Personal Projects
Sex Crazed Libertine
I just found a poem I wrote some time ago.
It is crudely scrawled across a hastily folded page, shoved into my book of other poems, with lots of crossing out all over it, but on re-reading it now nearly two years later I have decided I love it. Read the rest of this entry »
Domo Arigato, Mr Roboto
I’ve entered an origami box making phase (or perhaps craze).
I made this cute bananaman comic strip lidded box for my son the other day, using one of the pages of The Dandy comic which I think came out beautifully.
A Rat Riding A Fox
This morning Mr Fanton told me he was enjoying his time away in the countryside this week and expressed a child-like joy at having seen a man just pass the house riding on a horse.
Being very much stuck in ‘town’ until I join him on Wednesday, I responded to say “This morning I saw a rat riding a fox, it was awesome.” Of course, as soon as it was out my mouth, it was just begging to be illustrated. So whola …
Timothy Winchester – Boyfriend Week
Timothy Winchester is looking for submissions for his ‘boyfriend week‘ (illustration challenge for fun).
I sketched out my own submission (below) this morning in Starbucks, and just finished it up in Illustrator this evening 
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Artists & Illustrators Groups
I’ve just been complimented on my blog by the very kind owner of Devious Creations, and of course toodled across to their blog/website for a nose at what they are up to as a result.
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The Aftermath
I drew this pen illustration last night. It’s a personal piece depicting a reworked almagamation of various aspects of a specific inspiration. I wonder if anyone will be able to guess where these collection of images originate from?
Getting Creative With Facebook
Though we all grow weary of Zuckerbergs desire to constantly change the Facebook system, all the creative types must surely be loving the new cover feature that allows us to plaster up a giant 850×315 pixel image behind our profile picture. Read the rest of this entry »
Another Card Competition
Weirdly enough after receiving an email from Stack about their competition, I just completely randomly stumbled across a Hallmark competition for ‘funny birthday cards’.
Use of the words old, special or party were banned and so I came up with this below
How To Draw A Cartoon Character
I’ve posted a quite a number of ‘for personal development only’ illustrations on here recently. They are all hand drawn illustrations, but by the end of the process become colourful vector illustrations and I thought you would like to see a bit more detail about the process.
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