Marc Noble Illustration

Vote For Me on Threadless!

2011-12-21T23:13:00.000-08:00

As the title hints at, I've got a t-shirt design up on Threadless, so if you all get voting I can have it printed and win some moneys. The link is below, and the design up there.

Cycle of Violence Inks

2011-08-06T05:47:00.000-07:00

submission pages for 2000AD based on the Judge Dredd script 'Cycle of Violence'.

all characters, script and story © 2000AD C0mics

2000AD submission: Cycle of Violence

2011-08-06T05:33:00.001-07:00

Here's the pencils for a six page comic I just finished and sent off as a submission for 2000AD useing one of the sample scripts from there site, inks are on the way.

5, 6, 7, 8!

2011-05-28T16:32:00.000-07:00

I've just finished this movie poster for a short film created by the Edinburgh based 'Debasers Filums' for there upcoming work entitled 5, 6, 7, 8! It was a pretty fun project to work on, since it gave me something a little different to do and was interesting to work a 50's dance theme into the poster. The film is going to be crowdfunded, meaning the poster and other materials will be given out to people who donate funding to the production, I'll post the details and links on that when I have them.

The Egg Crushers Children 2

2011-05-28T16:09:00.000-07:00

the next three finished pages from the comic i'm currently working on...

page 4

page 5

page 6

Some Finished Pages For You...

2011-04-25T03:11:00.000-07:00

I'll be getting off my lazy arse from now on and getting my online comic done regularly, promise. The comic is called 'The Egg Crushers Children', written by my pal Chris McCance and drawn by me, it's going to have it's own site eventually, but for now i'll just be uploading the pages on here. so if you like stories monsters, mythical creatures and child soldiers (among other things) check it out, more coming very soon.

page 1

page 2

page 3

Hot Tips

2011-04-24T04:22:00.000-07:00

these illustrations are for a booklet on adult literacy being distributed in edinburgh. i didn't have too long on them, but it was quite a fun wee job, a nice change from the darker stuff i've been drawing lately.

Now in magical colour

2011-03-14T09:56:00.000-07:00

I've recently been trying to improve my digital colouring skills to try and reach a level i'm happy with, I don't think i'm quite there yet, the schemes still seem to end up a bit stronger / darker than what i intend, but anyways, this is my latest attempt, the colour version of 'Willard':

And for desert, a character i've been working on for the egg crusher comic, an immortal soldier who has a pack of huge bear creatures under his control, can't wait to get to thatt part of the story...

Egg Crusher 4, 5 and 6

2011-03-14T09:49:00.000-07:00

Here's a wee look at the next few pages for the Egg Crushers children comic. Again, no text until it becomes a real webcomic, this here's just a little taster.

3, 2, 1, Let's Jam

2011-02-05T09:24:00.000-08:00

The first three pages of the comic 'The Egg Crushers Children', which i'm illustrating (very slowly, thank you full time employment) for the edinburgh based writer Chris McCance. I think once there's enough pages this will be getting it's own site as a webcomic so i won't be posting anything with text on here, don't want to give the story away, but there will be a link to the site once it's up and running.

Willard

2010-12-12T11:42:00.000-08:00

Saw this film the other day, it's about a guy who befriends the rats in his basement and then uses them to take revenge on the people making his life misserable. The movie has some real nice imagery, especially when a lift full to the brim with rats opens, and they all fall away to reveal willard stood in the middle, this is sort of my take on that little scene.

Breach

2010-11-19T03:11:00.000-08:00

Another piece of linework for my neglected gallery. this was a piece of concept art i did for a comic my pal piggi was writing called Breach, about random things, from monsters to chunks of mountain ranges, appearing on earth from another dimension.

The Egg Crushers Children, first page inks

2010-11-18T13:05:00.000-08:00

This is the first page of a comic i'm working on with the writer Chris McCance here in edinburgh. I'm not sure how far i'll be going with this in terms of colour/ grey scale shading etc since it's a pretty big story and at the minute i'm just working on a six page sample and a few other designs, but i thought i'd upload this anyways since my page has been looking a bit neglected of late

Flight of the Ice Cream Man

2010-10-21T12:34:00.000-07:00

This here's my entry for the Leeds Thought Bubble comic convention competition, to create a single page story about November in the north of england, enjoy.

The Egg Crushers Children: Character sketches

2010-09-24T03:31:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd post a couple of sketches for a comic book i've been working on with writer Chris McCance for the past couple of months, been working too much to have done as much as i'd have liked to, but it's finally starting to take shape. I did a few of these on a3 and i only have an a4 scanner, incase you were wondering about the joins down the middle.

aaaaand just one more...

2010-08-04T16:25:00.001-07:00

One of my favourite posts so far, it wouldn't fit on the last post.

More Sky Fish (again)

2010-08-04T16:13:00.000-07:00

So i've kind of been working on this on and off for nearly a year i think now, which i've decided is far too long. Which is why I've decided to make one last push to get it finished. I only have about ten pages left to colour, but I'm sending what I do have to publishers in the next coulple days.

Yo Yo Yo

2010-07-27T15:34:00.001-07:00

I'm still alive! My blog has been totally neglected again but I have been drawing. Got a couple new random pieces to put up, aswel as some sketches for a comic i'm working on with a writer from up in edinburgh, it's goin to be good, so look out for the sketches and random bits i'll be posting. and i'll try to post more regularly too.

