Luetin Space

Zenyatta Pt2

2011-06-10T09:44:00.001-07:00

After some more time - this is where the picture has come to so far so nearing completion now, total time so far I guess about 2-3 hours

Zenyatta

2011-06-08T06:46:00.000-07:00

Another Digital sketch that is currently in progress, few hours work in photoshop so far

Dark skies

2011-06-07T07:24:00.000-07:00

Both of these pictures I will get properly scanned, but I just wanted to put them up right now, two ink sketches in Quink.

Eman

2011-06-07T07:23:00.000-07:00

Absteol

2011-05-02T17:25:00.001-07:00

Hover

2011-02-14T19:06:00.000-08:00

Still not complete but moving finally towards finishing off this image

Equine Sketch

2011-01-27T10:31:00.001-08:00

This is an image in progress I have been working on this week, I hope to have a final version very soon, its all done freehand using photoshop and tablet

Choosing yours

2010-11-10T07:11:00.000-08:00

This was the third piece of work that I have made up for the Raceform Updates series on hurdling. This article related to identifying horses early on, who could be a good choice to follow through the season, I thought about different options for this image such as timelines, aging, young and older horses etc. In the end I felt that going with something simple as above, was best for conveying the general message of identifying your horse to follow.

Hurdling

2010-11-03T07:00:00.000-07:00

This was the second illustration for this series, which went to print today. This story was about what makes a good hurdler, and how some horses that are still talented and may go on to be very successfull still dont perform well at the hurdles. The horse depicted was Big Bucks, and I chose to go down an anatomical route for this concept.
The image was drawn out in a sketch, and then coloured and finished in Photoshop.

Basic Principles

2010-11-03T06:55:00.000-07:00

This was the first of five images I have been asked to produce for the Raceform Update, this is a weekly publication that runs as part of the Racing Post group. This first image was related to the basic principles of horses running hurdles. And how some flat horses don't always perform well when moving on to run hurdles.

Arrago - triptych

2010-10-16T06:10:00.000-07:00

I started these the other night as I sat indulging in music and food, as just to put ink down onto paper felt a wonderful thing again to feel the ink run out from the brush, I also found the joy again of using watercolour graphite and then a synthetic water brush to bleed the pigment. is tryptych was a response to themes and thoughts I was feeling that evening of fragility, strength of emotion of feeling enclosed but also open and soaring quite a rollercoaster of emotion that evening and this week. I want to look at paint again next. and continue with the sketches.

Workforce Sketch

2010-10-05T10:55:00.000-07:00

Just a sketch I made today of Workforce and Ryan Moore of the
Qatar Prix De L'arc De Triomphe, Longchamp 03/10/10

Miesque

2010-09-24T10:09:00.000-07:00

This was a recent Commission, The filly is Miesque ridden by jockey Freddie Hard at Newmarket 1987 winning the 1000 Guineas

RP Diary Images

2010-09-17T11:23:00.000-07:00

I was asked at work this week to produce 2 Illustrations, that would feature in the front and back pages of a Racing Post Diary that will be made up for 2011. Having originally been given a 2 week Deadline, this was cut to .. only 4 days... So with a lot of rushed sketching, and crosshatching, I managed to produce something that was acceptable, but that I really wished I had been able to spend another 10 days finishing and refining, but isnt that always the way with these things.

Update

2010-09-09T18:27:00.001-07:00

Ok, I have been slacking definately with updated artwork, but in my defence I have been working alot in the past few months, plus my trip to Nepal as mentioned, and various other bits and pieces freelance projects and so forth. So here at least is a small update on my ongoing images. I have several on the go, and I do always keep my sketchbook going too. I have some more Equine work coming up to add in also. I will try to update much more often, I must finish my other wolf Image, so several to come. Thanks for reading, please leave comments ^^

Spring 2010

2010-06-08T15:19:00.000-07:00

Its been a long time since I've made any updates the two images above were done recently the top one appearing in the racing post as an editorial Illustration. The lack of updates has been mainly due to the busyness of the past few months the first part of the year was taken up by preparing for my trip to Nepal which I will make a post about soon, but for now theres these two right here, both done digitally

StoneH update

2009-12-29T17:52:00.000-08:00

A further update on this image, I think its moving towards being finished now.

