Prost!

Personal work.

A tribute to my favourite bar / restaurant in London (The Bavarian Beerhouse), and Oktoberfest in general.

Olivia

Personal work

Based on an illustrator friend I met at a comic convention.

You can see Olivia's illustration and modeling work here:
https://www.facebook.com/lalasdreambox

Ingrid

Personal work

Quick character based on a sketch by Shane Glines - my favourite illustrator.

Shane's sketch:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m55zsvaZuT1r0yesao1_1280.jpg

Tentacle togetherness

A quick personal pic done as a present for my good friends Serge Birault & Chloe Vandercramps - they are getting married soon. They both like metal and tentacles!

Maria

Personal work.

Partially based on a sketch by Serge Birault

Serge's sketch:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1972123038369&set=a.1071518243812.9146.1701836375&type=1&ref=nf

Maria 'Fuchsia' Gibson (the likeness):
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fuchsia

Miss Mosh

Personal work.

A tribute to one of my favourite models - Miss Mosh.

Princess

Paid work.

Princess character I made for a short film for the Whistler Film Festival.
The company I was at was Picasso pictures, and the directors were Tokyoplastic.

You can see the finished short here:
http://vimeo.com/32947862

Reese

Paid work

A character i made a while ago to go alongside the 'Miya' character I also made here:
http://andrewhickinbottom.blogspot.com/2011/07/miya.html

One lump or two?

Personal work

Cute, sugary sweet illustration featuring my Vicky character

Belle (part 2)

Conclusion of a 2-part tutorial for 3D Artist magazine (http://www.3dartistonline.com).
The second part is in issue 32 and covers texturing, shading, skinning, posing, composition, lighting and post-processing.
The issue can be bought from newsagents and online here from 17th of August: https://www.imagineshop.co.uk/magazines/3dartist.html

Yukiko

Personal work

60's styled illustration based on the likeness of Yukiko Kobayashi - an actress from the 1968 Godzilla film 'Destroy all monsters'
I really wanted to push the illustrative look, and make it simple, yet expressive.

Work in progress images are on my Facebook page:
http://tinyurl.com/FacebookWIP

Miya

Paid work

Teenage character designed for an interactive game by Spitball entertainment

Belle (part 1)

New character created for a 2-part tutorial for 3D Artist magazine (http://www.3dartistonline.com).
The first part is in issue 31 and covers design and modelling.
The issue can be bought from newsagents and online here from 20th of July: https://www.imagineshop.co.uk/magazines/3dartist.html

Vicky's Vengeance

Personal work


Vicky is a new character that I intend to put in a few different scenarios / outfits. Here she is as a catsuited asassin!

I wanted to get a nice chunky, almost toy-like look, with simplified shapes and features.

Trixie figure now shipping

After a year of planning, my Trixie figure is finally being posted to customers today! Im really happy, as ive wanted to have my own figure for sale for a long time.
She costs £90, with postage being either £5 or £10 depending on wether you live in the UK or elsewhere. A limited run of just 48 are available. I have signed the bases of each figure, and have also signed 2 prints which are included in the box.
You can order from my blog here:
http://andrewhickinbottom.blogspot.com/

Photos of the figure here:
http://andrewhickinbottom.blogspot.com/2011/05/trixie-figure-now-available-for-pre.html

Also, i have some more prints for sale on InPrnt!
http://www.inprnt.com/gallery/andyh/