ATUMM

My new strip is about a backgroud character from the Celph universe called Atumm. Here he's in spot of bother with two thugs. Again I'm making more of the backgrounds than I probably should.

skulls

So Whitenight was a big release for me - followed by a few days of headaches. Anyway it was a good night but it needs more outdoor stuff to reall work. The evnts spaces in Brighton are tiny and you queue for forty minutes to stand in an over heated room while some naked person reads out shit poetry. Our projections were brilliant - It's supposed to be white night - light up the city!! Also coincided with Halloween (Samhuinn) this year and a zombie walk in town. We didn't do any of that but we did manage to celebrate Joanas birthday by painting on skulls.

He's a pic of us outside the house we projected on.

the man who celebrated everything

So what is it with folk who don't celebrate their own birthday's?

What is that about? I'm sure it's about many things for many different people. But this one friend is the first to be happy for you if you've just finished an exam, built something - in fact pretty much anything - he'll be happy for you. But his own birthday slips by every year.

I don't know why it pisses me off but it does - if you're one of those people - STOP IT.

Allow yer mates to be happy for you. Happy you exist.

WHITENIGHT BRIGHTON 2010

Wow - the end of the summer got really busy - arts wise. The WhiteNight project reached it's conclusion - the comic promoted the projetion that continued the story onto the walls of the building the c0mic was set in. Half way through the projections a dance group dressed in period costume jumped out of the building - like the dreamers awakening - and really tok the whole thing to another level. Heres some of the pages of the comic that I had a hand in.

NEW CELPH

Enter the owlman indeed!!

I have been trying to get a story together that is worthy of the art I've been producing latley.

I'm thinking of a bigger format than the last square Celph. I've got a few ideas so I'm just going at it one page at a time and see if It flies.

WHITE NIGHT 2010

Been busy as hell on this little project. The aim is to do two news paper sized promo comics for White night in Brighton 2010. Promoting the animations that will projected onto buildings on the night at the end of October when the clocks go forward. White Night being a french thing meaning the night is yours - (dirty stop out - is probably the British equivalent) celebrating the extra hour you get - things will be going on all over Brighton. Last year was immense. Here's some of the sketches to set the story.

VIETNAM

Woooohah - just got back from Vietnam! Saw some great and strange things. Street life really fascinates me, and there was certainly plenty of that. I've scanned a few sketches I did here. Smoking tables, Garbage women, and my attempts at capturing the amazing beauty of the islands at Ha Long bay, and temples built by the Cham Po people and gunned down by the Americans.

Had an amazing time thought I might die in the heat a few times - those monks built temples in some pretty out of the way places. Didn't they want me to take pictures?

RADIOHENGE

I've also been working on the next Celph, and between Pilates classes - I've been working on a modern day retelling of Egyptian folklore. More on that later - right now a monster eating humans by a garage and a pic of a friend with his collection of radio's.

40th

So yes - We had a great party for my 40th in the house - we built a small stage and had a bunch of people play. Here's Myrtle looking like a 50's dream, and Woodpecker Wooliams (http://www.myspace.com/woodpeckerwooliams) with Joanna Newsome style sounds.
And finally the brilliant and previously mentioned - BOBBY McGEES. (http://www.myspace.com/thebobbymcgees )
Also pictured here - is me receiving my BALLOON RIDE - that everyone chipped in for!!
Thanks guys and girls, and thanks to all those who traveled down. I was great to see you all.


I've always wanted to do a Balloon ride - but it's well expensive - plus I've never been sure if i would freak out or not!! So here's my chance to find out.

ELEMENTS

So - since finishing Celph book four - i have been working on single pieces. mainly trying to capture a feeling for a particular point in time or place. I've been doing all the elements separately - which is a bit odd as i like to have a finished piece at the end. Background are shaping up well and the foreground characters - i can really work on and drop them in later.

a couple of the pieces are lending themselves to being little animated scenes. and it's all going rather well actually.

bararndos leaflet

another barnardo's piece - this took a while getting the composition right. but i nailed it in the end. Celph bok four is finished - i'll put pages up soon.

CANVAS'

Just before crimbo i did a few paintings on canvas' to sell. I kept a couple for friends. overall I was pleased with them and the linework was good. Did a great one for a friend, vertical of a cityscape, but I didn't take a pic of the finish thing - so here's the pencils and the original art which is a page from the new issue of Celph (that only took eight months!!) more on that later.