Andries Maritz Art Blob

Comp...

2011-11-02T16:05:00.000+11:00

Recent advertising comp... Lean Guisine I think it was.

Fine line...

2011-08-11T12:12:00.001+10:00

... a recent job that required a bit of patience.

I posted this before with some other images, but this one is becoming a favorite.

Phone Doodles...

2011-08-09T19:54:00.001+10:00

Here are some phone doodles. The more rendered they are the longer the call lasted... obviously.

This Little Piggy Got Slaughtered...

2011-06-13T10:28:00.001+10:00

A recent Illustration for Sydney Morning Herald for the cover of a fold-in on the impact of the new budget on small business. It was also used on the frontpage.

Ad Comps...

2011-04-04T17:33:00.000+10:00

She... of the Nose

2010-12-07T11:10:00.001+11:00

This one of PM Julia Gillard is from around the time she rendered the Australian Government Rudd-erless.

Old Man Ratzinger

2010-11-19T19:45:00.000+11:00

Tintin...

2010-11-17T18:04:00.002+11:00

...from Metallica.

...small fry...

2010-11-16T16:42:00.002+11:00

Here's a fast one of Stephen Fry. Trickier than I thought.

Whatisface...

2010-10-30T15:15:00.001+11:00

..that creepy kid who started that irritating website.

Linkin Pork...

2010-10-24T22:17:00.006+11:00

Don't know much about them, but I like doing group caricatures, so here they are. I started from left, finished right. I think you can see I got a bit bored with the last guy.

...from long ago...

2010-10-22T00:09:00.003+11:00

Here's a Eastwood from a while back. I didn't like it much when I did it... can't quite remember why not.

Quick one...

2010-10-08T14:16:00.003+11:00

Here's a drawing that's part of a bigger project... but I liked it as a stand alone type thing...

Harris!

2010-09-21T16:31:00.003+10:00

Hitch!

2010-07-12T19:25:00.005+10:00

Here's a quicky of Christopher Hitchens, Brilliance Soaked in Scotch. Hope the boy recovers from his current health issues , fast!

Edit: I tweak this one a bit... didn't seem to say much. Better now. The black halo made me smile.

And a sharp left turn...

2010-05-31T13:33:00.002+10:00

...to some recent advertising boards. This was made into a animatic, hence the extra posing.

About Time...

2010-05-05T13:15:00.003+10:00

... for something new.

Concept

2010-02-15T17:34:00.003+11:00

...from a couple of years ago. Can't say too much about this, but it seems this projects is back from the brink.

Earwig from Hell

2010-02-15T11:32:00.006+11:00

I have been finding a lot of these guys around the house this year. Big thing it is too, about 2.5 inches. Google says that it’s an Earwig. But none of the crawlies I’ve found online are exactly the same as this. Also, it seems to have wings.

My latest (personal) theory involves a dark suspicion focusing on alien infestation, brain sucking and avoiding contact with the floor.

Finger Puppets!

2010-02-04T14:39:00.001+11:00

Something a little different today… these are finger-puppets of characters from the Babalela series that I illustrate. I had no idea they were made, just showed up in the mail from the publisher. Pretty cool.

...more pitch work...

2010-01-27T15:23:00.002+11:00

...from a couple of years ago.

I see my last post was almost three months ago. Time does get me when deadlines get crazy, and the last three months have been pretty hectic work-wise.

Pitch !

2009-10-29T13:44:00.001+11:00

A recent pitch art project.

Duck!

2009-10-24T09:57:00.005+11:00

...more deadlines on the way!

This is a drawing from a recent job. I don't draw ducks very often... quite liked it.

Deadlines!

2009-09-17T08:42:00.004+10:00

In case anyone was getting worried... I am still in the land of the living. Sort of... I have been chasing deadlines like a dervish for 4 solid weeks, with not a moment to spare. Good for the bank balance, not so good for posting.

Anyway, anyway here's a pretty quick drawing of everyones favorite bit of Sydney. The Harbour Bridge.

Our Inglorious Basterd...

2009-08-22T17:27:00.000+10:00

...no wonder that plant never grew.

Missing Characters...

2009-08-21T17:46:00.003+10:00

I was asked by the director on the project I did the character designs for to take them off for a bit, while negotiations are still continuing. I’ll re-post them –and others - soon… thanks for all the great comments on them.

Street...

2009-08-05T19:41:00.002+10:00

Drawing a day... part something.

2009-07-28T19:23:00.001+10:00

More Monsters!

2009-07-27T16:11:00.002+10:00

Here are a few frames for another advertising project. I've been designing a lot of monsters lately. Odd how these things go in cycles.

Sketch...

2009-07-24T15:25:00.001+10:00

Here's a early sketch for a character design.

Drawing a day...

2009-07-21T16:05:00.002+10:00

Err... Miss Kerr?

2009-07-19T12:58:00.003+10:00

I did this quicky for the Mirranda Kerr jam over on Drawingboard.org. I simplified the line work on her chin in the second. Still not 100% sure it looks like her...

Charrrrrrracters....

2009-07-18T11:06:00.003+10:00

Here's a couple of characters for a different project.

Trash Monster!

2009-07-17T16:31:00.004+10:00

It's been pretty crazy lately with deadlines poppin' up like wossnames! Here's a fun job I did recently. It was a very tight turnaround, but was a nice change of subject to work on.

Wee Babies!

2009-07-08T12:58:00.002+10:00

Here's a presentation board for baby products that I did. Babies are hard to draw!

Commuter

2009-07-06T11:31:00.001+10:00

Here's a older one... when I was still taking the train everyday. Guess which passenger was not actually on the carriage with us.

Hah!

2009-06-25T13:58:00.006+10:00

>...'a drawing a day'. Ah, how adorably optimistic. That fierce determination lasted about a day. More like a drawing a week…

EDIT: The proportions started bugging me, so here's a little tweak -the image at the top. A bit better I think.

Mama's Little Helper

2009-06-12T10:32:00.001+10:00

A painted version of Old Keef from the drawing of the earlier post.

Comp

2009-06-09T11:25:00.004+10:00

Here's something a little different. A comp I did a few weeks ago for a advertising agency. It's a Assic's trainer if I remember correctly.

Pocket String Boogie

2009-06-07T13:04:00.003+10:00

Did this for the Conan Jam over on Drwingboard.org.

A Bigger Gang

2009-05-29T16:26:00.003+10:00

All the Stones rolling together.

Old Charlie Watts...

2009-05-26T22:00:00.005+10:00

Here's a Charlie Watts from about five years ago... quite a dig to get to it.

...and I retooled the head and drumsticks in the previous Charlie post.

Rome Reloaded II

2009-05-25T22:13:00.003+10:00

I was planning on doing a Ron Wood and a new Jagger to go with Keith and Charlie but time has been a bit scarce the last week or so.. many deadlines that need juggling.

So, in the meantime here is a concept art piece…

...Charlie...

2009-05-19T19:38:00.005+10:00

...new one. I had to do Mr. Watts after I posted Keith down here!

Keeeffff!

2009-05-18T08:43:00.005+10:00

Old Keith Richards.... ooohhh so many wrinkles....

This is another one of the 'rediscovered' caricatures I found while going over through old archives. It was a pretty quick drawing, around 10 minutes or so.

Of mice and John...

2009-05-11T10:01:00.002+10:00

I am reading 'The Winter of our Discontent' by John Steinbeck at the moment... and had a good old rummage through the archives to find this one I did of him. From way back... possibly 2003.

Video Joy

2009-05-04T19:37:00.002+10:00

Here's a Illo I did for the Aussie Mad Magazine a few months ago...

Website is Alive Again!

2009-05-01T18:20:00.007+10:00

For a while now my website has been somewhat inactive, but I have finally managed to sqeeze in some free time and gotten around to breath some live into the old thing it again. I was going to add some bells and whistles and animation and all sorts of really cool stuff ... which you notice if you pop by, did not happen. However it is back online and has a matching colour scheme to this blog, which I thought was a particularly nice touch and no doubt speaks volumes about my intrinsic good taste.

Click here: http://www.beetleboxhome.com/ to pop by. There are heaps of caricatures and concept stuff that I've not posted here yet...

My Co-Workers

2009-04-30T20:22:00.005+10:00

Here is a rough comp of some of the characters I've designed over the last 5 years -some possibly a tad older... and yes, that's me in the bottom right.

Rich Punks

2009-04-28T11:14:00.008+10:00

Here's a new Greenday group shot... took about two hours. Actually, make that a little over a hour... I was updating my Ipod as well.

Edit: I redrew Tre -the guy on the left- he really bugged me. This is better.

Kast Out

2009-04-27T19:49:00.001+10:00

One more... Outkast this time.

Californication...

2009-04-25T12:04:00.003+10:00

Another one from a while back. Used to be in coloured line, but I rejigged it back to b/w.

Peas on Earth...

