Dazed & Confused Magazine are running a project where they invide artists and illustrators to draw one of their top 10 covers over the past decade. There are some great submissions here, so it’s definately worth checking out.
Below is my contribution, more a chance to do an illustrational piece as a change from sequentials, than a serious entry.
Decade Drawn Out Stu.Art
It came to light a few weeks back, that a few people weren’t aware of my involvement with Self Made Hero’s ‘Nevermore’, a graphic collection of 9 Edgar Allen Poe tales.
I was lucky enough to be given ‘The Raven’, perhaps the most memorable of all Poe’s works, adapted by Dan Whithead.
Playbackstl.com had this to say about it.
“Nevermore opens, perhaps inevitably, with “The Raven” (W: Dan Whitehead, Stuart Tipples; A: Stuart Tipples) in an abbreviated version which retains the poem’s themes of desperation and loss while relocating it to a modern city. Tipples’ art is reminiscent of German Expressionist woodcuts in its angular shapes, strong contrasts, and oddly-tilted frames of reference, reflecting the speaker’s growing despair.”
The book also includes other industry favourites such as Jamie Delano, John Mcrea, Moore & Reppion and D’Isreli, so I’m in good company.
The book is available in all good stores and online.
Nevermore Cover
Nevermore Sample by Stu.Art
Back in BICS this year I had a very busy time doing sketch commissions, although I did have a few spare moments (mostly when the big panels were on I think) and I drew a few things for myself. One of these was a Batman sketch with the ‘poncey art-school’ approach of ‘drawing the light’. Anyway it actually came out quite cool and was picked up by Marc Olivent.
Marc sent me a scanned and coloured version, which I think does the piece justice very well with a dark, moody pallette.
Cheers again Marc!
BICS 2009 Batman convention sketch
Just a quick update to let you know I will be at this weekends BICS event in Birmingham, I will be sharing a table with the Orangutan Comics guys.
I will be doing sketches for £5 each. Chris and I also have some limited edition (only 100) oversized postcards of the never seen before MWM story ‘Number 100′. These are only £1 each or for the £5 I will sketch on the back or Chris will write you some Flash Fiction.
Come say hi, you won’t be able to miss us, we’ll be below the banner of ascreaming monkey with a guitar!
Here’s something a little different to my comics and illustration work.
This is a logo/brand I’ve designed for a new South Wales Mountain Biking group called ‘Broke Back Bikers’
Just a heads up for those of you that don’t know, I did a guest appearance on The Sidekickcast the other week, which is now available to stick into your ears!
Thought I’d post a piece I did for Stacy Lynch’s (yes Chris Lynch’s sister) birthday present.
This was a fun piece to do as I got to draw some of my favourite things; Monkeys, guns and cake!
Happy Birthday MWM
So I finally finished colouriong this cover for the first issue of Chris’s ‘The Dark’. But…
There’s 2 versions, one has a bit more of a green hue to it and I’m not sure which I prefer.
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The Dark?
Just finished inking this, thought I’d post it up. Colour version to follow.
The Dark is a new book written by my monkey co-collaborator Chris Lynch and illustrated by Rick Lundeen.
The Dark
I am currently working on the pencils for a cover to issue 1 of Chris Lynch’s new book with Markosia ‘The Dark’. Will preview the cover once it’s inked.
You can read more about ‘The Dark’ over at Chris site
