Sketchbookings

These people live in my head... I don't know if I should be concerned

After my Rugby World Cup calendars did so well last year, I felt like making some new ones for the Super 15 competition happening now. They've been up on my site www.wallaceillustrations.co.za for download since the beginning of the tournament, so if you haven't seen them yet I encourage you to go have a look :)

The players I chose are some of my favourite players from each South African team (apologies to New Zealand and Aussie teams, but I ran out of time to include everyone!)

Here's Lwazi Mvovo from the Sharks. (Sorry Lwazi, I didn't know you'd changed your hair before this)

One of my favourite players ever, Gio Aplon from the Stormers.




Josh Strauss, from the Lions. I picked Josh partly cos I like him as a player and partly cos his beard gives him so much character to draw.




Chilliboy Ralepelle from the Bulls. Partly chosen as one of my favourite players, and partly because of my bias from us going to the same school, haha. Again, sorry Chilli, you've also got more hair than shown below.




This guy is a monster on the field, Ashley Johnson from the Cheetahs, so much character in that fro too!

Self portrait sketches

These are a few self-portrait sketches done after a tough week consisting of two all-nighters... needless to say I didnt feel (or look) so great. That unruly beard was the first to go!

Have a nice day

Warm up Sketch: Where To?

Little warm up sketch I did this morning. I'm trying to be a lot looser and sketchy with my line work, thought this came out quite nicely.

Have a nice day

Warmup sketch: Hiccups

Morning all!

This morning I woke up with hiccups! This is a decidedly cruel way to start a Monday morning, I thought. Each hiccup consumed my entire being, and so when it came time to decide on a subject for a warm-up sketch, it's really all I could think about. So here you go.

I'm gonna try and do the warm-up sketch thing as often as i can this year, so keep an eye out for more to come.

Have a nice day!

2012.. And we're back!

Hello!

It's been ages, how have you been!? So finally, after a couple of MONTHS, I'm back on the blog. Why was I gone for so long? Well for the past couple of months there were just 2 things that I couldn't seem to get at the same time, those were (1) time and (2) an internet connection!

December and January have been hugely busy work wise and I can only hope things keep going so well. I'll be sharing some of the things I've been busy with as soon as I get myself sorted so you'll be able to see what's been keeping me so wrapped up. A hint, there were puppy drawings, many many puppy drawings!

I've got big plans for this year. It's a new start for me in so many ways. After a really rough year last year, I'm determined to make this one something special. This means, amongst other things, lots of blogging and sketching. My other plans I'm going to have to keep secret for now though.

It is with this that I bring you my first sketch of the year, setting the tone, I think, for 2012 and things to come.

Many thanks

Stephen Wallace

Sketchbook stuffs

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