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The Lakes International Comic Festival 2015

By Tempo Lush October 20, 2015 October 20, 2015 Comics, Events

I had a wonderful time visiting Kendal in the Lake District this past weekend for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.
You can see the Clock Tower on the left of the pic above where I had a table displaying all my Tempo Lush goodies, next to by talented bud, Mike Medaglia, whose new book One Year Wiser was selling by the bucket load! It was fabulous to see the whole town getting involved, with banners everywhere and wonderful posters including Mike’s…
A highlight for me was taking part in the Windows on Comic Art Trail where I created this comic to hang in the window of the Thuline Studio Gallery. It features various sites and events around Kendal, and it was fun drawing small coloured pencil drawings knowing how big they would be blown up on the image… Thanks Lakes! Hope to be back one day!

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Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox Tasters: Lisa Woynarski & Mike Medaglia, Sally-Anne Hickman and Tammy Taylor

By Tempo Lush October 16, 2015 October 14, 2015 Comics

More snippets of fantastic drawings from the recent Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox anthology on the theme of positive change.
The contributors also suggested a positive idea in keeping with the theme of the anthology…

LISA WOYNARSKI & MIKE MEDAGLIA

Previous works include:
Lisa – Performance + Ecology
Mike – One Year Wiser, Wu Wei, Last Days of Nobodies

Positive Idea: “Our positive idea is of a collective awareness across the planet of our ecological connectedness where people face the effects of climate change head-on and have the courage to make a change in a big and meaningful way.”

Art sample from their Tempo Lush tale: The Death of the Familiar (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Tanoox)SALLY-ANNE HICKMAN

Previous works include: Bang! Crash! Whizz!, Black Diamonds and Blue Scars

Positive Idea: “The Margins Project based in the Union Chapel provides a range of vital support services to people facing homelessness, they offer a kitchen training programme to develop skills that can lead to employment. They also provide a winter night shelter followed by a hearty breakfast in the winter months.
www.unionchapel.org.uk”

Art sample from the Tempo Lush tale: Bugleberry TreeTAMMY TAYLOR

Previous works include: Bon Appetit, 18 This Summer

Positive Idea: “I think a good charity to support would be Springboard for Children as they provide one-to-one support to improve reading and writing for children who are in danger of being left behind in the education system
www.springboard.org.uk”

Art sample from the Tempo Lush tale: Bugleberry Tree
You can get hold of the book online here, or at Gosh Comics or if you’re heading to any comic festivals this year you can find me and Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox at…
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (Kendal, Saturday 17 – Sunday 18 October 2015)
MCM London Comic Con (Excel London, Friday 23 – Sunday 25 October 2015)
Thought Bubble (Leeds, Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 November 2015)

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Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox Tasters: Keara Stewart, Amber Hsu and Paul Shinn

By Tempo Lush October 15, 2015 October 14, 2015 Uncategorized

More snippets of fabulous pictures from the recent Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox anthology on the theme of positive change.
Each contributor also suggested a positive idea in keeping with the theme of the anthology…

KEARA STEWART

Previous works include: On The Escalator, A Bit of Undigested Potato

Positive Idea: “I was born at the Royal Free.
The Royal Free Hospital was founded in 1828. It relied entirely on charitable donations not just for day to day running but to develop the pioneering research for which it has become famous. Amongst many innovations, The Royal Free was the first hospital to treat patients for free, the only hospital in London to treat cholera victims, the first medical school for women in England and the first hospital to admit female students. No one would choose to spend a lot of their life in hospital, but for some people that is reality, whether or not it is temporary or long term. The staff in a hospital can make all the difference to your experience, from consultants to massage therapists, nurses to volunteers. All hospitals have their problems, but some of the warmest and most compassionate people I have ever met have been at the Royal Free.
I am proud to be a Royal Free baby. Let’s love and protect our NHS.
www.royalfreecharity.org”

Art sample from her Tempo Lush tale: 1948
AMBER HSU

Previous works include: The Sardine and Gherkin – A True Love Story – and other One Pound Poems, Tiny Pencil

Positive Idea: “Sometimes a single act of kindness can save someone for an entire life.”

Art sample from her Tempo Lush tale: There Was Once…PAUL SHINN

Previous works include: March of the Penguins, Look What I Drawed

Positive Idea: “The British Red Cross responds to conflicts and natural disasters around the world, providing humanitarian aid to those in need.
www.redcross.org.uk”

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Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox Tasters: Chie Kutsuwada, Anna Dowsland, Matt Boyer and Jessica Martin

By Tempo Lush October 14, 2015 October 14, 2015 Comics, Uncategorized

More snippets of wonderful pictures from the recent Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox anthology on the theme of positive change.
Each contributor also suggested a positive idea in keeping with the theme of the anthology…

CHIE KUTSUWADA

Previous works include: Go! Go! Metro!, The Story of Lee, Hagakure: Code of the Samurai, Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud, Manga Shakespeare: As You Like It

Positive Idea: “I care about children and old people. They are the first and final chapter of this long, long trip called life. I think it would be the best if the world was where they can relax and smile.”

