Today's guardian

I think this is the first completely digital illustration I've ever done (you can see it in today's Guardian's Weekend supplement). if you like it you can see more digital work here: http://imageadayiom.blogspot.com/

update

So just a quick update, most of my time and effort is going into the image a day project, which is proving to be quite successful, at the moment it is averaging at about 1000 views per week. I've begun working in an interesting digital style, which I don't think will replace my painting work, but right now is a welcome distraction.
also the blog got some great coverage on the BBC: you can read about that here

Busy and Processes

Just incase you missed it over on: http://imageadayiom.blogspot.com here is a short speeded up video of my painting process, aside form this the project is going well at the moment. I'm hopping to do a few more videos like this

Exciting project beginning very very soon

The goal of this ambitious project is to produce one artwork a day for the entirety of 2014 and present each artwork here for all to see everyday.

The project will test the limits of my own creativity and the boundaries of inspiration, but that is what makes it both challenging and exciting. What I think interests me the most is the possibility of working with new mediums and techniques. For the past few years I've been working largely with traditional mediums such as paint, as my work has to be exhibited in a physical space. what is interesting about working for an online blog is that the artworks don't have to be physical, I'm very much looking forward to exploring digital and photographic techniques as well as my tried and tested traditional techniques such as paint and pencil.

Of course 2014 is the year of culture here on the Isle of Man and I'm extremely grateful to both the Isle of Man arts council and the Island of Culture for supporting this project

visit the new blog on January 1st 2014: http://imageadayiom.blogspot.com

finally have a page on facebook

Hello world, just to let you all know that I now have a facebook page for my work, I now I should have done it years ago, but the thought of making everything a jpeg put me off, here it is anyways, so please like and share, also there will be an announcement of big proportions early next week, so stay tuned for that.

https://www.facebook.com/juanmoorefineart

Busy Busy Busy

OK so I know I've been really bad at keeping this up to date lately, though that is about to change very very soon. but in my defence, I have been super busy of late, firstly I've gotten a new computer set up, after being a life long Mac user, I've go a PC mostly because my work is moving more and more towards digital techniques rather than simply paint. That being said I've recently had the honour and privilege of designing and painting some stamps (that's a great job to get, one most illustrators aspire to.) the stamps are themed to the upcoming island of culture and will be on sale from January 6th 2014, so keep your eyes open for that:: 
more exciting island of culture stuff coming soon..

Updates from the mists!

Ok since my last post quite a bit has happened. Firstly I got the results of my MA in 3D computer animation and I passed with a distinction (Woo Hoo! :)), I've returned to the Isle of Man for the time being mostly because I'm flat broke, I will be seeking employment within the computer arts from here on out. I've resumed my old teaching job at the Isle of Man college, teaching illustration, drawing, painting etc.. it's quite fun, which is good. a couple of projects on the horizon that I can't really talk too much about at the moment, but trust me when I say they are very exciting.
for now though, here is my showreel:  Juan Moore showreel from Juan Moore on Vimeo.