Smarty Arty Farty Malarky

So hey guys, long time no post.

I thought I might as well use my blog to post my art work. Obviously I'm no Matisse or Van Gogh, far from it but wahey! - I put so much love, effort and time into my work that I thought I might as well have a wall to hang it. (The wall being my blog...)

So for now I shall upload all my recent work which I have done on my art tablet. I really enjoy using my tablet, my first pieces I kept to using just Microsoft Paint (the windows 7 version) and then recently I have taken to editing on GIMP, a brilliant and free program that I prefer to use rather than Photoshop.

My first few pieces of artwork I completed just over a year ago.

The flower I drew here was the first attempt I had at using my tablet.

Second up I drew a picture of my dog JayJay:

My next attempt was just a random little thing which turned into a full on picture by the end. I was pleased with it but I never expect much from my artwork. Anyway, I thought why not just for fun enter it into Coldplay's exhibition room, where people's artwork is placed on their homepage for a day. And then.....someone at Coldplay's HQ must have liked it because one day there it was on their homepage! That really made me very happy!

So now I have a little confession for you. I used to be incredibly obsessed with Coldplay. I still am a little bit. So at the time, I did a bit of fan art. I'm still quite proud of it actually, it was my first ever attempt at drawing people realistically. It caused me a lot of trouble but I'm a perfectionist so that's nothing new. Anyway it took me a lot of late nights but eventually I admitted defeat and so this is the final product.
Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland; inspired by this picture.

My next piece is just a casual bit of fun which I did in a couple of hours whilst watching Slumdog Millionaire. This was my first attempt at editing my artwork with GIMP, I basically just used the smudge tool to make everything more appealing to the eye.

My next big project was a piece of artwork that I did for two of my friends for Christmas 2010. It took me a lot of time and a lot of patience especially as the subject matter involved wasn't something I'm particularly fanatic about. But my mates love Jedward and I love a challenge, so I went for it!

My last art project involved a little couple that I had been planning on drawing for a while. Howard Moon and Vince Noir a.k.a The Mighty Boosh! I started this one on Paint like usual but after I completed Howard and Vince, I moved over to GIMP, where I edited them, created the background and added in the title. I think this is my favourite piece so far.

So that's almost everything for now. I hope you like my artwork. I'm proud of my work but I know it's nothing spectacular but when you put so much effort into something, you just want to show everyone!