Sketchbook stuffs

A few sketchbook pages for your perusal. Have a nice day.

Doodles...

Hi! I realised that I've been a little quiet on the blog front, so here are some doodles from the sketchbook. Have a nice day

Rugby World Cupness 6: How to tackle a Samoan Giant

I have huge respect for the HUGE Samoans. Here's how I would go about getting one of these guys down (along with 2 larger buddies). I'm the one taking the ankles :)

Robotic arms and facial hair...

More doodles, again, done while watching TV last night, or should I say while listening to TV, as obviously I was looking at the page I was drawing on. Have a nice day.

What is it 'H' ?

Good day all. Havnt had much time to update the blog recently, but here are some doodles i did last night while watching TV. Have a nice day.

Rugby World Cupness 5: Good Luck Lambo!

I'm a big Patrick Lambie fan and I'm happy to see him getting his first World Cup start tomorrow against Fiji. Good Luck Lambo! From an artistic point of view, I tried to do a bit more dramatic lighting on this one, pretty happy with the result. Have a good weekend everyone.

Rugby World Cupness 4: Cold War?

Tomorrow's RWC match sees USA take on Russia. If it's anything like the Cold War it should be a strange type of match...

Rugby World Cupness 3: How to your (Welsh) dragon

Phew! Yesterday's match against Wales was a little too close for comfort! I did enjoy, however, how Frans Steyn demonstrated "How to Train Your (Welsh) Dragon" whilst knocking over two hapless defenders to score a great opening try. So here's a little sketch in his honour. Have a nice Monday!

Rugby World Cupness2

Only 2 sleeps left!!! Rugby World Cup starts on Friday and I can't wait! To celebrate it as well as following the scores and logs I decided to make an illustrated World Cup Calender and Pool charts. I then decided that I wanted to share these with everyone so you can now download them at my site www.wallaceillustrations.co.za

So go download them, print them, stick them on your walls, fridges, workplaces, public noticeboards, those guys at flea markets who pretend to be statues! And enjoy the start of the World Cup, New Zealand vs Tonga on Friday at 10:30am (GMT+2)

Rugby World Cupness

So I was planning on uploading a few things today to get everyone in the right mood for the World cup starting on Friday (I'm more than a little excited!) but I'm having a few technical difficulties. However here's a little taster of things to come. Should have everything up by tomorrow so watch this space. Have a nice Monday

Monday Motivation: Have a Super Day!

Hey everyone! Have a Super Day! (that is all)

Monday Motivation: You Look Amazing!

Good morning everyone, you really all do look amazing! Have a nice day now.

Bertie Blikbrein, my second published children's book

These are a few illustrations I did for an Afrikaans children's book, Bertie Blikbrein (Bertie Tinhead), written by Jaco Jacobs and published by Lapa. This one was alot of fun to do and I found that I learnt so much again while doing it. What does everyone think?

Doodles...

(Tuesday) Motivation: Hang in There!

Hey everyone. This is one day late but there's no reason why we can't have some motivation on a Tuesday as well. Have a nice day!

Monday Motivation: Enjoy the little things

Good morning! As usual on a Monday I woke up feeling a little 'blegh', then I remembered my Monday Motivation and felt a little better, I hope you do too.

Monday Motivation: Keep your head up

Good morning everybody! Here's a little Monday Motivation for everyone, I know I need it! Have a nice day

Doodles I do between real work...

Monday Motivation: Don't Give Up!

It's Monday and everybody needs a little motivation so here is the first of my Monday Motivation pieces. Pass it along to all your friends who you think might also need a few words of encouragement for the week ahead. Have a nice day!

Hello! I'm back! Firstly I apologise to anyone who has been checking back here everyday for new sketches. The past week or so has been chaos and my mind is kindof on auto-pilot, and a shady auto-pilot at that, like one who got his pilot's license from a cereal box. So although I've been posting the new sketches on my Facebook page I sadly neglected the blog. So today, you get not one, but 9 Sketches! I apologise again for the tardy updating practices, but I'm back on top of things as of today.

