Longest Art Commitment Ever

The past week I have been working on a picture for a friend.  I am using a mixture of 0.5mm and 1mm brushes to make it.  It has taken me longer than anything I have ever drawn, hopefully it should be done soon.

Below is a few close ups of the face.

Next Steps

So far I have been working solely on the face.  I am not sure how far I am going to take this but it is proving to be a good exercise in my patience and skill.

It is the first time I have worked on a picture with a break, normally I sit and work until it is done, even if it takes me most of a day.  however I feel in order to improve I must work in stints instead of one long stretch.

The start

 I started with the eye and thought I may as well carry on with the face.  Clearly I am working from photo reference - a pic of my close friend and confident Anna Harris, who also is over on Pages and Panels.

She has been going through a hard time lately so I thought I would do this for her.

The continued progress, last night and this morning.

I'm at the London MCM Comic Con This Weekend!

Con time is here again already! It seems like such a short time ago since I was last at a convention (London Super Comic Con in February). 

Now this weekend I shall be at the London MCM Comic Con at the ExCel Centre (Custom House, if anyone is wondering what train station is the closest!). 

I shall be in the Comic Village section of the con, along with a whole bunch of excellent artist buddies. I shall be giving them a feature in my next blog post, so stay tuned.

So to anyone who is interested, I shall be selling and showing off my comic 'Royal', preview samples of my upcoming comics, unveiling my new art book 'Hidden Beauties' and presenting a plethora of new and old prints (geek themed for the con lovers, and some original stuff too). 

I am based at table E8 in Comic Village, and will be manning the table along with my Fiancé Kayleigh Powis of blogs Pages and Panels (comics) and 8-Bit Girl (gaming). Please come on over and say hi. We don't bite!

I look forward to seeing a lot of you there.

Lewis 

My Interview for Pages & Panels!

The girls over at Pages and Panels have reviewed my comic work in the past. Recently, Anna of P&P got in touch with me to request an interview for the blog. As they have been so kind about my work in the past, I was more than willing to answer Anna's questions.

Click through to check out the interview: http://pagesandpanels.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/interview-with-lewis-terry-royal.html

Thank you to Anna of Pages and Panels for taking the time to interview me, and for being so enthusiastic about not only Royal, but my other comic work too!