The Doodle Dojo Neatoshop Giveaway

Win yourself a free tee from my Neatoshop Store.

To celebrate me getting my Neatoshop Store up together, the very lovely guys there have let me run a giveaway. They will print and ship out free shirts to two lucky winners to anywhere in the world!

Entering couldn't be easier. All you need to do is visit my Neatoshop Store and pick your favourite design. Then head to my Facebook page, click like and leave a comment on the post I linked telling me which shirt you want to win. Share that post with your friends (you wouldn't want them to miss out would you?) and you are done. All that's left is to sit back and wait for me to pick a winner! You don't have long though, all entries must be in by July 8th (2014) so get yourself over there now.

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Cornetto Anyone?

Anyone fancy a Cornetto? We've got Strawberry, Original and Mint.

The Cornetto Trilogy. Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End. They are such a classic series of films that I just had to draw something about them. So here's my tribute. Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Nick Frost really did a great job with these parodies of their (and my) favourite movie genres. Its hard to pick a favourite out of them, and if you have one, I think its probably because you have a favourite type of movie that matches up. In fact, just thinking about which is my favourite is making me want to go and watch them all again. Just for research purposes obviously!

Anyway if you want to pay tribute  to your favourite (or maybe all of them?) you can get your hands on these designs at my DesignByHumans Store (Strawberry, Original and Mint) as well as the usual suspects, Redbubble (Strawberry, Original and Mint) and Society6 (Strawberry, Original and Mint). All the details are on the Doodle Dojo Store (Strawberry, Original and Mint).

You can also find some of my original sketches and some stickers and stuff on the Doodle Dojo Etsy Store. Sign up to my Newsletter to keep up with all the latest Doodle Dojo news.

Would You Like a Jelly Baby?

Well would you?

Doctor Who has a very long history. One of the best of the many actors who played the part (in my opinion) is Tome Baker. The fourth Doctor was a pretty odd character and had some pretty good fashion sense. For an alien. I got a DVD of one of the fourth Doctors adventures for my birthday and of course after watching that I had to get out the sketchpad and get to doodling. It was The Ark in Space and despite a number of classic scenes of terror (and bubble wrap) it was the ending that inspired me most. As usual, just as everything is being sorted out, the Doctor says his goodbyes and offers everyone a Jelly Baby. Well what else could I do except draw a little something based on his catchphrase?

Available on Society6 and Redbubble as always. Check out the Doodle Dojo Store for all the links you need.

Ripley & Hicks Exterminators

Ripley and Hicks, for when its not just another bug hunt.

If Ripley and Hicks had survived the journey home from LV426 I like to think they would have set up in business. After all they both had extensive experience of dealing with unwanted visitors. Hicks had certainly been on a few bug hunts before. And despite every paycheck being a fortune in the corps, I'm sure he would have preferred to work for himself after his latest experience of someone else being in command. Besides they always have the ultimate backup plan. Take off and nuke the whole site from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

I wanted to make this one into a bit of an old fashioned logo. I'm beginning to think I have a bit of a thing for victorian style logo design, so it got out the pencil and started working on a nice chunky type treatment and it sort of struck me that the texture and pattern would be the thing to make this work properly. So a bit of H.R. Giger research later, I came up with some ideas of how to give it that extra-terrestrial edge that it needed.

This one is (surprisingly) available on Redbubble and Society6 right now with all the details available on the Doodle Dojo Store. Don't forget to stop by my Facebook page to keep up with my latest designs and sketches.

Anti-Grav Olympics 2074

Anti-grav Olympics

Now that Doctor Who is on a break until November I thought I'd better post up some more Who designs. This one is right back to episode one, 'The Bells of St. John'. Quite often the Doctor mentions things that don't make it into the show and this one just leapt out at me and said make me into a logo. So I did. He may have come last but it was probably because he had to take a detour to save the world or something. You know how it is.

As always this one is available at Redbubble and Society6. Check out the Doodle Dojo Store for more info.

Doodle Dojo Etsy Shop

Doctor Who Villains. Available in the Doodle Dojo Etsy Store.

I've been doing a lot of actual proper sketches lately (on paper and everything!). So rather than cluttering up my house, which already contains lots of my drawings, I thought I would offer them to you. So I've opened the Doodle Dojo Etsy store. This is my opening selection, as you can see I'm in a bit of a Doctor Who mood right now. I did have a Boba Fett picture up there too but its already sold so I won't bother to show that to you guys.

All these sketches are on nice thick A5 cartridge paper and hand drawn by me with a rather nice India Ink brush marker. I will be adding more as I get time to do them and of course if people show an interest in owning them!

Solo Smuggling

Captain Solo runs the best smuggling operation in the galaxy.

Captain Solo's Smuggling is the best in the galaxy. Ideal for those times when you need to avoid 'imperial entanglements' (that does cost you a little extra though). Time sensitive deliveries are a speciality, if you need to get stuff delivered in twelve parsecs or less, he's the man to trust.

