A Howler

My entry for the latest art comp on the 2000AD forums.

It's a Howler. These guys made a big impression on me when I read Wagner and Ezquerras Strontium Dog many years ago. They've cropped up a few times throughout the years.

Here's a brief description I saw on another blog.

Hugh Leonard RIP

Playwright, author and columnist Hugh Leonard passed away earlier this month. I once had the pleasure of illustrating an article he wrote for The Dubliner magazine.

Ooh Matron

A quickie for the regular art comps that happen on 2000adonline.com. Inspired by Carry On movies (should have added a daffodil in there) and featuring Hammerstein from the ABC Warriors.

Come to think of it, I have a loaad of these. I'll post them here over the next few days.

Aces Wild- CD cover

Aces Wild- CD single cover

This is an old post from CreativeIreland.com that I'd forgotten about

This design was used on a limited edition CD by my band Aces Wild.

I reused some of these elements in the final album artwork as well


I notice a couple of these images are getting cropped here- don't know why

Right click and select view image to see the complete picture


Original post below- - -





Here is one i did recently for my own band Aces Wild

Here is the prelim sketch for this cover




Then I worked it up a bit




I had the idea of making a card featuring each member of the band- heres me

Its a bit like that bit in Reservoir Dogs, in this case instead of everyone wanting to be Mr Black i had to decide who was going to be the Ace of Spades( the coolest card!)

In the end the singer got that! I took Hearts simply cos no-one else would want it




Heres the final( i think) cover


and here is the whole thing-itll wrap around the cd




some details lost in optimising..but you get the idea

The Fastlane Roogalators

A gig poster I did for the Fastlane Roogalators a while ago

Like a scarecrow...

...I'm outstanding in my field

well, the Digitalart.org guys thought my pic of Roger Whittaker was worthy of their "standout" award anyway

Thanks!