Wherever there are cats there are dogs

I'm doing some drawing today for a new item for our shop.

It's going to be one of a set of grumpy cat magnets, to go along with the happy dog magnets.

I paint the things I want to see

I forgot to put these up sooner, but last week I did my final shift on the final day of Cornerhouse's Sketch-o-matic. Here are two of my favourite sketches from the day:

The second guy came in with the cigar, and just posed for the 5-ish minutes. Very prepared. 

There's talk of the Sketch-o-matic appearing elsewhere next year, so I hope to be involved then, because I really had fun!

Their models drawn on a charcoal sketch

I think I may have forgotten to mention this...but this week I am taking part in a really cool project at Cornerhouse in Manchester. It's called Sketch-o-matic! I am one of several artists taking part, and the idea is that we have 5 minutes to draw someone who sits in front of us, in a booth. It's a bit like a passport photo booth type thing. The booth is really cool, it looks like this:

 

I did my first shift on Tuesday, and it was very fun. I sit on one side, and the sitter sits on the other. There is glass between us, but the glass is one way so they cannot see me! The put £1 in a slot, and I turn a dial as I draw so that the sitter knows when I have finished the drawing. I pop it outside, and they take it, and everyone is happy. 

I did 15 drawings on Tuesday. Here are three of them, because I only remembered to take photos of three of them...

 

 

 

I was really happy with the first one especially, of the mother and baby. I don't think I've drawn a baby on location before, in fact I don't think I've drawn many babies at all ever. This baby was especially happy and gurglely and was laughing and smiling the whole time. Each drawing took about 5-10 minutes.

I am going to be back at Cornerhouse for some more Sketch-o-matic fun this Sunday 4th from 6-7pm and again from 9-10pm, so please come and let me draw you! Here is a nice link with some more information.

Live in trees, chew on feet, watch Lost on cable

Some artwork from our new set of Lost postcards, drawn by me and Emily...

We'll be selling the postcard at Leeds this weekend, and hopefully they'll be up on our Folksy shop soon. They are a set of 11, and include Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Sayid, John, Ben, Juliet, Charlie, Claire, Rousseau and Hurley. Emily and I love Lost! We've been meaning to do something like this for over a year, and we finally got them done! Hurrah.

Everyday I write the book

This last week, in between animating on the new film, I've been putting together lots of new zines, magnets, flipbooks, and postcards. It's all in preparation for the Leeds Thought Bubble Comic Con, which is where I shall be this Saturday and Sunday. Come and see me! I will be in Saviles Hall near Clarence Dock, which is the smaller of the two halls where there will be in total 300 stalls selling sequential art! Here's a picture from my new flipbook to entice you:

An empty space to fill in

Still working on the new film, and here is a nice oil pastel drawing from it. We've decided to do a couple of sequences hand drawn with oil pastel. I've not finished the first sequence yet, but I think I'm going to need to buy some more pastels! I had forgotten how long it takes colouring by hand onto paper. The last time I did this was for my graduation film... It's straight-ahead rather than keyframe animation because I'm drawing straight into an old, found book. Hope I don't mess it up...

And here's Emily!

She's cutting out and making a paper model in this picture. Using her magic powers, Emily then makes the paper model actually glow...

Amazing. What will the paper models be in the film? They will be mountains of course.

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out

Some new film artwork...it's the moon...

I think last night you were driving circles around me

Some new film artwork: