Little Bird, Little Bird, Little Bird, what can we do? A think tank rescue, Simon says Etch a Sketch.

So we've just had our summer show at PCA, and I think it went quite well. I was really pleased with my space:

I really loved the huge prints I had done - in all of the... *thinks* 4? 4. In all of the 4 exhibitions I've been a part of, I've never really had the opportunity to have my pictures displayed so largely and clearly, so I was quite impressed with how... good... they looked (not to toot my own horn, of course). Ma and Pa loved it, and I always love it when they're impressed with my work, so that's a good thing.

Everyone else did very well too, the whole exhibition looked really good, I thought. I particularly liked Lindy Lewis' animal prints. Google her if you get a chance, since i'm not sure if she has a website. =3

The exhibition is up until next friday, so if you're in the Plymouth area, go have a look!

In other news, Moonlet & the Love-monks have released their new EP that features my artwork. You can buy it from their website, http://www.moonlet.co.uk/ . I also do some vocals on the last track which I did kind of grudgingly, but I did actually enjoy it despite what I may say sometimes. I'm even kind of enjoying hearing myself back, plus I'll admit, i'm enjoying the little ego boost i'm getting from people commenting on it. I've been getting quite a few nice comments about my work recently, and it's doing wonders for my self-confidence. I do feel quite good about myself at the moment, which is a very big thing considering the year I've had.

So the week after next is the New Designers exhibit in London - I'm not sure if any of my work will be shown (I hope it is), but i'm sure it's going to look great anyway. I'm really looking forwards to going shopping in Camden Market again (I'm getting my birthday money a week early, lol).

I've been playing around with felt this weekend - we went to Mazey Day on saturday which always puts me in an artistic mood. I made a Kero-chan (from Cardcaptor Sakura) ^^

And a sun. ^^ I also made a white whale for Dan, a cloud for myself, a little star for my Ma and a fish for my Pa (my old man's a fisherman).

And the last piece of news is that I've been working on Vinita Hemachandra's website: http://www.vinitaslazyafternoon.com/ . I haven't finished yet, i've just been doing it in between all the other things i've been doing lately (which isn't really a whole lot). However, I do think that this will have to be the last website I do for free - I need to start asking people for money for doing this soon, lol.

Even tears dry up, Jellybean...

^^ I love it when Japanese lyrics get translated into English, don't you? They always have this 'not quite right' feeling about them, but it makes them seem so much more poetic. No? Maybe it's just me. =3

So... I haven't written on this journal in a while... probably because I've been so busy it's not even funny.

But I am pleased to say that I have finished my Japanese Jisei poem book.

Jisei - A Collection of Japanese Haiku - Rhi Wills | Make Your Own Book

I'm very pleased with it, so I hope you like it too. You can buy it from Blurb.com. Hint Hint. =D

Also, I've finished the animation part of Moonlet & the Love-monks' Lillipad Lover animation. All that's left now is to somehow export it into a file format that will be compatible with my video editing software... apparently, out of 3 different video editors, none of them will take the files I always have. ¬_¬ But don't worry, i'm sure i'll sort it out.

I finish work for college completely on friday, but I do have a couple of projects lined up to carry on with afterwards. I have a few websites lined up (I just have to learn to ask for money next time I say yes to doing a site, lol) and I've got a good idea for a small comic which I'll take to my new friend at the comic book store in town to see if I can get it out there. It comes from a weird dream I had about a Rabbit and a Panda with no spots. I won't ruin it all for you just yet. (I'm sure you're on the edge of your seats.) I've also got plans to send off a couple of greetings cards designs to companies like Hallmark, so I can at least get a bit of money coming in, even if it's not a lot. Although I'll have to look into sorting out contracts because I don't even have the first clue how to go about all that sort of thing. That's one (of many, many, MANY) drawbacks of joining a degree course in the last year; I seem to have missed a lot and I don't really see any way of catching up. I'll just have to learn it for myself, I guess.

So... if I can just stop playing Halo and get back to work, it'll all be gravy. =D

Wow, so lots has been happening this week - I'll start with the most exciting news -

Moonlet and the Love Monks were on BBC Radio Cornwall this week!

They were on the BBC Introducing show on friday night, and they'll be on it again on sunday at 5pm. Make sure you listen!

And, good news for me, they even used my picture on the BBC website! Yay!



How exciting. =] Obviously everyone is very pleased and proud of Dan, Joe, Marc and Moonlet. The radio DJ had high praise for their song, saying it was 'Fabulous' and that they liked it. (They got the most praise out of all the other bands!)

So, that said, the next news flash for you is...

I finished the websites I was doing. =D

My own website, www.moonlil.com is up and running, and the links above ^^^^ will take you to other pages on my site.

I have also finished designing the Moonlet and the Love Monks site, but the content still needs to go in and due to... certain circumstances (I fell out with the hosting company), it's not up just yet. But it will be soon. =] So look forward to it.

And the last piece of news, which is probably not something i'll be posting about a lot here, because it's a personal project, is that I've started collaborating with a writer to create a Shojo Manga. This is something i've always wanted to do, and the writer and I have been talking to each other through email and livejournal for a long time (she lives in America), so we know what we both like and everything. So, although I probably won't be posting up much about it, I thought i'd just show you some character designs for the main female character, Aya.




Yes, so that's that.

Oh! One last bit of news, for those of you that have facebook:

I have a new facebook group. I thought i'd test the waters a bit and see how many people actually like my work (call it an ego boost if you will, but to be honest, I think I need one after this year '-_-), so here it is: Moonlily Design and Illustration.

Well, that's about it I think. =]

Another go at a Haiku illustration :-





People, when you see the smoke,
do not think
it is fields they're burning.

I finished designing and coding the website for Moonlet and the Love-Monks this week - however, it's not up because we're all incredibly poor and can't afford the £30 it takes to set it up. (That goes for both me and M&theLM, lol). But I did set up their blog, which took absolutely AGES because Blogger is so adamant that it won't let you do things it dosen't like.

You can find it here, please check it out:

moonletandthelove-monks.blogspot.com

They have a donate button on their website, so if you have any change to spare, please donate!

Did lips, painted with poison, just come into my room?

Yeah, fourth post in the same day... but I don't like blogs being bare. =P

I love this video, it's so fun to watch. =3