Lucy the Octopus Style Portrait: Ming Xien & Arbi

Here’s a portrait I did of two of my bestest buds, Ming Xien (who I met doing an Art Foundation course in Wimbledon many years ago) and Arbi (who met Ming Xien while she was doing a computer animation course in Canada).  They are heading off to Canada very soon… Continue reading

The Making of my Big 75 Animals Pic

As I’m just sorting out a print of my Big 75 animals pic (available to buy here), I thought I’d show my process of it.  I wanted to do a landscape full of animals and after stirring my brain with a spoon for a while I decided to sort the… Continue reading

Score & Script

Last Wednesday 21 November 2012 saw the private view / opening night of an exhibition of pages of art from the very clever John Miers‘ Score & Script project, taking place at the Centre for Recent Drawing, C4RD, 2-4 Highbury Station Rd, N1 1SB) up until 15 December. 30 artists… Continue reading

Learn from my wisdom/mistakes! 14 tips for creators selling at MCM Expo (and other shows)

This past weekend I had a brilliant time, selling my wares at MCM Expo at the Excel Centre in London. Having been there a few times as a visitor and creator, I thought I’d note down some ideas to improve sales and the whole MCM experience, mainly to remind myself… Continue reading

Event Pics! MCM Expo October 2012: Comics, Bears & Cosplayers

I had a great time at this past weekend’s MCM Expo.  Thank you to anyone who came to chat or buy things from my table.Great to see a whole kaboodle of other creators, like these lovely folk… While at my table, I was busy making some bear shaped mini comics… Continue reading

Character Perspectives

Thanks to everyone who came along to today’s WIP Comics Group Character Writing workshop at the Royal Festival Hall. Everyone worked hard to come up with some interesting characters with fascinating back stories.  So let’s hear it for Depressing Kim, Soccer Mum Margaret, Motivational Speaker Jasper and Inappropriately Flirtatious Teacher… Continue reading