Mumm-Ra, so far.....

Well thisis the basic outline etc I have done for the Mumm-Ra painting.  I have made a few alterations since this picture was taken but I plan on starting the painting either today or tomorrow morning.  I had done another Mumm-Ra but I was not 100% happy with it but I was working on....but then I made a mistake and undercoated the card with the wrong paint LOL and the acrylic was just not taking to it, every brush stroke was taking more off than it was putting on so I scrapped it started fresh with the drawing above.  I think this drawing captures the look of Mumm-Ra I remember from the cartoon.  I added a little pendant to the robe with his snake logo.....not sure if I will keep it, thats my personal pouch...it might be better to keep it 100% 80's.  I am also not sure about the spirits of evil in the back ground, I might not keep them either. 

Mumm-Ra...started?

The first in my 80's cartoon series is going to be Mumm-Ra from the Thundercats cartoon.  I meant to start him yesterday but had too much on so its going to be today.  At present its in my mind, but on the easle just plain white card LOL....when I get the basic drawing done then I can say its started.  Next update post will have pictures.

The 80's= LOADS of new work :D

As you may or may not know I love animation, especially the cartoons of the 80's.  I used to watch Rolf Harris and he would always draw the cartton characters like Woody Wood Pecker, Elmer Fud and Bugs Bunny etc.  This was one of the biggest influences when I was young as I would do the same.  Even though I was about 4, I was drawing (too the best of my ability at the time) Lion-O and other Thundercats, He-Man and Skeletor and the Masters of the Universe and Bravestar and Optimus Prime and all the other Transformers.
Also growing up I had a good collection of Transformers, G.I. Joe and Thundercats comics.
As you may know the toy packages these toys came in all had very impressive art work on them....and that is the urpose of this post.
Sitting draing those cartoon characters was brilliant fun.  I want to keep my art fun so in between commissions I am going to produce various pieces of art work based on the 80's cartoons I grew up with.  I have loads and loads and I mean buckt loads of ideas to work on.

Daniel and Harry.

The work load is really picking up now.  I got another commission.  This time from my Aunt and Uncle to produce a portrait of their two grandchildren as a suprise for their son.  This took a few hours each day for about four or five days to complete.  My Aunt and Uncle want another one done ths time for them.  :D 

Also just to point out I am extremely happy with the Scooby Doo on the T-shirt.  When I was young and drawing all the variou cartoon characters, I found Scooby a bit dfficult.....but that was probably due to the fact I had no image to look at it was just in my head from having watched the cartoon, but I was only five back then LOL.

Father's Day= Mussenden Temple

My Mum and Dad love my pencil drawings, so to go with the Monk dvd set I did this for my Dad.  He has been at me for ages saying I should do a sketch of the temple.

Commission portrait.

This is a commission potrait I did a few weeks back of a local tenager, Jonathan Cairns, who was murdered in April 1999.  A friend of the family commisioned me to produce tis as t is going to be a Christmas present for them.



Clouds Over Rocky Beach

I completed this piece a couple weeks back buthaven't had thr time to upload it until now.  I usually do landscapes in oil but this is acrylic.  Over all I am very happy with the way it turned out.  I especially love the colours in it.