Crimbo!!

Merry Winterfest to all! May the big badger spirit bring you warmth and well-being :)

Bit of colour.

Star light, star bright, bring forth a beast for us to fight!
Currently working on the thumb nails for issue four, in which we get to know a bit more about the shadowy nasties that attacked the Badger village.

Growl sketches.

Dev-con interview with Tabby of Mangy Cat Videos.

Got interviewed by Tabby of Mangy Cat Videos at the recent Dev-con.
Tiz so strange hearing myself speak, I sound like a right ol' farmer.
Fits with the Battle Badger theme though i spose :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RHotOMI7Ls&t=1s

Happy Halloween

Krackers: The place to be for your BBHB!

Hey peeps, get thee down to Krackers in Taunton town for your Badger based goodies. Issues 1, 2 + 3 in stock plus tonnes of other awesome geeky goodness :)

BBHB THREE IS OUT AND ABOUT!

ROLL UP, ROLL UP!
BATTLE BADGERS ISSUE THREE
NOW READY FOR ORDER!!!!
Hey peeps, tiz all done and ready for order.
24 pages of Badgery goodness.
£3.50 ( + £1.10 p+p).
Just drop me a message at Stevesimsillustration@hotmail.com to order yer copy.

Moonlight munching.

With book 3 off at the printers it was time to get back to a bit of Friday painting. One image that I have always loved is Larry Elmore's Dragonlance painting that shows the main characters around a camp fire. Could only dream of getting to Mr Elmore's level, the guy is an absolute legend, but thought I would do something in the same veign. It's been a while since I cracked out the old wacom for some colour work having been on book 3 for the last seven months or so, but twas great getting back in to it :)

Weston con 2017 sketcharooos!

Issue three inked, time for a nap.

Cardiff indie con sketcharoos!

Sketch book bits

Have been so busy with inking issue three that I haven't put up any sketch books bits for a while. Channeling my inner Eric Talbot on these, have always really loved his work.

Book 3 scibbly sneak peeeks.

Beast Hunting Battle Badgers issue 3, cover creation.

Step 1: Laying down the base colour scheme and position of the beasty.

 Step 2: Putting in a rough position for the heroes, and some props on the deck.

 Step 3: Working into the beast, resizing it for more impact. Also working into the characters.

 Step 4: Adding Flint into the background, and hint at other claw.

 Step 5: With main elements in place, time to tighten up and add some more props and details to the deck of the ship.

 Step 6: Something about the composition and positioning seemed off balance so flipping the image allowed me to pin down what needed to be resized and repositioned.

 Step 7: With everything working together am now just tightening and making sure the thing I want to pop will pop, and those I want to recede are receding.

Step 8: Finishing touches and sea foam spray and it's pretty much done :)

True believers 2017 table sketchingtons.

Once again it was time to head up the motorway to the True Believers con in Cheltenham. It was a great con that seems to grow each year. A huge thanks to anyone who stopped by my table for a bit of Badger based banter.

Just in time for the New Year :)

Have been working on this pic of the Brocken for a while, just picking away at it now and again as a break from other pieces I've been working on. Finally got it finished a week or so ago, just in time for it to be my New years pic for the blog :)

 

 

Greyscale rough.