David Lupton illustration

Dry The River T-Shirt designs

2012-01-31T06:42:00.000-08:00

Here's a couple of t-shirt designs for Dry The River using the horse and shark imagery.

Alternative shark drawings...

2012-01-31T06:41:00.003-08:00

Here are a couple of unused/rejected shark drawings for Dry The River's 'Shallow Bed' album artwork.

Dry The River- the Chambers & the Valves artwork

2012-01-31T06:33:00.000-08:00

Here's the wider artwork composition (from which the single detail was cropped) for Dry The River's new single 'The Chambers & The Valves'.

Hotel Records website drawing

2012-01-31T06:27:00.000-08:00

http://www.hotel-records.com/

skull face sketch

2012-01-12T11:44:00.000-08:00

Another Exhibition Drawing...

2012-01-09T10:05:00.000-08:00

Dry The River- album sampler

2012-01-09T10:02:00.000-08:00

Here are some photos of the artwork for Dry The River's album sampler.

New work for exhibition 5

2011-12-10T09:43:00.001-08:00

New work for exhibition 4

2011-12-10T09:41:00.002-08:00

Dry The River- Shallow Bed album artwork

2011-12-10T09:41:00.001-08:00

Ghosting Season T-shirt design

2011-12-10T09:40:00.001-08:00

Dry The River- Weights & Measures full drawing

2011-11-08T09:22:00.000-08:00

For Dry The River's new single 'Weights & Measures' Sony have released a limited Edition 10inch with a wrap around cover that unfolds into a poster of this artwork.

Exhibition pics...

2011-11-08T09:20:00.001-08:00

Exhibition at Wickle

2011-10-17T04:04:00.000-07:00

To anyone living in the Lewes area. I currently have a small exhibition of drawings in the Wickle downstairs gallery. Please pop in and have a look.xx

Dry The River- Weights & Measures

2011-10-08T08:17:00.000-07:00

Artwork for Dry The River's new EP 'Weights & Measures'.

Dracula

2011-10-08T08:13:00.000-07:00

"his face was a strong - a very strong - aquiline, with high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils; with lofty domed forehead, and hair growing scantily round the temples, but profusely elsewhere. His eyebrows were very massive, almost meeting over the nose, and with bushy hair that seemed to curl in its own profusion. The mouth, so far as I could see it under the heavy moustache, was fixed and rather cruel looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth; these protruded over the lips, whose remarkable ruddiness showed astonishing vitality in a man of his years. For the rest, his ears were pale and at the tops extremely pointed; the chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin. The general effect was one of extraordinary pallor."

Frankenstein

2011-10-03T06:46:00.000-07:00

"How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!-Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath: his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriences only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips"

The Horrible Crowes 'Behold The Hurricane' again

2011-09-22T01:58:00.000-07:00

Here are a few screen grabs from the video.

The Horrible Crowes 'Behold The Hurricane'

2011-09-22T01:41:00.000-07:00

I recently provided some animation for Corin Hardy's new music video for 'The Horrible Crowes'.
My bit appears towards the end when the main character (played by the amazing Joseph Mawle) literally fights with his inner demon.
I worked alongside animator/illustrator Alice Loveday Dupre, to create the 1000 frames needed, and we had just over a week to get it done!
It was definitely worth it though and I think the final video is a fantastically intense and harrowing piece of work.
Here's a link to the final video in all it's glory.

http://www.nme.com/nme-video/the-horrible-crowes---behold-the-hurricane/1169263925001

Dry The River t-shirt design

2011-09-22T01:40:00.000-07:00

A simple black ink design for a Dry The River t-shirt.