'K' for 'Kudies'

'L' for 'Laser'

'M' for 'Minions'

'N' for 'Nosy'

'O' for 'OggleMonster'

'P' for 'Princess and the pee'

'Q' for 'Quarantine'

'R' for 'Rugby Players'

'S' for 'Sasquatch'

Thank you. There's a bit more information for each sketch on my Facebook Page, so if you want to know what I was thinking you can have a look here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wallace-Illustration-Design/126514174068091

Hi, I made you another sketch today. It is entitled 'J' for 'Jailbreak'. You might've noticed that I missed yesterday again. I'm really gonna try get these out once a day but some days I'm really so swamped it just can't happen. Anyway, I have a slightly less hectic day today (for now at least) so I'm gonna try get some more relaxed drawing done. Get to work some more on the kid's book i'm working on so i'm happy. Have a nice day.

Good day! Today's Daily Alphabet Sketch is 'I' for 'Igloo'. I'm sure if I have any international followers on here but I thought I'd give today's sketch a bit of South African humour... although I'm sure you get the just of it. Have a nice day.

And here's today's sketch, was a bit rushed so maybe not my best work but anyway, today's sketch is called 'H' for 'Hairy'

So yesterday was a bit rough for me and I had way too many things on my plate so this entry is a little late. Today's (actually yesterrday's) Daily Alphabet Sketch is 'G' for 'Gang of Geese'. Although I know that that the accepted collective noun is a "gaggle", after being viciously attacked by one as a child, I believe that "gang" is much more fitting.

'F' for 'Frozen'

It's Daily Sketch time again! As some of you pointed out to me, the last Daily Sketch was on Friday! And there are a few reasons for the gap in between. Firstly, I'm only gonna do this on weekdays, I like to think that I might get to sleep in on the weekends (even though this rarely happens). Secondly I've recently become very busy and important and sadly don't always have time to get them out but will try my best to make one each day. Anyway today's sketch: 'F' for 'Frozen'

'E' for 'Elephant'

Wasn't sure I'd be able to find time to do today's sketch, but I snuck one in during the first half of the Sharks match (the last bit of time off I'm allowing myself this weekend) Today's sketch: 'E' for 'Elephant'

'D' for "Dodgeball"

Today's Daily Aphabet Sketch is 'D' for "Dodgeball". I have to say, it's been really busy the past few days and nearly forgot to make a sketch! Luckily I forced myself to quickly get one out and it came out quite nicely.

Cake or Death!

Daily Alphabet Sketch! Today is 'C' for "Cake or Death!" It's maybe a little dark, but it makes me chuckle. Enjoy!

Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica!

Good day everyone, time for my Daily Alphabet Sketch. For all "The Office" fans out there, this one is based on one of my favourite lines from the show. I'm sure it looks nothing like Battlestar Galactica but that's not the point anyway. Have a nice day and come back tomorrow for day "C"

Alphabet Sketches: A is for Astronaut

Good day everyone. Today starts a new endeavour of mine. It's going to be a daily sketch exercise, firstly to get me warmed up everyday, and possibly to keep a few people entertained. There are lots of people out there starting to do this now and it seemed like a pretty good idea.

I'm starting this out doing what I call Alphabet Sketches, so each day I draw something with a new letter. Today is A for Astronaut. Check in tomorrow to see what "B" is.

I am very pleased to show you my first published book EVER, for a book called My Ouma is a Rock-ster (My Grandma is a rock star), published by Lapa. My very own copy was delivered to me this weekend. It's about a boy whose grandmother is, as the title suggests, a rock star. He's not too keen on this as she's more focussed now on being famous and signing autographs than being a gran. Then she gets kidnapped and its up to the boy and his friend to save her.

I experienced a HUGE learning curve while illustrating this book. So many hours spent drawing (and even more re-drawing) and the amount of thought put into these was more than I had ever anticipated. But all in all I'm pretty proud of it. I've just finished my second book for Lapa (handed it in yesterday actually) and am starting my third. It's already so much easier and I learn more and more as I go along. Here are some of the illustrations from the book :)