Who ? What ? When ? Where ? Why ? If ?

And so as Felafel enters its final two weeks, I’ve moved on from the illustrations, and done a bit of work on a personal project of my own.  That’s right, Not So Impressive Entertainer #26!

NSIE 26 – “Inconsequential Question Boy”

Inconsequential Question Boy

“Little Timmy Thalbutt approached a Broadway agent with an idea for an act, along with a note from his mother saying that he had her permission to enter the world of show business so long as he was home by 6 and stayed away from “loose women”.

“IQ Boy” was billed as a genius, a modern day Aristotle and premiered during intermission at a mid-day matinee of an experimental production of “Cats”.
In a stroke of theatrical suicide, Timmy broke the fourth wall and began asking oddly compelling but totally inconsequential questions. What baffled the audience most was the fact that he picked on particular spotlighted impromptu members of the audience with these questions, waiting patiently for awkward and wildly incorrect answers before moving on, as if not actually listening to the responses. What’s and Why’s and Wherefores flowed thick and fast before the curtain could be hastily drawn and Timmy whisked backstage for a brisk dressing down to the strains of the jug band tuning up for the overture to Act 2.

Timmy’s career was over as quickly as it had started, he had learned a valuable but none the less painful lesson – no one likes a smartarse. Timmy’s agent waived her usual exorbitant fee, writing it off as a tax deduction, delighted her venture into musical theatre allowed her to secure a dinner date with “The Rum Tum Tugger” supposedly due to an apparent compassion and empathy with kids and nothing at all to do with how he filled his leotard.” – biography by wonko

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“I am the Giant Green Iguana”

Some more felafel designs for those who are interested.  The play is still running at the Brisbane Arts Theatre for a few more weeks – so I recommend all in Brisbane attend!  I’ll have some photos of the printed merchendise sometime soon as well – It all came out rather well if I do say so myself

"I am the giant green iguana!"

For those who have seen the merch, then you will have seen the ‘Green Iguana’ T-shirt.  Although the Green Iguana T-shirt looks great as-is, You probably havn’t seen the original iguana design which unfortunately was too many colours to be printed.  I thought I would show you how the image started.

Original Tshirt Design

In other news I have a new project I’m currently working on – I’ll let you all know how it goes soon.

- aA.

He Died with a Felafel in his Hand

So it’s been a bit quiet here lately, mainly because I’ve been quite busy as of late putting together some sketches and drawings for a Brisbane production of ‘He died with a Felafel in his hand’.  I was asked to do a series of sketches for the program, to possibly go up around the foyer, and to bet put on some merchendise.  The play is based on the book by ‘John Birmingham‘, and is directed by the lovely ‘Natalie Bochenski’.

Opening night was on friday night, and it was absolutely wonderful.  They had a great audience, and everyone seemed to really enjoy it (I know I most certainly did, and will be heading back this week to check it out again ).

I highly recommend anyone in brisbane to head along to the lovely little theatre on Petrie Terrace, and check out the play.  It runs a total of 18 shows from now until the 2nd of May ( Usually Thurs, Fri, and Saturday nights ).  If you do go, not only will you see a wonderfully hilarious show – But you’ll also see such fabulous* artwork such as this :

And of course, there are more artworks there, and more to come! I’ll post some more here in the coming weeks.

- aA.

Portfolio Update

I thought it was about time I updated my portfolio.  I’ve changed the boxes to nice little circles, added some more personal information, and also added some new content – including some never before seen Felafel drawings.  So head on over and check it out if you haven’t already.

Anthony Massingham : Exhibition Website

I am not Will Bu

I do love the way WordPress tracks incoming URLs.  Having a look at them earlier tonight, I found this : 

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1183283151

And I was presented with a familiar little picture.  Hello Mr Will Bu, I love your hat.  I have one just like it…

To answer your question. No Mr Emerson Kirk-Burnnand,  I have no connection with Mr Bu.  Whoever they are, they seem to have just taken my image and used it as their display picture.  I am sorry I can’t enlighten you any further.

I’m watching you, Mr Bu.

General Update

Hi everyone,

I thought I’d post a quick update !

