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This month I shall be mostly....



- inking and watercolouring pencilled draft pages for Two Shillings a Day graphic novel

- designing artwork for a tattoo (not mine!) 
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And in life beyond work:

Playing fiddle again with friends and at little folk festivals

Still trying to remember to get out of the house for a half-hour walk at least some days.  
 


July 2022. Inspired by Derek Sivers' nownownow.com.
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Comics may be found here as they appear, rather sporadically...


And here are things that have come off the list because they are finished!  In reverse chronological order
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​​- creating a poster to suggest guidelines for trauma-informed social work initial assessments

- illustrating a kids' book on climate change and what they can do about it

- making a comic-style illustration telling the remarkable story of an innovative and successful initiative by social workers, for East Sussex County Council.  

- taking part in the ensemble of a musical theatre production of Hello Dolly!

- illustrating a section of The Carbon Almanac, to be published June 2022. 

- illustrating a sociology study report for the University of Sussex
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- illustrating 28 symbolic images to do with all sorts of aspects of social-emotional learning for a blog and website


- illustrating a book of humorous stories
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​- finishing illustrations for an environmental science-themed language learning book

​- developing Sketchy Vegan Cooking into a new, second format for the US market. 

- drafting and finalising more vegan graphic recipes for publication spring 2021. 
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-illustrating a language-learning book for Japanese schools

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- infographic for Sussex Uni on children in care / higher education

- finishing infographic for University of Sussex sociology dept conference report
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​- preparing for Lakes International Comics Arts Festival in Kendal

- making comic display for shop windows art trail in Kendal

​- creating infographic for plastic reduction campaign by Zero Waste Europe

- starting to write a paper I'm giving at the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference in June 2018


- planning illustration for Flourish charity end-of-project event
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- researching and planning a comic for All is Not Well, a Cardiff University project developing a series of graphic narratives about care and caregivers. 
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- watercolouring a Christmas present illustration commission.

- creating a window display for the comics trail at the 
Lakes International Comic Arts Festival in Kendal -- where I will also have an exhibitor's table this year for the first time!
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- drawing one day in a person's life in six panels, commissioned by his friends for his 60th birthday

- drafting page layouts for my 
new graphic novel on cycle camping. In 1897. In Ireland. Honestly, it's a brilliant funny story from a very different world. 
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- illustrating a 
picture book for a Ministry of Stories project in collaboration with Penguin Random House.  

- designing business card for Rocket Girl Coaching
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​ - trying 
graphic recording, as a volunteer at a story-as-activism training meeting. 

- illustrating an article for the very cool 
running magazine Like the Wind

- designing logo for a community energy and transport project
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- finalising my one-page contribution for a project called #drawthelinecomics, with over one hundred positive political actions people can take in these difficult times.

- #
inktober - drawing a new graphic recipe every day
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- planning and making a comic window display for shop in Kendal Art Trail

- finishing a 40-page choose-your-own-direction gamecomic called Just a Normal Day,  based on self-employed life with small kids  

- planning and drafting a mural for a new restaurant in Brighton

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- finishing a mini trial version of a science puzzle comic called Up, Down or Stay the Same

drawing four-page comic for a Shakespeare themed competition


painting magnetic signs for an organic farm's delivery van

drawing an electric bike making short work of a big hill for a bike shop

illustrating a running article for Like the Wind magazine


​ - making a comic-style flyer for local cycling cafe
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designing a logo for a Robot Wars team's t-shirts

- illustrating a graphic for a family lawyer to demonstrate her innovative working approach

- creating a logo/poster for a string band in Cumbria

​- drawing/hand-lettering a poster for a basket-making course

- doing Hourly Comic Day: drawing every hour awake on 1 February 




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JJ's Graphic Recipes - pictorial diagrams for cooking our family favourites, originally made for my 18-year-old son.

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I did a short talk at this event in Dec about my work-in-progress graphic novel Two Shillings per Day, a true story from 1897.

(And if you recognise the artwork from my About page, it's because the organiser borrowed and repurposed it to make this poster!)



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