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stripes

2011-11-04T14:15:00.000Z

Al ittle light relief. Good old Al

scary

2011-11-03T23:13:00.000Z

the next installment in 'Sleeping Beauty'......

fuel

2011-10-21T14:30:00.001+01:00

Eco-rough to do with fuel and how mice will rule the world with their cunning new cheese fuel

sleeping Beauty-The story continues...scattered, the artwork

2011-10-17T19:59:00.000+01:00

Here is the finished picture. The text changes, the layout changes, for the better one always hopes! I have included the text in the picture, which changes the way that you look at it. Don't want to be repeating yourself. I say 'you don't want to be ...'
Anyway, the story...

The ferocious creature split into bits and scattered!
Beauty smiled and put the contraption away.
In the distance they could see the land of the ever sweeping broom.

The story is compiled from random words given to me every week by strangers. Then it is up to me to weave the strange, complex and compelling tale of....

SLEEPING BEAUTY - The true story..

so far....

Whilst wandering through the forest one dark night the children discovered a sort of sleeping beauty. Well, not very beautiful, but definitely sleeping. Or so they thought. The sun started to show its golden rays and shadows crept across the forest floor. 'Should we take it home?' they wondered, 'it might be hungry...' As the sun warmed the creature's back, it yawned and opened its eye. "What are you doing in my forest?' it demanded, 'have you got a ticket?' The children had never been asked for a ticket in the middle of a forest before. 'Er, not on us,' they replied, nervously Sleeping beauty stood up. 'Oh,' he said, 'oh well, never mind then. You can give it to me later..' He looked a little sad though. 'What's the matter?' asked the children,  Beauty sighed. 'it's just I swept the forest last night and now look at it! Every day it's the same, sweep the forest and then, when i'm asleep, wazzoom! -more leaves. My broom is nearly worn out.' The children looked at the broom. It was very tired looking. They wondered how they could help him......... They thought and thought and then finally the girl said 'We have two choices. We can either go across the pond to the forest of never-falling-leaves, or I have heard about a broom that does all it's own sweeping. Lets get in the boat and we can decide.' Beauty settled down in the boat and thought, while they sailed through the day and the midsummer night and sang to the stars and the moon.
'Ahhh! Sweet music!' swooned the moon, who had been feeling a little off-colour. Recently there had been far too many cows jumping, and she had a headache. The music soon made her feel better though and she cast her light on them. She wondered how she might help them....
STAY.
'Why not stay and have some of my lovely cheese? I have plenty..' asked the moon, 'it will give you strength for your journey' The children were a little hungry and Beauty hadn't eaten for a long time.
'But how would we get your cheese?' asked the boy.The moon smiled, 'just leave that to me,' she said and lo and behold a dish and a spoon came laden with lovely pale green moon cheese. Beauty had two plates full on his own, and when they had eaten their fill they thanked the moon and continued on their journey.
GESTURE
They had decided to go get the broom that does its own sweeping, and the moon laid down moonbeams to light their way.
'This way!' gestured the boy, and they flew into the air!
PERENNIAL
They passed through the cloud gardens, and sang to the plants.

OBSESSION
All Beauty could think of though, was the ever sweeping broom..

IMPERFECT, SWELL, MYSTERIOUS, INFLUENCE, DISGUISE
....but Beauty's thoughts began to run away with themselves. The ever sweeping broom took a rest, and then finally a snooze. Somewhat unusually for an ever sweeping broom, it snored all sorts of letters not just zzzzz's. Nobody knew that, because a never sweeping broom had never been to sleep before. The letters formed themselves into words, -words that Beauty knew not: imperfect, swell, influence, disguise. Beauty was pretty sure that influence must be like sneezing, but she didn't know the others.  It was most mysterious. She hoped that the broom would wake and sweep them all away.
MESMERIZING, FEROCIOUS, BOUNDARIES.

But as Beauty dreamt, she was awoken with a jolt. A fearsome creature barred their path, with eight heads and an enormous amount of ferocious teeth. It stood on the border between them and the ever sweeping brooms.
HIBERNATE
'You shall not pass!' the creature said fiercely. 'Well, not unless you know the magic password.'
The children hadn't a clue.
'Erm, abracadabra?' tried the girl
The FEROCIOUS creature made a face.
'Pah!' it said
'Erm, HIBERNATE!' tried the boy. The creature just rolled its eyes,
and showed even more teeth.
'Ha! Too late for that!' it hissed.
Beauty sighed and pulled out a CONTRAPTION from an unseen pocket and pulled the trigger.
There was a hiss and an explosion of light...
The ferocious creature split into bits and scattered!
Beauty smiled and put the contraption away.
In the distance they could see the land of the ever sweeping broom.

sleeping Beauty-The story continues...scattered

2011-10-14T17:08:00.000+01:00

This shows the process of 'Beauty' works, so roughs for Friday, artwork later!
See the previous posts to catch up on the story so far, as.....

The story continues.....

'Eeeek!' said the ferocious creature, split into bits and scattered!
Beauty smiled, put the contraption away, they lifted the barrier and went on their way.
Down below, in the distance they thought they could see the land of the ever sweeping broom.

Sleeping Beauty-The story continues...contraption

2011-10-10T17:37:00.000+01:00

But as Beauty dreamt, she was awoken with a jolt. A fearsome creature barred their path, with eight heads and an enormous amount of ferocious teeth. It stood on the border between them and the ever sweeping brooms.

'You shall not pass!' the creature said fiercely. 'Well, not unless you know the magic password.'
The children hadn't a clue.
'Erm, abracadabra?' tried the girl
The FEROCIOUS creature made a face.
'Pah!' it said
'Erm, HIBERNATE!' tried the boy. The creature just rolled its eyes,
and showed even more teeth.
'Ha! Too late for that!' it hissed.
Beauty sighed and pulled out a CONTRAPTION from an unseen pocket and pulled the trigger.
There was a hiss and an explosion of light...

Sleeping Beauty-The story continues...ferocious!

2011-09-29T21:51:00.004+01:00

To recap; the story so far....

Whilst wandering through the forest one dark night the children discovered a sort of sleeping beauty. Well, not very beautiful, but definitely sleeping. Or so they thought. The sun started to show its golden rays and shadows crept across the forest floor. 'Should we take it home?' they wondered, 'it might be hungry...' As the sun warmed the creature's back, it yawned and opened its eye. "What are you doing in my forest?' it demanded, 'have you got a ticket?' The children had never been asked for a ticket in the middle of a forest before. 'Er, not on us,' they replied, nervously Sleeping beauty stood up. 'Oh,' he said, 'oh well, never mind then. You can give it to me later..' He looked a little sad though. 'What's the matter?' asked the children,  Beauty sighed. 'it's just I swept the forest last night and now look at it! Every day it's the same, sweep the forest and then, when i'm asleep, wazzoom! -more leaves. My broom is nearly worn out.' The children looked at the broom. It was very tired looking. They wondered how they could help him......... They thought and thought and then finally the girl said 'We have two choices. We can either go across the pond to the forest of never-falling-leaves, or I have heard about a broom that does all it's own sweeping. Lets get in the boat and we can decide.' Beauty settled down in the boat and thought, while they sailed through the day and the midsummer night and sang to the stars and the moon.
'Ahhh! Sweet music!' swooned the moon, who had been feeling a little off-colour. Recently there had been far too many cows jumping, and she had a headache. The music soon made her feel better though and she cast her light on them. She wondered how she might help them....
'Why not stay and have some of my lovely cheese? I have plenty..' asked the moon, 'it will give you strength for your journey' The children were a little hungry and Beauty hadn't eaten for a long time.
'But how would we get your cheese?' asked the boy.The moon smiled, 'just leave that to me,' she said and lo and behold a dish and a spoon came laden with lovely pale green moon cheese. Beauty had two plates full on his own, and when they had eaten their fill they thanked the moon and continued on their journey.
They had decided to go get the broom that does its own sweeping, and the moon laid down moonbeams to light their way.
'This way!' gestured the boy, and they flew into the air!
They passed through the cloud gardens, and sang to the plants.
All Beauty could think of though, was the ever sweeping broom..
....but Beauty's thoughts began to run away with themselves. The ever sweeping broom took a rest, and then finally a snooze. Somewhat unusually for an ever sweeping broom, it snored all sorts of letters not just zzzzz's. Nobody knew that, because a never sweeping broom had never been to sleep before. The letters formed themselves into words, -words that Beauty knew not: imperfect, swell, influence, disguise. Beauty was pretty sure that influence must be like sneezing, but she didn't know the others.  It was most mysterious. She hoped that the broom would wake and sweep them all away.