Neptune Darlings

2011-09-22T01:35:00.000-07:00

Here's a piece of artwork for the Neptune Darlings, a musical project from the wonderful Keith Caputo and great Ryan Oldcastle.
Please find out more about them here.
http://www.keithminacaputo.com/news/2011/8/5/neptune-darlings-what-to-expect-updated.html

Ryan Oldcastle artwork

2011-09-22T01:32:00.000-07:00

Here's a photo of singer/songwriter Ryan Oldcastle that I worked into for the cover artwork of his debut album.
You can find it here.
http://www.ryanoldcastle.com/

Crawl To Me cover 4

2011-08-06T03:42:00.001-07:00

Dry The River-Live at The Scala poster

2011-07-07T11:28:00.000-07:00

Come Find Me

2011-06-30T09:26:00.001-07:00

I've finally received some copies of my children's book 'Come Find Me' which was recently published by Een Art in South Korea.

Crawl To Me cover 3

2011-06-30T01:35:00.001-07:00

New work for exhibition 3

2011-06-29T11:23:00.000-07:00

Dry The River- No Rest

2011-06-16T13:22:00.000-07:00

I've just done the artwork for Dry The River's first single, and here it is.

http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/Dry+The+River

Ballerina

2011-06-05T03:36:00.001-07:00

Dinosaur Doodle

2011-06-05T03:32:00.000-07:00

Dinosaur doodle coloured by Ellie.

Crawl To Me cover 2

2011-05-22T04:25:00.000-07:00

My cover for issue 2 of Alan Robert's new comic 'Crawl To Me.'
http://www.crawltomecomic.com/

New work for exhibition 2

2011-05-13T09:41:00.000-07:00

New work for exhibition 1

2011-05-13T09:39:00.001-07:00

Keith Caputo's Black Scarlet Wounds

2011-05-03T01:08:00.003-07:00

Here's a piece of artwork for New York singer/songwriter/poet Keith Caputo's newly released book of poetry entitled Black Scarlet Wounds.

You can buy a copy here.

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2084821

Come Find Me published

2011-04-12T02:26:00.000-07:00

My children's picture book 'Come Find Me' has just been published by Een Art in South Korea. (It's the one with the girl and dog on the cover, far right, second row down).

Crawl To Me

2011-03-30T02:23:00.000-07:00

I've been working on a series of covers for a new horror comic entitled 'Crawl To Me'.
The comic is written and illustrated by Alan Robert of 'Wire Hangers' and 'Life of Agony' fame and this is the first of four covers that he has commissioned me to illustrate.
Please click on the links below to read more...

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/03/29/scoop-life-of-agonys-alan-robert-to-create-new-comic-crawl-to-me-in-july/

http://crawltomecomic.com/

Mexican Keane Tour Poster

2011-02-05T06:48:00.000-08:00

I recently stumbled across a Mexican version of an old tour poster that I did for Keane a few years ago...here it is...

Scary Hares.

2011-01-31T12:00:00.000-08:00

An old, unused image from my 'Come Find Me' book.

The Nightmare

2011-01-14T07:44:00.000-08:00

Child and Mother

2011-01-12T08:35:00.001-08:00

Black Cat

2011-01-10T10:08:00.001-08:00

Crow in snow...

2010-12-07T07:18:00.000-08:00

Strange Face

2010-12-03T05:01:00.001-08:00

This is a detail from an older drawing that I quite like as a stand alone piece.

Haunted

2010-12-02T05:04:00.000-08:00

Girl Dancing

2010-11-30T04:46:00.000-08:00

Egghead Revisited.

2010-11-19T06:29:00.000-08:00

Vampyr

2010-11-17T05:43:00.000-08:00

Rudolph the Dead Nosed Reindeer...?

2010-11-10T09:54:00.001-08:00

Child and the Nightmare

2010-11-09T07:07:00.001-08:00

A slightly revised version of an earlier drawing.

flies

2010-11-09T07:06:00.001-08:00

Night School Storyboards

2010-10-21T05:40:00.000-07:00

Here I am again going through some old stuff. These are a selection of storyboards that I did for a short film called 'Night School' directed by Ben Soper. It's a coming of age/psychological thriller visually inspired by Italian director Dario Argento.
You can watch the film here.

http://shootingpeople.org/watch/film.php?film_id=82244

Old roughs.

