Floating Lemons

164: Rugby Investment Editorial Illustration

Editorial illustration for HOMME magazine for an article comparing rugby to financial investments ... heh it was a toughie to conceptualize (I'm NOT a sporty person!) but I hope they're happy with the result ...

I'm happy as I have two months "holiday" now ... no deadline jobs so I can concentrate on a personal project and on my daily drawings again! yay. And on visiting everyone's sites -- I miss that! I love the challenge of the editorial illustrations but they take up SO much time and I need to just sit down and draw again. Cheers!

160: Shanghai Lil Editorial Illustration

Editorial illustration for HOMME magazine based on an article about plane travel that references Shanghai Lil (the role played by Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express).

Colored pencil.

154: Raja Malek Editorial Illustration

Editorial illustration for HOMME magazine. I was given very specific instructions for this and a very very tight deadline so didn't have time to do as much research or preliminary sketches as I'd have liked to, but am not tooooo unhappy with the way it turned out.

Raja Malek is a brilliant set designer and talented all-around creative mind, who is also an old friend of mine, so I tried to portray both his sweetness and determination and I hope I've come close -- with the only photograph i had to work from!

ON a different note I've been doing up a card and some products for a friend of mine who will be turning 40 soon. As I don't think she peeks into this blog too often (neither do my family!!!) I think it's safe to post them up here ...

The one I did up for her actually has her name on it -- I did this version to put up on my online stores. Phew. Am now off to find something to draw for today! Cheers!

152: "Herd" Editorial Illustration

Editorial illustration for HOMME magazine. Acrylics and ink.

Sigh, I feel exhausted but this is, I think (barring any surprises) the last of my jobs for the month. Don't know what I think about it, I enjoy the drawing/painting process but am recently very dissatisfied with the results, though I DID enjoy playing with acrylics again for this, my third attempt.

Tomorrow I have to clean my home! And then get my very long TO-Do list out and start cracking on other projects, some pretty exciting, that I have to muse over. And get more drawings done. And visit all your sites and enjoy everyone's art and get inspired! See you there!

147: Zahim Albakri

Editorial illustration for HOMME magazine: Zahim Albakri, hugely talented Malaysian actor and director (and old friend!).

Perhaps because I know Zahim too well, this was a difficult one to do. Wanted to show the variation and contrasts of his styles so chose to juxtapose a "clean" and "grundgy" look ... let's hope he doesn't kill me heh. Cheers!