2009-04-24T11:22:00.003+10:00

The Black Eyed Peas. Did this one ages ago, when I was still at Disney. It was one of those 'oops I spilled my drink' type drawings that pop out very quickly. I'm still pretty happy with it... that VERY rarely happens.

Rome Reloaded...

2009-04-23T12:32:00.002+10:00

A pitch painting from a little while ago.

The Real Thing...

2009-04-23T11:45:00.002+10:00

So much better than my little quick sketch...

Red Centered...

2009-04-22T11:27:00.003+10:00

A couple of days ago we got back from a week and a bit in the outback. Here’s a little 5 minute quick sketch of Uluru.

More Babalela

2009-04-12T14:40:00.004+10:00

Here's part of another page from the third 'Babalela' book.

Deeply Scarlett...

2009-04-10T20:05:00.010+10:00

Started this one for the Scarlett Johansson Jam over on Drawingboard.org. I worked on it while juggling a few other deadlines and lost interest altogether. So tonight I thought I’d make one last attempt to finish it. Got so close!

Edit: Had another look at this one and decided I actually liked the first version better, so I reworked it a bit and cleaned it up a tad. Any second now I'll swing back the other way.

Time warp...

2009-04-07T18:01:00.002+10:00

Here’s a little preview of the new Babalela kids-book I’ve been working on. It’s a bit of a time travel trick to draw like this again, it’s not really what my work looks like now. But I have to emulate the drawing style I had when I did the first book almost ten years ago.

Faux Da Vinci

2009-04-07T03:58:00.006+10:00

A client recently wanted to see some Da Vinci style work, so I did these mock-ups -super quick-as samples, pulled together from older drawings. The job never came through… hate that.

Groundhog Day

2009-03-27T10:26:00.005+11:00

Bill Murray. Funny guy!

I reworked this one a tad... less highlights.

'Goddamn Meat Parade'

2009-03-25T15:31:00.011+11:00

George C. Scott. I wish today's actors would have the guts to call the Acadamy Awards a 'Goddamn Meat Parade'. Classic.

Anyway, this is a quick one, I might not like it tomorrow. but I've not posted for a little while so I'll pop it on here in the meantime...

So... I re-worked old GCS a bit -the top image is the new one. I'll leave the old one on here for a bit. What was I thinking?

Things have Changed...

2009-03-18T22:15:00.001+11:00

His Bobness... What would Bob do?

Once Upon A Time....

2009-03-12T22:45:00.002+11:00

Concept piece from while back...

Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger!

2009-03-10T16:25:00.007+11:00

I am not 100% happy with the likeness on this one, but there it is...

Diddley was once asked if he appreciated the fact that so many artists were influenced by him and very often incorporate his ‘Diddley Beat’ into their work. To this he answered flatly -I'm paraphrasing somewhat-‘No, it doesn’t pay the rent. If they paid me I’d feel better about it’. Brilliant answer I thought.

Chuck!

2009-03-06T08:44:00.002+11:00

My Name Is...

2009-03-05T14:56:00.003+11:00

...Sir Michael.

This is a painted up version of a caricature I did about a year ago. Finally got around to do it.

Edit: After Toby and a few other people commented on his mouth I saw that indeed i when a little too far... so here's a tweaked version

Jazzman

2009-03-03T20:12:00.002+11:00

Duke Ellington

Toot!

2009-02-25T16:39:00.001+11:00

Thread...

2009-02-24T16:34:00.007+11:00

French singer Camille had a album out a while back that has a single thread as a theme on the cover, video and the songs. To quote Wikipedia: ‘‘Le Fil’, the title translates as "The Thread". The album features a 'tone', a low-level drone that is in the background of every song, which Camille has described as 'her note'.’

Anyway, took that idea and drew this using only one line… more trouble than it's worth, really. And then I did it again.

Edit: Looking at these again I had a idea to heighten the 'thread' concept, so I added a drop shadow...

Advertising Crunch...

2009-02-23T17:35:00.006+11:00

It’s been ages since I posted and advertising work here… here’s a few recent jobs I liked doing.

Pretty Woman

2009-02-16T14:53:00.002+11:00

An image used in a movie pitch some months ago...

Gone fishing one last time...

2009-02-13T00:00:00.003+11:00

One last version of the Mermaid I designed...

Tower of Song 3

2009-02-09T11:01:00.002+11:00

I believe this will be the last Leonard Cohen image that I will do... for a while.

Jebediah Springsteen

2009-02-06T11:51:00.011+11:00

Tower of Song 2

2009-02-05T17:07:00.003+11:00

I am still doing Leonard Cohen drawings... here's a quick one I did with pen and ink.

