Stylized Portrait of Sophia

I had the idea for this piece in my back of my mind for a while. A stylized pic of my Ibizan character, Sophia. I've used the "pinstripe" style in a few other works of mine.

Rendered in Adobe Photoshop CS2.

Sophia (c) Stuart McCarthy, 2004/10.

Set The Night On Fire

This is a follow up to one of my older pieces ("Rose Of The High Seas" from 2005)

I had the idea for this piece at the back of my mind, for some time. I think you can guess where I filched the title for this pic from.

This is also my second attempt at using Prismacolor markers.

Image (c) Stuart McCarthy
Sophia (c) Stuart McCarthy, 2004/10

Sophia in Harmony

Another one of my attempts art drawing in Harmony-this time it's my character, Sophia.

Sophia (c) Stuart McCarthy, 2004/10

The Spirit Of Speed

A project I started a while back, that I completed, just recently.

I was beginning to think I'd never get this finished.
I had previously submitted a few different versions of
this piece in various stages of its progress.

I drew my inspiration for this from the work of the
Italian Futurist artist, Tullio Crali (1910-2000)

Dead Of Night

A moody night-time scene featuring Sophia. I probably could have used a ruler for some parts of the background

1935 Speed Week Poster

I produced this mock-poster as a contribution for the current annual "Speed Week" on the Spontoon Island website.

I was inspired by French poster art of the time (in particular, the work of A.M Cassandre, 1901-68).

Spirit Of The Skies

Some nose art-inspired artwork. This piece took just under a week to complete.

May Day On Spontoon Island

A late submission to the "May Day" art page on the "Spontoon Island" website.

Soft pastel on paper.

Ugly Bird

Another experiment with my graphics tablet on Harmony.
I reckon I could get the hang of this!

(P.S-when I get the chance, I'll crop this down in Photoshop)

Rejected Varanid Logo 2

A variation on the original logo design. This time, I used green/white stripes.

Rejected Varanid Logo Design

This was the first of a number of design of designs I created for a website logo. The site owner I was doing it for has a website that sells handmade gifts. I knocked off a number of designs for them to choose from. Unfortunately, neither of the designs I made were accepted-all that bloody hard work for nothing!! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't miffed about it :(