Few sketchys

 Few more...

Characters

My two characters from Hong Kong, a young reluctant Japanese soldier and a boisterous old British Tommy hes captured.

Practically Dads Army material.
'Captian  Mainwarrrinnngggg'

 

Turned it into an olde photo from the war.

Sketchbook and an extra dimension

After some failed attempts earlier in the week ive dfinally created some models that actually look like something...

needs a lick of paint but you get the idea.

And onto a few bits n bobs from sketchbookin

OH and after the huge success of launch the lions (sarcasm?) check out my other blog devoted to non hong kong work Bushwhack the Bears

Reference

Two books il be using as a bit of reference

Don McCullin is one of the few photographers that have stuck in my mind over the years, maybe its the graphic content

anyway hes most famous for his war photography,especially from vietnam, but hes photographed all kinds of humanitarian crisis' and such like.

looks like ronnie corbett to me
im pretty sure its not
but you never know.

This last image is interesting to me as looking into soldiers personal items for a possible story of the up and coming graphic novel.

Imagery

 Illustrations for the leaflet/poster jazz
first time ive used oil pastels to any great affect i think, i usually avoid them like the plague but it think this is the exception that proves the rule.

poster

with text
i went down the traditional route last time around (the map)so this time i wanted something more colourful/modern

Victoria peak

Ocean park aquarium

Po lin buddha

Mong kok markets

Light display

more markets

more...

fishy

lion rock

Starting to think about character design aswell so stay tuned.

Bit of...

Hand drawn typography

Tourism Posters

Some cool tourist posters ive stumbled upon
I especially like the Korea one
May try out some hand drawn font on my poster side

Attractions

Things to do and see
or rather things id do and see

Ocean park -aquarium and theme-park with added pandas
I'm a sucker for fish and crazy sea creatures so the roller-coasters just a bonus.
plust you can choose to take a cable car into the theme-park entrance

Lion rock
a rock shaped like a lion
'Nuff said

Giant buddha statue (the largest in asia i'l have you know)
and you cant visit it without posing like these two muppets.

Hong Kong wetland park
the calm eye of the storm in the chaos of Hong Kong city

The symphony of lights

Take a tram ride to victoria peak
the views are good

Mong Kok markets
one of the few places left in Hong Kong where you can still get a taste of traditional life before the city really took off