Burlesque Paper Cuts

Oh yeah. What happened with those? We haven't seen you since Thought Bubble and that was November.

Totally made more.

Totally had fun sketching the lovely ladies too. 

I'm working on new piece all the time so if you want to see my current range you should pop to the Make & Mend market on the 1st Saturday of each month and see me there. 

Or you can come along to the special event happening in Whitley Bay Library on the 24th May. It's going to be awesome. 

So. There you go.

Things Happening

There are things happening!

First up on Saturday the 8th December we have the triumphant return of the Canny Comic Con.

What is the Canny Comic Con? It's a small festival of comics and illustration right here in Newcastle. Taking place in the Newcastle City Library, all day Saturday and free to all. There'll be activities, talks, panels and more comics than you can shake a long armed stapler at. What's not to like?

And if one day of awesome isn't enough, well we've got two!

The Make & Mend Christmas Market is kicking off this Sunday at 11.30am. I'm very excited about this one, it's the first time Make & Mend has returned to the Star and Shadow Cinema since I took on organising it. There are some truly amazing stallholders coming along to the last Make & Mend before Christmas.

Wonderful woolly Winter warmers for snug outings in the snow. Soft toys and handmade children's accessories for your younger ones.

Beautiful jewellery and accessories for all tastes including steampunk, vintage and felted creations.

Handmade textiles, wonderfully scented tea-cup candles, prints and illustrations to decorate the home. Plus Christmas cards and decorations to help get you into the festive spirit.

Comics for all and amazing luxury neck wear for the stylish tie wearer in your life.

Little Ambulance Bot

The Ambulance Bot was one of the six robots I drew recently. I've cleaned up some of the lines and coloured it. I may take another pass at this to add a bit more depth. Might go well on a t-shirt, so I intends to submit to Threadless in the near future. 

Adventures with Mushrooms

Vaguely based on the character from Not Mushroom for Thought, my 24 hour comic. Wondering what she would be like in future adventures within the forest. Her mushroom buddy on her shoulder.

Oh, for art's sake!

Leaving It Behind

So about 30 minutes ago I made the decision to leave DeviantArt (an online art community type thing). I was there for six years and recently it had dawned on me that I was getting no real benefit from it, no enjoyment. The signal to noise ratio was all wrong and that.

So it is the end of an era, after six years I say goodbye to DeviantArt. I will now be using my blog to share my various artsy bits and bobs, much as I've been doing already.

Now, on with the show.

I have two collages up on etsy and it seems I have neglected to share them here. 

Blossoms

Man in the Moon

I even decorated the frames myself.

Paperwork...

And now a word of wisdom about the danger of shoving over unmarked boxes:

A quick catch-up!

Not long after the launch of Made in Newcastle (mentioned in the previous blog post) I was involved in a  Paper Jam Comics Collective anthology called Art... and that. This anthology had the theme of art (surprisingly) and was put together with the wonderful encouragement and aid of Empty Shop.

We launched this anthology on the day of the "What are you like?" exhibition preview at the DLI, in Durham. It was an excellent event and the gang were in great company with Empty Shop, Salford Zine Library and Set of Drawers to name a few.

We were a bit pleased with ourselves to say the least.

The exhibition was brilliant and I loved seeing all those comics and zines gathered in the one place, Salford Zine Library you are a magical travelling wonder.

As expected, a room full of creative, drawing types when presented with a chalk board will play their own special form of Pictionary. One where nobody gets the answer right easily but the pictures look great. Here we see a certain Mr Waugh attempting to depict the word "download". He might not live that one down.


What's Next? 


History... and that! Another wonderful Paper Jam Comics Collective anthology. I am thrilled to say that you will be able to buy this from us at Thought Bubble this very weekend!

I have two pages in this anthology, one about foxes. Foxes that glow.

And my very own 24 Hour Comic Day contribution Not Mushroom for Thought! Again, you can buy this from me at Thought Bubble where the Paper Jam Comics Collective will be representing Newcastle in FORCE. We have four tables between us and we are ready to roll.

So, what is this 24 Hour Comic Day? How did it go? If you want to check out how I got on and what the rest of the PJCC gang got up to we kept a blog for the event, which we aim to update every 24 Hour Comic Day with more sleep deprived comic goodness.

And that pretty much brings me up to date... I attended BICS as one of the masses and bought comics and talked to friends, old and new. It was cool... but the big news still remains:

I will be at Thought Bubble this weekend and I will be selling comics! 

Bad Shoulder

Something.

Snow, just snow. 6/365

Snow, just snow. 6/365, originally uploaded by Britt7094.

Trying to appease the snow gods. Maybe I'll not have a snow filled photo for tomorrow? Maybe it will be nothing but snow for the next month? Who knows.

For those of you not keeping track I have been taking a photo every day this year. Please take a look at the full set.