But as Beauty dreamt, she was awoken with a jolt. A fearsome creature barred their path, with eight heads and an enormous amount of ferocious teeth. It stood on the border between them and the ever sweeping brooms.

Mysterious, Sleeping Beauty, the saga!

2011-09-08T16:29:00.002+01:00

After a bit of a break, due to small children insisting on having a long summer holiday, it's back! I didn't want to miss anything so all the last words are in there. Cunning. Mysterious even!
So:

Sleeping Beauty: Mysterious.

....but Beauty's thoughts began to run away with themselves. The ever sweeping broom took a rest, and then finally a snooze. Somewhat unusually for an ever sweeping broom, it snored all sorts of letters not just zzzzz's. Nobody knew that, because a never sweeping broom had never been to sleep before. The letters formed themselves into words, -words that Beauty knew not: imperfect, swell, influence, disguise. Beauty was pretty sure that influence must be like sneezing, but she didn't know the others.

It was most mysterious. She hoped that the broom would wake and sweep them all away.

sleeping Beauty-The story continues...Obsession

2011-08-04T17:29:00.002+01:00

All Beauty could think of though was the ever sweeping broom..

Sleeping Beauty-The story continues...PERENNIAL

2011-07-28T16:50:00.003+01:00

They passed through the cloud gardens, and sang to the plants.

The continuing story of Sleeping Beauty, the alternative version..

Gesture: Sleeping Beauty, the story continues..

2011-07-21T15:16:00.002+01:00

GESTURE
They had decided to go get the broom that does its own sweeping, and the moon laid down moonbeams to light their way.
'This way!' gestured the boy, and they flew into the air!

Stay- Sleeping Beauty

2011-07-14T15:58:00.003+01:00

STAY.

....'Why not stay and have some of my lovely cheese? I have plenty..' asked the moon, 'it will give you strength for your journey'
The children were a little hungry and Beauty hadn't eaten for a long time.
'But how would we get your cheese?' asked the boy.
The moon smiled, 'just leave that to me,' she said and lo and behold a dish and a spoon came laden with lovely pale green moon cheese.
Beauty had two plates full on his own, and when they had eaten their fill they thanked the moon and continued on their journey.

See previous blogs for the story up till now...!

Remedy -The story of Sleeping Beauty

2011-07-05T15:12:00.003+01:00

Continuing the story of 'Sleeping Beauty'

The Story so far...
Whilst wandering through the forest one dark night the children discovered a sort of sleeping beauty. Well, not very beautiful, but definitely sleeping. Or so they thought. The sun started to show its golden rays and shadows crept across the forest floor. 'Should we take it home?' they wondered, 'it might be hungry...' As the sun warmed the creature's back, it yawned and opened its eye. "What are you doing in my forest?' it demanded, 'have you got a ticket?' The children had never been asked for a ticket in the middle of a forest before. 'Er, not on us,' they replied, nervously Sleeping beauty stood up. 'Oh,' he said, 'oh well, never mind then. You can give it to me later..' He looked a little sad though. 'What's the matter?' asked the children,  Beauty sighed. 'it's just I swept the forest last night and now look at it! Every day it's the same, sweep the forest and then, when i'm asleep, wazzoom! -more leaves. My broom is nearly worn out.' The children looked at the broom. It was very tired looking. They wondered how they could help him......... They thought and thought and then finally the girl said 'We have two choices. We can either go across the pond to the forest of never-falling-leaves, or I have heard about a broom that does all it's own sweeping. Lets get in the boat and we can decide.' Beauty settled down in the boat and thought, while they sailed through the day and the midsummer night and sang to the stars and the moon.

'Ahhh! Sweet music!' swooned the moon, who had been feeling a little off-colour. Recently there had been far too many cows jumping, and she had a headache. The music soon made her feel better though and she cast her light on them. She wondered how she might help them....

Sleeping beauty....midsummer night

2011-06-29T18:13:00.002+01:00

...so they sailed through the day and the midsummer night and sang to the stars and the moon....

