Some of you may not have noticed i even had a spell of absence, but its come to an end...i think.

I haven't been creating and adding digital paintings frequently since about June 2008, or even earlier i think. this is just a hobby and as much as i like it and feel i have considerable talent doing it, i neglect to make enough time to make these fantastic drawings. as i realised i was no longer using the touch tablet, i agreed to give to my sister as a gift, but she reports its not working, which was quite sad.


~Chelseearth-Vader - my beautiful sister

although i did do a few traditional paintings, which are comparatively produced very quickly and effortlessly, most of the paintings i have done were as gifts, or random thoughts

and then came my first painting commissioned for a colleague at work! im posting it on dA now. here it is [link] the painting caught a lot of attention at work, bringing about a few more requests, which i will post on here eventually.

today i have a new touch tablet. a few people at work were curious as to how i use a touch tablet to create these pictures, as the only drawing program they're familiar is the very basic 'AINT', so i have taken the time to put together a tutorial (of sorts) which describes the basic method used to make the pictures...it is not a creative step by step to teach you how to do it, it just explains HOW its done, here is a link to the new post [link]

again im not sure if i was missed, but im back. hopefully i have acquired a few new skills after a bit of practice with good ol fashioned acrylic on canvas, so let me know if you notice.

cya - gav

Sweeney Todd is awesome

This day, thanks to the suggestion by ~JM2-art, one of my deviations was featured as a Daily Deviation by ^jgfeller. Thankyou so much, especially JM2 mate you're awesome!! i read a comment saying congrats and i went wtf? whaaaaaa...??? thats really cool. and thanks to everyone watching me and checking out my stuff and leaving a few words.

Everyone know that i love and appreciate the attention and the great feed back you give my work.

Also, anyone interested in maybe seeing something different from me, i am working at a site that exhibits not only the work here that you are familiar with, but some designs, photography and even animation that i suggest you have a peak at. here it is [link]


TAGGED by TerraShiva and playing by the rules...in part
each person tagged must post 8 random (hopefully interesting) facts
1.) I'm a scary driver
2.) I'm impatient
3.) I have an identical twin brother
4.) I'm really messy
5.) I love the heat (love Australian summer)
6.) I know some Portuguese
7.) I work as a pizza delivery boy (see 1.?)
8.) My favourite band is The Dresden Dolls

Thanks again everyone, happy browsing and i hope to hear more from you guys