A Small Person

I've been reading the Lord of the Rings recently for the first time and it turns out I like it quite a lot! For some reason I thought it wouldn't be my cup of tea but of course it really is. Anyway, I drew a little hobbit.

WHAT'S THIS??

 Can you believe it?! It's a new post on mgmaris.blogspot.co.uk!!

Yep, it has been a long time but here I am again. Since I last posted I have graduated from university and got subsequently lost in the so-called 'real world'. It was a terrifying experience but I got through it. Now I've found  my way back onto the web (as it's known these days) and am ready to share all my work with you, my faithful readers.

I hope you're prepared.

Sketchbooking

Today I present to you some sketchbook material I created in preparation for the 'Bi' painting. Basically I was just drawing all the happy people in the park. That was back when the sun used to come out occasionally.

Bi Process

So here we have a bit of an insight into my working process. Unfortunately I don't have scans of the very early stages but there you go. Still slightly interesting though? Maybe?

Jus' Drawin'

Yeah it is a drawing from Camberwell Green. This picture is in black and white though. Hardly worth the time huh?

New York New York

So I went to New York City a while ago. Finally I am uploading drawings I made there. Only two of them though. The rest don't really make sense unless you were there... As you can see I focused on only the most significant landmarks.

Sequential Narratives

Yeah I made some comics! They are very literary so I hope they are not too hard to read. They are actually very profound if you can understand them. Also I must say that I am sorry it took so long to get them up here. My internet died! Just as I was getting into the blogging groove! Unbelievable. Still, these bad boys were worth the wait, what?

Ready, Jet Set, Go!

Look! It is my version of the cover of 'Jet Set Willy'! What a classic game. And this cover is probably one of best game covers ever I think! So great. 

James Pond Vs the Invaders from Space

Two video game themed drawings today! I thought I would put two up at once because they aren't very spectacular. James Pond is just classic but this drawing is terribly bland. I may well post something else later if I can find the time.

Sombre Wulf

Oh yes today's drawing is based on the classic ZX Spectrum game 'Sabre Wulf'! My memories of this game are pretty vague. I'm pretty sure all I ever did was wander about the jungle, completely lost and getting attacked by giant spiders until I transformed into a monster?

Again, this is taken from my sketchbook. I went on a bit of a nostalgic game drawing spree a while ago. Pretty pleased with this one though. My drawing uses rather more sombre colour scheme than the game used; hence the hilarious post title (yes explaining puns makes them much more funny actually).

Drawings of people

This first drawing is of a friend, from a photo I took about a million years ago. It follows the last post's theme of 'drawings of people that I don't know why I did'. It is my favourite theme more or less. This other drawing was really small but I quite liked it so I thought I would put it up as well. The pencil and ink technique is one that I always think I should do more of but never do. I like how the roughness of the graphite works with the cleanliness of the ink. Maybe I should do more like this...

Who the hell is Nina Napier?

I drew a picture. It is from a photo of someone but I don't know who they are. I don't know why I drew it or why I decided it was worth posting but, hey, these things happen. Don't worry about it.

Sketches! Again

Updating with some random times sketchbook pages. Not too much going on here. Starting a comic-focused project tomorrow though so should be some more interesting stuff up soon!

The Hunterian

 The gap between this post and the last was unreasonably long. Sorry about that people! And this post isn't all that substantial, just sketches from an almost-recent trip to the Hunterian museum.

Deku Trees

I drew the great deku tree for some reason. I was trying to develop my use of black and white. I don't think it worked all that well so I added colour. That also didn't work so well! Really need to practice these things more. Might redo the colour one if I get the chance.

They were both done with no planning or references. Possibly this is the reason they don't work huh?

Doodle Time!

Today I am posting doodle filled sketchbook pages! Isn't that nice! Not that interesting visually but fun all the same I think?

Museum of Childhood

On a similar note to yesterday, I have some sketches made on a trip! This time it was to the V&A Museum of Childhood. It was good once I got there, which took a while because I somehow managed to get myself lost. Oh well. In the end I made two basic conclusions. 1. Any museum that features both a boxed Buzz Lightyear and a Sega Megadrive has got my vote. 2. Toys that are older than that have a tendency to be outrageously creepy.

Yeah, so, two thumbs up from me.

George Condo

Today I have a selection of sketches that I made on a visit to the Mental States exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. George Condo's work is all pretty crazy and also good. You should all check it out. Except it's actually finished now so just look at stuff online or something I guess?

Jus' Sketchbook Sketches

A couple drawings from my sketchbook. Trying to keep the updates coming daily. So far so good! Let's see how long I can keep it up!