have moved!



Well, almost. This is turning to be a longer process than I thought but I reckon very soon I will be able to carry on doing more leftlings. Not that anyone's chasing me for them.

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Arrrgh!



I don't know what to draw today.

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Uh-Oh!



Good Lord! I'm running out of pages in my sketch book, what am I going to do? will the universe collapse? what would McGyver do? think! think!... oooh! coffee...

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Pint of Lagger



This is me yesterday evening after I had a pint of lagger with my mate Sam. These days that's all I need to feel tipsy, I must be getting old. Needless to say that I was a bit woozy when I drew it (not when I coloured it) * hic!

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Selfportrait



Ironically, because I was looking at myself in the mirror, I appear to be drawing with my right hand.

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The Raster Group is back!



After a long period of absence due to technical difficulties the Rasterized Group is back. This is my submission for Chapter 45.

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Selfportrait



Me and my left hand are becoming closer and closer. We've been having so much fun that we didn't realize we were squishing the arm in between.

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what's this all about?

    Years ago I realized that if tried to draw with my left hand wonderful things happened. Since then I've explored the technique in both personal and commercial projects. The drawings have made it to a number of printed and online publications. I've finally yielded to the blog fever and decided to give them a home here.

    In other words: I am right handed. I draw like this with my left hand.

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the technique

    My technique changes from time to time, depends on circumstances, the mood and what I'm after but here's a rough step through to give you an idea:

    I've found the best results happen when I jump straight to ink. With a thin pen I draw the basic structure of the composition. With a sharp pencil I add some more texture to give it some depth. Sometimes I cheat by keeping my left hand still in midair and moving the sketchbook instead. Since the core of the drawing has been done I pass around the outline with a thick pen quickly with my right hand. Finally I scan the drawingand when I think it needs it I add some textures in Photoshop.

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    Lord Vladder

    The Fact Lady




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