23 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: abstract, art, artist, bear, buildings, construction, environment, in progress, Jodi Magi, lamb, oil, oil painting, paint, perspective, toy, toys, traditional, window
This is a comment on humanity’s need to build, construct and demolish, as seen through the eyes of 3 toys looking through a window. When looking down at the endless cranes and concrete pylons, lamb asks Ulysses (the bear on the left) “Why are they always building? Where have all the trees gone?” to which Uly replies “They build because they can”.
Titled ‘Because they can’, oil on canvas, 76cm x 51cm (in progress).
02 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Completed work, Illustration / commercial art, Vector artwork and/or digital manipulation Tags: art, Australia, Australian, character, commercial art, enthusiastic, excited, game, happy, illustration, illustrator, in progress, Jodi Magi, man, montage, motivated, photoshop, Stake My rep, U.A.E., UAE, vector, vector art
I created this using Adobe Illustrator for the face and hands, and Photoshop for the rest. I think it is important to retain a sense of authenticity / organic-ness in digital illustration in order to encourage some sort of emotional connection. Sometimes digital stuff can look cold. This is why I use a lot fabric photography (the shirt and hat) and traditional textures (ink splatters in the background).
01 May 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, Australia, Australian, character, commercial art, enthusiastic, excited, game, happy, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, man, motivated, U.A.E., UAE, vector, vector art
Getting there….
29 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, Australia, Australian, character, commercial art, game, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, man, U.A.E., UAE, vector, vector art
This is a vector illustration I am part way through, for an online challenge game about to launch. Though it is done digitally, it should be known, this is no quick trick!
15 Apr 2013 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, artist, blue, Brothers Grimm, illustration art, in progress, Jodi Magi, juniper tree, oil painting, pointilism, shadow, traditional painting, tree
This painting demonstrates my attempts to develop a looser, more gestural style and is a part of my ‘Brothers Grimm’ series.
Still in progress (though thousands of dots later), it has been quite relaxing and fun to work on.
Oil on canvas, 123 cm x 72 cm
20 Mar 2013 Leave a Comment
in Preliminary sketch, Progress shots Tags: Australia, Brothers Grimm, drawing, fairytale, Gold, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, king, mountain, pencil, study
This is my King-to-be. A pencil drawing in progress for my next painting inspired by the Brothers Grimm’s The King of the Golden Mountain.
Click here to view my initial digital mockup of the composition.
20 Jan 2013 1 Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, artist, Australian, colour, eye, figurative, in progress, Jodi Magi, metamorphosis, oil painting, surrealism, U.A.E., UAE, woman
I sat down to paint and some photo-realism-rurrealism came out. This is detail from the oil painting I am working on at the moment which is 80cm x 80cm with the theme of Metamorphosis. I have never done a ‘proper’ oil painting before, so I googled blending techniques and colour mixing, and so far it feels 1000 times easier than working with acrylics. Why didn’t I realise this years ago?
19 Jan 2013 1 Comment
in Progress shots Tags: Abu Dhabi, artist, Australian, figurative, in progress, Jodi Magi, make up, metamorphosis, mirror, oil, painting, regency, woman
Oil on canvas with the theme of metamorphosis. 80cm x 80cm in progress.
08 Jan 2013 1 Comment
in Preliminary sketch, Progress shots Tags: Abu Dhabi, art, Australia, child, drawing, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, U.A.E., water
This little lass will be in a painting I will start work on in the next few days.
30 Nov 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, character, deer, fairytale, fawn, forest, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting, painting on wood
A little bit of additional colour, worked in from the top down, seems to have brought it to life and heightened the sense of depth.
27 Nov 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, artist, Australian, character, children, deer, fairytale, fawn, figure, forest, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting, painting on wood
27 Nov 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: art, character, deer, fairytale, fawn, forest, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting, painting on wood
Work on the background has started. It is tricky to find the balance between incorporating the wood-grain, painting an interesting scene which sets the context of the story and over-powering the foreground.
23 Nov 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: Abu Dhabi, art, Australian, bird, deer, doe, fable, fairytale, fawn, haunted, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting, painting on wood, whimsy
I think the figures are finished, now what to do with the background?
20 Oct 2012 Leave a Comment
in Paintings on wood Tags: 19th century, antique, balloon, castle, chateau, clouds, clown, colonial, Dutch, France, French, French clown, hot air balloon, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting on wood, ruff collar
Title: ‘I Told You This Day Would Come’, oil painting on an antique Dutch colonial window shutter, 28cm x 72cm.