Ella!

2009-02-04T23:19:00.001+11:00

Tower of Song...

2009-02-02T16:09:00.006+11:00

Attended a Leonard Cohen concert this weekend. One of the very best shows I've ever seen, if not THE best. Simply awe-inspiring.

Fur and Fury...

2009-01-30T11:00:00.003+11:00

Did this as pitch piece for a CGI Film a while back...

His Lives...

2009-01-27T20:21:00.008+11:00

I see Herr Joel -or is it 'No-Herr' Joel- just got attacked by some clown naming him the ‘Worst Pop Singer Ever'. 'Worst Ever', mind you! I can think of a heap of people who are much more deserving of that label...

Anyway, old Billy’s okay in my book.

At least he had the sense to retire long before he started repeating himself...

Gone fishing ...again.

2009-01-25T14:54:00.001+11:00

Another one of the Mermaid-concepts...

Brooooce!

2009-01-24T11:41:00.002+11:00

Not a big Bruce fan, but he's been popping up everywhere these past few weeks it seems... so I did this quick one of the boss...

Big Muddy Re-Dux...

2009-01-21T11:52:00.005+11:00

So... here's another... much happier with this one!

The previous one's days are numbered... actually, it's really bugging me now, so it's gone!

Gone fishing...

2009-01-19T14:04:00.003+11:00

New concept for a Mermaid I am working on. Brief is to make her creature-like but beautiful.

The show goes on...

2009-01-07T11:47:00.005+11:00

Over the holiday period all work stopped dead. I hardly touched a pencil or keyboard. So, to slowly get things moving again, here's a concept art thing I did a while back.

Happy 2009 everyone!

Hitch!

2008-12-12T23:40:00.003+11:00

This is for the Hitchcock Movie jam over on NCN...

From the Archives...

2008-12-11T08:56:00.002+11:00

Today Nothing Happened...

2008-12-09T18:25:00.002+11:00

Today’s diary page… not that I don’t have anything interesting to say. Just busy on a killer deadline… doodled this while I was on the phone.

...oh and I had a couple of beers. That deadline is looking more and more impossible.

Bjork again...

2008-12-07T13:05:00.001+11:00

Little cup of Crazy

2008-12-05T14:59:00.002+11:00

A very quick one of Bjork for the Jam over at Drawingboard.org...

Concept re-dux

2008-12-05T11:57:00.003+11:00

A rework of a concept art thing. I salvaged some bit sof the first go. No need to re-invent the entire wheel...

Hang on St. Christopher

2008-11-30T14:10:00.002+11:00

Here’s an old Wait’s caricature I never got round to finishing. I played around with it a little bit while waiting for feedback on the paying job I am on now… and this is as far as I got with it. Guess it’ll never be really done.

Concept Art...

2008-11-26T15:42:00.002+11:00

Here's a pretty quick painting for one of the projects I am doing concept art and character design for.

Tupelo

2008-11-22T15:32:00.004+11:00

John Lee Hooker.

Listen to his song Tupelo, simply amazing.

Strange Fruit...

2008-11-20T14:28:00.007+11:00

The Great Nina Simone... she had loads of attitude, but without the lame posing today's artists seem to think is so super-cool.

Edit:

I showed my Number One Critic –my wife- the Nina S caricature she thought I made her unattractive, so I had another go. Here’s a slightly younger Nina than the first…and hopefully this one is less un-flattering too…

Downtown

2008-11-19T19:26:00.008+11:00

A quick one of Old Neil again.

Been listening to the Mirrorball album lately. The riff from 'Downtown' is -I think- pretty much a straight redo of the one he played on Warren Zevon's song ‘Sentimental Hygiene’. But it’s a killer anyway, so why not recycle?

Edit: Cleaned this up a little...

Back...

2008-11-19T11:09:00.003+11:00

Holiday!

2008-11-09T19:21:00.004+11:00

This was supposed to be a Elle McPherson caricature, but I lost interest in the likeness, still like it as a drawing though. So I thought I’d pop it on here as the last post for the next week or so. I’ll be off up the coast soaking up sun and beer.

Tough Guy!

2008-11-05T17:38:00.005+11:00

I've been meaning to do a Bronson for a while now, mainly because he is in what I think is the best Western ever made: 'Once Upon a Time in the West’. What a movie. The opening sequence alone is worth seeing it for. Faultless direction.

Lucile and her Man

2008-11-03T22:59:00.005+11:00

Over on Drawingboard.org there's been a few BB King images posted lately, made me want to try him again.