Happy Bloody Easter!

Just for a bit of fun :D Japanese school girls with swords seem to be coming out of my ass these last couple of days...

UPFEST

I will be one of the artists live painting at the annual Upfest in Bristol this year! Upfest is Urban Paint Festival and is held at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol on the 4th/5th June :D
The event attracts some seriously awesome painters and writers from the graffiti scene and also some illustrators and animators too! Boy am I nervous!
I am hoping to get a little dark for this one so expect some creepy art updates as I get ready for the event!

Right... suppose I'd better get good or something...

Short Comic : Voucher

My colleague and friend Michael Green challenged me to creating a comic in my lunch hour based on a concept he'd written on a post it note! The concept was 'A character finds a super-power coupon and chooses a power to redeem it on!' This is the result...

Caroline eating an Octopus

While my friend and colleague Caroline was animating in Korea, she encountered the common occurance of eating Octopus so fresh that it would still move! She said her friend felt it's little suckers 'kissing' her cheek! Caroline has a blog too and it's chock full of wonderful beautiful drawings! Go go go!

Short Comic : Haircut

Yes. Yes this happened. I thought, being a bit artistic, haircuts wouldn't be all that taxing...

Girl in white socks

This is a scribble in my sketchbook that I attempted to colour...when I should have been doing a million other things...

Short Comic : Box

I didn't have much time this week due to a family visit! I have so much work on at the moment that I hope my weekly comics don't suffer D:

Smile Japan

Here is an image I created for a Comics for Japan event happening today! Many artists are creating short comics to encourage others to donate to Japan! I have donated through Crowdrise who are putting shipments for winter clothes, drugs and food together and sending them to Japan constantly. We are also really happy that Pantsmans company are matching their employees donations - so we get our donation doubled! THANK YOU SONY!
If you would like to donate to the disaster relief please do so through The Red Cross or you can send supplies through Second Harvest (maybe you and some friends can put boxes of supplies together and share on the shipping cost?)

Smile Japan! Do your best! 頑張れ!

Short Comic : TV

Bloody women...

Bear Pit Zine #1 : Upheaval

This is a sneaky preview of my new 8 page comic that will be featured in the first issue of the Bristol-based Bear Pit Comic-Zine (This page was a prelim before the final that you will see in the book!)

This is page 3/4 of my comic! Intrigued? I will update with details of how to get hold of a copy of the zine as and when I know them, friends!

Short Comic : YLOD

Losing a PS3 is.. (I imagine...) like losing a child.

Short Comic : Gore

Here is my longest short comic yet! Phew! 4 whole pages for your pleasure :D Please let me know what you think!

#mymorning

A lady I follow on twitter by the name of @lindsaysellors tweeted the events of her morning so far with the hashtag #mymorning! I thought it would make a cute strip so I drew it up in a flash :D Hope she likes!

Short Comic : Lost

Short Comic : Pantsman!

Things My Boyfriend Does #2 : Transforms Into Pantsman Within Seconds!

Short Comic : Dignity

Things My Boyfriend Does #1 : Attempts To Remove My Dignity At Any Given Opportunity!
The first part of a (hopefully) ongoing series!

Tales of the Spiffing

The anthology book created by artists at Aardman Animations is officially released tomorrow. It is over 140 pages of pure comicy awesomeness and features work by some of the most talented people in the industry. I also blagged a few pages! If you like to order one please follow this link (you can pay through Paypal)


Tales of the Spiffing

Go on! :D

Short Comic : Boundaries

They say write about what you know... right!?

Today is...

...Comic Book day! Today is the day we get the first prints of the book 'Tales of the Spiffing,' that I contributed to, delivered to work! We are sat clock watching and willing it to suddenly skip to 3pm when we can finally hold them! mmmm new book smell.
This is a sneaky peaky at my 2 page spread featuring my favourite thing on earth... hot girls with swords...
So buy it, bitches!

More details to follow... :D

Character pic!

Who is Linjin?

Illustration Friday : Sneaky

Sneaky mouse!!
This took me a little longer than an hour... as I could not decide what I wanted the finished image to look like..! Have you ever done that? Just set off without a plan? It's happening a lot lately...
I don't know how I feel about the finished piece, or whether it is finished rather.

I am really enjoying Illustration Friday though!

Ink Dot Submission

This was my Ink Dot : Tonic submission - it wasn't selected for the show so here you go! :D

Exciting news!

I can confirm (because the chief confirmed it first...:D) that...


Tales of the Spiffing

is the name of the book that I will be contributing to! Look... there's my name! Right there!

Remember that line drawing?

I coloured her in I did!

Illustration Friday : Burning

This is my first illustration Friday too! Day of firsts today eh?




This image took me about an hour to sketch, scan and colour! Lovely fun!
Stick around and have a look at the rest of my blog if you like :)

Short Comic : Time

Here lies my first attempt at a short comic strip...





Please let me know what you think! :D

Ink Dot Tonic teaser

Here is a teeny tiny section of my Ink Dot submission showing the colours I used from the palette! The brief can be found here: http://www.ink-dot.co.uk/events-news/237-ink-dot-tonic-dec-2010

Now lets wait and see if I am picked! Wish me luck! :D

Blog Header

This is a blog header I thought I'd draw for my friends cake blog! Hope she likes it :)

Another painting I am too lazy to finish!

It is based on a Japanese urban legend called Kuchisake-onna. I want to make a comic dedicated to urban legends and this was intended to be a front cover. Again, running before I can walk! It's completely unfinished - the nose needs painting among other things (the tap makes me cringe!)

Amigurumi

I have been learning to crochet recently and have become a bit mad on amigurumi - little crocheted teddy bears that are super popular in Japan. I want to make all sorts but getting a foundation teddy nailed is a good way to start! Onto little zombie teddy bears next! I have already had 4 people ask if I will make them one - and this particular pink and blue bear is a gift for a colleague!