Elemental Issue

2009-12-29T17:48:00.000-08:00

Antonia

2009-12-29T17:45:00.000-08:00

A portrait, in oils.

Self Portraits

2009-12-29T17:40:00.000-08:00

Simply two self portraits, these were done a few years ago now, but for the sake of showing a broader spectrum of work I am adding some of my archive work up to the blog.

Static

2009-12-14T19:12:00.001-08:00

This was another piece produced using the gum arabic and ink technique with some gouache added as accent colouring. The mood and feeling behind this was one of solitude isolation and timelessness. With several representative elements relating to the characters feelings and sense of lonelyness. I would like to look again at this character and subject matter as I like the technique and composition of media, but I feel that with some larger negative space the atmosphere and character could be significantly stronger.

Blackwall

2009-12-14T19:06:00.000-08:00

This was an image I did based around some text and observations of London streets and environments. This was produced using ink, gum arabic and gouache

Vibe Bar

2009-12-14T19:04:00.000-08:00

Vibe bar is a bar and venue near to Brick lane in London. This was a speculative design for an event they were hosting.

Scentwave

2009-12-14T19:02:00.001-08:00

I am uploading some of my other works that I have had around for a while now, over Xmas I will be checking through my stock of work to find any other appropriately finished pieces that I can add to display. This was an Illustration that was based around the concept of perfumes being potentially unisex. Based on a Guardian article.

Dark Skies

2009-12-10T12:07:00.001-08:00

This image I made an initial start on last night, working with Gouache, ink and Acrylic. There is a large degree of mood and atmosphere in this. all the detail so far needs to be worked on further as I want a complex level and mixture of line and gradiation within the sky and its relationship to the stones, and the figures that surround the, I felt it was important to included figues with the stones, as these places were of such importance to the people who created them. The relationship of the people who worshipped around them is as important as the stones themselves.

06/12/09

2009-12-05T17:43:00.001-08:00

This image is currently being worked on in Acrylic ink and watercolour

Haye & Goliath (Haye wins)

2009-11-20T05:18:00.000-08:00

This was the final image that was used on the back page of the paper (Racing Post) It took a fairly long while i would estimate maybe 8 hours or so. Was awkward though because on heading back to my parents house for a week where i had time to finish this off, I forgot to take my Wacom, so I ended up finishing about 25% of the image using just a mouse o_o still I was pretty pleased with the final work, and it looked good in the context of the page. My editor was happy :D

Rose

2009-11-19T13:42:00.001-08:00

another speculative illustration under way currently

Chernobyl

2009-11-19T13:39:00.000-08:00

This is another current sketch being worked on, looking to work this with ink and Acrylic

Thornwolf

2009-11-18T07:27:00.001-08:00

This image I have been working on for sometime now, its approaching the final stages of drawing out, and then i will colour it up

Boxers

2009-10-13T11:46:00.000-07:00

These are two images that are currently being worked on for an artwork in the paper.
The boxers are in the upcoming fight and are - Nicolai Valuev v David Haye

Bubbly Totti

2009-08-30T17:06:00.000-07:00

This image of a greyhound I worked up tonight after some small digital work on the Street scene, I wanted to get back into using real inks again which I have neglected recently, so this is one image that I will next be looking to colour up using either Inks or gouache.

Amo update

2009-08-22T11:40:00.000-07:00

Here is my latest update of this fairly complicated image I have been working on, its nearly ready to start having tone and colour added, its taken me a long time now, and again I had neglected to continue on and finish it but now this is on my current to finish list. And I am hoping to be taking it to the final stages very soon.

Beelo

2009-08-21T06:56:00.000-07:00

Here is an image that I have literally just sketched today, will be taking this into photoshop and working on it further. I will look to just create some simple pastel tones, and nice contrast with perhaps some small other elements.

