Johannes Leak Illustration

Gus

2012-02-16T08:53:00.003-08:00

I can tell I'm not going to finish this little exercise. I'll have another go at drawing my favourite dog some other time though, I'm sure.

Michael Jordan (no.1)

2012-02-16T05:32:00.001-08:00

For CS3000, I might have a few more tries this week, such a good face.

The Spaghetti Western Orchestra

2012-02-09T08:52:00.001-08:00

I drew a group caricature of the great band The Spaghetti Western Orchestra, which features my uncle Graeme and friends of his from Melbourne. They are all great characters and it was lots of fun to draw their cool costumes and white-painted faces.

Didier Loubat

2012-02-03T05:15:00.000-08:00

A quick biro/pen/brush/p'shop drawing of the brilliant caricaturist Didier Loubat done for Caricature Exchange on Facebook.

Mario Benedetti

2012-02-02T03:30:00.000-08:00

2 approaches to a wonderful head. For CS3000.

Hayao Miyazaki - 2nd go

2012-01-23T04:48:00.000-08:00

I added some Japanese kites to place him up in the clouds...

Hiyao Miyazaki

2012-01-22T04:29:00.001-08:00

quick sketch for CS3000. Hope to do another one before deadline.

Quick Sketch - Arthur Russell

2012-01-20T09:51:00.001-08:00

Judge Dredd

2012-01-18T05:11:00.000-08:00

...for OzComics Draw-Off #25

Lou Reed Sketch

2012-01-16T11:28:00.001-08:00

Listening to "Berlin" all day, in Berlin... I had to draw him.

Comic Book Romance

2012-01-16T05:43:00.000-08:00

...was the theme for OzComics Draw-Off #24. So I drew Hellboy and Liz Sherman.

Messi final

2012-01-15T09:12:00.001-08:00

Messi stage 2

2012-01-13T04:53:00.000-08:00

Bumped up the colours, cheated in a way, but fun to experiment.

Lionel Messi

2012-01-11T09:41:00.000-08:00

First CS3000 post for 2012, this is still a work in progress.

Consti and Christopher

2012-01-10T14:30:00.000-08:00

A private job for a good mate of mine, he printed it onto a hoodie for his brother for Christmas.

Andy Serkis

2011-12-03T14:43:00.001-08:00

For CS3000

Ricky Gervais

2011-11-27T04:10:00.001-08:00

For CS3000... Tried to capture that smarmy, sweaty, sleazy look he often has.

Breaking Bad

2011-11-23T02:26:00.000-08:00

I've never seen the show but I've only ever heard great things and it happens to be the theme for this week's OzComics Draw-off #17.

The Renovators Promo

2011-11-23T02:24:00.000-08:00

Storyboard from Channel 10's Promo for The Renovators

I&J Light and Crispy Storyboard

2011-11-23T02:13:00.000-08:00

A selection of frames from a storyboard drawn up for Director Dave Klaiber for Plaza Films Sydney for I&J Light and Crispy. Part of the "Iron-Jay" series.

Wrigleys Extra Storyboard "Tough Times"

2011-11-23T01:47:00.000-08:00

Here are a selection of frames from storyboards I drew up for Director Brendan Hearne @RadicalMedia Sydney for Wrigleys Extra.

Wrigleys Extra Storyboard "Calcium"

2011-11-23T01:31:00.000-08:00

Flash Gordon

2011-11-16T12:06:00.000-08:00

For OZComics Draw-Off #16. I tried to make it look as much like the work of Alex Raymond as I could (on the Cintiq, anyway). Can't work out which colour scheme works better so I'll post them both.

The Rocketeer

2011-11-14T05:46:00.000-08:00

I'm not really too familiar with the Rocketeer, I don't even think I saw the movie that came out about 20 years ago. But it was this week's theme for the OzComics Drawoff, so I had a go. I wanted things to look much more cartoony, but I ended up with something far from it. Sometimes that happens!

Christian Bale

2011-11-09T08:53:00.000-08:00

For CS3000. So many cool roles to choose from, but I went with the loveable crack-head Dicky Eklund Jr. from The Fighter. Here is a look at the process work, from first sketch to colour illustration. I have a feeling the sketch is still the best likeness!