2010-10-21T05:29:00.000-07:00

Whilst clearing up my desktop I came across a few old rough sketches that for whatever reason were not used or rejected by the client. Here are a handful of some of the ones that I quite like...

Old Stuff 10.

2010-10-21T05:22:00.000-07:00

I came across these old storyboards that I did for a proposed Finnish 'Drink Aware' type TV advert that ultimately didn't happen. It would have been quite a nice project to do as the client initially wanted a scratchy line animated look for it.

survey illustrations 1

2010-10-20T04:12:00.000-07:00

survey illustrations 2

2010-10-20T04:06:00.001-07:00

survey illustrations 3

2010-10-20T04:04:00.001-07:00

Illustration Survey

2010-10-19T03:58:00.000-07:00

Hello there,

Now that I have a new website up and running I'm trying to work out how best to start marketing my myself again.
I'd like to get a gauge on what people in general like or dislike about my work and have therefore set up a survey which can be accessed by the link below.

http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=d1pmgq9j9vdqfd3821066

If anyone could spare a few minutes to fill out the survey I'd greatly appreciate it.

Many thanks,

Dave xx

Victorian Crowd

2010-10-18T09:26:00.000-07:00

Horror Lady

2010-10-18T08:02:00.000-07:00

An old sketch/design for 'The Horrors' video that I quite like...

New Website!!!

2010-10-12T07:51:00.000-07:00

I've finally got around to getting a new website together (courtesy of designer Ben Gaby at Jabeda)
Please follow the link to have a look.x

http://www.david-lupton.com/

New Elephant Boy illustration

2010-09-14T10:37:00.000-07:00

A new Elephant Boy drawing illustrating a scene of Joseph Merrick's beloved mother dying.

Elelephant Boy Rough Sketches

2010-09-14T10:33:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of rough sketches for my Elephant Boy picture book.

Nu Jazz Sounds

2010-09-14T10:29:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration that I did for the cover of new CD entitled 'Nu Jazz Sounds'.
The music's composed by the uber talented Ross Wakefield of Part Time Heroes fame and released by MUSICHOUSE.

sketchy face

2010-08-16T08:29:00.001-07:00

Ghostie...

2010-08-09T07:41:00.000-07:00

Paris Motel's Zombie Amy.

2010-07-30T07:08:00.000-07:00

The lovely Paris Motel have recently provided a song for the trailer to the upcoming epic zombie tv series 'The Walking Dead.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDN1g1BrQH0

To help promote the song I've drawn Amy May as a zombie...

More new Elephant Boy

2010-07-27T09:18:00.000-07:00

Blood of the Beasts- Dead Cow

2010-07-26T10:23:00.000-07:00

SKULL

2010-07-24T04:14:00.001-07:00

New Elephant Boy...

2010-07-21T08:15:00.000-07:00

...with added colour.

Lady & the Carcass

2010-07-07T10:26:00.000-07:00

Post-it doodles...

2010-07-05T05:18:00.000-07:00

I love doodling on post-it notes...sometimes I wish that I could capture the quality of line in my more considered drawings.

Robin Guy

2010-06-28T11:16:00.001-07:00

More "Now it's dark."

2010-06-08T05:59:00.000-07:00

Old Stuff 9

2010-06-02T04:30:00.000-07:00

This is a promo that I worked on (a couple of years ago now) with Artillery Design for the Bravo TV channel.

'Metamorphosis' Short Fashion film

2010-05-28T06:05:00.000-07:00

More Collages...

2010-05-28T05:56:00.000-07:00

Here are some more collages for the fashion film short for I Heart Studios and RIBBED Magazine.

RIBBED MAGAZINE Collages

2010-05-24T05:16:00.001-07:00

Here's a selection of collages that I recently did for use in a fashion video editorial for I HEART STUDIOS. The video was used to promote issue 2 of RIBBED Magazine. I don't usually do collage but really enjoyed cutting and pasting together the material to create these odd little images.