Sleeping Beauty-The story so far...Launch

2011-06-28T16:02:00.004+01:00

The Story so far...

Whilst wandering through the forest one dark night the children discovered a sort of sleeping beauty. Well, not very beautiful, but definitely sleeping. Or so they thought. The sun started to show its golden rays and shadows crept across the forest floor. 'Should we take it home?' they wondered, 'it might be hungry...'
As the sun warmed the creature's back, it yawned and opened its eye.
"What are you doing in my forest?' it demanded, 'have you got a ticket?'
The children had never been asked for a ticket in the middle of a forest before.
'Er, not on us,' they replied, nervously
Sleeping beauty stood up.
'Oh,' he said, 'oh well, never mind then. You can give it to me later..'
He looked a little sad though.
'What's the matter?' asked the children,
Beauty sighed.
'it's just I swept the forest last night and now look at it! Every day it's the same, sweep the forest and then, when i'm asleep, wazzoom! -more leaves. My broom is nearly worn out.'
The children looked at the broom. It was very tired looking. They wondered how they could help him.........
They thought and thought and then finally the girl said "We have two choices. We can either go across the pond to the forest of never-falling-leaves, or I have heard about a broom that does all it's own sweeping. Lets get in the boat and we can decide "
Beauty settled down in the boat happily to think....
Here is the final piece for the 'launch' - it's interesting to see how far it has come from the original ideas, well, interesting for me anyway!

Story-launch

2011-06-23T15:43:00.003+01:00

This weeks adventure 'IF' is just at the rough stage so far, so here is a glimpse into what happens in the illustrator's mind before the final artwork is done. The next word for 'IF' is tomorrow, so this may be reworked! I've got to give myself a fighting chance of this all making sense after all!

The Story so far...

Whilst wandering through the forest one dark night the children discovered a sort of sleeping beauty. Well, not very beautiful, but definitely sleeping. Or so they thought. The sun started to show its golden rays and shadows crept across the forest floor. 'Should we take it home?' they wondered, 'it might be hungry...'
As the sun warmed the creature's back, it yawned and opened its eye.
"What are you doing in my forest?' it demanded, 'have you got a ticket?'
The children had never been asked for a ticket in the middle of a forest before.
'Er, not on us,' they replied, nervously
Sleeping beauty stood up.
'Oh,' he said, 'oh well, never mind then. You can give it to me later..'
He looked a little sad though.
'What's the matter?' asked the children,
Beauty sighed.
'it's just I swept the forest last night and now look at it! Every day it's the same, sweep the forest and then, when i'm asleep, wazzoom! -more leaves. My broom is nearly worn out.'
The children looked at the broom. It was very tired looking. They wondered how they could help him.........
They thought and thought and then finally the girl said "We have two choices. We can either go across the pond to the forest of never-falling-leaves, or I have heard about a broom that does all it's own sweeping. Lets get in the boat and we can decide "
Beauty settled down in the boat happily to think....

The summer fair

2011-06-15T12:07:00.003+01:00

If you happen to be around Earlsfield at the weekend, it's the summer fair. Excitement for all the family...!

story- swept

2011-06-13T18:03:00.004+01:00

the story so far:
Whilst wandering through the forest one dark night the children discovered a sort of sleeping beauty. Well, not very beautiful, but definitely sleeping. Or so they thought.......

...they stood transfixed, staring at the wonderous creature until the sun started to show its golden rays and shadows crept across the forest floor. 'Should we take it home?' they wondered, 'it might be hungry...'
As the sun warmed the creature's back, it yawned and opened its eye.
"What are you doing in my forest?' it demanded, 'have you got a ticket?'
The children were a little surprised....!..

they had never been asked for a ticket in the middle of a forest before.
'Er, not on us,' they replied.
Sleeping beauty stood up.
'Oh,' he said, 'oh well, never mind then. You can give it to me later..'
He looked a little sad though.
'What's the matter?' asked the children, 'we could see if we can find a ticket?'
'No , no, it's not that, it's just I swept the forest last night and now look at it!' said Beauty, 'every day the same, sweep the forest and then, when i'm asleep, more leaves. My broom is nearly worn out.'
The children looked at the broom. It was very tired looking. They wondered how they could help him.........

story: shadows

2011-06-08T15:28:00.002+01:00

Random word story

2011-06-08T15:17:00.003+01:00

I liked the drawing I did last week, I thought it had 'something' - then I had a bit of a brainstorm. Maybe it would be interesting to carry on with the character and attempt to use words given from 'Illustration Friday' to weave a story from it. So, I will have no idea where it will go and it all may just crumble if some bizarre subject crops up, I just wait to see the next word and try to work it all in somehow ...! I may well need help!