I haven't done anything Star Wars related for a while so when I came up with an idea for making a logo for Solo Smuggling I thought I may as well go for it. I started out working on modern corporation style logos but as I carried on sketching it started to turn into something a bit more old fashioned and typographic. I got a bit carried away with the filigree patterning as well, which was fun to do once you get properly in the zone!

This one is available on light and dark backgrounds at Redbubble and Society6. All the details are at the Doodle Dojo Store.

Dalek DIY

THE ROOM MUST BE ILLUMINATED!

Back to Doctor Who again! Sometimes I just can't help myself, especially when I get a ridiculous idea like this one. Besides I haven't drawn a Dalek for a design before. At least not a proper Dalek, I'm not sure human Daleks count. I was just thinking about how cool Daleks are when I started wondering what ordinary parts of life would be the most difficult as a wheeled robot alien with no opposable thumbs. This is one of the most mundane things I could think of really. It doesn't matter to me that Daleks can hover really, it still amuses me regardless!

If you like slightly confused Daleks, this design is available in all the usual places. That's Redbubble and Society6 with all the details on the Doodle Dojo Store.

In other news, I mentioned that I had a print picked for a T-shirt site last week. Well now I can let you know that Nerd Britannia is the design that has been picked at Anotherfinetee.com to go on sale on February the 24th to the 26th. So mark your diaries as it will be only $11 for those three days which, I'm sure you will agree, is a bargain. (Its only £17 including shipping in proper UK money!)

Ood One Out

One of these Ood is doing his own thing, one of these Ood is not the same

Can you spot the Ood one out? Hold on, what was I talking about? Why is there an empty space? What are these pen marks doing all over my arm?

As you can see I am continuing on with my recent Doctor Who obsession. It was one of those moments, (not really 'eureka' but along those lines) when I realised that Ood is a very similar word to odd. From that realisation to thinking of an odd one out design with Ood (oods?) in it was just seconds. Then I obviously had to set about actually doing it, which took considerably longer.

I also got a bit carried away and decided to do one with a human dalek in it. Just because they look a bit similar to Ood in a funny sort of way.

The Silent version is available on Redbubble and Society6. So is the Dalek version (Redbubble and Society6) and all the details are on the Doodle Dojo Store (Dalek and Silent).

Bullet Time Bill

He is 'The One'

Do you believe that my being stronger or faster has anything to do with my muscles in this place? Do you think those are mushrooms eating now?

Bullet Bill is one of the (many) horrible, inexorable, really annoying enemies in Mario Bros. While you try and repeatedly dodge them, die and restart it makes you wonder if there is a better way. That's when it struck me that Neo had a much better way. If there is anyone who should be an equal to Neo when it comes to manipulating a computer simulated world, it really has to be Mario. He has been through just about every type of game you can think of by now. The plucky plumber really should have learned some ways to cheat the system. And while he's at it, you think he would get a better look going on!

Available from Redbubble and Society6 on all kinds of nice stuff. Check out the Doodle Dojo Store for more info.

42 Uses for Towels

A towel, is about the most useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels. And (as I may have mentioned once or twice before) I'm a big fan of the Guide. So I thought I would put my brain in gear and come up with a few uses for them myself. I took a bit of inspiration from Douglas Adams himself and then went off on my own tangent for a while thinking up new things you could do with a fluffy bit of cloth. When I had counted them up I found I was pretty close to, but not quite at, 42 things. This is obviously not good enough so I had to go and rack my brains a bit more. Much brain ache later this is the end result. A full instruction manual of why you should never leave home without a good, sturdy towel, you never know what it might come in handy for.

Of course this is no exception to the usual rule. If you would like to get your hands on this design, its available at Redbubble and Society6 with all the details on the Doodle Dojo Store. Make sure you get your order in before towel day!

Petit Rouge Rhapsody

Petit  Rouge Rhapsody

With a new series of Red Dwarf on the way (in the UK at least) I thought it was time to break out the pens and have a go at representing the boys from the Dwarf. I was thinking about an iconic way of showing four people as a team when the bohemian rhapsody pose wandered into my brain. It seemed to suit Red Dwarf quite well; is this the real life? or just a game of better than life? to paraphrase the song. Doodling time followed and I thought a more cartoony style suited these guys a bit better than too much reality.

Red Dwarf is a classic show and I can't wait to see what they come up with in the new episodes. If its half as good as some of the old ones it will be well worth watching!

If you want to get your hands on this work featuring the last human, his dead friend, a creature evolved from a cat and their cleaning droid, head over to Redbubble or Society6. You'll find it on stickers, iphone cases and of course T-shirts among other things. Full details on the Doodle Dojo Store.

Galactic Empire

The spaceship and sun symbol of the Galactic Empire

Isaac Asimov is one of my favourite authors. He has an amazing array of stories spread over something like twenty or thirty thousand years of human history. A large chunk of that time is taken up by the rule of the Galactic Empire, which spread throughout the stars, and then degenerated until it could only collapse and be replaced by the Foundation. The emblem is described by Asimov as a cigar shaped spaceship in front of a stylised sun, so it leaves a little room for imagination in there still. I wanted to go for a fifties style spaceship as thats when most of his stories were written and this is the end result.