I’ve got a lot on my plate at the moment.  Work is fairly busy, on top of that progress on parasite is going well, and I’m working on some illustrations for a upcoming production of “He Died with a Felafel in his Hand”. As well as some more illustrations for a competition.  So it’s all bit crazy.  I thought I’d share a few pages from one of my sketchbooks, just for those of you who like seeing these.  Various things in this.  Early concepts for NSIE’s, Early Concepts for Parasite Characters, Random Sektches, Concept sketches for the competition images… 

There was also a new ( albeit fairly simple ) Parasite video which was uploaded a few days ago, which you’re more than welcome to view below : 

I’ll do another post in a few days time, hopefully with some nice digital sketches, and a possible new NSIE who is in early sketch form at the moment.

 - aA

Flipped Parasite

Evening everyone, I thought I’d post a new update on parasite.  Ben has added some new features to the code, and I’ve been working on design related things.  I’ve posted a quick video up on vimeo using my new toy, a Flip MinoHD.

Essentially It’s just a progress report – I hope to do more of them as time goes on.  We’re starting work soon on the first level which we’re then going to use as our testing ground to get most of the mechanics in place.  Hopefully I’ll have more news for you within a week or two.

 - aA.

The Making of Doctor Innoculator

I’ve had a few requests from people asking about my process when it comes to my illustrations.  So I thought I’d post this quick work in progress timeline of my latest entertainer “Doctor Innoculator“.  

 

Making of Doctor Innoculator

There are actually more stages here, these are just the few that I saved as I went through.  Essentially all the drawings start off as a sketch.  Either really rough usually just enough for a guide, midrange quality ( this level ), or high quality ( Claude was originally a high quality sketch – where everything is pretty much laid out and there isn’t much variation from the two ).  From there I take the image into flash and do the basic linework.  After the intial linework I do basic detailing as well as modifications to the sketch.  From here, block colours are added, then I go to work doing shading.  After all the shading is complete I usually head through and make changes to poses, props, anything that doesn’t seem quite right, as well as adding extra detail ( in this case, I added some equipment to the bag, and changed the scaling on a few of the items ).

So there you go, the anatomy of an aA Sketch.

 - aA

The Doctor Is In

A new entertainer for you today, Number 25!

NSIE 25 - Doctor Innoculator

“As part of continued unemployment benefit conditions, Frank was required to undergo vocational training or actively seek employment. In order to support himself through his chosen reflexology massage diploma, he hatched upon a plan that utilized his vast experience watching downloaded episodic medical dramas.

The premise of his show was simple; the execution was where it got interesting for the audience. Prior to the warm-up act “Doctor Innoculator” would appear dramatically from behind the curtain with a beaker of unmentionably disgusting effluent, quaff it to calls of “scull, scull, scull”, take a bow and exit in time for the tap-dancing. During Act 1, “The Doc” would introduce, explain and demonstrate his signs and symptoms, as they emerged, often in what many an audience member would say was way too much detail. This was followed by a brief intermission, where the audience broke for complimentary sultana cake and cold coffee whilst Frank wrapped himself in a space blanket to allow the mounting infections to fast-track.

Act 2 would open with calming classical music to accompany increasingly frantic and desperate attempts to diagnose his condition and treat the symptoms using a variety of naturopathic, homeopathic and aroma therapy tinctures, ointments, potions, dilutions, essences, balms, salves and powders. According to the programme, Act 3 was allocated to question time, but more often than not resulted in an ambulance ride, often unconscious, to the emergency ward for a stomach pump and round of antibiotics.

Frank had to abandon his act as it was increasingly difficult to find a venue with compulsory third party insurance packages he could afford that included adequate emergency medical cover. His firm grip and boyish good looks, however, ensured he was in high demand in foot fetishist circles for his invigorating appointments and happy endings.” – biography by wonko

In other news, Parasite Development will continue starting next week, so expect to see some news towards the end of the week.

- aA

The Icepick

I’ve drawn another picture.  This one took a long time to put together, but I’m pretty happy with the final outcome.  What do you think it all means ?

 

The Icepick

 I hope everyone has had a merry christmas, and the new year looks promising for you.