Bill and Ted Comic Book
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Historical Personages

When a good reason to do a little sketching doesn’t present itself, I create my own. And this time it’s to resurrect an old and valuable habit. Acting as both an excuse to watch my favourite films and excellent drawing practice, these quick sketches of movie scenes was a technique I used to warm up…
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Army of Darkness Movie Poster Art
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Army of Darkness

Comic book inspired poster art for Sam Raimi's third Evil Dead movie, Army of Darkness. Starting as a self-initiated project as a fan of the movie, this poster illustration caught the attention of the Ash vs Evil writing team and (I'm reliably informed) hangs on their office wall. The version shown here is a recent…
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The Comic Book Movie Sketchbook by Christopher King
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The Comic Book Movie Sketchbook

Witness classic movie scenes recreated in comic book form! Not as dramatic as it might sound, these quick, sketchbook drawings are my regular way of warming up before illustration projects. A simple way of loosening up the hands and brushes before the serious work begins. Batman Returns - Catwoman Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Rocky 4 The…
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The Good The Bad and The Ugly Movie Poster
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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

An illustrated poster design for a Picture House cinema screening of this classic spaghetti western. I illustrated this poster design to accompany a special screening of Sergio Leone's classic western at London's Ritzy Picture House cinema. Working from DVD captures I sketched out a number of compositions, picking one which was later hand inked with…
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Michael Mann's Heat
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Michael Mann’s Heat

A motion poster concept for Michael Mann's crime epic Heat; created using a 2D poster. Using the elements from an original poster design created in Photoshop, I created an animated sequence exploring the idea of motion posters as a potential replacement for traditional printed images; to be displayed in theatre waiting areas, ticket booths and…
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Key Largo Film Noir Movie Poster
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Key Largo

One of my favourites of the film noir genre gets the illustrated film poster treatment. Besides from being a true classic of the 1940s film noir genre, Key Largo is also one of those great single setting films; trapping a stellar cast of volatile characters within the heart of a tropical storm, with tensions ready…
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12 Angry Men Illustrated Poster
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12 Angry Men

An illustrated poster concept and comic book for the classic jury room drama 12 Angry Men. If you're searching for film to lift your spirits I highly recommended the classic legal drama, 12 Angry Men. An exceptionally well written examination of what happens when one lone member of a jury questions the evidence in a…
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Malena Monica Bellucci Film Poster
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Malena

Illustrated poster explorations for Malena, starring Monica Bellucci. Using this project as an excuse to test the Clip Paint Studio software on the Microsoft Surface Pro, I sketched these drawings based on the film Malena; a period story that suited a European sketched ink style (at least, that's what I was aiming for). Poster Concept…
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Fashion Illustration Sketchbook
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Fashion Sketchbook

Perfecting the fashion illustration style in preparation for a new graphics collection. These are a series of development drawings leading up to my Fashion Illustration Collection plus a few drawings referencing the work of the designer Alexandra King. These were drawn in an attempt to tailor my own style to suit a more fashion retail…
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Hang 12 Surf Art
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Hang 12

An environmentally conscious spin on the classic Hang Ten surf motif. Hand-drawn in brush and inks with colours finished in Photoshop, this is an ecologically focused piece of surf art, designed to appear on posters, hoodies and t-shirts. Final Colour Sketchbook Artwork Pencils Lettering Pencils Artwork Inks Artwork Inks Lettering Inks
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The Hollywood Goddess - Screen Icons
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The Hollywood Goddess

A series of portrait illustrations celebrating Hollywood's classic screen icons. These digital illustrations were inspired by a period of watching the classic film noir, drama and crime classics that made them eternal screen icons. Audrey Hepburn Ava Gardner Marilyn Monroe Greta Garbo Marlene Dietrich Bette Davis Joan Crawford Elizabeth Taylor Lauren Bacall Lana Turner Lucille…
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Legend Ridley Scott Poster
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Legend

An illustrated poster concept for Ridley Scott's fantasy classic Legend. Hand drawn with ink and brush, this poster concept for Ridley Scott's 80s fantasy film Legend, leads with the character of the Darkness played by Tim Curry. Close Up Lili and Unicorn Icon Good vs Evil Tim Curry (Aka Darkness) Sketchbook Early Concept Sketch Early…
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Harrison Ford Blade Runner
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Blade Runner

Warm-up Sketches for a possible Blade Runner Poster Project. In preparation for a future Blade Runner based project I sketched some experimental drawings using a variety of digital brushes. The examples below so the different results when using pencil vs pastel textured brushes in Adobe Photoshop. Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard - Pastel Brush (Digital)…
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Screaming Foot - Inspired by Jim Phillips Santa Cruz Artwork
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Screaming Foot

Inspired by the classic surf art of Jim Phillips and Santa Cruz. Everybody knows that classic Screaming Hand image worn by surfers and skaters around on Santa Cruz merch around the world. Fewer people know that this was created by the great surf illustrator Jim Phillips, an artist whose work is impossible not to feel…
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Sophia Loren Arabesque
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Sophia Loren

Testing Clip Studio Paint with a quick sketch of Sophia Loren. Photoshop is the dominant software for my digital drawing work, but I've heard good things about Clip Studio Paint with it's realistic brushes and built in textures. Running the software on a Microsoft Surface Pro and drawing on the touch screen with its default…
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Mad Max fury road furiosa
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Imperator Furiosa

Charlize Theron steals the Mad Max franchise with her bad-ass new character. Those expecting a new Mad Max movie with Fury Road may be surprised by the introduction of Charlize Theron's character, Imperator Furiosa, who wholly out-guns a mainly silent Tom Hardy. A stunning new character that kicks ass from start to finish. A potential action…
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Vincent Price - Icons of Horror
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Vincent Price

Celebrating the original icons of horror with a documentary piece on the legendary Vincent Price. Illustrated as part of a collection looking back on some of the original icons of horror cinema, this Vincent Price portrait was later used in a documentary that appeared on the special edition Blu Ray release of House of Wax.…
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The Naked Gun Illustrated Film Poster Christopher King
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The Naked Gun

Frank Drebin returns in this illustrated poster for the new Alternative Movie Posters Book. Combining hand-inked outlines and Photoshop colours, this poster design for the excellent The Naked Gun was featured in Alternative Movie Posters, one of the first books to cover the growing underground movie poster scene. Final Poster Sketchbook Pencil Rough Original Inks
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Bride of Frankenstein elsa lanchester
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Bride of Frankenstein

Portrait illustration of Elsa Lanchester in Universal Pictures classic horror, The Bride of Frankenstein. Paying tribute to one of the greatest horror icons in cinema, this digital illustration portrays Elsa Lanchester in her final Bride of Frankenstein form. Digital Illustration Digital Sketch
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The Terminator - Red Eyes
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Terminator and Predator

What self-respecting, thirty-something sci-fi fan doesn't doddle Terminators and Predators. Along with the likes of RoboCop and Aliens, there are a core group of films that represent my teenage years and have left with them a love of film and cool, deadly creatures. Here's a mixture of digital and inked drawings based on the iconic…
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Sexy Frankenstein Pin-Up
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Electric Frankenstein

A music festival poster based around my own dream line-up. This pin-up illustration was hand-drawn in ink and brush and coloured in Adobe Illustrator after a careful vectorisation process. My idea for this was to replicate the gig poster art of the 1990s including a dream line-up of my own favourite grunge bands. Frankenstein Pin-Up…
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