Pygmalion

2011-10-31T16:11:00.000-07:00

I missed the cut-off for this week's OzComics mythology-themed challenge. But I've always loved the story of Pygmalion, and used to like staring at the reproduction of Jean-Leon Gerome's painting of the theme at art school, so I had a go anyway. I didn't have much time to work anything up much this week, but it's still a bit of fun.

Vincent Price

2011-10-26T03:13:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick pen, brush and ink sketch of Vincent Price for CS3000. It could be a busy week work-wise so I wanted to at least get something down quickly! Would love to have another go if I find the time.

O Brother Where Art Thou?...With colour...

2011-10-17T14:36:00.001-07:00

Steve Jobs

2011-10-17T04:04:00.001-07:00

For Caricaturama Showdown 3000. A man sent back in time to reshape the future by changing the past...

O Brother Where Art Thou?

2011-10-17T04:01:00.000-07:00

Another go at the Coen Bros theme for the OzComics Draw-Off... Just the linework here, colours still to come.

OzComics Draw-Off #11 - Coen Bros.

2011-10-12T00:51:00.000-07:00

This week's theme was chosen by the winner of last week's Draw-Off, Douglas Holgate, and he picked the films and characters of the Coen brothers. I had to have a go straight away! Here is Anton Chigurh, the über-villain from No Country for Old Men, and Carl and Gaear from Fargo.

Vincent Van Gogh

2011-10-11T00:30:00.000-07:00

Vincent Van Gogh for Caricaturama Showdown 3000. One of my favourite painters. I personally don't think he was mad, but it was fun playing with the stereotype.

Tom Waits (take 2)

2011-09-29T05:53:00.001-07:00

"Herzrasen" Pitch

2011-09-29T02:54:00.000-07:00

This was a pitch for a German advertising agency. A comic featuring Diane Kruger being driven fast around a racing circuit.

Tom Waits

2011-09-27T14:36:00.000-07:00

Couldn't be happier with this week's choice of caricature subject on CS3000 on Facebook, one of my heroes, Tom Waits.

I had to have a go straight away, might have gotten a bit carried away with the textural side of things here, but felt like a lot of fun after the Djokovic one.

Novak Dojokovic - Process

2011-09-27T03:43:00.000-07:00

Process for the Novak Djokovic caricature from first sketch through to finished digital painting.

Pirates (take 2)

2011-09-26T23:54:00.000-07:00

Couldn't resist one more stab at the Ozcomics challenge. Pirates are good fun.

Novak Djokovic

2011-09-26T13:54:00.000-07:00

Another entry into the Caricaturama Showdown 3000 weekly Facebook challenge. This week it's Novak Djokovic.

PIRATE PIN-UP

2011-09-17T00:49:00.000-07:00

This is an entry into OzComics Drawoff #7 - PIRATES.

John Krasinski

2011-09-14T09:16:00.000-07:00

I've finally found time again for an entry into the Caricaturama 3000 weekly caricature contest on Facebook. This week it's John Krasinski, who I've never seen or heard of before.

THE BAND

2011-09-14T09:13:00.000-07:00

I've been listening to The Band ever since my brother hipped me to them recently. Absolutely love them! So much so that I made a quick scribble of one of their album covers.

Press for SURFACE

2011-08-02T20:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.aquabumps.com/2011/07/26/good-times/

http://www.tracksmag.com/201107273485/Blogs/Tracks-Blog/Fiberglass-Fame.html

SURFACE Exhibition

2011-08-02T20:27:00.000-07:00

On Friday, 29th of July, I had my exhibition of surfboard artwork down at the Beach Road Hotel in Bondi. It was a great turnout and a fun night, and I managed to sell some boards too. Many thanks to the shapers and stores who provided boards and to the Beach Road Hotel for putting the event on.

2011 Natural Gas TVC - Plaza Films

2011-04-27T05:48:00.000-07:00

Here are a few frames of a storyboard I recently drew for Nick Robertson, a director at Plaza Films.

