slowly getting there

this is just a quicky colour job
to get a rough feel for where this
is heading


its been a big process but we have narrowed
down the selection of the fuzzy shore thing
monster to this one..now just gotta get his
movement right and then we can move on..
yay

more ellis concepts

ok i was getting a little trippy with
recent ellis concepts so i decided to strip
it back to its barest..even though this is still
a little freaking trippy

you cant return home..but you can return to monster valley

UPDATE
this image got the thumbs down ..so its
back to the old drawing board

i was asked to do something wild things like
for sony..but i resisted the urge to out right
ripping off so instead i was inspired by the
ending of labyrinth where the toys in her room tell
her " if you ever need us..you know where to find us"
with this in mind i put the boys on a trek
returning to monster valley..a place they may have
played in their youth

monsters monsters everywhere

i have two massive monster jobs at the
moment..one is for fuzzy and required a
lot of concepts till we got the right
one..the other requires lots of monsters..
moral of this story..careful what you
wish for!!

boy oh boy

this still needs more info added but its pushing
more of the french in the french mex for their
upcoming gig promoting the single vinyl release

concepts r us

sony has asked for me to mix illustration
and photography for this Georgia Fair album..
they want a merry band of wild things-esque
monsters following the boys pied piper style
into the woods..
this image is my jumping off point in the
process




the dew process ppl seem to like this rural
trippy-ness so this is the avenue im taking
with ernest ellis

finished stoop and carty

after many revisions..these are whats going to
the printers for both bands..the jack carty tug
boat in space image may be adapted into a sfx
video clip

cloudy with a chance of kong

inspired by something i saw incorrectly..
sometimes bad eye sight is a blessing , most
times its not...

giant under water monsters

UPDATE
after a meeting the fuzzy team decided
upon a melding of the first pixar like
monster and a bizaare floating head
pencil sketch i had done...this is
a 5 minute colouring job on a sketch
of what they might want









i have a strange history with fuzzy..
having done more posters that never saw
the light of day than ones that did i am
not really getting too excited but part
of me wants to anyway because the event
i have been asked to design for is massive..
i mean mega massive
anyways their idea is to have a large sea monster
that has bondi and the city upon its head...
this is my first attempt at one of the sea monster
concepts i have

a bit on the side- art project

Produced in under a week for the dead letter
chorus album show at notes these were made
for stand alone display in the lobby area.
i had a real blast basically producing outside
my usual comfort zone and producing just for
myself..most times i worry if people like
what i do..in this case..i was very happy and
that was the only person i needed to please..
on the upside ..all loved the new stuff and
life and that night was grand

sym city

after the last under tray art was given
the thumbs down from stoop we worked on this
idea of the city at night contrasting with
the brightness of the front cover..in a way im glad
those thumbs were pointed south

projections of the way life used to be part 4

mood ring concept

boy oh boy it's been a busy couple of days
around here..but anyways
heres a poster i did for sam feilder
i have done a poster for him before
for the new prophet..i think the deal
is he is going for funding and is looking
for posters to put as part of the package..
anyways the brief was biker girls and trippy-ness
i believe this fits the bill

very early ernest ellis concept

so this is my first gig with dew process
which i am super excited about..they are the
label who gives us sarah blasko, the panics and
whitley ...anyways my concept is for this hunted
warhorse to be bleeding ink spots that have imposed
on the images of foggy locales full of hunters..
i hope it will be one long massive artwork..
the concept is a mixture of me and the lead singer
and dew's marketing team..the album is called the hunted
so they are eagre to have someone hunted..

projections of the way life used to be part 3

this is the first concept i came up with
although back then i had it more 9/11 but
i thought i would settle the fuck down and
make it more like moths to the flame than
my little end of the world visions



i've been wanting to pop this candle hat on something
for a while..maybe next time i will construct a chandelier
hat..

frenchmex

Every once in a while i come up with a
concept i get really really excited about
this frenchmex-ing was one of them..for me
its like the beautiful child of two great
loves..french excess and the mexican day
of the dead...so the story is that the EP
for
boy and bear which has the lighthouses is
shelved until next year to be used on their
yet to be finished EP ..this however is for
their single..mexican mavis...

boy i do hope they share the joy

projections of the way life used to be part 2 round 1 ...fight!!!

oh the utter joy of drawing a
mismatched cock fight

projections of the way life used to be part 2

steeped in stoop part 2

as the band has decided on a digipack
cd packaging then further art artworks
where needed for the inlay,under tray and
cd itself..

projections of the way life used to be

this archer and ice cream truck is an idea i've
for ages..mainly i daydreamed it when i was thinking
about what kind of dlc video i would make if i
had a budget..and this image is how it would open..



this was one of the first images i thumbnailed
and even though it went through a few different
versions i kept coming back to this image of a
priest with a gun..i wanted a camera man there
too but the town folk would not have that kind
of technology..better to mae it more conquistador
type



this is the first image for the background
projections to be played at dead letter
chorus epic august magnificent show..it will
be a huge night with strings and choirs..

i like it a little rough

this is a rough concept sketch for an idea
i had for FRENCH MEX ..which is a crossing of
marie antoinette style french excess and mexican
day of the dead...it came about after boy and bear
manager asked if i could do a cover for their ,just
about to be released single Mexican mavis.

so i thought a hybrid of frida and telouis would be fun
anyway this is a rough sketch i drew on the bus of what it
might look like

you gotta keep em renovated

this idea came from me unable to doodle
something else..which was an arm coming out
of a leg..i was on the way to dims when i
had a rush of ideas ..four or five..i love
these moments..and when taz said this was
a farewell show the bird flying the coop
seemed to fight like a glove