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Ian Fay

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Sketches & DnD Valkyries Commission

Sketches & DnD Valkyries Commission

As you might be able to tell above, I've been playing around trying to figure out how I'd draw wolverine for fun. I also did studies on Big E of the WWE (hes HUGE!).

The Valkyries are from a commission I just finished. Theyre NPCs in a DM's DnD game, three sister-deity figures. This is the only place I've shared the inks, and you can download them in this post if you like!

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Amanda Holiday WIP

Amanda Holiday WIP

Sketch of Amanda Holiday from Destiny. Gonna ink this later in the week. Ikora and Cayde-6 also coming by next tuesday.
Working on a commission now of 3 Valkyrie style characters, very lineheavy but good practice. Once I've finished I'm hoping to get the tutorials finished and posted here. I have a bit of backlog of stuff to post here, sketches and drawings i havent posted anywhere.


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Commander Zavala

Commander Zavala

Making a digital print that'll be free to download for patrons of the Vanguard from Destiny. Heres Zavala!

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Sketches 11-15 September 17

Sketches 11-15 September 17

Some recent doodles in between jobs, practicing using manga studio as well as general painting stuff!

Jackson, I can't find the last message you sent me (got an email but I cant find it anywehere on the site), so if you have sketch ideas fire em on! 

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Autumn 17 logo variants

Autumn 17 logo variants

Not too much to say about these, same typeface, but a cleaner look. I used to prefer having the logo all coloured, but considering my work is always coloured, having something monochrome that can just drop in is far handier. 

Regarding the two default colours here, I've always liked this pair of colours since I played Viewtiful Joe years ago on the Gamecube, and I've found myself using them...

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'Soldier' commission - step by step

'Soldier' commission - step by step

A difficult but enjoyable one, this.
The client wanted a logo of sorts for a community he represents, and asked for very specific uniform, gear and posing. I learned a lot about why aspects of the uniform would be the way they are, for example the rolled up sleeves and strapping down of all lose material. It will definitely inform any future designs.

This is the only place that im sharin...

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'Lunchbox' Commission Wip

'Lunchbox' Commission Wip

Oof this one is big and complex, have to design 9 characters (based on real people) and its harder than it sounds!

Had a financial dry spell in june then all of a sudden got like 5 commissions at once so I'm trying to get through them to buffer my bank account before Dublin Comic Con next month (have to print lots and buy stuff for my table!).

Aside from this, whats on the agenda is;...

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Artbook May - June

Artbook May - June

Hiya guys!

I tried my hand at making a quick PDF of some art and WIPs from the last 2 months for you guys to download! Link should be below.

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Overwatch - Zarya Studies

Overwatch - Zarya Studies

As suggested by Jackson

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'GotG/ Yondu' Patreon Digital Print

'GotG/ Yondu' Patreon Digital Print

here you go guys! pdf attached!

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April's Digital Print WIP

April's Digital Print WIP

Yondu coming along well! Just need to colour him now, as well as a couple small fixes, and he'll be available for printing :)

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Commission: Handsome Jack Tattoo design

Commission: Handsome Jack Tattoo design

Working away on this (and two other concurrent projects), because the nature of dealing with clients means sometimes youre waiting for email replies, so rather than fiddle my thumbs, I work on the next commission in the queue.

This ones been fun so far!
As for the digital print, the idea is to do an hour on it per day till its done, but I don't imagine it'll take more than 2 more days!...

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Yondu - digital print wip

Yondu - digital print wip

rough pencils for the Guardians digital print coming this week

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Commission: Overwatch gift

Commission: Overwatch gift

This guy wanted his mates as their favourite Overwatch characters. Fun, but Overwatch characters are detail heavy, I may alter pricing for future heavily armoured characters, because its undeniably longer to do.

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Commission gallery

Commission gallery

Selection of some of the commissions I've been doin! 

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-The overwatch one is a WIP, penciled version. The guy wants his mates drawn as their main characters in Overwatch. Fun!
-The Handsome Jack piece is a sketch I was commissioned to do, and the person loved it so much theyve since commissioned the full ink and colour so they can...

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Commission WIP

Commission WIP

MAN I am slow. As per usual I DRASTICALLY underestimated how long this'd take. The dude is real patient though, so its ok.

THAT SAID, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna miss on having the digital print for you by tomorrow, have to delay it till monday/ tuesday. Just means two digital prints for May, as I'll do a different print during the month!

Anyway, I've a couple commissions lined up for ...

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Random Commission WIP

Random Commission WIP

This is a WIP snippet of one of my current commissions, for a chap in London. He wants it printed on a canvas too! Its a pretty in depth commission, but honestly, the hardest part is done now.

The beginning stages, the figuring out, is the hardest. Its when I'm more likely to feel the worst about my skill level, when I get hit hardest with imposter syndrome. Nothing as scary as a blank pag...

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Alexa Bliss - Patron commission

Alexa Bliss - Patron commission

Finally finished this! Been juggling a couple commissions at once, chipping away at different ones when I get tired of another, seems to be working!

This was a fun experiment, in that I still don't feel super comfortable with how i draw women, but practice is always good!

I like her hair especially. Anyway, yet again I had too much fun with this and it ended up being way over rendere...

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Batman: Mask - Page Two (inks)

Batman: Mask - Page Two (inks)

Page two done. I'll definitely need to speed up a bit, id say I could do a page like that start to finish in 15 16 hours.

Page one is here:   Batman: Mask - Page one (inks) 

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Batman page 2 inks wip

Batman page 2 inks wip


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'Twenty of Fish' - WIP

'Twenty of Fish' - WIP

On the left is the initial sketch, on the right is the current work in progress.

Don't forget to leave some suggestions for sketches!

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random sketches

random sketches

couple warmup sketches as i try to get used to the surface and the newer options and techniques available to me. nothing amazong to see, but im learning some tricks :)

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Forro Illustration for Colm -Patron perk

Forro Illustration for Colm -Patron perk

Colm asked for an image to use for a dance festival he takes part in for his patron perk this month. lot of fun stepping outside of my usual stuff for this one. 

its also the first full illustration done on my new surface pro 4!!

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Lifedrawing 25/03/17

Lifedrawing 25/03/17

Felt like I was hitting my head against a brick wall with comic stuff today. Brain wasnt firing off how i needed it to. Instead of just giving up tho, I changed gears and caught up on study. Heres a selection of lifedrawings and sketches, from pics online and screenshots of Its Always Sunny. 

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Batman: Mask - Page one (inks)

Batman: Mask - Page one (inks)

Woo! Heres page one! You guys get to be first to see each page as its finished (the whole thing will be posted publicly when its finished of course!)

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Superman!

Superman!


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Batman - Page one (pencils) WIP

Batman -  Page one (pencils) WIP


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Laura (X- 23) - Logan

Laura (X- 23) - Logan

Great prompt Jackson!

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Griffin McElroy - Soft Boy

Griffin McElroy - Soft Boy

I listen to the podcast MBMBaM pretty much constantly while working. Its over taken my old favourites like Achievement Hunter, Funhaus etc (still love those of course) as my go to entertainment. I just really appreciate that I know I'm gonna have a good time, and none of the jokes are particularly mean spirited.
Plus theyre funny as fuck! So its fun to draw one of the brothers.
If you're in...

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Batman - Batmobile final design

Batman - Batmobile final design

Batmobile! Really happy with it, especially since ive never designed a car before!
Less than  a month left on my government supported self employed scheme, so expect my output to increase in the coming weeks!

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