Here's an illustration I did as a test piece a little while ago, of the Angels appearing to the shepherds in the field on the night of Jesus's birth.
It's a bit different to my normal stuff, a teensy bit more painterly and realistic. I used photo reference for this one, something I don't do much for my more cartoony stuff, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, since it was really tricky to give the impression that it was a dark night-time scene without making things too dark, and at the same time making things really bright because of the angels' aura while not making it look too bright. Tricky; took a few goes.
Every person in this scene is referenced from photos of me dressed as shepherds and angels! I didn't have time to get people to pose for me, so I just got my wife to take shots of me, and then I changed the faces with the awesome power of my imagination, which basically just meant make their noses bigger and give them a beard or something.
Don't forget to click on the image to see it nice and big. Hope you like it!

Here's the front cover for the comic I am doing the inking and colouring for. The comic is called Disciple 6, created by Matthew Rodriguez. Go to http://ideasfrommars.blogspot.com/ for more info on the project. Basically we are creating the first 5 pages of the first story to pitch to Shadowline comics, part of Image comics. Rodriguez has already scripted the first few chapters, they're a great read. I've been approached to help out on christian comic projects before, but always turned them down before this one. This one has a really cool plot behind it and concept, and I think it has the potential to succeed. Here's hoping!

pencils on this pic are by Andy Budnick, inks and colours by me.

Hey guys, you can order the full-colour Jesus comic I worked on through the Bible Society website. They're selling them for $1.50 each, which is cheap as chips... cheaper, actually! If you want one, go to http://www.biblesociety.com.au/Selections/Soccer/Soccer_resources.php
and you'll find it there. Spread the word! Cheers!

Here's something I don't get a chance to do very often; a more realistic illustration using charcoal. This was a charity piece done for the Face of Compassion art exhibition held in Sydney recently, and is an interpretation of a photograph taken by Katrina Gulbrandsen, used by permission. I love that you don't see their mouths, so the smiles are all in the eyes.

I've been doing the inks and colouring for a comic book project which I think has a huge amount of potential to be a hit. it's called DISCIPLE 6, and it's the brainchild of Matthew Rodriguez. You can find out more about it here: http://ideasfrommars.blogspot.com
Here's two pictures I've done for it so far, penciled by Andy Budnick, inked and coloured by me. Hope you likes!
(click on the images to enlarge)

Here's a Teaser for the upcoming, full-colour, 24 page comic about Jesus that I did the artwork for. It is being published by the Bible Society and will be available soon! Oh yeah, get excited!
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Hi, the 2009 Kids Calendar that I illustrated is out now. You can find it www.koorong.com or at www.biblesociety.com.au

Character concept for a project I plan to do one day.....

This is page 4 from an 8 page comic I did some time ago. Just coz I want to put some more comic stuff on here.