santa clause is coming to town

back home in didcot town now
and the work.. is churning out slow
for this flim project, i am going to make soft toy action figures (i hope...)
of the characters from run lola run
but, still dwelling on the designs
i keep hopping back and fourth between over abstract characters, to realistic characters.. and ra ra ra
angela is right, my work is far too character based
but i already have the context for the work.. i am just producing a consumable object for potential sale
art vending

this essay is... boring me to death
i dont even want to say any more on it
i havnt started it yet
its due on the 14th
and.. i couldnt care less

wrong time of year to care too much eh
chin chin y'all

way out west

this is not the most inspiring weather today
however, got some good music on.. been teaching myself slide guitar recently. so listening to some blues
and some music by a guy named andy mckee
pretty amazing

so far for this 'FILM' project, (where, for those of you who don't know, we have to produce a piece(s) of work related to one of the films shown at the film club.)
i have chosen run,lola,run
as it is only a short project i have given myself a set of rules to work by, in order to produce something more specific, and not faff around with ideas when i need to be churning out work.
focusing on the way lola chants her 'wait' mantra in her head whilst running to manni

i have also had the ideas of editing a german mark, to put her face on, making it look like a limited edition flim coupon or whatever
but this seems a bit safe and boring to be quite honest
so i have stuck to looking at polish film posters... keeping it very illustrative. bold lines and colours. almost abstract.
i will try and get some pictures up on here soon
god bless

"hey, you got a killer scene there, man"

the first day of christmas
how time flies
the crit went well.... i wont go into the details, but angela and rolf seemed happy with what i produced.
i know its not great, but being the first narrative i have written and illustrated, i think its a good start, and a good base to go from and improve

the new brief 'film' should be good.. although a very short time scale..
no complaints though as thats what it will be like when i leave uni to the big bad real world
looking at polish film posters..
doing 'run, lola, run'
bright blocky colours
focusing on the way she chants her 'wait...wait...wait' mantra in her head
my parents are visiting today - taking me to lunch. should be lovely.

dopamine

(minor)judgement day

spent yesterday evening in the police station again at a 'viper view'...
we did get dropped off at the pub in a marked police car.. suckers
finished my hidden project.
im pleased with it.
and pleased that ive finished it. although i do feel i could add more, but that would endanger it getting too messy. its all simple lines (with trippy tricky bits in between) and its very naive and tight. bold colours. confident lines. diamonds skulls steaks violins and shit

my crit is at 1.15...
then the new brief is going to be set. interested to know what this is going to be on. apparently something to do with the films that are shown at the lecture theatre on thursday evenings. wont be hard for me to choose which film, run lola run being the only one i have seen

im listening to the bronx
you should be too

hairy tale day two

day two of drawing up the final images
just finished number 3 of 6... still no colour or text yet though
crit at 1 on thursday.. so i have today and tomorrow to get it done, which should be fine as long as nothing goes wrong...
my hand is aching and my vision is severely impaired from this.. but i like it
its fun
and relaxing
yet also a major head fuck... im staring at the lines so much they are begining to move

hairy tale

today i am working on images for a novellette
by the end of the week i aim to produce 5 - 6 images (with text) to make a short story
starring geoff adams
the hairy wolf man, hidden in the forest and beneath his hairy fur outer covering
nothing too deep
just a short look at him and his mixed up ways being left alone in the forest
light hearted nonsense that aims to do nothing more than bring a cheeky sideways grin and an inside chuckle to those who look upon it
stay tuned all you avid readers

kids

hide away
behind their floppy fringes
in the shadows
under hoods

cant see the trees for the forest

i'll start again
at the moment i am working on characters from children's stories who are set in forests
(hansel. gretel. peter. the wolf. goldilocks. the three bears. and that damn wolf.)
i have been taking the 'hidden' idea so literally... trying to produce an image that is visually hidden.. when maybe all i need to do is illustrate something that is / has been or is considered hidden...
so i am illustrating these characters.. at the moment using hand drawn india ink.. but considering moving to a screen print and mulitplying the image to create an almost wallpaper effect. by multiplying the images of these characters they become a crowd.. and in a crowd, it is easy to become hidden as an individual
(illustrating my hatred for places like london....)
who wants to be just a face in a crowd?

anyone want to buy me the rise against vans? those pikeys killed my emerica's
CUNTS
all of you
thanks for reading

hidden update

right
been a hectic few days
me and eliot got jumped on friday night
i won't go into the details, ive ended up with a broken nose and eliot has snapped a bone in his hand.
but i will say, there was a dozen of them, and they left bleeding while we stood, all fluids safe inside us
been back and fourth to the police station giving statements etc etc as someone else was not so lucky that same night being attacked by the same people.
anyway
struggling to keep my head down for this project
i have been researching and focusing on nursery rhymes and fairy tales
in particular those set in forests, as they are brilliant at hiding things physically
also the way that many of these childrens stories (hansel and gretel is what i am concentrating on) have hidden meanings and side stories...
but not so much
obviously, i am keeping this very illustrative, using a rule pen and india inks on card and good paper.
....be right back i need a roll-up
xx

carpetbear

korky

yesterday me and a few others from my course visited korky paul at his home in oxford to interview him for professional contexts.
it went brilliantly, with about an hour and a half of gold caught on camera
what scares me a little, is that i think i learnt more from him in those few hours yesterday than i have since i started here at bath spa.

i'm still at home with the family at the moment for various reasons
and i have just found out that there is an exhibition that starts on monday and i need to put some work up for it.. great.. im not there
so, kind of in a bad mood today. but also a good mood, as i have just done a few drawings i am very chuffed with towards the hidden project. and also i am quite excited about getting some work together to send to korky paul.

the idea of illustrating kids books is becoming increasingly more appealing.
i'll update again soon.
kind of sucks that no one is actually fucking reading this
x

hidden part one

06.11.07
17.51
Didcot
I have come home for a few days.. needed some time to clear my head
been freaking out a bit lately. maybe freaking out arent the right words. more, panicing about where i am going. what am i doing.
whether i am good enough to be going into this industry.
there's nothing i can really do.. except practise and get better

anyway....
I want to go a bit dark with this HIDDEN project.
the nights are closing in
days are getting shorter

i want to do something eerie.. using lullabies and nursery rhymes and kids stories
brother's grimm style..

'lullabies to paralyse'

words project update

been a while since i posted a blog
after a tutorial with angela on friday, i have decided to push the much more free, illustrative drawings
specifically, the 'peregrine falcon' ones. running out of ink seriously fast, so have to pop into town in a bit. and get spray mount and mount board.. also black lipstick.. and some socks. for halloween of course.
ever seen the film warriors?

with these 'peregrine' drawings, i am trying to keep the colour scheme very limited
using just black ink and the colours on the paper... maybe using one other colour to emphasise the words
i am just doing a4 drafts at the moment, but i aim to produce an a2 one to present on thursday (2.30) at the group crit.

i get the feeling that a lot of other people have taken this very litereally.. i dont know. i hope this is what they are looking for.

Let the letters do the talking

WORDS IN SPACE
project 2.
With the last project i thought too much. I need to just start working, and see what develops from what i produce, which is what i am doing with this project.
I am going to make this project very illustrative, and textured. Lots of inks and paints and scrap paper.
A theme has been developing so far - animals. I want to create a piece of work that has an image with words worked into it. I am thinking probably focusing on endangered animals..
(there is some of my work up on the myspace profile)
more to come soon...

myface

just started a new myspace page to show my work on

www.myspace.com/kookaburrafly