Last year as you may remember, I entered the Beermat Character Design competition run by Inkygoodness. One of my designs (the skull below) was selected to be included in the up coming exhibition. Well, the exhibition is taking place from April 29th – 4th May, 2013 at the Coningsby Gallery. So, if you would like to see my piece then trot by if you can, you wont be disappointed. Location: Coningsby Gallery 30 Tottenham Street London W1T 4RJ
Read MoreBlogging from my phone, which is a new thing, and a bit tricky to say the least. So, via Instagram, images include my lovely girl, issue 9 of Ammo magazine and some goodies, and flowers in Nicky’s garden. This morning I took advantage of the good weather and took my camera out into the countryside, pics to come later. Short and sweet as this is an experiment.
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Recently on Facebook, I was looking at a piece of work by one of my old tutors. I mentioned that he really should start a blog to profile his work, and he asked me how he would do that given that he was such a ‘Dinosaur’. Andy Hawkins was my illustration tutor on my Foundation course at Amersham College of Art in the 80s’. I was in my teens, and Andy could have been no more than in his late twenties at the most, even possibly 30, and I think recently graduated from the RCA. I should mention by the way, that Andy is an amazing illustrator and currently lives and works in Saltburn-by-the-Sea in Yorkshire (and not a Dinosaur). Anyway, it got me to thinking how dramatically the landscape has changed for artists since we both graduated.
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The other day (on Twitter I think), I come upon a rather smexy illustration magazine called Ammo. I was rather excited to discover it was UK based, and further excited by the fact that it was pretty cheaply priced and reasonable shipping (because, let’s face it, you are ALWAYS stiffed over the shipping). So, I order the back issue bundle, which got me issues 1-6 for £25. You can in fact order (from their online shop) whichever issues you like, but, given there are to date only seven issues it made sense to buy 1 to 6, so I will order issue 7 later.
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