My Eyes Hurt

2010-06-01T13:57:00.000-07:00

I've finally finished overhauling my website, (which i accidently deleted last night and had to redo today) check it out here: http://www.marcillustration.com

Cafe Pieces

2010-04-08T17:34:00.001-07:00

I've been working on these for quite a while as I've been making books etc at the same time, but i finally got them done and put up at the cafe this afternoon. I'm pretty pleased with how they've turned out, they were originally grey sale but I was asked to colour them, they do look better coloured but the grey underneath makes the colours a bit muddy, i was going for something a bit brighter.

Appologies for the slightly bad photo quality...

A bit more Sky Fish

2010-04-08T17:20:00.000-07:00

Just a wee update to let you know how the book's coming along.

Lila & the Sky Fish

2010-04-01T16:33:00.000-07:00

So, it's not so long until my next exhibition, I've been working away on a childrens book for it and hope to have a few black and white zine style copies to sell for it. The story is about a little girl who puts a butterfly on a fishing line and catches a big flying fish that carries herin to the sky, dangling from her fishing rod, where she see's a lot of fairly random animals living in the clouds. I'll have a few colour pages to sell aswel, here's a couple i have done already, let me know what you think.x

Back From The Dead

2010-03-19T12:37:00.000-07:00

I Just realised I haven't updated my blog pretty much all year. I've been working away on a childrens book the past couple months, which should hopefully be done in the next week or two (in black and white at least, so i'll put a few pages up when i'm done).

I've another little exhibition starting the 9th of april with the Gin Palace collective again so if anybodies in Glasgow over that weekend then call in and check out some of the amazing folks displaying and selling work.

When the Monkey Sleeps

2009-12-09T06:51:00.000-08:00

I'm going to be putting some work up in the fantastic little Glaswegian cafe 'Where The Monkey Sleeps' as of sometime next week. I get a full room to fill with pictures so if your around Glasgow at all stop bye and check it out, it's a nice place. There'll be more info here when i know what work i'm taking, but thinkin of having a wall of thumb wars then a couple of big canvas' on the other walls, should be interesting.

A Man And A Koala

2009-12-02T15:16:00.000-08:00

Another quick drawing i did on a train up to Glasgow the other day. Might colour this soon.

Thumb Wars Part II

2009-12-02T13:20:00.000-08:00

And here's the second part of the Thumb Wars comic, it's all a bit random. Let me know what you think.

Gin Palace

2009-11-27T10:57:00.000-08:00

So i have an exhibition tomorow up in Glasgow. It's called the Gin Palace (http://theginpalacecollective.blogspot.com), a few designers from different disciplines will be showing and selling work for one night.

Here's a couple of pages from the eight page comic i put together for the show, I'll upload the rest soon.

Train Sketches

2009-11-27T10:40:00.000-08:00

Realised I've been neglecting this biog quite a bit lately, so here's a little sketch to keep it going. just something i doodled on the train to glasgow this morning.

Quick Book Doodles

2009-08-05T08:51:00.000-07:00

Just threw together a couple of concept pages for my book. The colour was a quick photoshop job, i'm goin to see how they look with some more traditional inking before i come to any conclusions about how i'll do the final ones. Still need to work on the design for the kid aswell.

Childrens Story

2009-08-02T05:30:00.000-07:00

I have a very brief outline for my story done, just wanted to share it and see if i can get some feedback. It's a bit random and not that detailed at the minute, and i still have to do the design work so i know how it will all look, but here's what I got so far.

The story is about massive fish, that make lakes in dry places by flying into the sky and eating clouds, when they get full they get real big and round, fall out of the sky and then spit out all the water from the clouds into the new lake.

One day a little girl tries to catch one of the fish with her fishing rod. She manages to hook one and it swallows her, chewes on her a bit and then spits her out and flies away. The little girl keeps hold of the rod and gets carried away with it.

As she's carried through the sky she sees lots of different creatures, all flying around her. But when the fish she's attatched to gets full, it starts to fall and drags her down with it. there's a couple of pages of the girl falling past all the random creatures, and then she lands on top of the fat round fish and bounces off of it, into the water it's spitting out.

That's about as far as i got, i'm terrible with endings, but any feedback i can get on this much would be much apreciated.

A Day of Rest

2009-07-31T14:27:00.001-07:00

Finaly got myself a day off from the grind of night shifts so i decided to finish off this piece i started a few weeks ago. It feels goood to be doing something creative again.

I was just playing around with photoshop here, I'm still a learner when it comes to digital colouring but I think this turned out okay. The little moth things build lakes by flying into clouds and collecting water in there small buckets. Drawing this gave me an idea for a childrens book, which I'm goin to try gettin a brief draft of done next week so I'll post that too.

Lots Of Work, Just Not The Right Kind

2009-07-25T00:03:00.000-07:00

So I've been workin a hell of a lot lately, but its all been in a shop, which hasn't left me any time for drawing, and has left for one seriously boring blog. So for your viewing pleasure, here's a few pieces I did recently. Hopefully I'll be cutting down on the work hours and upping the illustration hours very soon.

This first image is part of a collaberation book I did with other members of my course a few month back. The theme was to create any image as long as it was inspired by the image that came before it in the book. I expanded on this with two follow ups for my own personal side project.

I Finally Have My Blog

2009-06-17T13:22:00.000-07:00

...and to kick it all off, here's a quick sketch I did this morning. I'll ink it and colour it after I sort out more of this blog stuff.