I never uploaded all the shots I took in Polperro last year which was a shame (too many that’s why). This year, though I took my Canon, I took far less shots with it and concentrated on using my lomo cameras as part of my summer journal project. But, here are a few taken with my Canon to illustrate what a really lovely place Polperro is. Most were taken early in the morning or at dusk hence the darkness of the images. Soon I will upload the ones I took last year.
Read MoreIdentity + Change + Decisions

Over ten years ago, when I had been learning about web design and had been running a forum for a couple of years, I decided to build my own websites. I registered two domains, illusio.net and illusiocreative.co.uk. The first, illusio.net was to be my hobby domain for my writing and art, and the latter for web design. I chose a user/brand name because the culture of the web was different back then. It was more common for people to use nicknames, as anonymity was encouraged and the use of ones own name was not favoured, for many reasons. It was mostly about guarding ones privacy. At that time, I had still not considered selling myself as an artist online or creating a portfolio. I did blog however, and had an account on Live Journal. Later on I decided not to use the illusiocreative.co.uk domain for web design and use it for my art instead. Continuing with the brand name, Illusio Creative still seemed a good idea at the time. However, in the last year or so, I have come to the conclusion that this is maybe not the best way for me to move forward in terms of marketing myself as an artist/illustrator. I have noticed that very few artists and illustrators use branding, and most use their own names. I don’t feel comfortable with it any more, and in fact a couple of years ago, I did register a domain with my own name.
Read MoreBlogging and Facebook: Long Live the Blog!

Is Blogging Dead? No, not really! Yesterday I tweeted the following, “Have @facebook pages had their day? Feels worn out to me now. I don’t have as much enthusiasm for my page any more.” I didn’t expect a response, because to be honest, many of my tweets are like farting into the wind, quickly gone and as quickly forgotten. However, friend and fellow artist Shayla Maddox responded, and we had, what was for Twitter anyway, a longer than usual conversation about social networking and blogging. It was my assertion, that whilst I was as active as ever on my own personal profile, given that’s where my friends and family are all gathered together, I was losing enthusiasm for my Facebook page, despite having over 2,700 followers. In truth, I got more comments, likes and activity on there two years or so ago when I had about 1000 followers. Now, in part I think this is down to the mercurial drive of Facebook to squeeze every last dollar out of it’s members, and making it harder and harder for pages to be a useful business tool, unless they pay up, and in fact…businesses are waking up to this. I also think that people are just plain bored with them.
Read MoreJune 2013 Desktop Calendar Wallpapers

I didn’t release any last desktop calendars last month. But, I have been out lately with my camera now that we finally have some good weather. A recent trip to one of my favourite places, West Dean Gardens, produced some lovely flower shots. An array of gorgeous colours, and just the thing to lighten the spirits. As usual two resolutions available,1290×1080 and 1366×768. Right click, open the image in a new tab and then set as your desktop background. Hope you like…
Read MoreInkygoodness Beermat Character Exhibition

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
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