[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-doodling-for-charity":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Last Tuesday I went with comics creator \u003Ca href=\"http://darryl-cunningham.blogspot.com/\">Darryl Cunningham\u003C/a> to the \u003Ca href=\"http://klimbkiliillustration.blogspot.com/\">Klimb Children's Book Illustration Auction\u003C/a> near Paddington station and drew for four straight hours, 'til I could draw no more! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/klimb_illustration_3-7c738f3271.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe idea was that I'd draw anything people wanted me to draw, for a flat fee. I think we were supposed to share out the drawing a bit more, but I had a long list of orders and people wanted to go with the person they'd already seen drawing, so I guess I sort of hogged the easel. Eek. \u003Ca href=\"http://twisted-genius.squarespace.com/journal/author/twisted-genius\">Nikalas Catlow\u003C/a> did relieve me for a bit. I got lots of commissions for birthday gifts - mostly office parties and for children's bedroom walls. This one's for a kid who likes dogs and trains.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/klimb_illustration_4-36083048c0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more More photos under the cut!-->\\r\nA lovely lady modelled the artwork a bunch of us had donated for the auction. I was drawing while mine went under the hammer and missed how much it went for, but someone told me they thought it was between £200 and £300, so that was fine by me.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/klimb_illustration_5-ad07e093c6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThis one was commissioned by someone who told me to draw 'a publisher in a Hawaiian shirt' as a present for a male publisher, without giving me any visual references. 'I just want to see what you'd think a publisher might look like', she said.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/klimb_illustration_2-5f311b8a07.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nCan't go wrong with aliens and cakes...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/klimb_illustration_1-ae4e38083a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThis guy had me draw a fashion designer friend (photo reference on his iPhone) riding a unicorn while carrying a miniature Doberman, but unfortunately you can't quite see it in the photo, so you'll have to imagine it.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/klimb_illustration_7-b67a650a45.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks to Darryl for the photos, and to illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garryparsons.co.uk/\">Garry Parsons\u003C/a> and friends for all the hard work they put into organising the event!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit:\u003C/i> You can see more photos and read about the evening over on \u003Ca href=\"http://natashaworswick.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/illustration-auction-for-klimb/\">Natasha Worswick's blog here\u003C/a>.","2011-09-10T15:33:00.000Z","doodling-for-charity",[],"doodling for charity",1776628720663]