Here is some recent artwork. Enjoy. I recently attended the Auckland Art Show and there was some people from The Learning Connexion there. They were suprised when I mentioned I had attended almost 15 years ago.
![circlefly.png](/galleries/2024/07/circlefly.png)
Circlefly
![cloudscape.png](/galleries/2024/07/cloudscape.png)
Cloudscape
![fortyfivelandscape.png](/galleries/2024/07/fortyfivelandscape.png)
Fortyfive Landscape
![helldiver.png](/galleries/2024/07/helldiver.png)
Helldivers 2 sketch. It has been awhile since I played it but use to enjoy playing it with family.
![okm.png](/galleries/2024/07/okm.png)
OKM
![rectanglelandscape.png](/galleries/2024/07/rectanglelandscape.png)
Rectangle Landscape
![spikekeyblade.png](/galleries/2024/07/spikekeyblade.png)
Spike Keyblade
![spikycloud.png](/galleries/2024/07/spikycloud.png)
Spiky Cloud
![sunshinelandscape.png](/galleries/2024/07/sunshinelandscape.png)
Sunshine Landscpe
![trianglecloud.png](/galleries/2024/07/trianglecloud.png)
Triangle Cloud
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Welcome to 2023. Here is some artwork:
![artctrl-thumbnails](/galleries/2023/01/artctrl-thumbnails.png)
artctrl logo sketching, along with thumbnails of landscapes. Focus on moon character.
![gw2-yearrabbit](/galleries/2023/01/gw2-yearrabbit.png)
Happy Year of the Rabbit. Guild Wars 2 fan art.
![landscape](/galleries/2023/01/landscape.png)
A landscape
![peppercarrot-37](/galleries/2023/01/peppercarrot-37.png)
Pepper and Carrot pushing a machine with the letters 37 on it.
![peppercarrot-machine](/galleries/2023/01/peppercarrot-machine.png)
Pepper and Carrot standing in front of a machine.
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Welcome to the art of December 2022. I hope you have had a wonderful year.
![addrecipe](/galleries/2022/12/addrecipe.png)
Addercipe for mobile app development.
![bella_cosplay](/galleries/2022/12/bella_cosplay.png)
Portrait of /u/bella_cosplay from redditgetsdrawn.
![elenathekitten](/galleries/2022/12/elenathekitten.png)
Portrait of /u/elenathekitten from redditgetsdrawn.
![isolation-sam](/galleries/2022/12/isolation-sam.png)
Portrait of /u/isolation-sam from redditgetsdrawn.
![landscape-square](/galleries/2022/12/landscape-square.png)
Landscape with squares.
![landscape-sun](/galleries/2022/12/landscape-sun.png)
Landscape with sun.
![mel](/galleries/2022/12/mel.png)
Portrait of my friend Mel.
![mochipuddy](/galleries/2022/12/mochipuddy.png)
Drawings of Cat Puddy and Dog Mochi.
![scatterbrainzzu](/galleries/2022/12/scatterbrainzzu.png)
Portrait of /u/scatterbrainzzu from redditgetsdrawn.
![x160](/galleries/2022/12/x160.png)
Portrait of /u/x160 from redditgetsdrawn.
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Here is the artwork for October 2022.
![calc](/galleries/2022/10/calc.png)
UX wireframe design for calculator app that I built for course. We have to use Xamarin forms, which was horrible. For the rest of the projects this term I get to use Swift. The the calc design I used blue in the background and red for the text/outlines.
![calc2](/galleries/2022/10/calc2.png)
Another UX wireframe Calc design. This was the final design and layout I used.
![dotplank](/galleries/2022/10/dotplank.png)
Drawing of someone from redditgetsdrawn. I forgot to write down the name! She is holding a plank on the back of her neck.
![eye](/galleries/2022/10/eye.png)
Eye drawings, including a guest drawing by Wyatt.
![harold_grundelson](/galleries/2022/10/harold_grundelson.png)
A drawing of u/harold_grundelson from RedditGetsDrawn. I like the thick rimmed glasses.
![hornlandscape](/galleries/2022/10/hornlandscape.png)
Character with horns and a background landscape.
![kitsune-moon](/galleries/2022/10/kitsune-moon.png)
A drawing of u/kitsune-moon from RedditGetsDrawn. I like the outfit and face movement.
![knife](/galleries/2022/10/knife.png)
Drawing of someone from redditgetsdrawn. Again, I forgot to write down the name! She is holding a knife and a glass of wine.
![octo](/galleries/2022/10/octo.png)
Octopus creature.
![smiilenoleg](/galleries/2022/10/smiilenoleg.png)
Landscape with a few characters.
![tentlandscale](/galleries/2022/10/tentlandscale.png)
Tent on a landscape
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Welcome to September 2022. This month is special because it’s my Fathers and Grandmothers birthday. My Grandmother is the same age as the late Queen. Congrats!
I was in Sydney and Melbourne this morning. Didn’t do any artwork, but did attend APIDays Conference.
When I returned to NZ I did a bunch of artwork - mostly from redditgetsdrawn. Enjoy ~
![landscape-crazybusy](/galleries/2022/09/landscape-crazybusy.png)
A crazy busy landscape line drawing with both black and red colors. There is a figure on the left with a very long neck.
![landscape-fbkeyword](/galleries/2022/09/landscape-fbkeyword.png)
A landscape with alot of water. Some marketing ad notes on the top left.
![landscape-hyhmarket](/galleries/2022/09/landscape-hyhmarket.png)
Landscape, Figures and portraits. More marketing ad notes.
![landscape-sept22](/galleries/2022/09/landscape-sept22.png)
A landscape with lots of water. No notes on this one!
![rgd-aesthel](/galleries/2022/09/rgd-aesthel.png)
A drawing of u/aesthel from redditgetsdrawn. I liked her goggles on the forehead and interesting makeup (spots near the eyes)
![rgd-aprikahan](/galleries/2022/09/rgd-aprikahan.png)
A drawing of u/aprikahan from redditgetsdrawn. Simple portrait of her looking to the side, nice necklace and suit.
![rgd-artboxcreationsinc](/galleries/2022/09/rgd-artboxcreationsinc.png)
A drawing of u/artboxcreationsinc from redditgetsdrawn. This one reminded me of Pepper and Carrot being witch themed. I liked the patterns on her clothing, interesting shaped glasses, witches hat (which most is missing from my portrait) and straw broomstick.
![rgd-lullabyformycat](/galleries/2022/09/rgd-lullabyformycat.png)
A drawing of u/lullabyformycat from redditgetsdrawn. Cool tattoos on the arms.
![rgd-nosebearnosebear](/galleries/2022/09/rgd-nosebearnosebear.png)
A drawing of u/nosebearnosebear from redditgetsdrawn. Again, tattoos are fun to draw. This time they were on the arm and shoulder.
![rgd-ruairi](/galleries/2022/09/rgd-ruairi.png)
A drawing of u/ruairi from redditgetsdrawn. Finally a male! This one is interesting because his head is in the stocks and he is pulling peace symbol.
![rgd-thespacecase93](/galleries/2022/09/rgd-thespacecase93.png)
A drawing of u/thespacecase93 from redditgetsdrawn. I like the suit and baldness. Reminds me of of Agent from Hitman. Or maybe Lex Fridman if he lost his hair..
![rgd-unknown](/galleries/2022/09/rgd-unknown.png)
A drawing of Unknown from redditgetsdrawn. Normally I’m good at writing down the usernames, but missed it on this one! oh well, might go back through history and find / update later. I like the hate and the arm going over the head.
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Artwork for August 2022. Mix of character, landscape, development wireframes, and sketch daily works.
![auth-chars](/galleries/2022/08/auth-chars.png)
Auth Characters. Playing with opactivy sensitive brushes in Krita.
![coolbeard-landscape](/galleries/2022/08/coolbeard-landscape.png)
Few characters including one of with a cool beard. And a quick sketch of Rania.
![japanese_lady](/galleries/2022/08/japanese_lady.png)
The theme on Sketch Daily was Japan. So I did a search for Japanese lady and drew one.
![longarmlegs-landscape](/galleries/2022/08/longarmlegs-landscape.png)
Long arm and legs.
![sharparm-chars](/galleries/2022/08/sharparm-chars.png)
Doodling characters.
![skull-landscape](/galleries/2022/08/skull-landscape.png)
A skull from DND.
![uglynotes-color](/galleries/2022/08/uglynotes-color.png)
Adding the color to development wireframe. I called the appl Ugly Notes.
![uglynotes-line](/galleries/2022/08/uglynotes-line.png)
Development Wireframe for course. It was for a meeting minutes app built with Python. This was the line wireframe.
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Welcome to July 2022 artwork
![bobsburgers-portraits](/galleries/2022/08/bobsburgers-portraits.png)
I was watching the bobs burgers film on disney+ and sketched this as I was doing it.
![darklake-notes](/galleries/2022/08/darklake-notes.png)
Notes and sketches from dnd session.
![facemask-landscape](/galleries/2022/08/facemask-landscape.png)
A landscape with someone in a facemask.
![fang-landscape](/galleries/2022/08/fang-landscape.png)
A landscape with a fang.
![peppercarrot-lookout](/galleries/2022/08/peppercarrot-lookout.png)
Pepper Carrot frontpage sketch with Pepper looking out over a landscape.
![red-hills](/galleries/2022/08/red-hills.png)
Red Hills. Playing with tools and brushes in Krita.
![scrible-star](/galleries/2022/08/scrible-star.png)
A landscape with scrible star.
![triangle-face](/galleries/2022/08/triangle-face.png)
A triangle face
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![airman](/galleries/2022/04/airman.png)
Drawing of a airman from DnD session
![ck-rania](/galleries/2022/04/ck-rania.png)
CK Rania drawing
![ck-robotics](/galleries/2022/04/ck-robotics.png)
CK Robotics drawing
![ck-william](/galleries/2022/04/ck-william.png)
CK William drawing
![dasher-dawg](/galleries/2022/04/dasher-dawg.png)
RGD portrait of Dasher Dawg
![drone-landscape](/galleries/2022/04/drone-landscape.png)
drones in the sky landscape
![lifeisstrange](/galleries/2022/04/lifeisstrange.png)
life is strange portrait
![monster-landscape](/galleries/2022/04/monster-landscape.png)
A monster landscape
![sunglasses-landscape](/galleries/2022/04/sunglasses-landscape.png)
Sunglass characters landscapes
![watermalon](/galleries/2022/04/watermalon.png)
Watermelon landscapes. Was a prompt on sketchdaily.
![web-landscape](/galleries/2022/04/web-landscape.png)
A webby landscape.
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Here are recent pencil and ink works. I recently brought a small notebook, ink pen, and clutch pencil from the Japanese store here - much cheaper than gordan harris. Though I would like to get a larger notebook in the future - the one I am currently using is A6 and A5 would be better.
![20201118_195050.jpg](/galleries/2020/11/20/20201118_195050.jpg)
From imagination
![20201118_194946.jpg](/galleries/2020/11/20/20201118_194946.jpg)
From imagination
![20201118_195011.jpg](/galleries/2020/11/20/20201118_195011.jpg)
This is a view on K Road, Auckland. Looking towards the Rockshop building. Tress, landpost, buildings, and traffic lights.
![20201118_194929.jpg](/galleries/2020/11/20/20201118_194929.jpg)
This is a view in Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. It is looking out towards a island. I caught up with my friend Brooke who I attended The Learning Connexion with… almost a decade ago now.
![20201118_194904.jpg](/galleries/2020/11/20/20201118_194904.jpg)
Full character with horns over two pages. Landscape in the background.
![20201118_194847.jpg](/galleries/2020/11/20/20201118_194847.jpg)
View from minibar in Wellington, New Zealand. I got a jug of cider.
![20201118_195022.jpg](/galleries/2020/11/20/20201118_195022.jpg)
From imagination
![20201118_194823.jpg](/galleries/2020/11/20/20201118_194823.jpg)
Notes taken at the Auckland Python meetup. There was a bunch of speakers - from chicargo crime to a django site for marine repair hiring, and RESTful best practices.
I am going to submit a talk for next month. I will either talk about MindBodyOnline API and what I am doing with it for Hot Yoga Works (a talk I have never done before) OR Space GIF (which I have talked about at NASA Space APPS and Sydney Python)
![20201118_194958.jpg](/galleries/2020/11/20/20201118_194958.jpg)
This was drawn in Napier, New Zealand. I traveled to Napier to visit my Grandfather but he was unwell so I didn’t end up seeing him. The view, weather, and my time in Napier was good though.
I have drawn this scene previously when I have traveled to Napier in the past to visit Grandad.
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Merry Xmas. Another year is almost over. But here’s another post of artwork. I started a new job last week, which keeps me busy during the day. But in the evening I got home and felt like drawing. Which is great, as when I wasn’t working it was hard to motivate myself to draw most days.
Alot of this artwork was created well watching the new season of Rick and Morty (which I have drawn characters from in the past) and the new Netflix show - The Witcher. I have The Witcher 3 on Nintendo Switch and own The Witcher 2 on PC Steam, but never really played the 2nd one.
![concernwitcher](/galleries/2019/12/24/concernwitcher.png)
Rick and Morty inspired characters with water below.
![nolegchar-circlespiral](/galleries/2019/12/24/nolegchar-circlespiral.png)
No leg character on the left with a circle spiral around it.
![charonraft](/galleries/2019/12/24/charonraft.png)
A character on a raft.
![comedymorty](/galleries/2019/12/24/comedymorty.png)
Comedy Unleashed is a Youtube channel standup comedy channel I watch sometimes.
On the right is a Rick/Morty portrait. And the words Mike Mendel - producer of Rick and Morty.
![cloudscape](/galleries/2019/12/24/cloudscape.png)
A landscape. No characters but clouds in the sky, Squiggles for water, and a mixture of circles and rectangles for the horizon line.
![spikechat-gspiral](/galleries/2019/12/24/spikechat-gspiral.png)
A full figure standing on the left. Squiggles on the right for water. Half circles on the horizon. A building with G shape.
![en_Pepper-and-Carrot_by-David-Revoy_E29P01](/galleries/2019/12/24/en_Pepper-and-Carrot_by-David-Revoy_E29P01.png)
A line drawing trace from a strip from David Revoy E29 of Pepper and Carrot. Original artwork, used under ccby licence. No pepper or Carrot in this - instead a dragon from another dimension.
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