Asleep

2011-05-27T15:48:00.002+01:00

Whilst wandering through the forest one dark night the children discovered a sort of sleeping beauty. Well, not very beautiful, but definitely sleeping. Or so they thought.......

Brasil

2011-05-11T11:16:00.003+01:00

A few sketches from a recent trip to Brazil. Funny how you don't quite seem to get the same amount done when the kids are there! Bless. These are done in Belo Horizonte and Jacaraipe.

More tragedy.....A journey in small pictures

2011-04-18T00:22:00.004+01:00

Another tragedy in small pictures...bottled

2011-04-11T15:43:00.002+01:00

duet

2011-04-04T10:02:00.001+01:00

here's my pic for IF

'UNEXPECTED ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA.'

2011-03-21T17:05:00.002Z

UNEXPECTED ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA.'
Words just designed to make you want to throw down your un-bought shopping and punch somebody. Oh, it's a supermarket and somebody is unexpectedly trying to buy something. How could they have expected that? It would be unreasonable to apportion blame for that. I wonder when it might be expected? As the phrase blares out over and over from each and every self service area, I start to wonder how many times it will take for them to become aware of it and expect something...?
Maybe one day, just maybe, they might, just tiny teeny weeny might expect something random like that to happen. But it may be a while.
I love it that they follow up with 'PLEASE WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE'
Ah! Now I understand! That's why there are no staff at the checkout! They're all busy being surprised by hundreds of unexpected items and shoppers in the bagging area!
'Bagging area.'
Where did that come from? 'bagging area'
It should be called 'pointless hell designed by supermarkets to make your life just a little bit more crap area.' Maybe it's a bit long but there are products called things like I really can't quite believe that it's not imitation hydrogenized fat, so why not?
It's the area you can never checkout from.
It's the area where people mill about mindlessly putting things in bags, then removing them before shuffling guiltily to the next bagging area and doing it all again. Can it become addictive? I think we should be told.
After repeating the process several times, go and wait in the long queue of ex-bagging area-ites.

Bright orange uniforms are used for the subliminal fear. The idea of having being transported to Guantanamo Bay, is quickly suppressed, but the sneaking suspicion remains, thus keeping complaints to a minimum. I suppose I could just let it go.....?

cultivate

2011-03-21T16:25:00.002Z

'cultivate' for IF.

stir

2011-03-15T18:24:00.002Z

Here's a bit of an experiment. I seem to doing lots of experimenting! This guy has been known to create a bit of a stir, i'm sure..

warning sign

2011-03-06T11:33:00.003Z

"Information given in a triangle bordered with red is a warning sign." This is directly quoted from the highway code. ...as far as I remember. So clearly this illustration has extra gravitasSo much gravitas that it may sink in fact. Or is that gravity? I get them mixed up. Actually, thinking about, just a little, gravity can't sink an illustration. I hope someone edits this soon so it all makes sense......

swarm

2011-02-28T18:17:00.003Z

What on earth would possess anyone to have a beard of bees? Words fail me.....!
Actually is that some sort of 'terrist' there? There is one in hiding I believe.... has anyone checked these bee-bearded wonders. There has to be a reason for it somewhere.

progress

2011-02-24T16:36:00.003Z

As promised, here is an update on the digital painting side of things, I'm quite pleased so far at high resolution, but I think you need a while for the critical eye to set in! It might look a complete mess in the cold light of morning! I may print one to see what that looks like..

layers

2011-02-18T14:15:00.002Z

A cartoon, which has layers and layers of turgid wordage...!

sweater

2011-02-11T14:42:00.001Z

not sure whether this is a sweater or a jumper really...XXXL perhaps?

book cover ideas

2011-02-08T16:57:00.003Z

Just discovered theses little jewels tucked away and thought I should share them. They are little pictures. Tiny tiny jewels, loosely based on books. Maybe I will design a few and repost...

digital portrait

2011-01-10T16:40:00.004Z

Here is the first postable version of a portrait of my daughter. It's still not finished, but getting there. Still looks a bit too worried and serious I think. I'm sure it will need lots of tweeks and repainting. I'd forgotten that doing portraits is highly demanding, and lots of time is required! It has been done digitally, but that doesn't make it any easier, it just makes the choices different!

