Monthly Archives: December 2007
back to school
Last night I went back to Camberwell to see this year’s MA students (some were part-timers on my course) and have some Christmas drinks. Paul on the course sent me a photo of the best-ever illustration tutor, Janet Woolley and … Continue reading
sniff
Yesterday the postman brought the lovely latest edition of Varoom, the AOI’s magazine. I read Robert Mason’s article on plagiarism in which, at one point, he denounces the ‘endemic “default black” line that so many current illustrators allow to separate … Continue reading
final version
And here’s the final version! (Shh, it’s a secret, don’t tell Stuart!) Thanks, dlasky, for your help! It’s not perfect, but I like how they look like Christmas ornaments, and I think I’m glad I did it on cold press … Continue reading
christmas fayre portraits
On Saturday I spent three hours drawing portraits for a church Christmas fayre. I’m not really a portrait artist, and I did them very quickly, but the kids didn’t seem to mind, running around trying to figure out how best … Continue reading
christmas prezzie
edit 2: A third version, with the guy’s sweater brought forward: edit: Here’s a second version: Hi, I’m working on a Christmas gift for Stuart, a picture of the two of us (on our IKEA sofa. We don’t really have … Continue reading
queen of the ordinary
I really liked the composition of that little framed picture on the wall of my picture in the last post, and I’ve been playing around with it a little. This was an attempt to get away from putting black lines … Continue reading
shrunken heads
Last night I met up with An Vrombaut to go to a meeting at the Society of Authors, where Wayne Winstone, former children’s book head buyer at Waterstone’s (the UK’s largest book store) gave an interesting talk. But the audience … Continue reading
pyjama history
I did this as a quick morning sketch, but I think I might come back to it. (Not just to fix the messy handwriting.) Pyjamas have so many stories behind them, and I didn’t include all of mine. Good news! … Continue reading
surprise
I was trying to think of something I could draw real quick this morning. But I like how it came out. I am so sleepy I had to look up how to spell surprise. BBC 4 is doing a ‘Comics … Continue reading
three bears
Here’s another porridge portrait: And the voices in this video cracked me up:
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