A Week Off...

...in lovely Margate and at home.

The First to be Harvested...

...from the rooftop.

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A Week Off...

...plenty of sunshine, cake, walking and sight seeing. Lovely.

(Slightly disappointing amount of restraint on the ice cream, though. Pity.)

Bit More WiP

Out and About

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Reflection

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I spoke too soon....

Oh Dear...

...my poor, neglected blog.

Life has been just a leeetle bit crazy recently. My latest illo projects have come to an end, another is no longer going ahead, so I am in the highly unusual position of being illo-free until end of July/beginning of August. I have to say, it feels rather nice! I'm just getting used to having two full, free days a week to do my own thang; some stuff around the house, some getting out and about, some personal work. I'll keep you posted on my arty/crafty/explorey progress....!

In the meantime, have a sculpture:

(It really is a sculpture; just up the road from me. Amahzing, right?!)

Marine Court, Sunset, Tonight, 7.03pm

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Hapus Dydd Gŵyl Dewi

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Month's End

Another January over, another traditional first month of the year blog-a-thon.

It's not been quite as hard this time as it has been in some years to come up with a blog post for every day of January; possibly thanks to all my photos of Stuart the Minion. Again, as I seem to puzzle every year, I'm not sure why blogging every day in January appeals so much, but here I am!

Again, I don't really have any firm resolutions for the coming year, and, again, I've found it easier to make a plan at the end of the month rather than the beginning, when I might now have some kind of inkling of what kind of year it's going to be. Busy, I think! (When isn't it?!)

There is a new PT job and a new(ish) flat in a new town, and lots of exploring to do around these parts, which is very exciting. Hopefully there will be more illustration work and the new PT job means a bit more of a regular income to keep paying those bills, and, who knows, maybe even enough to save for that four legged friend we've been wanting for so long!

Definitely, though, I want to continue on the plan I decided on last January, which is REDUCE. A load of stuff got donated/recycled/sold before the move, but there's so much more that can still go.

(Not the pictures of minions, though, right? They can stay, yeah?)

Five Minute Minion

Yep, deffo obsessed.

Nice Bit O' Promo

Here is a very lovely, interesting and informative post on the Power of the Postcard, something I'm a firm believer in.

(Also contains a useful link to an online printer I've never heard of/used before, Got Print. Might give them a go on my next batch.)

Now, just to find a moment to get me a new postcard made up. Don't think I can really go with these.....?

He Got the Glace Cherry...

 ...but that was all. MWHAHAHA!! I am truly Despicable.

Art of Despicable Me

I don't know if you might have noticed, but I have a definite Thing for Despicable Me 1 and/or 2.

Lovely Minion Stuart who graces these pages regularly, and my Instagram feed daily, came in the DVD box set of the two films Sister 2 gave me for Christmas. (He has come everywhere with me since. And I mean everywhere; work, desk, bed. I see more of Stuart than Hubbo. Sad but true.)

Surprisingly for two big animated films, there is no accompanying "Art Of" book. Some judicious Googling later, I came across this fab page here on Cartoon Brew, which led me to the blog of DM character designer Eric Guillon. Bascially, I went in to total geek-out, nerdgasm, fan girl, illustrator boner overdrive. GO. NOW. There is just so much loveliness to look at; it would be the job of a lifetime for me to design characters for something as awesome as this.

Here are some of my favourite images from Eric Guillon's blog (you should be able to click to embiggen):

So, so lovely.