Dr. Who-oo, and the Tardis

Actually this is just the aliens for the Dr. Who 60th Anniversary Starburst Magazine #483

BBC: Gold Rush with Dan Snow

Hi! ...Last year I created hundreds of illustrations for The BBC (possibly slightly less than a hundred, I didn't count...feels like hundreds). Two projects were responsible for most of these: Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow and The Top Ten Comedy Kit.

Operation Gold Rush was a series on BBC 2, in which "history guy" Dan Snow and company trail through the wilds of North America and up to Canada's Yukon territory. Info and videos HERE.

From the safety of my shed in the mild and mostly wet UK, I created images and elements for the online video game version (see also link above). Well, not just a game, but also a game maker which alows you to put my drawings to creative use as you create your own levels and goals. Those drawings included...

 Characters: Indians, simple townsfolk, bandits and hunters...

 More characters, such as this beardy prospector

"There's gold in them thar hills etc..."

 Trees.

 Birds such as an owl and Bald Headed Eagle.

These are numbered for potential animation sequencing.

 Dan himself, the hero of the game.

I also created this sweet animation of Dan on a horse.

BBC: Eastenders, GET "ART" (of my pub).

I will do a bigger post about this at some point because it's been a huge deal for me.

Towards the end of last year, I took over the reins as the guy who draws SoapFactory: the online "create your own Eastenders stories." As someone who grew up with Eastenders, and old enough to remember it starting back in 1985, this has been an absolute privilage to work on.

The guy I took over from, I should point out, set the style and came up with the poses which are terrific. My job was to continue where he left off with characters such as Tamwar Masood, Nancy Carter, Whitney Dean and the infamous return of Kathy Beale! ...DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DA DA DA DA.

Some of my heads and their scenery chewing expressions.

Busty Teela

Not so much an illustration project as a mindless bit of fun. Most people of my generation grew up watching He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. They may also remember his female ally Teela, helping defend Eternia from the likes of Skeletor and his evil cronies.
 
What my contemporaries may not recall is just how curvy Teela was; either that or artistic license can be a dangerous thing. 

Wait, there's more: For those not in the know “Battleground Teela” is a character from the range of "classic" Masters of the Universe toys. Her outfit is based not on that of regular Teela, from the He-Man cartoon and toyline, but rather from the limited run of DC comics from back in the 80's (get’s complicated doesn’t it?)
Essentially for some reason the makers of the comic decided to put her in a gold bikini. Going one-step further, I made her outrageously curvy… just for the fans.

 

Both of these images are now available to purchase from my Esty shop http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LoudArt