mygrimmbrother

Late night noodling while sort of watching 'The Sinner' #ink #inking #sketching #drawing #art #artwork #draw #illustration #lewischessmen #darkages #middleages #scotland #norsegael #isleoflewis #chess #chesspiece #medieval #mattsoffe #wip https://www.instagram.com/p/BqgHRXIhOrE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jcb53622dkb4

Getting there! Almost ready for tones and then those splashes of colour (yellow jumpsuit and red for the blood) #killbill #tarantino #ink #drawing #inking #illustration #cultmovie #film #cinema #cinephile #blackmamba #gogoyubari #chiakikuriyama #umathurman #wip #commission #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/BqaXasJB58p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wvz2a84mdkzp

More Lewis chessmen shenanigans tonight #ink #inking #drawing #sketching #art #artwork #illustration #darkages #middleages #viking #chess #sketching #lewischessmen #king #wip #medieval #scotland #norsegael #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYNdUKBGKx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z1f5rclav1oa

Portrait of a beautiful boxer dog in progress #petportrait #animalartist #dog #boxerdog #dogportrait #animalart #ink #inking #drawing #art #artwork #illustration #commission #workinprogress #wip #inkonpaper #mattsoffe #wherethewildthingsaredrawn https://www.instagram.com/p/BqVHPnmBUnG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a7bvci030b0g

That video was pretty naff as usual so here's a still of that Kill Bill commission in progress #ink #art #inking #drawing #artwork #illustration #wip #workinprogress #killbill #gogoyubari #chiakikuriyama #blackmamba #umathurman #tarantino #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNyGFYhnMt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2ljqd33rjfpv

Kill Bill commission update, ably assisted by #vulfpeck #ink #drawing #art #artwork #illustration #killbill #quentintarantino #commission #wip #gogoyubari #blackmamba #cultmovie #movieart #cinema #storyboard #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNl8LohmSZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xn9wornzre7z

Hard at work colouring my first strip for Judge Dredd The Megazine at the moment, drawn by the excellent @paddyg74 so posting a few oldies for now #beetlejuice #ink #sketch #drawing #artwork #illustration https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp73B0RBqUE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cwpvph5hpac1

Old Mad Max interceptor sketch #furyroad #v8 #ink #sketch https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp5eHR9BZIS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17x1v54cy78dy

Veda very kindly arranged for me to do an etching course today. Something I only ever tried once (but enjoyed), at A level many many moons ago. Had a lovely day just getting lost in the creative process, no computers or wifi, just a metal plate, a scratchy tool, acid baths, lovely smelly white spirits and an old fashioned printing press. Here are the first test prints. Can't wait to go back already 😊 #prints #printmaking #printworks #etching #fineart #skull #art #artwork #illustration #testprint #ghostprint #workinprogress #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpu85PPBopq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vf3yj9dpmcwt

Escape From New York commission all done and ready to dispatch #johncarpenter #snakeplissken #kurtrussell #escapefromnewyork #80smovies #cultfilm #cinema #movieart #illustration #ink #drawing #portrait #commission #illustrator https://www.instagram.com/p/BpsV1u5BMQD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jhzsotgymkj3

Another commission in the works #owl #nature #birdart #ink #inking #inkdrawing #illustration #commission #art #artwork #mattsoffe #wip https://www.instagram.com/p/BpphS58BBFL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rlc4a38lgip1

#inktober day 31: happy Halloween all! Bit of a deviation from the rest of my historical series, but one in keeping with the season I think. Based on a bust by Sideshow Collectibles. Ballpoint, brushpen and inkwash on A5 watercolour paper. No pencils! #inktober2018 #ink #inkdrawing #inkwash #sketch #drawing #undead #horror #knight #illustration #art #artwork #halloween #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/BpnJ84sBiU3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4p0l3b1oh3ty

Happy Halloween folks 💀 #art #ink #drawing #illustration #evil #skull #death #horror #halloween #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpk26QOAy7-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nzat1up7xt7e

#inktober day 30: A Varangian Guard. 'Varangian' was the name used by the Greeks, Russians and others of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East to describe the vikings who, in the 10th century, migrated east and south from Sweden and Finland to dominate areas such as modern day Belarus, the Ukraine and western Russia (collectively known then as Kievan Rus). They are best known for the Varangian Guard, mercenaries who were retained as the elite household bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperor, acting in the same capacity as Anglo-Saxon and Danish 'housecarls' in Western Europe. After The Battle of Hastings many exiled and dispossessed english warriors journeyed to the region in search of riches and new masters to serve, and many ended up in the Varangian Guard. Inks on A5 watercolour paper, no pencils. Available for sale for just £25 (free postage in the UK, folk elsewhere will need to add a couple of quid for shipping) #ink #inks #inking #inktober2018 #viking #rusviking #kievanrus #varangian #varangianguard #byzantium #warrior #history #militaryhistory #middleages #medieval #illustration #sketch #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/BpkokcdHugx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1inpi94wz1n7g

First 20 #inktober sketches. Really enjoyed doing this series of warriors throughout the ages. Just working on the penultimate one now (a Varangian guard). Shoot me a DM if you'd like one, they're just £25 each until November 1st when I'll be listing them on Etsy for £35 each 😊👍 #inktober2018 #ink #inkdrawings #sketches #drawings #art #artwork #artist #illustrator #portraits #warriors #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpkf55uArKz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3aij8p89a4ia

#inktober day 29: an Algerian soldier, fighting for France, 1914. Indigenous troops from all over the world were called up to fight for the Western powers during The First World War, including hundreds of thousands of North Africans and Indian troops. #inktober2018 #ink #sketch #warrior #soldier #ww1 #firstworldwar #history #drawing #study #algerian #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/BpiHvAABkDD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tqr3egroyheo

#inktober day 28: a Japanese mounted archer of the 'yabusame' tradition, in which mounted duelling samurai would ride at each other and loose three arrows #ink #art #inktober2018 #inkdrawing #sketch #artwork #japan #yabusame #illustration #portrait #samurai #warrior #mattsoffe https://www.instagram.com/p/BpfiNG4h7nT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z9onzgv5hqt0