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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!) 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. |
Comics may be found here as they appear, rather sporadically...
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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 - 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 - 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. -illustrating a language-learning book for Japanese schools - infographic for Sussex Uni on children in care / higher education - finishing infographic for University of Sussex sociology dept conference report - 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 - researching and planning a comic for All is Not Well, a Cardiff University project developing a series of graphic narratives about care and caregivers. - 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! - 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. - illustrating a picture book for a Ministry of Stories project in collaboration with Penguin Random House. - designing business card for Rocket Girl Coaching - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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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