Monthly Archives: July 2008
a tree i like a lot
Here’s a pen sketch I did this morning of one of my favourite trees in Greenwich Park. Awhile back I read a book, The Time Wreccas by Val Tyler, about these creatures who live in an old tree in Greenwich … Continue reading
vern + lettuce want in on this monkey business
I might go back and colour this later, that was fun. (See the last few posts if you’re not sure what this one’s about.) News: If you’re at the Bath Festival of Children’s Literature on Sat, 27 Sept, come along … Continue reading
monkey comic
Last night my neighbour came upstairs with a comic book he’d bought in China, telling the same story I saw at the ‘Monkey: Journey to the West’ opera I saw recently. I did a study of the monkey character in … Continue reading
my last attempt at turning you all into super perfect time managed beings
Well, dear friends, my time here has come to an end. As I move on to another victim, my last hope is that you all will have learned as much from me as I have from you. I thought maybe … Continue reading
three happy things today
The first thing was _w_o_o_d in France made this animation from my Home Office strip. Hooray! Two was French toast with golden syrup for breakfast, then fruit smoothies in the sun by the fish pond with Elena the Super Fairy, … Continue reading
monkey: journey to the west
Here’s some footage from the opera I mentioned a couple posts ago, it was so amazing. And I saw on joeyweiser‘s page that Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have tied it in to a trailer for the Beijing Olympics, cool!
milkshakes, milkshakes and … more milkshakes!!!
Today Sarah and I went to Golder’s Green for the morning. We ate at Coby’s. It was very good. We went into a bookshop, and I saw Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, except it was translated into Hebrew! Those books sure … Continue reading
font geekfest
Hooray! I just spotted my friend Laura Hurwitz‘s son Jake (Comic Sans), and his friend Amir (French Script) in this funny font video posted on Candy Gourlay‘s site:
on reflection, a very good day
This week I got miracled by my downstairs neighbour who had an extra ticket to go see Monkey: Journey to the West at the Royal Opera House this evening. The opera was a spectacular combination of modern dance, circus acrobatics, … Continue reading
DFC issue 9 is here!
My DFC arrived in the Friday post and I am loving that they put my ‘Vern and Lettuce’ next to Kate Brown’s ‘Spider Moon’. I think the colours work really well together. Here’s the newly refurbished rail carriage cafe on … Continue reading
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