VVVVVV sold at the Child's Play auction

I've found out via @terrycavanagh that @ChevyRay bought my VVVVVV painting at the Child's Play auction for $200! I'm thrilled about this, as soon as I find out what the other paintings sold for, I'll post both here and on Twitter @canvasandpaints.


here it is, in case you've missed it: 

Assassin's Creed pencil outline

I've made a start on the Assassin's Creed painting, here's the pencil outline:

Yet another picture with challenging perspectives! After having done the Mirror's Edge painting, I feel a lot more confident about building lines, and I've managed to fins a much higher resolution image to work from, so the detail should be a bit easier than I first thought.

Thank you, Patrick!

Thanks, Patrick for picking up Hitman exactly when you said you would, I really appreciate it!


I now need to go and buy more wrapping paper - I'm glad you didn't mind the Christmas-themed paper.

Assassin's Creed

Its been a while since I posted anything - I've been ill and unable to paint. I'm starting to feel better, so I thought I'd post what I'll be painting next - its from Assassin's Creed, and is a screen shot looking out over Jerusalem:

I think this is a beautiful image, and hope I can do it real justice. I'm hoping to start drawing it tomorrow.

VVVVVV is finished

I've spent all day painting spikes, til my eyes crossed and I had to have a break! I've finished, though, and thankfully before I lost the daylight - I hate painting in artificial light, as I struggle to match colours I've already done in daylight.

So, here it is; I came, I saw, I conquered:

Top half:

Bottom half:

Closer in:

This was fun to do, although the spikes may give me nightmares tonight! Its off to Seattle in the morning for the Child's Play auction in December.

VVVVVV background finished

I've taken today off work as i have to work on Friday, so I decided to crack on with VVVVVV.


I've finished the background colours, and now have to decide what to do about the stripes. Once I've decided that, I'll be painting on the spikes - dreading that: there's so many of them and they need to be accurate. I've even thought about making a stencil, but that's cheating!


Anyway, here's the background done:


Whole thing:

Top, slightly chopped off (whoops):

Bottom half:

I'm going to play around with lining on some scrap paper before I decide about the lines, then its the spikes!!!

Background of VVVVVV started

I've started colour blocking the background to Veni, Vidi, Vici in. I've not yet decided about the stripes - they are incredibly fine, and I may well end up inking them in instead of painting them, I'll have to see.


Here it is so far: