Do you like Toffee and Lemonade? They used to taste so good homemade.

Hmmm... what to report. I'm finding it quite hard to recall what i've been doing lately.

Well... I finished a commission for a manga portrait not long ago:



The person seemed to like it, and i'm pretty pleased with it too. What d'ya reckon?

I've also finished another commission, but since it's a present for someone and hasn't been given to them yet, I probably shouldn't post the pic up here. =P

Other than that, i've been steadily getting through the things I had lined up. I still need to do some doodles for Tony Haven which I said I'd do a while ago and haven't gotten around to it (Tony, if you're reading, then nag me about it!). If you didn't see the last pic I did, it's on the top of his website. Or... yeah, i'll just post it here.


So, what i'm working on right now is two hand painted canvases of my 'Time for Tea' picture. I'm also selling any of my prints to order; £10 for a print of any of my artwork (in the portfolio section of my Facebook!), or £30 for a hand-painted version of an existing artwork. I can also do original art, though it may be a bit more; if you're interested, talk to me about it, and we'll work something out. =]

After that, there's a website I need to work on; a good friend of mine from Uni, Vinita Hemachandra needs a bit of a touch up to her site. Check her out, her work is beautiful, just look:


So pretty. ^_^

And one other thing i'm working on right now:



It's a tattoo design for a friend at work. The finished idea is to have it as a full body chinese dragon, so I have a bit more drawing to do just yet. =3

If you'd like me to design a tattoo for you, just get in touch with me and i'll see what I can do for you. =P

And that's about it!

Yeah we know, you and I, that i'm not that crazy.

Wow, it's been a little while since I updated this, mainly because life has been very hectic lately. I got a new job in the brand new Wetherspoon pub in Camborne, so all my time has been taken by learning how to pull pints, lol. Anyways, if you see me in there, please say hello. =]

So what have I been up to, art-wise? *thinks back*

Well, actually, since I last updated, there's been quite a lot.


First up is: I finally hit 3000 hits on the site!



Thank you everyone! It's very reassuring to know that people do actually read this blog; art is a very competitive thing to want to do, so I need all the support I can get. =D

Next up, I've started taking commissions for manga-style artwork of your favourite facebook photos:



They're £15 each, or for an extra £5 + postage, I can print it out for you and send it to you. They've been proving quite popular actually; i'm even working on one at the moment. =P

I also have a hand-painted canvas version of my 'Hachigatsu no Serenade' picture for sale for £10. I painted it as a present for someone, but then realised that i'd painted the wrong one, lol.



Might make a nice present for someone? =D

So, the last thing is this illo that I managed to do in between pouring pints:




For some reason, I was riding in someone else's car the other day, and just while thinking of things to relieve the boredom in the car, I started thinking about how sad a little girl holding an accordion would look, lol. Don't ask me to explain how my brain works. =P

But you can buy this print, along with any of my other prints in my portfolio or on my facebook page for £10. Support a starving artist? =D

Kimi ni mune kyun!

Just a quick one to say...

I finally found this month's issue and of Neo Magazine. And opening it up to page fifty-four...

is me!! Ta-da!

(Click to see it larger!)



Yup, that's pretty much all I have to say. =P

No bodies felt like you, No bodies. Love is suicide.

^^ Bleak lyrics, yes, but I was listening to Bodies by The Smashing Pumpkins when I was doing this drawing:



It's done using the very lovely Miss Malice as a model. Check out her stuff - she's not like all those people on Facebook who pose scantily-clad in front of a camera and call themselves models (there are a LOT of people on Facebook who do that. It's so annoying!!). She is actually really good at what she does. =]

So... other than that, the newest piece of... news... is that i've applied for a teacher training course. I'd been thinking about it for a long while, because I really like being in a college setting, and I kind of think i'd be good at teaching. I was asked on one of my previous courses if I would consider coming back to teach, so I thought maybe i'd give it a go. =]

I know it's going to be a lot of hard work, but I think i'd rather be doing that then sitting around doing nothing. And i'm doing it part-time, so it's not going to be getting in the way of my freelance work. =D

And just before I forget, there's going to be an awesome gig going on at Miss Peapod's in Penryn this Saturday in aid of The Japan Quake. Moonlet and the Love-monks will be playing, as will lots of other good bands, and you may even win a Moonlet T Shirt! It starts at around half 3, I believe. Go take a look at their facebook page.

And lastly, I will leave you with the short little comic I promised you last time. Click to make it bigger!

Like a Salmon swimming upstream...

Hey there, Sports fans!

(I'm not a sports fan...)

Anyway... some exciting news, I guess! Dan says i'm not bragging about this enough, so here I am, telling you about it. =P

A month ago, I emailed NEO magazine, which is the UK's only Anime, Manga and Asian Film magazine. I sent them some of my stuff, and asked them if they'd like to use it, and now i'm going to be featured in their 'Artists Showcase' feature! Look out for it on the 21st of April - you may find it in the Anime section of HMV, just above all the DVDs, and in most newsagents. You'll definitely find it in WHSmiths. Even if you don't buy it, just pick it up and have a shufty, kay?

So, apart from that, I'm going to be pretty busy with life this month. We're moving back down to Cornwall by the 29th of April, and in that time, we've got to move all our stuff down, sort out our finances and stuff, as well as a lot of family and friends things which I have to see and do. So I probably won't have time to do any real artwork. Although, saying that, I did do a cute little comic last night while I was home alone - I'll finish it today, and will probably have it up pretty soon.

Also, after all the chaos in Japan, I felt horrible about the whole thing, since I take so much from Japan and Japanese culture in my everyday life, I made a picture:



The point of it was to try to encourage people to donate to a charity, so please, either donate to The British Red Cross Tsunami Appeal or the local charity Shelterbox. They're both good causes. =D

So, to love you and leave you, I thought i'd remind you of a 'happenin' gig that's 'happenin' on Monday night (I am SO cool). Moonlet and the Love-Monks will be playing an hour slot in support of The Marwoods. Go watch! Listen! Do some Dad-Dancing! Yeh?

Get Rhythm, when you get the blues.

^You gotta love a bit o' Johnny Cash. =D Ben Lean posted it on his facebook and I've had it stuck in my head since.

So.. things are looking uppity again in the Moonlily camp - I've had a few more potential job offers since last time, which, fingers crossed, will work out some time in the near future. I did have a part time job offer too - which would have fitted in nicely with my illustration work, but I didn't get it. I'm not too bothered though. I have lots of other good things happening to me at the moment anyway. =D

So... just thought i'd draw your attention to a few blogs on here that catch my eye. =D

Stephanie Demelza B Fashion - I absolutely love Japanese Lolita. I use it in my drawings all the time, and I just love the way it looks, and Steph does it beautifully. The photography she's been posting lately is pretty good too. I think i'll have to do an illustration of one of her fashion designs soon. =3

We Take Control - This blog is like an ever changing source of inspiration. =] Really cool stuff.

And lastly, an unofficial Moonlet and the Love-Monks blog: Diary of a Love Monk, from lead singer Joe (since I can't find the main official blog, lol). They're doing very well lately - their last gig was at a charity event for Shelterbox, which went down very well. We're all very proud of them. =]

And that's about it really. =D

Daily use of the drug may cause poisoning.

So... an update. I haven't updated in a little while - in fact, it feels like I haven't done anything for a while.

That's because i'm going through that horrible period that a lot of creative people go through sometimes, i'm sure, and hell, a lot of university graduates and insecure people go through, in that i'm having a few issues with self-confidence and doubting whether i'm actually good enough.

Now, i'm not fishing for compliments or looking for everyone to start disagreeing with me because I know, more than anyone, that things WILL change, and I WILL feel better, because i've been through this before. I don't post personal things on facebook, but those who know me well will know that when I get down, I get DOOWWWWNNNN.

So lately, i've been in a bit of a block. But I am still trying very hard, I promise you. =]

So, I hope this hasn't bored you, but I thought I ought to update with what i've been doing lately, lol.

Also, I have actually done SOME work, i've got some T Shirts coming on Sale on Monday. They're Moonlet and the Love-Monks band T Shirts and I'll be advertising them on Facebook when I get them on Sunday. But since you're kind enough to read my blog, i'll show you the design now:



If you're interested in buying a T Shirt, let me know by email, Facebook or by commenting on this entry. They cost £10 each, and the money will first be going to setting up my other T Shirt designs, and after the other designs are set up, the money from the band T Shirts will go to Moonlet and the Love-monks. =]

My other T Shirt designs shouldn't be too far behind - if you're interested in buying any of these other designs, let me know which one you like the best. The design that recieves the most attention will be the one that I get printed first.


You can see them better on my facebook page.

So, that's it, I guess! I hope there'll be more to update with next time. I'm sure there will be. =]