[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-more-monster-boutique":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"A few more rough sketches for the Monster Village at Stratford's Discover Centre. I'm working them in between picture book work, so it's all slightly bitsy, but I'm meeting up this week with Ed Vere, Neal Layton and the team to find out what happens next. \\r\n\\r\nHere's the inside of the Beauty & Beast salon (see the \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/354815.html\">last post\u003C/a> for an exterior sketch).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/monsterboutique_int_bk-f121ea32b9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThose are the wigs and moustaches. Here on the left, we have the wig-fitting centre, where visitors can either put the 2-D wigs on the aliens here, or try them on in the mirror themselves. And on the right, a cosmetics centre where people can draw all over the aliens, adding eye shadow, facial hair, what have you. I'll have to check at the meeting about the pens idea, because kids have a habit of not keeping pens in the areas where they are supposed to be kept, and Neal Layton might not appreciate it if they start drawing all over his monster shops. Maybe everything in the building could have an erasable surface? Must consult.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/monsterboutique_int_side-e02765f2d4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nLinks: Have you been keeping an eye on \u003Cb>James Turner\u003C/b>'s new comic, \u003Ca href=\"http://eruditebaboon.livejournal.com/tag/dan%20tastic\">Dan Tastic\u003C/a>? It's shaping up to be, well, rather fantastic! James is quite possibly one of the funniest guys on the planet.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jamesturnerdan-3730afa4af.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>James Turner's \u003Ca href=\"http://eruditebaboon.livejournal.com/tag/dan%20tastic\">Dan Tastic\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nAnd speaking of funny guys, the other comedy legend \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/\">Jamie Smart\u003C/a> has been doing some fab strips for The Dandy, \u003Ci>Desperate Dan\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>Pre-Skool Prime Minister\u003C/i>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jamiesmartdandy-2d772eba33.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Last week's Dandy, bought impulsively in the supermarket checkout queue, as one does\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more More bloggity blog under the cut with some London Christmas light photos-->\\r\nAnd Jamie also posted a link to a website with 30 photos of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/hedgehogs-taking-baths\">hedgehogs taking baths\u003C/a>. (Aw!) I \u003Ci>STILL\u003C/i> haven't seen a live hedgehog (not a smashed one on the road), one of my unfufilled ambitions on coming to Britain. When I went to Leeds, Gillian Rogerson (the writer of our book, \u003Ci>You Can't Eat a Princess!\u003C/i>) told me that she has hedgehogs in her back garden, but they didn't even peek out. I may get desperate enough to go to one of those hedgehog rescue centres to have a look, but I'd really like to see one 'in the wild'.\\r\n\\r\nAnd a few pictures of lovely festival central London:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/londonlights10-7eeac885e9.jpg\">\\r\non this street:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/londonlights2_10-b738e63616.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd I can't quite figure out the significance of Batman and Superman on this building, can anyone enlighten me?\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/londonlights3_10-4005f08bc1.jpg\">","2010-12-15T11:01:00.000Z","more-monster-boutique",[],"more monster boutique",1776628719347]