20 Oct 2012 Leave a Comment
in Paintings on wood Tags: antique, balloon, castle, chateau, clouds, clown, colonial, Dutch, French clown, hot air balloon, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting on wood, ruff collar
29 Aug 2012 Leave a Comment
in Preliminary sketch, Progress shots Tags: acrylic, art, artist, Australia, automat, automaton, clown, dancing clown, drawing, in progress, Jodi Magi, mechanical toy, pop art, toy
This is a pencil drawing of a photo I took at Museum of Mechanical Toys in Soulliac, France. I love the sweet, sad and exploitative feel of these beautifully designed and constructed antique mechanical toys. After a full life as a child’s play thing, now they appear behind glass in a museum for adults to stare at.
I didn’t get the title of this clown, nor did I see him actually move but I am really looking forward to bringing him to life as a painting.
Here is a link to my photos from the museum of mechanical toys by Roullet and Decamps.
26 Aug 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: acrylic, art, artist, Australia, automat, automaton, bear, dancing bear, Decamps, drawing, in progress, Jodi Magi, mechanical toy, Ours Danseur, pop art, Roullet, Roullet and Decamps Automatons, toy
Here is my acrylic painting of the antique mechanical toy ‘Ours Danseur’ (Bear Dancer) which I had the good fortune to see within his little glass prison, at the Museum of Mechanical Toys by Roullet and Decamps Automatons in Soulliac, France.
Unfortunately, the real thing didn’t dance for me when I saw him but the look on his face made me think it was still possible!
Here is a link to some of the photos I took whilst at the museum.
24 Aug 2012 Leave a Comment
in Preliminary sketch, Progress shots Tags: acrylic, art, artist, Australia, automat, automaton, bear, dancing bear, drawing, in progress, Jodi Magi, mechanical toy, pop art, toy
This is a pencil drawing of a photo I took at Museum of Mechanical Toys in Soulliac, France. It is an incredible collection of automats designed and built by Roullet and Decamps for more than 120 years, starting in 1866. This guy was titled ‘Ours Danseur’ which translates to ‘Bear Dancer’. Unfortunately, he didn’t move when I saw him but the look on his face made me think it was still possible!
Here is a link to the photos from the museum.
To view the finished painting in a new window, click HERE.
30 Jul 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: clown, doll, French clown, in progress, Jodi Magi, marionette, painting on wood, ruff collar, toy
So the marionette doll is finished.
07 Jun 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: acrylic, art, artist, Australia, horse, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting, pop art, surreal
After many, many, many, many hours, I do believe I am finished. Now, if only I could figure out a way to generate an income from art! Sigh.
07 Jun 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: acrylic, art, artist, Australia, horse, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting, pop art, surreal
After many, many, many, many hours, I do believe I am finished. Now, if only I could figure out a way to generate an income from art! Sigh.
30 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: acrylic, art, artist, Australia, horse, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, moon, night, paint, painting, pop art, surreal
Having finally finished painting the trees (which took a few days), I added some contrast to the foreground grass as well as around the base of the trees in order to anchor them to the ground, and here you see me painting the base colour for the moon. A constellation of stars to follow soon.
30 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: acrylic, art, artist, Australia, horse, illustration, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting, pop art, surreal
The two lead characters in the narrative, the trees behind them are yet to be worked on. Acrylic on canvas 60cm x 60cm
29 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: acrylic, art, artist, Australia, horse, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting, pop art, surreal
Here is the aforementioned paint wielding nemesis of the horse. First layer of colour.
29 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: acrylic, art, artist, Australia, horse, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting, pop art, surreal
My horse hero after he has been attacked by his paint wielding nemesis on the right hand side of the painting. She had applied the same blue eye shadow and pink blush to her horse as she has to herself.
09 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: horse, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting
So this is what I have been working on in the last day or two. I am quite happy with him, but the trouble is, on the right side of the canvas which is cropped out here, is a little girl with a bucket of paint in her hand. She has just finished applying makeup to this horse (but it isn’t on yet). So the point of this painting was that she has just tried to ‘humanify’ this beautiful creature by smearing it with red lipstick and eyeshadow, making it beautiful in her eyes because it is like her, but in actuality quite disturbingly grotesque. My dilemma is, I don’t want to smear his face with lipstick and eyeshadow! He looks lovely just the way he is! But then, that is the whole point….. humph.
06 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Progress shots Tags: clown, French clown, in progress, Jodi Magi, painting on wood, ruff collar
This is the bottom section of the wood, partially finished. Above her, in the background will be the ruins of her castle from where her owner fled before discarding her in the rush to escape.