Street update

2009-08-18T02:24:00.001-07:00

Here is the updated version of the streets image, again havent been able to do anything to it until recently but now am hoping to have it finished very soon

Saegoleur

2009-08-17T18:31:00.001-07:00

Ok here was another one i have quickly thrashed out tonite was on a bit of a flow and this one seemed to come quite easily, used a few of my sketches from my book as reference, was pretty pleased how it came out for again about 50 minutes work,

more to come

2009-08-17T17:24:00.000-07:00

This is the first thing I have been able to do for ages since I have just recieved my new computer today. So from here on, its going to be work work, really planning on pushing the illustration and graphics properly forward as I was in the start of this year.

This is the first stage of this image and the time on this is only an hour so far. Will update it as it goes along.

Amo Roshan

2009-05-03T03:26:00.000-07:00

This is an image I began work on last night, I am looking to try and produce a series of Illustrations in a similar style, so that I can group them together for an Exhibition. I also want to build up the portfolio, and this style is finally getting towards what I have wanted to be able to produce for a long time, combining the elements of realism, Japanese Anime influences, as well as abstraction and conceptualisation

Sunshine Equine

2009-04-21T10:40:00.001-07:00

This was the next stage, this took a further 2 hours, I simply layed some colour onto a contrasted copy of the original sketch. This artwork is still in progress, the image that will be published in the paper only required to be mono, so this image was taken into photoshop and transferred to mono. Then some light digital manipulation was added just to darken and add depth to certain areas, as well as colour correction and sharpening – Please note that the mono image whilst the final version so far, is prepared for Newspaper printing, this is why it appears over-sharpened and contrasty.

Goodbye Horses

2009-04-21T10:38:00.001-07:00

This was the image at the Sketch stage, the time up to this point to produce the artwork was roughly 6 hours.

Money Money

2009-04-21T10:35:00.000-07:00

This was the third image I produced this week, for publication in the Racing Post to accompany, some youth fiction being published in the paper. This related to an article about a character who worked in a betting call center; he was stealing information in order for him to place bets and win large sums of money with very low risk to his own spending.

Leopar

2009-03-16T18:27:00.000-07:00

Rather than wait and sit down this week and do a nice long painting using the reference sketches i decided to jump in tonight enjoy some music for an hour and see what i could do just using the scans, so for an hours work i didnt think it was too bad really. Looking forward to planning an image using the sketches and working out a proper concept and composition.

Snow Leopard

2009-03-16T15:44:00.000-07:00

I took a trip to the Natural History museum at the weekend and produced a few sketches ranging from 3 hours to 25 minutes.

Tigrrrrrr

2009-03-16T15:41:00.000-07:00

Toucan

2009-03-16T15:40:00.000-07:00

Hummingbird group

2009-03-16T15:38:00.000-07:00

hawk

2009-03-16T15:33:00.000-07:00

Booted Eagle

2009-03-16T15:29:00.000-07:00

2009-03-12T19:10:00.000-07:00

Digitally worked version of my hummingbird Sketch i had managed to forget about, again I can image working a lot more detail into this and creating a designed area for it to sit within.

2009-03-12T19:08:00.000-07:00

Concept for Soupa design, just a rough working, needs alot more integration and blending, as well as background and foreground detailing

Anga

2009-03-12T19:06:00.001-07:00

Tablet sketches

Inkgirl

2009-03-12T18:55:00.001-07:00

A few very loose very fast sketches done in Adobe

Slum Streets

2009-03-12T18:30:00.000-07:00

Havent added anything new for quite a while but am going to be continually more active hopefully in the near future, for one thing I am going to start using my sketches as in this image to create final artworks

2008-06-23T03:48:00.000-07:00

2008-06-23T03:35:00.000-07:00

just adding to my sketches

humb

2008-06-07T14:39:00.001-07:00

again something in progress but not yet finished

2008-05-27T00:36:00.001-07:00

development, nearly finished

unfinished

2008-05-19T15:36:00.001-07:00

something im working on but clearly is in its earlier stages

dogs

2008-05-18T14:46:00.001-07:00

Usual work done in ai, took about an hour.