If you would like to own something with this artwork on it, head over to Redbubble or Society6 and choose from a range of T-shirts, iPhone cases, stickers, prints and other assorted goodies. See all the details on the Doodle Dojo Store.

Wizard of Who

We're off to see the Doctor

Follow the yellow blue brick road! The Doctor of Who is (as we all know) a magical man capable of doing pretty much anything. So finding a brain for the scarecrow, a heart for the Cyberman and some courage for Brannigan should be as easy as getting Amy back home to Rory. All they have to do now is find him.

This one came out of a discussion where the Cybermen were getting called tinmen. The wheels in my head eventually connected up the other characters and once I had them all, it just had to be put on paper. I do love a bit of the Doctor. New series coming soon(ish) and it looks like its going to be a good one from all the news I've seen so far. Can't wait.

Luckily you don't have to wait to get your hands on this doodle. Just head over to Society6 or Redbubble to get your hands on T-shirts, iPhone cases, stickers and prints. All the links are on the Doodle Dojo Store as usual.

Arctic & European Oil

Arctic & European used to be a fish oil company, until triffids arrived.

Well whaddaya know? We're back to sci-fi! John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids to be precise. The lead character, Bill Masen, works as a biologist for Arctic & European Oil. They used to be Arctic & European Fish Oils until Triffids came along and proved far more profitable. They also turned out to  be slightly more dangerous as well though. Mobile, poisonous, carnivorous plants are a bit tricky to look after. Especially when most of the population is goes blind after seeing a 'comet' enter the Earth's atmosphere.

I based the colour scheme loosely on BP on this one to give it an authentic oil company look. But obviously illustration is what I'm doing here so it needed a Triffid to spice things up a bit. It follows the book description more than the (UK) TV series although that's probably what most people think of first.

This one is, of course, available as prints and iphone cases on Society6 as well as T-shirts and stickers on Redbubble. Full details at the Doodle Dojo Store.

Time to Bleed

Blain ain't got time to bleed. Until now.

Another classic sci-fi movie reference. Arnie managed to be in lots of great films but Jessie Ventura made a pretty big impact in this one too. Lugging around Ol' Painless and coming out with such wisdom as "ain't got time to bleed". Well in my imaginary scene, the time to bleed might be a lot sooner than he thinks.

This one was a bit of a pain to get done. Those leaves took an age! I got some good advice the composition though and stuck to it and now I'm pretty pleased with the finished result.

As always you can get yourself this on T-shirts, stickers and other stuff at Redbubble as well as prints, iphone cases and even more goodies at Society6. Full details on the Doodle Dojo Store.

Freestyle Scout

Biker Scouts blaze their own trails.

Being a biker scout is a different way of life to being a regular trooper. They like to live on the edge, pushing the envelope as far as it will go.

This is my entry for We Love Fine's Star Wars contest. I couldn't help but do something for the chance to get an official Star Wars shirt under my belt. As usual it had to be a little bit different to satisfy my sense of silliness. All it needs now is some votes from you awesome people! Head over to Welovefine.com to give your score. Thanks in advance!

Oh No, Not Again!

The First (and last) thoughts of Agrajag's incarnation as a bowl of Petunias.

You may have noticed that I'm a bit of a science fiction fan. One of the books that cemented that love of all things futuristic and spacey is Douglas Adams' amazing book 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.' I loved all the silly things going on and the added on descriptions of totally random, seemingly unrelated stuff scattered throughout.

This is my design in tribute to that masterpiece. Its based on the scene where Arthur manages to call a whale and a bowl of petunias into existence miles above an abandoned planet. These are the thoughts of the flowers as they begin their descent into oblivion. If you don't know what's going on here, just go and read a copy. You will not be wasting your time I promise!

Available on prints, T-shirts and all sorts of other stuff from Society6 and Redbubble. Click on the Doodle Dojo Store for all the details.

Renew!

Enter the Carousel. This is the time of Renewal.

Its another one inspired by a classic sci-fi film. This time its Logan's Run. There were some great sci-fi films made way back in the 70s and they all seem to have soundtracks created by one man and a synthesizer. I've never quite figured out how that tradition started but I'm kind of glad it did. The bizarre, almost music stuff, really adds to the futuristic feeling in some movies and Logan's Run definitely counts as one of those.

The carousel is the ceremony where the people who have reached 30 are sent off to their deaths. And the rest of the crowd cheer them on their way as they float up and explode. How nice!

Prints, laptop skins and other goodies available on Society6 and Redbubble. Check the Doodle Dojo Store for all the info.

Rockatansky Fuel Haulage

Max will always get your fuel there on time.

A little Mad Max themed doodle for you all this time. Max Rockatansky has to be one of the most unusual names for any movie hero. Thank goodness they shortened it to Mad Max for the title or the posters would have looked terrible.

The fortified truck from the Road Warrior is a pretty iconic vehicle and I thought you would probably want to use it more than once (if it hadn't been destroyed by the humungus). Safe and secure fuel deliveries would have made Max a fortune, if he only could have got that first one right.

Available on posters, prints, tees and iphone cases at Redbubble and Society6. Find all the details on the Doodle Dojo Store.