2011-04-27T05:47:00.000-07:00

2011-04-27T05:23:00.000-07:00

2011-04-27T05:22:00.000-07:00

Masterchef Season 3 Promo

2011-04-27T01:20:00.000-07:00

These are a few frames from a recent job I did for Channel Ten, the promotional ad for the upcoming season of the Masterchef TV show.

Masterchef Season 3 Promo

2011-04-27T01:19:00.001-07:00

Masterchef Season 3 Promo

2011-04-27T01:12:00.000-07:00

Natalie Portman

2011-04-25T15:31:00.001-07:00

These are two stages of a quick drawing I did for Caricaturama Showdown 3000, a Facebook group that holds a weekly caricature contest. It is my first entry but I start doing these as often as I can.

Briana Cowlishaw Album Cover

2011-04-06T22:38:00.000-07:00

I just finished the artwork for Sydney jazz singer Briana Cowlishaw's debut album "When Fiction Comes to Life". I wanted it to look like pages from a scrapbook so I combined various elements including drawings, paintings/digital paintings and collage. A big thank-you to Marco Gorzel for placing the text passages and helping with overall layout.

Ed, Jade and Eva

2011-03-24T20:32:00.000-07:00

This is another piece of private work commissioned by a friend. I'm really enjoying drawing caricatures at the moment. My Dad has been a big help with these - he keeps encouraging me to push the exaggeration of facial features to get more extreme likenesses. Loads of fun.

Perth with his Board

2011-03-02T17:31:00.000-08:00

Here is Perth Standlick ripping and posing with the board I drew on for him featuring Kate Moss. Photos by Eugene Tan (www.aquabumps.com)

Deutsche Bank/Chum Darvall Caricature

2011-03-02T14:03:00.000-08:00

This is a recently commissioned piece for Deutsche Bank Australia. It features Chum Darvall, CEO.

Subaru Forester Storyboard

2011-02-24T20:28:00.000-08:00

I thought it might be time to post a few examples of my storyboard work seeing as this is the sort of work I find myself doing about 90% of the time. These frames come from a recent job I did for the new 2011 Subaru Forester TVC directed by Bruce Hunt from Revolver. The link to the actual ad is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH54rsOq9cA

Subaru Forester Storyboard

2011-02-24T20:24:00.001-08:00

Subaru Forester Storyboard

2011-02-24T20:10:00.000-08:00

New Board Art

2011-02-15T22:47:00.000-08:00

This is a drawing of Kate Moss I recently drew on the bottom of local pro Perth Standlick's surfboard. Looking forward to seeing a photo of him flying through the air on it, and posting it here!

TRACKS Jan 2011 Illustration

2011-01-12T16:27:00.000-08:00

This illustration accompanies a piece in Tracks Surfing Magazine written by Bondi local legend Monty Webber entitled "Madness, Badness, Sadness and Surfing".

SEASON'S GREETINGS!

2011-01-10T00:09:00.001-08:00

Surfboard Artwork

2010-12-22T13:50:00.000-08:00

This is something I've done a bit of over the years. I just did this one of Andy Irons, one of my favourite surfers, who tragically died a couple of months ago. I do these using black textas, methylated spirits and cotton buds. The board is mine, a custom by a good mate of mine and awesome shaper Stuart Paterson from :pcc surfboards. I thought I'd dig out some of my older ones and post them now.

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2010-12-22T13:48:00.000-08:00

Various pieces of surfboard art including drawings of Jessica White, a redback spider, German babe Uschi Obermaier and a Mentawaian warrior drawn on a fin for a charity auction.

NAB Staff Christmas Card

2010-12-21T17:45:00.000-08:00

This was a job I recently did for Brand Behaviour. It is the card that NAB sent out to its staff members for Christmas 2010.

2010-12-14T19:33:00.000-08:00

These are some fashion designs by my girlfriend, Tina Zumbansen. It was great to watch her working these up from quick pencil scribbles through to fully realized designs.

