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Westminster Illustration 2011

So a little belated, but I'd thought I'd share some of the treats I picked up from our degree show earlier on in the Summer.
(Excuse the dodgy paperweights, this is what happens when you're between homes and your posters are all rolled up for weeks on end!)


Firstly, this beautiful A1 screenprinted poster by Sam Hawkins detailing his very own 'A-Z of Illustration':

This atmospheric painting by Sarah Kirk printed onto a postcard:

And an excerpt taken from Isobel Kho's epic shoe collection, printed onto a postcard:

And I found this A1 screenprinted beauty by Tom Baxter, who is actually a graduate from 2010. But it's gorgeous so I thought I'd share!

Girls + Zines

From the 3rd of August, my Soho zine and Date zine will be in the Tatty Devine boutique in Brick Lane as part of 'Girls + Zines', an exhibition showcasing...well...zines made by girls! 
The private view is on Wednesday the 3rd from 6-9pm and the show goes on for a month. Unfortunatley I won't be able to attend on Wednesday as I'm stuck in Dorset this week, but you should definately go check it out!

Quite looking forward to see what everyone else has come up with too!

Finished zines

Finally finished my 'Things Not to Say On a Lesbian Date' zine, unfortunately all based on true quotes said by my friends! I also  re-did my 'Soho' zine; took out the quotes and changed some of the pictures. I sent them off last week and I'll put more info up about the showcase soon!

More zine bits

Snooper's Paradise

I went on a day-trip to Brighton yesterday, and apart from fish and chips on the pier, the highlight was definately 'Snooper's Paradise', an indoor fleamarket stuffed full of weird and wonderful vintage oddities.
I came home with a collection of old pictures of cats. Mostly because I'm a sucker for cute cats and felt sorry that a photo once so lovingly taken was now on sell for 30p in an old tin. But also because I thought they might be a good starting point for a project... 

I also found this rather stylish flowery lady. The name at the bottom of the photo says 'Miss Clara Jecks'. I wonder who she was...?

First dates...

I'm taking part in a zine showcase in August, details to come later!
Anyhow, mine is all about the ridiculous things people say on first dates.
Here's a couple of sample pages...

Piers

For a little zine I'm compiling! Text to be added shortly.

Heathers

Watched Heathers for the first time in ages the other day and forgot how good it was! So here's a little Heathers celebration...on a mini envelope...

 I also have a couple of projects in the pipeline, which is exciting! More about them at a later date...

Bunting...

Papered Parlour

I've started helping out at the Papered Parlour, an awesome company based in Clapham that hold arty events, workshops and have an on-site studio full of talented illustrators, graphic designers, artists and photographers etc. Check them out here.

Here's a couple of little paintings I've done to put on their artist bios and studio leaflets, based on objects I've found around the place.

Sad goodbyes and new beginnings

This blog has been severly abandoned of late. Much preparing for the degree show has left me little time to do anything else!
Anyhooo... the show was amazing. I think everyone did themselves proud!

Here's the work I showed... a mixture from my final major project and my second year work, all representing snapshots of little moments in London.

Many mixed feeling about leaving Uni. I'm super excited about being able to start making my own way in life, starting new projects and seeing what the future brings. But at the same time it'll be sad to leave the ready-made support system and the inspiration you get which comes with working with a class of illustrators, aswell as having my own studio space and facilities to use whenever needed. I'm also beyond gutted that most of my closest friends are moving back home/away from London. Paving a new way on your own is scary. But hopefully the future's bright. I'm also chuffed that today I found out that I'll be graduating with a 2:1 :D

I have a lot of ideas for new projects floating around at the moment, so watch this space!

Goodbye Uni

I have an idea. It's ridiculously ambitious so I'm keeping it to myself for now until I prove that I can actually do it! But here's a sneak preview...in a terrible quality photo...sorry...

Nearly there...

Just need to bind my zine and get my portfolio pages checked over before I get them printed, then it's on to the fun task of labelling, sorting, printing, getting the right bits of paper into the right sketchbooks/folders etc. Fun times.

Here's a few of my finished zine pages...

Zine

Just about finished the min-zine! Just need to add the quotes. Here's a couple of images.