Hdd died

Ahh crap my primary Hdd died Thursday morning and although not much has been lost in the way of data, lots of settings have been lost, along with access to OS9 and earlier versions of Photoshop etc. I could go on but to keep it short I am now without the use of a scanner, so no post today for the IF challenge 'Float'.
(Note to self: remember this to use as an excuse when I get blocked on a challenge and can't come up with anything)

Good luck to everyone else who takes part, I look forward to seeing your entries :)

Throw away lines No.1

The first of occasional posts based on lines of prose I've written then forgotten until I rediscover them littering my work place. Perhaps one day I'll pretend to be a writter and flesh them out, maybe even finish them, better still they might inspire an illustration from someone, if so please post a link in this thread to your piece.

Cheers, Peter.

'Love borne on Ravens wings
mocks the songbird as he sings'
or
'Love borne on Ravens wings
mocking bird song as he sings'

Introducing my new Blog

Lockjaws Lair goes live (whoopeedoo). As you can see, if you've visited previously, I've uppedsticks from my Livejournal site in favour of this one as I like the editability of this location. It probably won't make me anymore creative or witty but it pleases me and maybe the content will please you. In which case everybody wins :)

IF's weekly challenge 'Fresh'

I'm probably rushing these too much, but I'm without net access over the weekends so I like to post as soon as. Hand sketch, coloured in photoshop (but most of you knew that).
Lem took an unexpected turn this week and has caught me off guard by
being overly cute, I dread to think what he'll be upto next week!

A weekend with Lem

This weekend I was working on 'Lem' when my daughter joined me
and suggested I try a few things with him. Here are the results of my
weekends work and our collaboration.



The scarf/collar needs working out and some buttons probably wouldn't
go amiss either. But I think Lem evolution is now well under way and
with just a few more tweaks such as those mentioned, I think he'll get there.

Who is Lockjaw?

Lockjaw is a character I created in response to a track by Todd Rundgren and the book cover above was created as coursework for an evening study class I did a few years ago, worked up from rough sketches in Illustrator and Photoshop.
He's been on the backburner with the gas off for quite a while now and I'm getting to thinking its time to get the matches out again.

Live journal or Blog?

I'm having difficulty deciding wether to launch this as my main home
or stick with the Livejournal site that I've been using. I have a feeling
it will end up being this one once I worked out how to get the most
from it.

IF's weekly challenge 'Escape'

This was originally posted on my 'Livejournal' before I set up home here.

It's a quickie posted before the weekend, enjoy...

Welcome to the Lair

So whats Lockjaw's Lair all about then?

Initially it is going to be a place for me to introduce embrionic characters and to the share illustrations I create in response to the challenges set through IllustrationFriday

I'm looking forward to sharing my work and reading the comments of those who visits; so don't be shy, give me some feedback.

IF's weekly challenge 'Depth'

This is second post for Illustration Friday. Lem is an embryonic
character I hope to develop through coming challenges. Lem is
an innocent, not good not bad just Lem. Let me know if Lem
does it for you.

Also apologies to everyone at IF for the double entry, if I could
delete the first entry that would be great. I hope I don't seriously
hack people off.

IF's weekly challenge 'Roots'

My first submission to Illustration Friday...



Based on the oft misquoted line "the love of money is the root of all evil"
Created using Illustrator and Photoshop, I wonder wether there was
to much technique and not enough style in this.