Merry Christmas Folks

2010-12-06T23:26:00.000-08:00

This was a commission for a company called Brand Behaviour. Santa Claus is Karl Treacher, and my grizzled head is in there too, second from the right with the glasses on.

2010-07-21T08:05:00.001-07:00

This is something I did just for fun around the time Frank Frazetta died. Thought it would be fitting to do something in the spirit of the great man's work. It's about 90% finished but I'm not sure I'm going to push it too much further.

2010-06-09T01:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a (slight) caricature I did as a private commission recently. Apparently this guy is a big-time 80's tragic, hence the cheesy background and the classic Ford Escort Cabrio...

Volkswagen Event Concept Art

2010-06-08T05:44:00.000-07:00

These are concept illustrations I was recently commissioned to do for an upcoming Volkswagen event. The first image is completely hand "painted", while the others are a combination of drawing, digital painting and digital collage.

2010-06-08T05:37:00.000-07:00

This is a quick digital painting I did a week or so ago. I found a nice photo of my girlfriend Tina and tried out some of the new brushes in Photoshop 5. The likeness is close, but no cigar.

MINE CANARY

2010-06-08T05:31:00.000-07:00

Mine Canary is the name of my brother Jasper's new music project. He asked me to come up with an image that he can use for stickers and posters and here is what i came up with.

2010-06-08T05:26:00.000-07:00

A few frames of a storyboard done for a German client. Little Red Riding Hood being stalked online by the Big Bad Wolf.

Darren Percival - Microphones CD Artwork

2010-03-31T03:16:00.000-07:00

I recently worked on this cover art for Sydney singer Darren Percival's new album, Microphones. The upper panel makes up the front and back covers and inside flap while the lower panel makes up the inside of the package. Moebius was an obvious inspiration for this one, as well as the x-ray/transparent effects in films like Tron, which Moebius incidentally worked on.

Private Commission - Heike

2010-03-29T04:27:00.000-07:00

These are scans of some pencil/ink portrait drawings I recently drew for some friends.

Life Drawing Sketches

2010-03-27T11:43:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more figure drawings from my sketchbook. These drawings were done in New York, Berlin and Biro.

2010-03-27T11:40:00.000-07:00

2010-03-09T06:11:00.000-08:00

I stumbled across this photo of me, my brother and my uncle today and was reminded of this classic Demotivational Poster. So I had to give it similar treatment.

2010-03-02T05:18:00.000-08:00

I recently drew this up for Waves Magazine and an upcoming surf competition at my home beach, Bondi. It was a lot of fun but kind of strange sitting in snowy Berlin and drawing summery Bondi. My money's on Owen Wright, by the way. He RIPS!

more sketchbook work

2009-12-01T21:12:00.000-08:00

2009-12-01T13:51:00.000-08:00

These drawings feature my friend the Sydney saxophonist Matt Keegan. He's putting together a website down the track and wanted to use some of my drawings as motifs on the site. It's always good to do work for someone whose work you admire, and Matt has been good enough to use my work for two of his band's previous albums, "Roadscape" and "Tone Imagination".

sketchbook

2009-12-01T09:18:00.001-08:00

These drawings were done at the Spring Street Studio sketch club in New York City. I twiddled a few knobs in photoshop to end up with the blue page.

2009-11-20T15:47:00.001-08:00

Here are two new drawings I did in my sketchbook for a friend of mine, Raquel Alvarez. She and her friend Patricia Oassé have started up a fashion blog - enossabr.blogspot.com, and had the cool idea of using drawings rather than photographs to introduce themselves to readers of the blog.

Sketchbook Collage

2009-11-16T12:09:00.000-08:00

I've been filling my sketchbook here in NYC with scenes from the city, drawings of friends and life drawings. Some of the heads in this collage belong to Adam "Surge" Hart, my brother Jasper, his lovely girlfriend Cerelina and my great mate Les Robinson.

Life Drawing at the Society of Illustrators NYC

2009-11-11T07:58:00.000-08:00

10/11/09. She really did have pink hair.

Road Warriors

2009-11-02T14:25:00.000-08:00

So in the end I did work it up, it's not quite finished but it's as close as I could get before I ran out of patience. I wanted it to be a sort of updated take on Frank Frazetta's "Death Dealer". I might have another go at the same theme sometime down the track.

