Sometimes you get a commission out of left field, Shawshank Redemption was one of these. I'd forgotten just how much love I have for the movie, and indeed the book. It's based on a Stephen King novella, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, found in the "Different Seasons" collection. I read this when it came out back in the day. I think I had to wait until my mother had read it first, but it accompanied me on a family holiday to Malta. So I had the grim existence of An

One of our lovely patrons got in touch with me to ask for a favour. He wanted a commission from me for a special birthday. They wanted me to redraw one of my old pictures, which I very rarely do, but they are one of our long-time supporters, so of course, I said yes. "Jack Skellington and Sally" was the picture lined up for renovation. I had based this on "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt, the Art Nouveau painter. This is such an iconic painting that most people recognise it without

So, back in the mists of time, when I was a boy, I discovered a new thing... Star Wars! I didn't know anything about it until the cards arrived at the corner shop; they came from America and had real American chewing gum with them! The gum was a novelty in itself, but the cards were a gateway to a world of wonder. You see, back in the day, when a film was released in the US, it took a loooong time to get to cinemas in the UK so the only exposure to this thing I'd seen in the

Hello lovely humans I thought I'd show you the process behind my latest piece, Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2. If you haven't played this game, it's a spectacular piece of storytelling, quite possibly one of the best games I have ever played. So here's the process: first, I sketched out the areas of shade, then used a bold pen so it shows through the underpainting. I also used a layer of masking fluid to sit under the paint so I could reveal the paper beneath when I

Hiya, Thought I'd post a WIP of Karl Urban as Billy Butcher from The Boys. It started off pretty ropey with a burnt Sienna wash. It started off pretty ropey with a burnt Sienna wash. Then got a bit ropier with more black and blue tones mixed into the burnt Sienna Trust the process! Lot's more black mixed with the burnt Sienna and we're done! Pretty pleased with it Lots of last minute painting for a convention! Not like me at all! Hope you enjoyed it. Love and glue. Symon

Here's the final WIP our Avenger pictures, Thor the last on the list of original Avengers. So far we have done, Tony Stark's Iron Man,...

Here's another WIP of another of our Avenger pictures, the penultimate one in the list of original Avengers. So far we have done Mark...

We're heading off to Birmingham later this week for the very first MegaCon (22/3/22) It's going to be at the NEC and we're pretty sure...

Hey hey you loverly folk! I've been doing a few bits and bobs recently so I thought I'd show you the results We're going to LFCC and...

Hey hey you lovelyfolk! Just a quick post to show you the workings behind my latest picture. This is kind of a practice piece, but I'm...