Litho print of sam

Wood drawings are the future.

I did a couple of drawings on wood recently and found it to be rather fun. I'm thinking of selling them at future craft/comic fairs. I find it a good way of working as they act as small canvases, giving the drawing more weight, more like a possesion. And are really fast to make! More to come soon I think.

Macmillan work

These are a few spreads from my macmillan sketchbook. I hadn't had any time over the holidays to be working on it, so I've just picked it up again over the last two weeks. The brief is to make a children's book, using either an existing story or one of our one. It's been really interesting working on it so far, as I hadn't made work for children before. I found I've had to conciously ask myself whether or not each aspect would be suitable and enjoyable for children. But there is a lighter side to my work (my comics), but I've found that working in a more serious tone has been relevant to the briefs set this year, so I've really enjoyed coming back to this approach. I probably won't have it made in time to send for the competition as my story is still in it's early stages, but it's been great to take part in it anyway.

Finished my comic!

It took the whole of the holidays, but I finally finished my comic for the comics project. I'm really pleased with it. It was a great opportunity to experiment, having made comics before I felt confident to work in new ways and move forward.

For ideas and inspiration I looked back to the one pages comics I'd made in the previous task. I took the adventurious approach forward with me, and combined it with my spontanious narratice creation.

Sneak peak of comic/ colour experiment.

This the first page of my 6 page comic, the last task in the comics project. I've really appreciated being able to send time working on something I really love, as before making comics was always out of college.

Album cover for the Pistols & Vultures, uncoloured so far...

I recently made an album cover for these lovely lads. It was great that they wanted me to use all my favourite things to draw. I really enjoyed making it, but I always tighten up more when making finised work. I think it's helped me to be critical, rather than being more spontanious, as I normally am. It's good to be able to reign it in.

Easter ceramic painting fun.

Bingo Starr! Poster for the fundraising bingo night.

The new comics project has begun, which is super exciting. This the work that I've made for the two tasks so far. The first was to make four 4 panelled comics, and the second was to make a one page comic. I found that making the 4 panelled comic was surprisingly difficult. Having never done them before the task was really useful for understanding how to utilize very little time and space. My first instinct was to make gag strips that used each panel to build to a punchline. Similarly to Peanuts, which I was reading whilst doing them.The second task went really well, I managed to make 3 one page comics in one day! I felt much more comfortable having the extra space and allowing the story to unfold further. I'm really eager to explore making comics with more realistic and atmosphereic narratives, which is much more like the work I've been making for college briefs. This would be instead of gag strips and the sillier comics I made during the summer.

3 colour lithography print.

Drawing Workshops from college and Kim's.

More ceramics development work and finished mural.