I used to love doing extreme sports art work, and I must confess I have found it again a wee bit.
This image is to be featured with some of my other pieces by the lovely ladies at Yeah Zine and they are using this lady design on some flyers for a BMX filming trip too - boom. Pretty cool yeah!
This was my first 'reassessment' of BMX stuff in my developed style, and I am pleased with her. I wanted her to be gritty and edgy, but still very feminine and fabulous. And you know me - I do love hair!
My name is Ruth, and I'm a freelance illustrator and artist living in London. This blog documents a mixture of my illustration work, sketched reviews & life in the big bad wonderful city of London. www.ruthjoyce.co.uk
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Thursday, 7 June 2012
Friday, 30 March 2012
The Fifteenth Doodle
Oh my, deep down I still love skateboarding/bmxing/surfing/snowboarding. I am useless at all of them, yet adore watching them. I did go surfing in Australia which was fab, but after a nasty fall in the shallows have suffered with the ghost of a torn back muscle ever since. Awesome.
So I am clearly meant to sit and watch these people, and draw them. Which I love.
Though sometimes egos get in the way. I have often been treated like a 'groupie' by those doing said extreme sport, which makes me furious. The same happens if I'm doing any sort of musical/band pictures.
Errrr don't flatter yourself mate. I am a talented and independent lady in my own right, and I am not here to whimper over you and draw attention to myself in order to ensnare a skater/guitarist boyf. No spanks.
I draw, and I love to watch things that inspire me. Too bad the people who do it can often (not always, but often) be so narrow minded.
So I am clearly meant to sit and watch these people, and draw them. Which I love.
Though sometimes egos get in the way. I have often been treated like a 'groupie' by those doing said extreme sport, which makes me furious. The same happens if I'm doing any sort of musical/band pictures.
Errrr don't flatter yourself mate. I am a talented and independent lady in my own right, and I am not here to whimper over you and draw attention to myself in order to ensnare a skater/guitarist boyf. No spanks.
I draw, and I love to watch things that inspire me. Too bad the people who do it can often (not always, but often) be so narrow minded.
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