Halloween's a coming - who you gonna call?

 Hola Hello!

So as I'm catching up on my final few Inktober drawing for Inktober2015 I decided to make a video of me inking one.

 Enjoy!

If you want to see my other Inktober drawings go visit either my Facebook Page or my Instagram. I've also posted them on my Twitter.

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist

#Inktober Day One (Dia Uno)

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I am taking part in #Inktober in which I produce an illustration a day in pen or brush or both.

Below is from Day One...

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist

The craaaazy jazz, man, craaaazy.....

Beatniks!

"Bless you"

No really - they're a thing... well they were... well... maybe they are again thanks to the current hipster trend. 

I'd seen the 'look' before but when I was asked to draw some "Beatniks" for a gallery of jazz themed artwork at the back of a friends re-published comic book I was confused as to what I was asked to draw.

Some research later and I find it's a group of people who dressed a certain way and were "...a media stereotype prevalent throughout the 1950s to mid-1960s that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s." Thanks Google, old friend!

So below is the final image and as I like cats - I threw some in for fun. Cats and Beatniks go well together, don't you think?

Image Watermarked as there's a new wave of art thieving ******** out there - GRR!

I enjoyed drawing this and can't help but think these characters could become a comic book in themselves.

Looking to get your band drawn like this for an album cover or for promotional material? Drop me a line! mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist

The Walking Wed

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I hope all you awesome people out there are well ...and not dying in the heat (although the current heatwave has subsided now it seems).

Speaking of dying.... do you like Zombies? Who doesn't like zombies? They're so cute!

A recent commission I was asked to do was a little different. Not so caricatured but stylised in a comic book way with the theme of 

The Bride to be wanted a customised comic book style picture of her and her hubby sporting weapons of characters from the TV series and to be surrounded by zombies. Below is the final result...

I have to watermark my artwork now as there are thieves out there stealing my artwork to sell for themselves - please note that any artwork I do for you will not be watermarked when you receive it.

I really enjoyed working on this commission. If you are after a zombie themed or other tv series themed picture of yourself, your friends or family or even someone at work - drop me a line caricatures@theartyone.co.uk

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist

Going Ol' Skool on book illustrations

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I was recently commissioned to illustrate a short book on Choosing a good school. This was with Martin Blissett who has himself been in education for many years.

This is a guide for parents to not only know what to look for when looking for a school for their children but also what parents should expect from schools.

One of the illustrations from the book.

 Of course if you're going to talk about schools and it's subjects like... oh I don't know... ART maybe? Then why not draw someONE  of The Arty type as a teacher.

Another internal illustration - now why does that teacher seem familiar?

Seems I am getting more book illustration work coming in including a children's book - so stay tuned for some updates on this in the coming months.

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist

#PeopleSketching #TheArtyONE

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I hope you're well.

I thought I'd give you awesome people a little insight into a little side project of mine.

#PeopleSketching

Inspired by a cartoonist in America I've started doing #PeopleSketching whenever I get the chance and where ever I go. This is a side project to get in touch with some traditional art media like paints and coloured pencils and even markers (okay markers aren't traditional arts media - put if used right they can have a similar method as watercolours).

A couple of quick sketches on a bus

My aim is to work out some new ways to produce illustration work and caricatures (both live and commissions) work.

It's fun to take people I see and turn them into some character... most of the time the people I see are a bit of a character already.

While drinking coffee in Gibralter

If you're interested in my little experiments and People Sketching I upload these to my Instagram which I use a little like an online sketchbook. You're welcome to follow me.

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist

Caricatures

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I hope you're all well.

Just a reminder that should you be coming here for caricature updates you can find them here at my caricature specific website:

www.theartyone.co.uk/caricatures

...but as a treat before you go - here's a caricature I did recently as a commission for a medical student leaving the Cancer Research labs...

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist