Hooray, more work by me - another piece for Amelia’s Magazine which you can see on her site here. I wasn’t as happy with it as my last one, but I do like it (don’t feel too unloved, image above).
Continuing to grapple with figuring figures into my illustrations. Where it’s important to recognise the faces (which I felt it was in this and the last piece for Amelia) I didn’t consider anything other than working with the original photos (and in addition I didn’t mess with the photos too much - just the bare minimum to get them to sit in the compositions sufficiently).
In future I’d like to experiment with less recognisable but more stylised figures along the lines of those featured in the work of Aude Van Ryn or Luke Best (two of my favourites, can you tell?).
Now, back to making websites for dosh - for a bit. I’m also trying quite hard to finalise a set of songs I’ve been working on to self-release as an EP. Haven’t properly finished one of my own songs (as opposed to stuff with Hoshal Patrick) in a very long time, and my collection of incomplete demos is growing frustratingly large. I mention it occasionally as a means of reminding myself that it’s something that I’m trying to do, in the hope that someone will say to me “Hey, what about those songs you mentioned?” to give me an extra kick in the right direction. Stay tuned (my second favourite phrase).
While you’re here, check this out, one of my favourite things at the moment:
