Doodlejedi - Drawings by Chris Hack

My Father's Gun...

Welcome to another week at Doodlejedi! Today I thought I'd share a drawing I made as a present to my Dad. Ballpoint pen on bristol illustration board. I really like how it came out. And he was pleased with it.

I'm gonna share quite a bit of art this week I think. Build up my online portfolio a bit. If you want to see all my stuff so far you can either check my DEVIANTART or my FLICKR. I also plan to get set up on Behance. That's the only problem with a blog. You don't really have a portfolio section where you can see everything.

Etsy and Ebay...

Hi all,

Quick post today. Busy busy busy! I've now set up my etsy store to go with my ebay store. So now you have 2 places to go to purchase my art. Here are the links... Hope you find something you like.

And I've added these 2 drawings to both shops. So check em out...

ETSY

EBAY

I will also be putting a widget in my side bar so you can always see my listings. Still need to figure out an ebay widget though! And I noticed. When I list new items on ebay. They take a few hours to show up in my shop. The listings are there. They just take a little while to pop up!

Art For Sale...

Today's an exciting day. Today I start selling my work on ebay. I've put 3 pieces up for sale. And I've tried putting them at an affordable price to help get business started. So check em out. The links for each item are as follows.

The above Tyrion Lannister

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171372323839?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Princess Leia

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171372348662?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

The Doctor

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171372349768?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Please share about my auctions. Any and all help is appreciated. I'm also available for commissions. If you'd like something else.  And keep an eye out, as I'll be putting more art up for sale over the coming weeks.

I don't Know, I'm Making It Up As I Go...

I don't think I've ever found my style. A way of drawing. An end result that I'm completely comfortable with. Where I look at the finished piece and go, yeah I want more drawings like that. I get close now and then. But then I see a different way of doing things and I try that instead.

I'm saying this because this week was one of those weeks. I started the week drawing with 0.3 B technical pencil. Then the drawing changed as I tried my HB 0.3 technical pencil And suddenly I was so much happier with the line and the tone after finding B  a bit soft. Then mid week I discovered an amazing artist. Darren Beadman. He draws with 7B pencils. And I love the line and tone he gets. So I get some of those and continue on that same drawing with a 7B Staedtler graphite pencil. And it looks awesome. Less washed out and grey. More bold. I love it. And I'm loving the line of a normal pencil again. So now I'm drawing with a HB and a 7B Staedtler. And I'm considering moving my art from white illustration board to greytone paper so I can play with the whites as well!

And this is why I never settle. I'm always looking for that right way. That eureka moment when it all just clicks. Until then as Indiana Jones once said, I'm making it up as I go!

End Of The Week...

 

It's the end of the week. I started the week with a new Indy drawing. And I thought I'd end the week with 2 of my favourite pieces from my portfolio.

1st is James Bond, 007, Daniel Craig in ballpoint pen on bristol board.

And 2nd is The Batman. Christian Bale as the Dark Knight in The Dark Knight! 

I'll be back next week with a new drawing! I'm really in a groove right now! Just enjoying my art right lots!

Aren't You A Little Short For A Stormtrooper...

Today I'm gonna share my love of Star Wars! In case you hadn't guessed from my blog name! With a pair of Princess Leia drawings. Both from the first Star Wars movie. The one above I finished very recently. And the one below in ballpoint pen, I drew last year. Both look really cool and go well together. So today's a mix of new art and portfolio art.

Right now I'm working away on finishing a bunch of drawings that I've taken to about 90% done. And that's how I'm going to spend this weekend. Clear the decks a bit before I start anything new. As I have 2 or 3 nearly finished pieces. And a commission I'm working on. So it's time to get them all done.

I'm also still working away on my Moleskine sketchbook every morning. The second page is about 99% done. Just needs some tinkering. And I started another cool little drawing this morning.

I'm so motivated at the moment. Really plan on doing something with all this now! I'm finally ready!

Make It So...

Today's is an oldie. But a goodie. Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean Luc Picard From Star Trek: The Next Generation. Ballpoint Pen on illustration board. This. Along with many others. Will soon be available to buy. I'm going to set up an Etsy. And probably an Ebay shop too. Just starting to make my plans. Until then. I hope you like my Star Trek drawing. I have lots more.

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey...

Slightly wonky week. Worked for 3 days on a new drawing. Was all going so well! And then it all went totally wrong. So had to rethink what I was going to do next. And by the time I did that it was the weekend. Then I was a bit under the weather. So my great first week of blogging hit a few snags. Rest assured I am now back on it. Polishing up a new drawing as I write this. And have my little work schedule planned out and everything.

So I'm here today to share this weeks classic post. A couple of recent drawings of my favourite Doctor ever! Matt Smith was fantastic as the Time Lord. He really got me into the character. I'm still a bit gutted he left so soon after the 50th! But oh well! I'm sure Peter Capaldi will be great. One of these drawings is in ballpoint pen (above), the other a pencil drawing (below). I hope you like them.

I'll be back later in the week with a really new drawing. And then I can really start nailing down my weekly work plan!

Blast From The Past...

I've had some lovely feedback to the launch of my new blog on Sunday. Where I shared a brand new drawing of Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones. And I have loads of other new stuff on its way. I'm very fired up and busy at the mo!

This post though is about my portfolio. Now I've been online on and off for several years! I've had blogs and tumblrs and even a website. What this means is I have a ton of art all ready to share on here. Some people may have already seen these pieces. But lots won't have.

So today in my new home I have a couple of older drawings to share. First up is Jack Nicholson as The Joker from the Tim Burton Batman film. That one's a ballpoint pen drawing on illustration board. And secondly we have a pencil doodle of the beautiful Gillian Anderson as FBI Agent Dana Scully from The X-Files. This one's in pencil on illustration board.

Now it's been a while since I did all this online malarkey. And it's something I know will take time to build and grow. Hopefully people will like my stuff and this can lead somewhere positive.

Until next time when I'll have a shiny new drawing to share.