Hohohoho!

2010-12-16T17:22:00.002Z

Well, getting into the Christmas spirit now...
polished off the whiskey last night, followed by the Jack Daniels.
Hohohoho...

The missing link

2010-12-03T19:56:00.002Z

Prehistoric. This is a photo of what might be the missing link in the history of fish and mankind. I found it in my back garden. I was just putting out the rubbish when I looked round and there it was. The dog had been ferretting around excitedly for something to knaw on, because the cupboard was bare and had unearthed this. Obviously I was quite excited as I had been looking for a reason to catch the bus to town, so I popped up to the natural history museum where they gave me a full run down on the value of their time and asked me to make another appointment sometime after the next blue moon. Well, I can hardly wait! So this is pretty much a sneak preview before the world's press get hold of it. I think I might call it the luazulasaurus. Or something...

A billion Elephants..

2010-11-30T16:18:00.002Z

I saw this quote somewhere and have been waiting to illustrate it for ages. All I want to know though is: Who is doing the dropping? Where did all the elephants come from? Questions that I think we need to know answers to...Wikileaks anybody??

Arty reasons to catch a train

2010-11-30T15:28:00.003Z

Due to the cold snap and iffy back I caught the train a few times. Bloody expensive! It's good fun though to stare at people, surreptitiously, so here are a few sketches from the train. They may appear in illustrations later...

brave again

2010-11-23T11:32:00.002Z

I had misgivings about the first version of this picture , but wasn't quite sure what it needed, so here it is again, much reworked, and much better for it I think.

sneaky

2010-11-19T13:25:00.002Z

Just thought I would sneak this unpleasant fella in...

when I were a lad...

2010-11-18T13:18:00.002Z

Here is a picture of when I were a lad. Ah! I remember the days.... I had bright starry eyes, lashings of curly hair and rows and rows of golden yellow teeth...uh?
Did I have pierced ears too? well, I probably wanted them at some stage. I know I wanted a tattoo for about an hour and a half once. Just to be different, like everyone else. Perhaps i'm just nit-picking..

Splat!!

2010-11-16T12:52:00.003Z

We have been doing some Damien Hirst-type stuff with the kids and I thought we should share it!

happily ever afterwards

2010-11-08T13:26:00.002Z

Continuing the theme of experimenting, I shall see where this Illustration fri...er.. Monday goes...

nude study

2010-11-04T16:08:00.002Z

I was puzzling over this drawing, nice drawing I thought. Then, in the spirit of experimenting I decided to take it elsewhere.

Hockney good news!

2010-11-02T17:58:00.002Z

News is spreading fast that David Hockney has got an ipad. In tribute i thought I would knock something up, quick-ish. Unfortunately I don't have one and had to make do with a coloured pencil and some old fashioned stuff called paper. Still. Good fun!

spent - a tragedy in small pictures

2010-11-01T12:38:00.002Z

Love is burning brightly and then...!

race

2010-10-22T22:59:00.002+01:00

3-2-1- Go! slimeballs away!
Another experimental piece. Not what I expected to do at all
Here it is, finished. Based on Chariots of fire. Very loosly....

something from the archive..

2010-10-21T11:18:00.002+01:00

some shells that I came across. I think I did them while I was working on a logo.

spooky

2010-10-18T16:43:00.002+01:00

What with haloweeeen approaching like a ghost in the night, here is the first draft of the idea..

bits and bobs

2010-10-12T16:51:00.001+01:00

A few little sketches which appeared in some boating magazines

elephant experiment 2

2010-10-08T14:36:00.001+01:00

continuation of the experiphant...

transportation experiment

2010-10-08T13:35:00.001+01:00

part 1 of a little elephant experiment. Look back later to see how it progresses..

Monster experiment. Part 2

2010-10-07T18:14:00.001+01:00

some technical issues to overcome...

monster experiment

2010-10-07T17:56:00.001+01:00

Here is a monster experiment. Part 1 I think..

portrait of the artist...

