THE ART OF WHO

Dr Who Magazine artist Martin Geraghty and myself will be there to chat , sketch and show original art.

INGRID

                                                
                                            Happy Halloween!

ICE WARRIOR

                                          
                                            An old piece from the vaults.

50th ANNIVERSARY PRINT

Earlier in the year the BBC contacted me to be involved in their 50th Anniversary Art boxset. I was asked to provide two pieces of art . They selected my Ice Warriors pic that featured in DWM's Timeteam feature and I drew a new exclusive piece of art for the boxset. All the art in the boxset is A3 in size and printed beautifully. I believe 1963 were made available - follow this link to see more http://www.bbcshop.com/doctor-who/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-artwork-collection/invt/dwbpp19137

It seems appropriate to share this image today what with the newly discovered Web of Fear now available on itunes!

Edit. Initial sketch layout and pencils.

My IDW Dr Who comicbook

Here's a link to my one and only IDW Dr Who comicbook that I drew - terrifically coloured by Kris Carter! We were chasing a very tight deadline and Richard Starkings ( who took over as writer from Gary Russell) would email me script pages daily which I'd madly draw and send off to Kris as editor Denton Tipton watched over us. The story called COLD BLOODED WAR featured Draconians and Ice Warriors and was set on Draconia. Fans of the tv series will no doub't realise this was a love letter to the two brilliant Peladon stories. It was a blast to imagine Draconia - visually a very Middle Eastern influenced world in the book. It even featured an elite Draconian Ninja force who brought a decent quota of action to a rather moving story. I never drew another IDW book ( not sure why) but have coloured a few Dr Dwo books for them since which was a pleasure!

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TIMETEAM PENCILS

On a cheerier note here's a slew of pencils for some recent Timeteam illustrations! As ever determining what to draw is done by eliminating all but the essential imagery to convey what the story is about and looking for opportunities to present this. For instance in BLINK the essential images were the girl , the Weeping Angel , the Doctor and as a last thought the key. Whilst this exact image doesn't appear precisely in the story in every detail at once- the illustration still conveys what goes on in a broader sense. This could easily have occured. In the FAMILY OF BLOOD illustration of the Doctor being kissed you will see the alterations I had to make to the Doctor's hair and jacket. I drew him too much like the Doctor initially rather than as John Smith the teacher. In 42 I had the visored man's fist raised first but this was changed to him opening the visor. It's small changes like this that can add a big impact to a piece of art.

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RIP Karen Black