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I recently drew a pencil portrait of my girlfriend, Helen. In the process I took several photos of the 'Work In Progress' (WIP), as you can see with the clickable thumbnail below. Having done so, I thought it might be of interest to some of you to see and read about the process of drawing it. I apologise for the poor quality of the WIPs, they were just snapped on my phone as I drew it. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures as I drew her face (the most important bit!), but I'll try to describe how I started. :thumb350257001: (Click to see larger image) When drawing portraits, I usually begin with an outline of the face (which includes rou

Well, since I've just come back from holiday, I thought I would update my journal. I've just spent a week in Spain, where I was apparently very lucky at this time of year, to have no rain and just bright sunny days! I had a great time catching up with my sister and just 'chillaxing'. I wrote a little more of my book (about 1500-2000 words) and am now well into the second-to-last chapter (determined for the first draft to be finished before the end of the year). I also did the first pencil portrait I have done in a LONG time. Apart from design sketches and marker illustration, I've only really done digital painting the last few years. It was g

Having recently been to a literary festival and talked to three children's literary agents about my children's science fiction book, I thought I would tell you a bit about it, and I will shortly post some of the concept artwork I have created to go with the book. http://duncansguide.deviantart.com/gallery/39448094 Firstly, it appears that children are not interested in literary science fiction (according to the agents), only fantasy and supernatural, so I was basically told "We love your style and quality of writing, go off and write something non-science fiction for children!" After the success of a certain boy wizard, it appears that publ