[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-kidweek-theatre-illos":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I've just been working with Damian Kelleher and Helen Boyle on some images for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.kidsweek.co.uk/\">Kids Week\u003C/a> a great promotion where kids aged 5-16 can go free to London shows and take part in lots of activities and events. (More details \u003Ca href=\"http://www.kidsweek.co.uk/\">here\u003C/a>.) I might even grab a kid or two to get the deal, it sounds good.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/kidsweek2-c8484ed672.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nJust in case you want to see, here's how my work looks from the brief to the final artwork. First I do a pencil sketch, then I scan it, place it in the client's template in Photoshop to show the client how it fits, then do the final artwork, scan it and put it in the template. (I don't think my initial pencil sketches are all that lovely, but they do the job.) I drew this with a dip pen and india ink, then coloured it using \u003Ca href=\"http://www.docmartins.com\">Dr.Martin's inks\u003C/a>. (They work pretty much like watercolour, but they're a bit more intense and quick-staining.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/kidsweek1-5538d51e92.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHey, did you see that Richard Bruton \u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2010/sarah-mcintyre-dear-diary/\">reviewed my \u003Ci>Dear Diary\u003C/i> mini comic on the Forbidden Planet International blog\u003C/a>? \u003Cb>Thanks so much, Richard!\u003C/b> (Here are the \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/tag/dear%20diary\">original entries\u003C/a> on my blog.) I'm actually sold out of it at the moment, but I'm going to do my best to print up some more in time for London's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.londonexpo.com/show_features/comic_village__expo.html\">MCM Expo\u003C/a> on 29 & 30 May. Do come along, all my lovely studio mates from the \u003Ca href=\"http://fleecestation.co.uk\">Fleece Station\u003C/a> will be there, the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.co.uk/davidficklingbooks_dfclibrary.asp\">DFC Library\u003C/a> will have a big presence, along with loads of other people from the small press scene. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2010/sarah-mcintyre-dear-diary/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mini_diary-453b21b6ae.jpg\" width=\"200\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHave you been keeping an eye on the DFC team's \u003Ca href=\"http://supercomicsadventuresquad.blogspot.com/\">Super Comics Adventure Squad\u003C/a> website? You'll always get lots of new things popping up over there.","2010-05-21T11:57:00.000Z","kidweek-theatre-illos",[],"kidweek theatre illos",1776628718202]