Cheltenham Illustration Awards 2012

My entry for the Cheltenham Illustration Awards was Highly Commended :)

((Yup; they put Nicola instead of Nicole...))

Rescue Attempt

I'm considering putting more of my sketches up instead of some of the less successful attempts to refine them.

Tarot, Mystics and the Occult Exhibition

Voilà! My piece, 8 of Pentacles, for Light Grey Art Lab’s Tarot, Mystics and the Occult Exhibition (26 Oct).

It's super exciting (read: intimidating) being in a line-up with so many other amazing artists. Check out that list!


update!

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The Eyes

I started this comic way back in May, but never finished it. I still like the idea so maybe eventually I'll get back to it.

Also I've remodelled/refocussed my carbonmade (instead of getting rid of it altogether like I was going to do...).

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Blacksmiths, Fighters and (Invisible) Monks*

I've been working on this one thing for ages now and I finally finished it yesterday. I'm going to post the finished piece later, but just thought I'd put up some of the sketches that led to the final.

Wash Out Your Mouth!

I'm crazy about working with a brush and ink at the moment. I'm still new to it, but it is really fun! I've been debating getting a brush pen...

The above is inked traditionally and coloured digitally. I think I like the yellow one best as it is the punchiest, but the pink and blue make me happy too... I dislike the green face.

Also(!) I'm moving from one room in our beautiful city centre studios, Morgan Arcade Studios, to another room which needs a big clean and fix up so I've been doing a lot of wall painting recently (all white), but I've discovered I'm really good at painting walls! Super fast and efficient. I also discovered I really hate painting walls! Whodathunkit!?

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Jazz Gallery

SUNDAY 13th MAY 2012 Nanna Koekoek, Daniel Hamilton and I will be exhibiting work at A Shot In the Dark café to provide the gallery section of the Jazz Gallery which has been providing some pretty hip jazz since March of this year.

poster by Dan and Nanna

There will be live jazz on the night (and every Sunday actually) and the exhibition will run until 4th August 2012. I'm putting up new work, so stop by if you fancy it.

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Gossip

I want to draw/paint MORE MOUTHS!

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What does your dog say about you?

I really enjoy girly magazines - mostly Seventeen, CosmoGirl (no longer in print), Teen Vogue and Company. It's super light reading (it almost doesn't even qualify as reading)...maybe a little vapid at times, but I find it fun nonetheless.

Anyway, I have taken to doing little editorial exercises with the kinds of articles they publish. The above was inspired by a Cosmopolitan (UK) article.

An aside: I am so addicted to the ink + paintbrush combo I've started trying recently. This is the first time I've combined that with digital and I feel like such a dufus for not having done this before. It's so fun! But I need a new paintbrush now because I'm a total novice about inks and brushes and the proper maintenance of those magical devices.

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The Troop

Girl scouts!

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