The Child & The Nightmare

2010-05-18T07:29:00.000-07:00

This is a personal project of mine that I've been struggling with for a few years now. For whatever reason I just haven't been satisfied with the tone or style of my drawings...I want the drawings to be atmospheric and scary, spontaneous and bold without being too sketchy and also stylised without becoming too cartoon like.

I think that I may finally have found my way with it...so here's the first drawing of the new batch.

child Sketches...

2010-05-18T07:27:00.000-07:00

Here are a few character sketches for my 'Child & Nightmare' story.

Gypsy and the Cat

2010-05-11T01:23:00.001-07:00

I've just finished doing some artwork for the cover of a new band called 'Gypsy and the Cat'.
They've just been signed to the Young and Lost Club record label and their first single is due out soon.

http://www.youngandlostclub.com/

Skull Drawing

2010-04-25T05:39:00.001-07:00

"THEY'RE CREEPING UP ON YOU..."

2010-03-26T09:01:00.001-07:00

2010-03-24T03:38:00.001-07:00

Artwork for a new 'Piney Gir' single.

Gods & Monsters 3: The Phantom of the Opera

2010-03-10T07:02:00.001-08:00

New Drawings

2010-03-08T06:45:00.000-08:00

Here are a few initial drawings designed to be exhibited as a series of many.

They are partly inspired by Francisco Goya's prints, in particular his 'The Disaster of Wars' series and the imagery in the drawings is taken directly from George Franju's 1949 documentary on the daily workings of a Parisian abattoir 'Les Sanges Des Betes'.

As with Goya's work I intend the drawings to express and comment on the brutality of man, war, society, violence etc...

Gods & Monsters 2: Frankenstein's Monster

2010-02-12T08:04:00.000-08:00

Old stuff 8...

2010-02-12T08:02:00.001-08:00

More '20,000 Leagues...' images.

Old Stuff 7...

2010-02-08T08:15:00.000-08:00

An image for Dazed & Confused illustrating an article on violence.

Old Stuff 6...

2010-02-08T08:13:00.000-08:00

A quick and old sketch for Iain 'One Neck' Laurie's 'Black Cape' blog...

Gods and Monsters 1: The Invisible Man

2010-02-04T04:52:00.000-08:00

For my own personal satisfaction I'm drawing a series of portraits of characters from old horror novels and films...I love the old romantic monsters such as Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Damme etc....and want to portay them as they were described in the original texts.

Here's the first one that I've managed to scan in (the drawings are rather large and I only have an A4 scanner, so each image is pieced together in photoshop from about 15 scans.)

The Invisible Man.

Old Stuff 5...

2010-02-02T09:45:00.000-08:00

This is an early design for the character of the girl in The Horrors music video 'She is the New Thing' which I worked on with director Corin Hardy.

I've also included a few still and a link to the finished video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTgOe9Uda54

Old Stuff 4...

2010-02-02T03:35:00.000-08:00

Here's some artwork that I did for New York singer/songwriter Keith Caputo's album 'A Fondness for Hometown Scars'.

old stuff 3..

2010-01-31T05:04:00.000-08:00

Come Find Me cover image.

old stuff 2...

2010-01-31T04:53:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of drawings from an illustrated version of Jules Verne's '20,000 Leagues under the Sea'. Commissioned and published by Oxford University Press.

old stuff 1...

2010-01-31T04:48:00.000-08:00

For various reasons I've been unable to update my website for absolutely ages so I'm going to start posting a few older illustrations that have been done over the past couple of years...

Here's an image that I did for Time Out illustrating an article on a refuge in london for women who had suffered domestic abuse.

2010-01-15T07:41:00.000-08:00

After doing a bit more visual research into the Elephant Man I came across a few photo's of Joseph Merrick as a child and realised that my initial drawings of his deformities were a little too extreme

So I've now slightly re-worked these drawings and the look of young Joseph.

For Eleanor

2010-01-05T06:11:00.000-08:00

Joseph Merrick the Elephant Boy

2009-11-30T12:29:00.000-08:00

2009-11-25T04:56:00.001-08:00

Goodbye.