[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-game-city-on-itv":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hey, my artwork showed up on telly! This is Nottingham Game City, where my DFC colleague \u003Ca href=\"http://www.daedalusblue.com\">John Aggs\u003C/a> and studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://www.littlewhitebird.com\">Ellen Lindner\u003C/a> and I spent \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/337389.html\">two days painting murals\u003C/a>. (Link via \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/gamecity\">gamecity\u003C/a> on Twitter.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-pzMQh0YC0\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/gamecity_itv-e4e9b261b0.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-pzMQh0YC0\">\u003Ci>YouTube link\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"495\"/>\\r\n\\r\nThanks for the heads up yesterday from \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/McQueGardens\">McQueGardens\u003C/a> on Twitter about the amazing metal airship designs of concept artist \u003Ca href=\"http://mcqueconcept.blogspot.com\">Ian McQue\u003C/a>. In \u003Ca href=\"http://mcqueconcept.blogspot.com/2010/11/bicentenary-edition.html\">this blog post\u003C/a>, this drawing features a special carrier for sheep! Apparently this was inspired by a recent visit to the isle of Skye. So cool!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ianmcque1-522adec237.gif\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Sheep carrier by Ian McQue\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nIf you go back a bit further on Ian's blog, you can see some remarkable colour images inspired by \u003Cb>Philip Reeve\u003C/b>'s \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/mortal_engines.html\">\u003Ci>Mortal Engines\u003C/i>\u003C/a> series (renamed \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=hungry+city+chronicles&x=0&y=0\">\u003Ci>The Hungry Cities Chronicles\u003C/i>\u003C/a> if you're in the USA). My studio mate Lauren and I have read all six books, they're brilliant. \u003Ca href=\"http://mcqueconcept.blogspot.com/\">Go have a browse of Ian's work.\u003C/a> Or \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philipreeve.blogspot.com\">Philip's blog\u003C/a>, for that matter.\\r\n\\r\nIt's been sad looking at news reports of severely flooded towns in \u003Cb>Cornwall\u003C/b>, exactly \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/309928.html\">where my family went on holiday last summer\u003C/a>. I doubt that if you've been affected, you'll be reading this, as you're weren't even staying in your own home last night, but all the same, sending sympathy your way, and best wishes for the clean-up process. Some of Ian's ships would come in handy down there.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/edenproject-543cde849f.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Picture from the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11782775\">BBC website\u003C/a> of the Eden Project cafe area yesterday\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nAnd a brief word about all this royal matrimonial business from the Queen Mum, who never really died over on \u003Ca href=\"http://scribblehound.com/?p=742\">David O'Connell's blog\u003C/a>. See Dave and loads of other comics people \u003Cb>this Saturday in Leeds at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com\">Thought Bubble\u003C/a>\u003C/b>, where I'll be meeting \u003Cb>Gillian Rogerson\u003C/b>, the writer of our picture book, \u003Ci>You Can't Eat a Princess!\u003C/i> for the first time! And don't forget to pick up a copy of \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i>, or take part in creating its magazine, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.picklerye.com\">\u003Ci>The Pickle\u003C/i>\u003C/a>!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://scribblehound.com/?p=742\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/tbqm-0268ecd617.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2010-11-18T07:27:00.000Z","game-city-on-itv",[],"game city on itv",1776628719151]