Tuesday 5 June 2012

Old Castles

My parents just came back from Westport. There was a car boot sale going on there. Apparently they take place on the first sunday of every month. In any case, they brought back a crumbling old german book published in 1922, called Gates, Towers and Fountains from German Past Times. They got it for my girlfriend Niamh for reasons which are two-fold: She is fluent in german and deeply interested in all that old architechture. We both found the book immensely interesting. It's brimming with photographs of gates, towers and fountains (who'd have guessed?). Anyway I too am interested in all that old architecture. But in a much less educated, haphazard way. I don't REALLY know anything about it, and I'm no architect. I can't stand technical drawing. but I know a cool weird looking tower when I see one, and this book has plenty. Some of you may know about that comic I'm working on, The Tower, about a prisoner escaping from a strange castle. With that fresh in my mind, I felt in the mood to do some drawing.

So I did a fairly quick painting/drawing (I don't know what to call them, as they are about 50% of both) loosely based on one of the pictures in the book: The town wall in Rothenburg ODT (Der stadtmauer im Rothenburg ob der Tauber). Here it is:



Apart from that, I'm hard at work on various other projects, and in my free time I'm struggling away at Resident Evil 4 on professional mode!

Will

Friday 1 June 2012

At the cinema, it is impolite to scream!

By the time this post hits the web, I will have gone to see the highly anticipated Prometheus. The first time I have been to the cinema in almost a year! Last time was Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides. Anyway I've really been looking forward to this film so hopefully it will have reached and exceeded my expectations!

It was also my friend Gavin's birthday on Monday, so I have done a small watercolour for him and slipped it in his card. Here it is:


Yes, it's a xenomorph at the cinema! Of course most people are afraid of xenomorphs so he has the whole place to himself. I'm well aware that there probably aren't any xenomorphs, or even any mention of them in Prometheus, but who could resist the pun potential?? Anyway, I hope you like it. I've been very busy with all those other things I'm supposed to be working on, mainly animation and comic drawing.

So I hope those of you who see it enjoy prometheus and the Alien renaissance that is already underway!

(Last week I picked up a box set of all four alien films on blu-ray for 15 euro. Quite a steal I think.)

William

EDIT

Well, I scheduled this post for about an hour ago, but it seems I am a novice and it didn't work. However this does mean that I can tell you I saw Prometheus and it was awesome!! Truly met my expectations. I won't say too much for fear of spoiling it, but it explained a lot of the mystery behind the alien history while still maintaining that aura of unknown horror. Great stuff!

Also, Gavin loved his alien painting, it was a real hit!

Will