Archive for the ‘art’ Category

Having been on leave from work for the last week or so I have had a chance to step away from the stress of the daily grind and again discover the joy of picking up a camera and heading out to find interesting photo opportunities to add to my portfolio. I have been away from photography now for too long and it has been one of my new years resolutions to get back on the horse and start to really build new material into my repertoire. Below is a selection of shots taken in early January 2012, hope you enjoy them.

I have just created a design for my new business cards. I have selected 10 of my best photographs to feature on the back. Although I am listing myself as a Web Designer, Photographer and Fine Artist – I feel the visuals the photos display make the cards stand out better. I have included a QR code on the card. I had considered putting this on the back of the card to give people the option of manually going to my site or flipping it over and scanning the code with their smart phone. I just felt the need to add it as the appearance of the QR code gives the card a more cutting edge feel. Below is a sample of how they will look.

I have recently helped my wife create a website as an outlet for her creative works. My wife designed the site and I helped her set up the technical side and did a few bits of customized coding for it.

She is creating art almost daily now. In the future I will be helping her to establish a social media presence to help support the main site to drive traffic and interactions/comments and commissions etc. Please take some time to view her work at sarahsimagination.com

I recently produced a second drawing and filmed it in time lapse for entertainment purposes. The subject this time was iconic boxer Mike Tyson. The drawing took approximately 4 hours from start to finish. I used graphite pencil on paper. If you enjoy, please feel free to comment through this blog, subscribe to my youtube channel or like my facebook page.

This is my first attempt at filming a drawing I did. I chose Muhammad Ali as he is a recognizable iconic figure. The drawing took 3.5 hours, but here it is condensed into a little bit over a minute. Enjoy, and please feel free to leave comments and/or subscribe to my youtube channel for future drawings and other random filming experiments.