My current project...

..is still in the planning stages, but looks like this

Valentines day

It's fast approaching, and I see it as the next opportunity to roll out some more illustrations/items under the Foss banner. These are what I have so far. The idea is that leaves resemble hearts ( I'm probably not quite the first person to realise this) , so I managed to get a whole bunch of hearts on there without making it look too 'lovey dovey' - not that is anything wrong with that! The colours are perhaps not quite what you might think of when you think 'Clintons Valentines day card' but they are in there, so I hope I get the best of both worlds from them, something which stands out, but is still a bit traditional.

So this is what I'm playing around with for now.

Super short update - really enjoying quick little crayon sketches at the moment, these are my latest two. Definitely want to produce a proper series of these. Probably once I buy more crayons as I'm running out fast.

Man of Steel

When I'm excited for something, it usually manifests itself into artwork of some sort, and this is no exception. So there could be more festive things to put up a week before Christmas, but to coincide with the new trailer that is doing the rounds for the new Superman film, I designed a teaser poster of sorts. I wanted to keep it simple since the film is still 6 months away, and perhaps do a more dynamic one closer to release. And it doesn't get much more simple and iconic then the shirt rip people!

More Christmas goodness over at our newly started Foss blog! Charlie has her designs up there, aaaand we have the Etsy shop up and running, alongside the BigCartel store. The shops and cards were a way for us to work together on a project, and produce some work to get out there in time for Christmas, so I'm pretty happy with how its turned out. With the cards out of the way, the next challenge will be seeing what we can collaborate on, post-Christmas season!

It's Chriistmaaaaaasss!

Well, nearly. Sort of. For me it's felt like Christmas for ages as I've been busy making and producing a whole bunch of Christmas cards. Myself and Charlie Pringle have started a tiny and super exclusive collective, with a blog and shop to boot! Charlie drew this guy and he ended up being our lil trademark/logo.

He comes in a number of different colours and flavours too! The first things to come out of this collective are the Christmas cards, which are ready to be sent out to homes everywhere to bring much festive cheer. 

The first batch of cards (mine) are up on our Big Cartel shop, with Charlie's hot on its heels.

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That's Mister Chief to you

I decided to come up with a poster for Halo 4 after seeing one of my favourite artists, Olly Moss, tweet that he wished he could've designed a poster for the game's release, but had to decline as he simply didn't have the time. This was sad news indeed as I can only begin to imagine the awesomeness that would transpire from a Halo and Olly Moss project. It did however give me the idea to have a go at one myself, seeing as my art schedule isn't quite as busy as his (just a guess).

I wanted to keep the poster pretty simple since I only had a day to do it (I'll be away from home for the next week, and with the game being released on Tuesday, I wanted it ready and online beforehand).

To keep clutter to a minimum, the only text on the poster would be a tagline and release date. Characters in videogames don't get much more iconic then Master Chief, which is why I didn't feel the need to plaster 'HALO 4' anywhere on it. It's also a sign of how successful a character or franchise is: if something is so recognisable you don't even need the name or any information to go with it, you've definitely hit gold.

Image one is how the poster looked at the end of day One. I worked on it some more the next day and produced the second image, where I tried to get MC looking a bit more like his Halo 4 counterpart (his armour has had quite the upgrade in the design department).  Not sure which one I prefered, so uploaded both.