2010-10-07T15:00:00.001+01:00

More experimenting, this time on myself.....Mwhhahahahahah!

dad again..

2010-10-05T17:25:00.002+01:00

updated dad experiment ...

sister

2010-10-05T14:55:00.002+01:00

here's the update of the girl

experi-mum

2010-10-05T12:46:00.002+01:00

and now for Mum...

experimenting 3

2010-10-04T18:08:00.004+01:00

and now part 3... What! somebody has vandalized it..! Shokkin...

experimenting 2

2010-10-04T18:06:00.002+01:00

and continuing the experiment...

experimenting

2010-10-04T12:57:00.002+01:00

I thought this would be the perfect place for those experiments, where you're not quite sure if you like it or not...

beneath

2010-10-04T12:44:00.001+01:00

Many strange things lurk under the waves, one can never tell...

sausages 5

2010-09-16T09:42:00.002+01:00

I think this may be it. Deadlines loom etc....

sausages 4 detail

2010-09-16T09:39:00.001+01:00

Here are some details

sausages 4

2010-09-14T15:11:00.001+01:00

Hmm, is this the final one...not sure, will think about that

sausages3

2010-09-14T12:57:00.001+01:00

here is the third bunch of sausages...

sausages2

2010-09-14T12:56:00.002+01:00

here is the second snapshot in the series...

sausages

2010-09-14T08:52:00.002+01:00

I thought it might be interesting to show a piece of work as it progresses, so here is a piece i'm doing at the moment. Mice sausages? It's a scandal!

proverb

2010-09-10T13:49:00.000+01:00

It's guess the proverb time. If at first you don't succeed....!

giant

2010-07-05T09:55:00.002+01:00

When faced with overwhelming odds, like a giant alien being, well, one does what one can....

Early

2010-05-24T14:18:00.002+01:00

Illustration for IF. I took a worms eye view on the matter...

Equipment

2010-05-20T15:13:00.004+01:00

Part of a story that i'm working on. It will see the light of day one day, so you can say you saw it here first! Needs rewriting. Again

leaving card

2010-05-20T14:53:00.003+01:00

This was for an advert for Panther securities plc who were moving. I had to draw all of them, which was actually good fun. I think everyone recognized themselves. Or at least they didn't tell me. I once had to do caricatures at Wembley arena and I did a great picture of some bloke, it was about 10 lines and just got him perfectly. He was fuming like an onfire chimney, all his mates laughing. I thought he was going to punch me, but his mates laughter put him off. I found the drawing scrumpled up later in the toilet...

suitcases- perspective- brave

2010-03-08T13:18:00.003Z

I think I can put this into 'IF', as doing something with such odd perspective not only challenges pre-formed notions, but is mentally stimulating too. As stated, this is one of 4, here is how the aw was done.
Having just seen that the topic is 'brave' this now has become a brave decision to carry on regardless.....

its been a while pt 2

2010-02-04T13:59:00.002Z

Here's a blow up of one of the suitcases, its the first one, with blue

It's been a while...

2010-02-04T12:54:00.004Z

No posts for ages. I'm just trying to get to grips with a project that I have been doing which is making suitcases. Well, the insides of them to be exact. 4 suitcases, showing a journey, all linked and including the lids. Its a tricky one to show. There are photos of them at Bridging arts blog:
http://ipackedthismyself.blogspot.com/
whilst I try to make something to show them off!

skinny

2009-10-30T15:18:00.003Z

Skinny latte means skinny figure doesn't it??

fast!

2009-10-26T15:55:00.002Z

ZOOOOOOOOM! It doesn't get much faster than this...!Heheh!

frozen

2009-10-19T18:09:00.005+01:00

I had a few ideas, and then after those, I came up with this. Which I quite like!

Flying

2009-10-13T15:41:00.002+01:00

Just had a moment, so I thought I'd post the aw!

Fabulous Mr Fox goes youtube

2009-10-13T15:06:00.003+01:00

The reading, featuring 'Eamonn Holmes, Jade Goody’s former partner Jeff Brazier, the star of West End musical Hairspray, Brian Conley, and pop superstar Damon Albarn of Blur can all be seen reading Roald Dahl's classic story, Fantastic Mr Fox, on the new YouTube channel at

www.youtube.com/childrenssociety

http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/

It was all done in about 3 days!

