The Hidden People - prints!

 

The Golden Apple

(8" x 10" print)

 

The Elf Mother

(8" x 10" print)

 

The Troll Father

(8" x 10" print)

 

The Resting Hill

(8" x 10" print)

 The Walking Hill

(8" x 10" print)

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And of course there are copies available of The Hidden People! 

40 pages, 6" x 9" color printing, soft cover.

Thank you for supporting my work!

The Hidden People

I'm pleased to be able to show you the personal project I've been working on for the last 4 or 5 months, my new sketchbook, The Hidden People.

Here's a video tour of the work, every spread of the book.

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Thank you for supporting my work! By picking up The Hidden People you help to fund this and other personal projects like it. I can't thank you enough for that.

$10, color printing, 40 pages, soft cover, perfect bound. 6" x 9"

You can find it on my shop, here.

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Thank you for supporting my work! By picking up The Hidden People you help to fund this and other personal projects like it. I can't thank you enough for that.

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The Hidden People book is the first stage in a much larger personal project than I have previously attempted. This a year or more long project with multiple stages and I look forward to be able to bring you more.

Tomte - The Hidden People

Another piece for The Hidden People in progress, rough.



I'm fascinated with the idea of a tomte.

"A tomte is a mythical creature of Scandinavian folklore. Tomte were believed to take care of a farmer's home and children and protect them from misfortune, in particular at night, when the housefolk were asleep."

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomte


I also love the idea a tomte looking just as scary as the things it is scaring. I've never been a big fan of allegory, to quote J. R. R. Tolkien,

"I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history, true or feigned, with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of the reader. I think that many confuse 'applicability' with 'allegory'; but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author."

But I do love the notion of C. S. Lewis' Aslan being "not safe but good."

I like to think of a tomte in this way.

And lastly, there's a little Harry Potter influence in my thoughts regarding a tomte as well. I like to think they could summon something like a Patronus. Hence the owl.

fairy mother - final

Here is the final drawing for this new piece from "The Hidden People."

17.5" x 21"

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more Hidden People, trolls.

I am several drawings into this project now. The end result, either watercolor, digital, or whatever usually isn't far from my mind when I'm drawing and in some ways it actually affects the way, how I draw. But this time I am completely focusing on pure drawing, letting these pieces stand alone. I'm very much enjoying pushing my drawing as hard as I possibly can.

It's been tremendously rewarding so far and I can't wait to show you more rather than these little glimpses.

finished drawing

I finished this first drawing for The Hidden People a few days ago. In fact I'm well underway on all of the rest of the main finished drawings. I'm very excited about the direction this project is taking and I'll be posting more sketches, drawings, and finished drawings in the days to come.

The Hidden People

My new, full personal project is well underway. My goal over the last few years has been to pursue one large, main personal project each year with several smaller projects peppered throughout the year. I juggle these in and amongst my regular client work.

I've talked about it a little on my Twitter and mentioned it once on my blog here but here's a little more about "The Hidden People."



This project stems from my love of fairy tales, what I would call mythologies of the natural world, and massive lurking trolls.

The immediate goal is a drawing book along the lines of my annual sketchbooks over the last three years (2008, 2009, 2010) with most of the work comprised of finished, fully rendered drawings. The long term plans include a gallery show of original work and potentially a graphic novel set in the world.

There you have it. "The Hidden People" has begun.