Link problems and Arcane Tinmen

Hey hey! Recently I have been working with Arcane Tinmen and their playing card game 'The Spoils', which has been absolutely awesome. I'm still in love with children's books and that way of working, and wouldn't trade it for the word, but to be able to draw warriors, monsters and heads being chopped off basically makes the days feel like I'm just drawing scenes from some epic film...with a touch of humour thrown in for good measure. It certainly makes the long days go by quickly, and this is defininately helped by the great guys at Arcane Tinmen. 'm going to post a like to the site here...although I've noticed recently that my links never actually link, you seem to have to copy the URL into the address bar...does anyone know why this might be? Ahhh...computers. Life would be simpler if you could chop their heads off as well.

http://www.thespoils.com/spoils/view.php?pg=home

Oooo...I think this link may work...
I've just finished my first card illustration, which I will put up on this blog asap. In the meantime, here is a little card I did for someone I know, in watercolour, but I cheekily scanned it before hand.

Creative Boom (and my fox)

OoooOOOOooo...the kind people at Creative Boom have given me a little showcase on their site, which is very cool indeed. Thanks a lot guys! I do have some work to put up on this blog soon, please watch this space!

http://www.creativeboom.co.uk/london/lookbook/london-illustrator-jamie-littler/

The Forgotten Comic.

Here's a few Lobo concept pieces to get you in a winter-y mood (juuuust incase the weather isn't doing that for you already...), I hope you like 'em! So many wolf drawings in my studio. So, so many.

In other, possibly even more exciting news, whilst my parents were rummaging through their garage, they found loads of my old drawings and school books. I can't believe they found this gem of a comic I did YEARS ago (or so he says...), we're talking, 7 years old or something? I'm guessing. I can't remember. Unfortunately it only lasted one page, which is a shame, as it clearly had legs. It was when I was reading the Asterix comics for the first times, and probably though, 'Holy Smokes! I can copy that!' So here he is: 'Babic the Viking'. Why do a comic based on Gauls when Vikings are ripe for the picking?! Ah, the epic historical drama that will never be...

The funny thing is, I still totally love Vikings and all those dark age loverlies, and my sketchbooks are full of them...

http://jamielittler.blogspot.com/2010/06/oh-dearslacking.html

Starfish Charity Poster

This is a poster I did for the Starfish Greathearts Foundation Charity christmas appeal, and I must say, it was a real pleasure to work on.

I really enjoyed doing it, and the people I worked with in the charity (Hester, Alice, and Sara...for getting me the job) were all amazing, and, lets face it; totally awesome. So, thank you very much, one and all!

It's for a really good cause (aren't charity's always?), so if you feel that way inclined, please head on over to their website and check it out!

http://www.starfishcharity.org

Etsy Shop

Hot damn! As promised, and only ages later, I have finally started up my Etsy Shop!
Look, it's over here! Wheeeeee!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/jamielittler

There aren't many items for sale on the shop just yet, but I will be working over the next few weeks to change that. It's a bit of an experiment, I haven't done this before, some I'm just dipping my toe in, testing the waters, and we'll see where we go from there. But hopefully, this is a step in the right direction for people who would like prints of my artwork, and whatever other crazy schemes and items I end up creating for masses of wealth and glory.

If there is an illustration on this blog or my website which you would like to buy, but isn't on the shop (that's quite a lot...yeah, pretty much everything I've ever illustrated isn't on there...I know...), please do get in touch and I shall do my best to get one printed just for you! SSSHHHHAAWWIING.

Oh, and there are still loads of products on the Soupa store which I'm selling that aren't on my Etsy, plus the work of a helluva lot of other talented artists, so it's still a very good idea to check over there now and again. You know. If you feel like it.

http://www.soupa.bigcartel.com/

Ta for now, you lovely people!

Forgotten Designs

These are some un-used designs for a graphic novel idea I had last year. Looking back on them, there are so many things I'd change. So many. Sigh. It's kind of scary (in the best possible way) how much, and yet subtley, you improve, even in just a year. Elements of the character shapes, right down to their hair, I would completely change now. But hey, I think (and hope...I'll let you guys be the judge...) that there are some fun things going on in there which I like.

I'm still quite fond of the story idea, but, quite simply, I came up with a better one and put this into the dark, dank depths of my hard drive. It is forbidden to go there.

Sketches, Stuff and a tad Nonsense...

Yeeeeesh, these days feel like they're literally flying by! How are you, you lovely people?! I am tired, stressed, working hard, and still having the time of my life doing this wonderful job. I thought I'd upload a couple of my sketchbook pages, all of them for various things (or just for fun) and all of them work (or don't) to varying degrees. I should probably try and make a habit of uploading sketchbook pages, I know I love looking at the sketchbooks of artists I like, sometimes even more than the finished pieces (just because it's great to see the workings out of images, the immediacy of the line work and the ideas just flowing onto the page...wwwwwoooo, look at me getting all geared up into University annotation mode...), it's just that my sketchbooks can often be an absolute mess and mixture of the good, the bad and the plain un-comprehendable...

BUT YES.
I was thinking of setting up a shop on my website, as I have recently had quite a few requests for prints and such, and really need a nice, easy place to offer such things on my site. I may even try and sort out badges and cool things which bring a bit of sunshine to a cold, winters morning. I'll try and get something like that sorted...a to the s...to the, um, a...right over to the...p.