Life Drawing

We had a great life drawing model the other week. Really muscly guy who had some great poses and unnatural muscles! So fun to draw.

38th Sketchcrawl: London

 This weekend saw the 38th Sketchcrawl and if you were in London this weekend, you'll know how bloomin' freezing it was! 

To my surprise there was a huge number that turned out. Too big even to talk to everyone. But I think a congratulations are in order to everyone who pulled themselves out of bed on a Saturday morning to go sit in a cold museum and draw during a snow weekend!

We went to the Tate Modern and worked our way up and down the floors finding various warm spots to sit in but the best drawing was probably in the Turbine Hall. 

Fun day, but I was glad to get home, drink hot tea and play video games!

News!

Hello Blogger World! I have missed you! No, really I have. I feel like since the wind down of CTNX I've fallen off the radar and lost touch with all of you! So please keep in touch all old and new friends! 

Apologies for the lack of artwork on here recently. After CTNX finished I had a lot of Christmas things to sort out. 

GOOD NEWS! 

I have a new job as a Freelance Illustrator at Mind Candy, here in London.

If you're not familiar with their work...you will be. Now that I've mentioned it, you will slowly see it everywhere you turn! They are responsible for the Moshi Monsters movement going on amongst children all over the world aged 6-11. I will be developing the characters' poses so that they are more dynamic and expressive.

It's a very cool place to work and I can't wait to show you some of the work. 

But do check out these wonderful illustrators who also work there:

Celine Choo

Nana Li

Ross McCaughey

Lucien Hoare

Matt Latchford

LIFE DRAWING

One of the great perks of my new job is that they have life drawing on site. So I have no excuse not to go. These sketches were from the first session I attended just before Christmas. 

Always hate the first class back, when you realise what skills you've let slip. 

More apologies for the poor quality of the photographs too...

And finally...

This weekend sees another official Sketchcrawl . I forget which one it's on...the 36th or something. I'll be sure to post some of my sketches from that, so I promise there will be another post within a week! 

Anyone in London or nearby, please feel free to come join us on the sketchcrawl. Here's a link to the event page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/184373285041362/?ref=ts&fref=ts

And finally finally....

I got a cat :)

Oscar.

CTNX

Well hello there! Finally back from the States after almost two whole weeks of fun in the sun! CTNX was sandwiched between some lovely holiday time in San Diego and LA but I'm sure you dont want to hear about my holiday! But I will bore you with tales from CTNX!

It was frikkin' awesome!

Thanks to everyone who was able to stop by and say hello and have a quick chat, it was great putting faces to all those Twitter names! 

 

Highlights included:

Sharing a booth with 3 awesome guys (and an honourary 4th!) It wouldn't have been half as much fun without them and it would never have happened without them so thank you Mike, Mike and Jez! (and Matt)

Sitting in a booth right next to Matt Jones and his honourary guest Matt Cruickshank.

Having Pete De Seve touch my London Sketchbook and say kind things about it without me even asking! 

Brett Bean, Dean Yeagle and Nancy Kruse actually buying copies of my London Sketchbook. 

Having Napoleon Dynamite browsing our stall...but me not realising it til he walked away. 

Hanging out with new friends Justin Rodrigues, Rachel, Cale Atkinson, JessikaVon, Bruno Chelerdimian. 

Stuart Ng wanting the rest of my sketchbooks for his shop.

Getting some fine ass art books direct from the artists!

And for those who couldnt be there, you really missed a great one! So make sure you get there next year! 

The books and prints I was selling at the expo will all be available on Etsy shortly! So don't forget to check it out!

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

Hello fellow bloggers. I just have some new information for you before I shoot of on holiday for a couple of weeks. 

#1 on the agenda is that next weekend is CTNX 2012! How frikkin excited am I?! As I'm sure many of you are, who are lucky enough to be attending. This year is the first time that I will have a table, sharing with the wonderfully talented and equally as lovely Jez Tuya, Mike Collins and Mike Morris, under the name of Tiki Machine. 

So please, if you are there, come say hello! You may need to introduce yourself with your blogger/twitter name! Ah the time we live in...

This is my face and my boyfriend Matt's face, who will also be there with me. We will probably be eating chocolate.

You can find us at Booth B-45 next to Focal Press and the very talented Matt Jones and James Pidgeon (I will be trying so hard to be cool and not nerd out next to them :S).

I will have prints of my recent Narnia work available as well as my London Sketchbook and the collaborative Illustrated Legends of the Old West book. 

#2 on the agenda is an AWARD! The TED-ed animated lecture Chemical Reactions, which I did the character designs for has won the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Silver Dolphin trophy! 

Well done and thank you to everyone over at Cognitive Media! 

You can also see some of the design I did for a different TED-ed animated lecture about Ancient Rome on this blog.