Canon IXUS True Stories TVC

2009-11-02T09:38:00.000-08:00

Here is another selection of storyboard frames completed for Nick Robertson at Plaza Films Australia for a Canon IXUS TVC. I've also included a moodboard/digital painting I created which was then used to sell the idea of fitting out an empty shopfront to make it look like a real nightspot. To see the TVC itself go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McLhdUmdbNY

NRMA Insurance TVC for Plaza Films Australia

2009-11-02T08:23:00.000-08:00

These are some of the storyboard frames I drew up for Plaza Films Director Nick Robertson for an NRMA TVC. To see the final product check: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaM3ePxXdlI

2009-08-26T06:05:00.000-07:00

Here is a storyboard frame from a recent campaign which is being screened Germany-wide. 4 TVC's were produced concerned with upgraded security for internet users. They can be viewed on youtube by searching for "saptv: Sicher im Netz".

2009-08-18T20:27:00.000-07:00

This is a very quick rough for a personal piece I think might be fun to work up. A post-apocalyptic vision of road-warriors carving up the highway... or something like that. We'll see if I get around to it!

2009-08-02T20:01:00.000-07:00

...Sticking with mammals of the order Artiodactyla. You might spot this pissed-off goat on t-shirts and jumpers pretty soon. Available from tenbucktees.com.au

Batman Motion-Capture Drawing

2009-06-29T20:53:00.000-07:00

This is a quick drawing of Batman I did ages ago. I was in Berlin at the time working for Omgraphix on a documentary about the French comic artist Moebius and we were trying out various motion-capture techniques. It became an element we used numerous times in the film. In the end we were lucky enough to be able to use animated drawings by comic legends like Moebius, Mike Mignola, Jim Lee and Enki Bilal.

2009-06-29T20:45:00.000-07:00

This is a piece of private work - a belated wedding present for my friends Matt and Claudia McIntosh-Bowman.

Some old paintings...

2009-06-22T01:38:00.000-07:00

...and here are a few more old paintings I did on that same trip to Berlin, Bavaria, Slovenia and NYC (04-06). Some of them are terrible photos, but you get the idea.

Old Bits and Pieces

2009-06-22T01:03:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few things - sketchbook pages, life drawings and paintings - that were done over the last 5 years or so, when I was still using mainly natural media. The "Portrait of the Xanthe in a Rabbit Fur Coat" was painted in Australia, as part of my entry for the Alice Bale Traveling Scholarship. The rest were done during my last long stint overseas in Berlin (04-06).

Nudes

2009-06-22T00:36:00.000-07:00

...one quick one from life, one drawn using reference.

2009-06-22T00:05:00.000-07:00

This is a quick, rough pencil/photoshop sketch I did for omstudios.de for an animation that unfortunately didn't go ahead. It's a shame really...

Recent Storyboard - Miele - glast.de

2009-06-21T23:36:00.001-07:00

Here are a selection of frames from a set of presentation boards completed for Director Uwe Kleinheinrich of Glast Films Germany (www.glast.de). It is for a TVC for Miele entitled "Celebrations" which links particular items of clothing to memorable moments in the story of one young couple.

2009-06-16T05:38:00.000-07:00

Here's a portrait study from a Julian Ashton's life drawing session. It took around an hour and a half.

CHESTERFILM Illustration

2009-04-21T22:12:00.000-07:00

This is a digital painting I was commissioned to create by director Matt Bird for his production company Chesterfilm's website. The extended sections above and below the forest will provide a background for showreels and other features. Matt's site is being put together at the moment and will definitely be worth checking out. www.chesterfilm.com.au

Natural Gas TVC - Storyboard

2009-04-08T20:54:00.000-07:00

Storyboards like this one make up a large proportion of my workload at any time. This one was completed for director Jonathan Nyquist and producer Warwick Boulter. I've included most of the frames which were used in the shoot, as well as a couple which turned out OK, but weren't used. Here is a link to the TVC itself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vxsqk-6JB8