Monthly Archives: November 2007

Manuela dared me to draw myself as a historical or storybook character, so here it is! This morning was kind of cold, but it was cosy because I had my porridge and winter pyjamas. I did something really disgusting yesterday. … Continue reading →

Hmm, this is starting to look a bit too educational. Back to the drawing board… Edit: A ha, problem solved, somewhat. I had her smiling in the first pic I uploaded, and I’ve just changed it. My little sister always … Continue reading →

Here’s the second in my little pencil pole vaulting series. Pole vaulting is one of those few things that I think, no matter how optimistically I approach it, it’s just not something I could ever do very well. Unlike my … Continue reading →

Here are some photos by the lovely Annika from our fab evening last week at the British Library. The guard told us ‘no snappy snappies’, but we got a few anyway… Here’s a gorgeous cover from the Folio Society exhibition … Continue reading →

ztoical‘s blog pointed me to this excellent papercut tutorial by Steph Laberis, so I’ve just tried it out! Still a few kinks to iron out in my efforts, but I learned some really useful things. (Ha ha… isn’t he UGLY??!)

This one’s for manuelap, who lives near Milan and was commenting on the ubiquitous use of mermaids in children’s book publishing (following a distinct pirate trend). She wants to know how people would draw their own mermaid self portrait. (Any … Continue reading →