Art sample from her Tempo Lush tale: ReunionANNA DOWSLAND

Previous works include: Don’t Feed the Pigeons

Positive Idea: “Amnesty! www.amnesty.org.uk”

Art sample from the Tempo Lush tale: Bugleberry Tree
MATT BOYER

Previous works include: Runnning

Positive Idea: “I feel that the elderly can often be overlooked in our society, so a charity like Age UK that offers a number of services for those alone and potentially vulnerable is a great thing deserving of support: www.ageuk.org.uk”

Art sample from the Tempo Lush tale: Bugleberry Tree
JESSICA MARTIN

Previous works include: It Girl, Vivacity, Elsie Harris Picture Palace

Positive Idea: “My mantra for making your dreams come true, however small or great is “ Conceive, Believe, Achieve”. I also believe that creative endeavour in writing and art is a form of therapy. And anything that makes you feel good ( within reason) has got to benefit everyone! The book that reawakened my ‘sleeping artist’ was The Creative License by Danny Gregory. Picked up my pen and haven’t stopped drawing since.”

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Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox Tasters: Inko, John Miers and Rachael Smith

By Tempo Lush October 9, 2015 October 9, 2015 Comics

Here we go with the first of a series of samples of amazing artwork from the recent Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox.
I also asked each contributor for a positive idea in keeping with the theme of the anthology…

INKO

Previous works include: Go! Go! Metro!, Manga Cupcakes, MangaQuake, Howl!, Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud

Positive Idea: “Ichinichi Ichizen is a Japanese saying means One good thing a day, to encourage you to do anything good (as small as making a cup of tea for someone). No pressure to do anything big or a lot, just one in a day!
How about going to One Click Donations? By clicking company adverts there once a day, the company will donate to various charities instead of you! It’s a very simple and easy way of making a positive move!
www.thenonprofits.com”

Art sample from her Tempo Lush tale: Tanuko
JOHN MIERS

Previous works include: Score & Script, How to Train your Robot

Positive Ideas: “(1) “Mimesis as Make-Believe”, which is American philosopher Kendall Walton’s theory of how representational art works. Basically he says that works of art “function as props in games of make-believe”. So enjoying a fiction is a more developed version of what a kid does when it imagines that a stick is a horse, or its bed
is the sea. I think it’s a lovely idea.
(2) Whatever happens with the Labour leadership election, the whole “Jez We Can” thing seems to provide good evidence that if a coherent anti-austerity position gets a decent platform, it can enthuse a wide range of people, including plenty who don’t normally vote. That feels like a much-needed sliver of hope in contemporary politics.”

Art sample from the Tempo Lush tale: Bugleberry Tree
RACHAEL SMITH

Previous works include: The Rabbit, House Party, Flimsy the Kitten, Dr Who

Positive Idea: “I’m a big supporter of the Alzheimer’s Society. My Grandad sadly passed away a few years ago after suffering from Alzheimer’s for many years. He was the nicest man in the world and I’d love for more support to go to this charity so they can care for people with this illness and make sure they still get the most out of life.”
www.alzheimers.org.uk

Art sample from the Tempo Lush tale: Bugleberry Tree
You can get hold of the book online here, or at Gosh Comics or if you’re heading to any comic festivals this year you can find me and Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox at…
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (Kendal, Saturday 17 – Sunday 18 October 2015)
MCM London Comic Con (Excel London, Friday 23 – Sunday 25 October 2015)
Thought Bubble (Leeds, Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 November 2015)

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Process at Gosh / Watercolour Presentation Pictures

By Tempo Lush November 7, 2013 November 7, 2013 Artwork, Comics, Events

I had a great time giving a watercolour presentation at Process at Gosh Comics last night.

Before it kicked off I prepared an ink drawing to add colour to later…

Process is organised by the fantastic Steve Walsh (below, far right). There was a great turn out yesterday.
Andy Poyiadgi talked brilliantly about putting together his exhibition for The Lakes comics festival and how the festival involved the local community, similar to the French Angouleme Festival.
Next up the brilliant Lorenzo Fiorini talked through the process of laying out panels and story telling as told to him by artist Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets, Batman: Noir). Then it was over to me to babble away while painting. Two pics below by Lily Withycombe. It was good to hear further watercolour suggestions and ideas from many of the experienced creators gathered around, including Rosie Polet, Francesca Dare and Maartje Schalkx.
Two pics below by Francesca. So here was the piece by the end of the presentation…And here it is after I added some more layers of watercolour.
I added some additional texture on the wood, ground and bushes. I also gave some of the other areas richer and more defined tones.
After scanning it, I cleaned up the speech bubble a bit on Photoshop.There you go. Thanks very much to Steve for asking me to come along!

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Water Colour Presentation at Process

By Tempo Lush November 5, 2013 April 24, 2015 Artwork, Events

I’m looking forward to doing some live watercolours tomorrow and talking through the process at, appropriately enough, Process at Gosh Comics tomorrow evening…

Process
Gosh Comics
1 Berwick Street, London W1F 0DR
Wednesday 6th November 2013, 7pm

Come along to this fantastic free event. As well as my presentation you can listen to Andy Poyiadgi talking through putting together his exhibition for The Lakes comics festival and Lorenzo Fiorini will be talking about an instructional essay on storytelling visually that he was given by Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets, Batman: Noir).