2024-04-14 10:42
Deep RainforestWatercolour on paper, approx 20cm x 29cm Read More
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The art blog of Australian illustrator Christian Bocquée.
2024-04-13 07:29
Ferns & Mossy Boulders Watercolour on paper, approx 19cm x 13cm Read More
2024-04-10 12:40
Experimenting with painting rainforest foliage. Watercolour on paper. Read More
2024-04-06 05:11
Exploring a new technique for me - pointillism, or at least my version of it Read More
2024-03-31 09:55
2019-05-12 09:37
The 'golden age' animated film Dumbo had been a favourite of mine and a source of inspiration since I first saw it. More than the story specifics, it was the WAY the story was told that real… Read More
2018-03-30 12:37
In this post I'd like to share an advertising campaign I've been working on for design class. Above you can see the campaign art and message, along with two mock billboard applications.We we… Read More
2018-03-30 11:37
2018-03-30 11:31
These are the main characters I designed. My set in the series was written by Australian author Paul Collins. He created some really loveable and recognizable personalities. Lucy, who is on… Read More
2018-03-30 11:29
2018-03-30 11:29
Trying to put my new understanding of character design to work on some more characters. This is one of my favourite characters from one of my favourite films (I haven't read the book). I l… Read More
2018-03-30 11:28
This was my re-design for the final week of my class back in March(-ish). I haven't yet had a chance to incorporate Stephen's feedback or add colour. Hope you like him. Read More
2018-03-30 11:26
"Willie was the only cheese maker in the land. In the shadows, a slow but unwavering rescue mission was underway." Read More
2018-03-30 11:23
I've been making a regular exercise of getting out and doing quick small pastel studies. Hopefully I can keep this going. The biggest challenge is often finding a spot to paint. There's a lo… Read More
2018-03-19 13:49
Can a good story idea come from a single image?That's the question I've been asking myself. In this post I'll take you through a new personal project idea that began just like this. It… Read More
2015-09-20 00:38
My final Hyde design. The next step is colouring, then expressions & attitudes Read More
2015-03-30 08:16
Here are more design process sketches for Jekyll & Hyde. Doing all this research is a worthwhile discipline which I'm not used to doing as thoroughly as this Read More
2015-03-16 08:06
I still have quite a bit of work to do in clarifying the designs, but I thought it might help to flesh out their personalities if I did these quick story/gesture sketches first.My ide… Read More
2015-03-10 23:01
Here are some of my other ideas for the Walter Chipwitther character back in week 1. You can see the initial sketches here for the designs I chose to take further Read More
2015-03-06 11:01
If you caught my last post you'd have heard I'm enrolled in fundamentals of character design at Schoolism. I always knew there was something missing in my approach to character design. Over… Read More
2015-02-14 23:28
It's week one of my character design course with Stephen Silver. I was really anxious about submitting my homework as there is so much talent in the class! I remind myself to not compa… Read More
2014-12-23 22:17
Another imaginary landscape in gouache Read More
2014-12-23 06:00
These are a few of the secondary characters I designed. Even though some of them only appeared very briefly I wanted to make each character as individual as possible Read More
2014-12-19 07:52
A while back I had the idea to do a series of these imaginary landscapes. I hope I can find the time to do more of these soon. I can't decide which I like doing more, characters or environme… Read More
2014-11-30 11:21
Day 30 (final day) Topic - wolves continued I read that the Latin roots of the word satisfaction mean "enough action". I must have done enough drawing the past month because I feel pre… Read More
2014-11-29 05:49
Day 29Topic - WolvesA fun topic but my time is short today, so here's a quick grab. Read More
2014-11-28 10:30
Day 28Topic - kangaroosToday was another one of those days I wanted to keep my sketchbook to myself. This challenge has been both good and bad. On the one hand it has got me practicing drawi… Read More
2014-11-27 09:06
Day 27Topic - crustaceansThe past few days I've tried to go beyond my original challenge and show more finished illustrations instead of just studies. With all the visual research I've done… Read More
2014-11-26 08:52
Day 26Topic - Crustacean sub Read More
2014-11-25 10:41
'Grow'vember day 25Topic - 'Unidentified Floating Crustaceans' Read More
2014-11-24 08:19
Day 24Topic - sauropods Read More
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