Im The One Who Knocks - Ink

Did this thing a while back and i just found the picture lurking around my hard drive. 

If you didnt get the title, its Walter White from Breaking Bad, first drawn in pencil

with an pointillism overlay. Enjoy !

Robert De Smiley face - Pencil and Acrylic Paint

If university has taught me anything, its that i have spent way to much time taking myself way to seriously, so when facing the query of how to finish a portrait that has taken hours and hours to only half complete i arrived at this very simple conclusion. I present my latest piece 'Robert De Smiley Face'

Josh Franceschi YMAS - Ink & Pencil Drawing (SOLD!!!)

This is the singer from You Me At Six, this is actually the first drawing ive done

from commission which is why i forgot to post it, as soon as it was finished it was

straight out the door which i was very happy with.

Ed Sheeran - Ink & Pencil Drawing (SOLD!!!)

Now i have been told that i can be a little negative about my drawings but

im not entirely satisfied with this one, i made a little mistake with Ed's right eye,

its very obvious to me but the girl who bought it still loved it.

Ron Burgundy - Ink & Pencil (FOR SALE)

This is the first drawing I have posted as "for sale", each new piece of work posted will also be available to buy. If you're interested please contact me at c.james.holden@live.co.uk with your offer. Bidding will be open until I feel happy with the price. Upon agreement of sale payment will be accepted through paypal.

Framing will be extra, and will also delay shipping.

Thanks for looking, keep watching for future drawings such as Robert De Niro and Mila Kunis.

Bain 2 - Ink and Pencil (SOLD!!!!)

Smoking Girl - Ink and Pencil

Bain - Ink and Pencil (SOLD!!!)

After doing the scavenge project i felt a somewhat strong need to do something

with a bit more order and structure, after all I usually draw with intent, not sculpt

with disregard. So i thought id try a new technique with this, instead of trying 

to spend hours scrubbing away with a pencil to create a black,

i used Indian ink. This gave me much stronger blacks, and therefore a much

better contrast between dark and light, and therefore a much more realistic

looking portrait. I hope you guys like it . 

Scavenge - The Fox Was Here

This is the end result of my first university project (top image). 

The task was to go about Nottingham and scavenge objects we found interesting,

and then to scavenge written materials like magazines and newspapers,

and after that to scavenge from a library, searching books and collecting words based

on a certain rule. To find my words i took the reference number from each book, for example,

378170281. I then broke the number down to find a word, or series of words from the book.

So the 37th page, the 8th paragraph, and then the 17th, 2nd, 8th and 1st word of 

this paragraph.

After constructing the colourful fountain from magazines (bottom picture), i combined all the

words i found in the library to make a poem, which was then stuck onto the fountain.

We were then told to assemble all our work into and exhibition in our studio

space, so this is a collection of our groups work. After assembling this piece

we decided it was too neat, too pretty and too typical of a collection, and the 

only logical step to making it original was to remove order from the equation

and destroy the assembly.

My Friends Fashion Blog!

Hey everyone! Recently I've been taking quite an interest in fashion,

and my friend Dani has started her own fashion blog, based around her own wardrobe

as well as whats big in the fashion world, so check it out guys and let her know what you think.

http://californikiedis.blogspot.co.uk/

Flames Self Portrait - Photoshop

Another little experiment in photoshop, using filtering and blending techniques i created this burning embers and flames type portrait. 

Retro Comic Book Self Portait - More photoshop practice

This was a good experiment for me, I've always enjoyed the comic book / Andy Warhol style prints and canvases. I think this would be good for a propaganda, graphic design type project. 

Abstract Self Portrait - Practicing Photoshop

As an artist photoshop can have many applications, from simple touch ups to prepare for a painting,

or to create a completely new image. I've been following a few tutorials just to practice my photoshop skills,

and this is something ive come up with. 

Challenge Me - Mr Nice Guy

A portrait of the challenger, Mr Nice Guy. Pencil Drawing, took roughly 2 hours. Please comment and share

#ChallengeMe - Caturday!

First of the Challenges in the Challenge me project. Caturday, as suggested by G+er Cherly Lynn Regan :)