Baboon Metaphysics

2009-10-13T13:04:00.005+01:00

Here's a bookjacket I have just done with Aurum press. A great read too! Full of implausibly titled books. Cooking with God? What a cookery book that must be??!! recipes from Him? Wowwww!

www.aurumpress.co.uk

flying

2009-10-09T13:36:00.003+01:00

This is drawn from life. I'm sure. Didn't I see this up at Primrose hill or somewhere? I'll post the finished work when I get another moment to do it!

Heres the aw:

Fabulous Mr Fox

2009-09-28T15:15:00.003+01:00

Have just done a whole load of illustrations for 'Fabulous Mr fox' by Roald Dahl for a youtube reading for Dad's reading to children awareness day. Really quick turnaround, but lots of fun to do. Can't wait to see it go live. I'll put a few up here as a taster

Tango

2009-07-17T14:48:00.003+01:00

Here's a giant sized unfinished painting. Its gone through so many changes its ridiculous. Still needs work, but its one of those things, you change one bit , then another bit needs changing.....
anyway. Tango.

shaky

2009-07-03T14:49:00.002+01:00

The sculptors grasp of what was required for the public art was seen by some to be a touch shaky

drifting

2009-06-19T21:47:00.002+01:00

Ah, I can smell the salty air now, drifting through my hair (what's left of it...) Gulls circling overhead, bumping along with all the detritus in my little boat, looking for supper...

unfold

2009-06-15T17:15:00.002+01:00

This was drawn from memory from an instruction leaflet on how to construct something which I can't quite recollect what but it must have been worth the hours of toil. Unfold first, and i'm sure it would work perfectly

craving

2009-06-08T18:35:00.002+01:00

change of heart. I think I prefer this one...!

craving

2009-06-08T18:26:00.002+01:00

Would you believe this started off as a beagle wanting a cigarette? Well it might have, but it just goes to show how things can change. Bit of an experiment this, see what you think

Breezy

2009-02-27T21:08:00.002Z

Haven't had much time to do any IF-ing recently but I thought i'd do a slight breeze, nothing too dramatic. Quiet. Apart from the fierce howling of the dog of course. This would be carried away on the hushing breeze, to be a part of another picture altogether.

Time

2009-02-06T14:27:00.002Z

'Time please!' in a pub in England means you have to get your last orders in. Sometimes literally, sometimes metaphorically...
This was an illustration I did for the science section in the Financial Times

flawed

2009-01-30T14:54:00.004Z

There had been some pretty flawed characters hanging out at 'The Flogger and Boot' recently....

pale

2009-01-16T15:22:00.002Z

Tis verily a pale imitation. I could write a whole bunch of stuff to go with this but it might just end up leaving you feel pale with tedium, so I shall let the image speak for itself..!

the suitcase contained..

2009-01-09T14:32:00.002Z

Here's a real left-field commission I had: www.bridging-arts.com.
It was about forced labour and what things people bring with them when they leave their own countries. This one was for people from Portugal. Odd one eh?

Christmas credit crunch cracker

2008-12-17T15:18:00.002Z

Hohohoho! Well, its about that time of the year, and a special credit crunch year. Let us hope that we don't all get crunched. Wishing everyone who visits the 'ol blog a Happy Christmas.
Oh, and fingers crossed for a prosperous new year.....!

Rambunctious

2008-12-12T15:12:00.002Z

Ram- bunctious! Geddit! This is a job which would have been fun to do except the pay, it would have left me homeless and my poor wee children eating gruel for the foreseeable future! So I declined, and the children still are able to have an extra dish of sweet nourishing gruel every other Thursday! (Still have home though!)
[Note to myself-must find out exactly what gruel is one day...]

similar

2008-12-05T14:58:00.004Z

In the days of yore, there existed an olde worlde technique, called 'painting' It required a brush, or several, water, paint and some dexterity with mixing and application. Astonishingly there was no command z. Here is one such example, found in a cave, somewhere in olde englande..
There are certain similarities in the appearance of the the two young ladies and perhaps the non-existance of the command z explains this strange occurence, although the relationship between them and the candy floss is, altogether more difficult to comprehend, and cannot altogether be explained by the lack of the aforementioned command.