2008-04-26T02:04:00.000-07:00

this was an old image but I still like its style and is one of the most key images in the development of my work, I also remember it being the most spontaneous, I didnt plan it at all I just did it and it worked, which i think is the best sometimes once you have a feeling for an image its best to just pursue it. Its the image that really I think was the turning point for me in the way I often compose editorial images and the elements that i often like to include in my images to balance the space.

this was a speculative image for an editorial from new scientist on a random occurance of people simply dying for no reason. The concept here being that it can happen to anyone at any time and these people all carry the potential for it to happen to them, the turnover image was a negative space of color, with a figure with a large Red cross, i will post it when i find it, the obvious thinking that he has died.

2008-04-26T02:03:00.000-07:00

this was a speculative cover done in ink as a bookcover for the tempest

2008-04-26T02:02:00.001-07:00

this was an image i created for an editorial on nightwalking

2008-04-26T02:00:00.000-07:00

this was an image i created using gouache and ink, It was about inner wellbeing and feelings particularly to do with trying to create calm feelings and trying to control how you can make yourself feel

2008-04-26T01:57:00.000-07:00

this was a speculative idea for a editorial about bacteria

unfinished

2008-04-24T15:37:00.000-07:00

currently working on this would like to add more detail and depth to the tones of the background and overall layering on the image, as well as adding more suggestions of figurative forms into the composition.

shep

2008-04-22T09:14:00.001-07:00

2008-04-22T08:11:00.000-07:00

website workings

2008-04-22T01:32:00.000-07:00

the working designs for my main website under construction

2008-04-22T01:30:00.001-07:00

2008-04-09T09:00:00.001-07:00

Dark times

2008-04-09T08:02:00.001-07:00

futurstic concept work, police forces, 3-4 hours photoshop Cs3

2008-04-09T06:06:00.001-07:00

Wolf at the door

2008-04-09T06:02:00.001-07:00

Ink on drawing paper, time taken about 14 hours

figure studys

2008-04-09T04:33:00.001-07:00

2008-04-09T04:32:00.001-07:00

30 Second studys

2008-04-09T04:16:00.000-07:00

just some 30 second studys of birds

2008-04-09T04:12:00.000-07:00

pencil sketch of a hawk, 2b lead, time 2 hours

Drowned

2008-04-02T05:03:00.000-07:00

an illustration speculative for a guardian article about office workers spending undue time sorting through emails.

L&Q

2008-03-27T07:23:00.000-07:00

speculative design for London & Quadrant housing

Hljomalind

2008-03-27T07:14:00.001-07:00

sorry its been so long between posts, so adding a couple of images. This sketch is only a beginning I want to finish the final with ink maybe gum arabic. Possibly a digital version also.

2008-02-29T03:52:00.001-08:00

2008-02-29T03:40:00.001-08:00

totally fantastic Big Train sketch

2008-02-28T14:27:00.001-08:00

2008-02-14T08:34:00.001-08:00

2008-02-14T01:34:00.001-08:00

2008-02-14T01:32:00.001-08:00

2008-02-14T01:31:00.001-08:00

2008-02-13T09:24:00.000-08:00

2008-02-13T06:08:00.001-08:00

2008-02-13T04:04:00.000-08:00

2008-02-13T02:46:00.000-08:00

clearly internet companies havent heard that we have a problem with the environment must be all those big dark warehouses they dont see whats happening in the world

2008-02-12T06:24:00.000-08:00

the beginnings of an image im making, I dont think it needs too much tho otherwise the clarity would be lost, I want to create some more organic light formations with other illustrations tho

2008-02-11T07:57:00.001-08:00

2008-02-11T07:20:00.001-08:00

tube sketchings

2008-02-11T06:04:00.000-08:00

Yiyun my second commission for the Guardian, the simplicty of the design in my view always helps to focus the thoughts of an often complex narrative, bringing forward the most important aspects of the theory and story behind the illustration.

2008-02-11T03:20:00.001-08:00

This was one of the first illustrations that I created using primarily gouache and ink and using compositional elements that for me I carried on to newer illustrations and were part of the development of the working practices that I use within any of my illustrations, wether they are digital or traditional medias.

2008-02-11T02:56:00.001-08:00

hummingbird

2008-02-11T02:47:00.001-08:00

Venice

Ink and Gum arabic on thick paper

2008-02-11T02:44:00.000-08:00

New york

2008-02-11T01:57:00.001-08:00

London winter