Russian dolls

New year's eve

I finally unpacked and decided on my new year's eve outfit.
Braving bare legs for once. Going to come up with a wacky design for my nails.
Resolutions on their way.

Jazzy

Boxing day

Today's colour is Rimmel 60 secons 'green with envy'.
I've spent the morning sobbing over Breakfast at Tiffany's, on of my all time favourite films. I love Audrey Hepburn and some of the lines in this are beautiful.....

'It's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear'

New pjs

Just what i needed!

What it's all about

Cosy fire.
Candles.
Coffee.

Have yourself a merry little christmas

Our little tree.
Understated but I like it :)

Decorate

No.2

Just started my second sketchbook.
No groundbreaking ideas.
I'd like to start doing abit of pattern work.

I'm a vegetarian

But I'd eat a bloody turkey to spend christmas with her. x

Santa Dash 2009

Just found some photo's from the santa dash I did with my friend in 09.
Deffinately put a smile on my face! :)

Sketchbook scan

My laptop charger is completely ruined :(
Don't think I'll be posting any pictures for a while.
I am however taking advantage of the scanner at home and recording some of my sketchbook pages for uni.
Happy holidays!!

Wrap em, stack em

Don't attempt to play jenga with your present's
it can only end badly!

Candycane

My nails this week: red and white stripes.
Happy holidays. It's good to be home.

Mess

This photo symbolises me at the moment.
Messy, tacky, focused on shoes.
I got home last Friday, and still havn't unpacked my case. There seems to be shoes, paper and pen's everwhere.
Every bit of work I've attempted looks tacky and I'm getting far too distracte by LookBook.
Atleast I've had my christmas haircut and wrapped all my presents.
That's something.

Almost done

With Just under a week until Christmas I'm pretty much sorted.
I had a nice day in Liverpool picking up wrapping paper a few extra's.
I'd already made purchases in Leeds and Amazon sorted the rest. Everything I ordered had arrived by the time I got home from Uni. So that was stress free.
Watching everyone run round like healess chickens today made me very glad I hadn't left things until the last minute.

Stacking freshly wrapped presents just turned into a Jenga scenario.
'Pile em high' might seem like a novel idea but it will cost you a few fragile pieces.

The sweetest thing

This parcel came for me last week.
Courtesy of the better half.
He knows what a sweet tooth I have these days.
Any guy that sends you Haribo is a keeper!

I spy

2 pictures collaged together from a bench in Leeds.
I love sitting here. It's located in the highstreet, just at the point I always feel the need to sit down and have a coffee.
Since as I always have a flask with me, its the perfect place to pour a mug of the good stuff and watch the world go by.
I took me a while to see the message engraved on the side of the granite, but it always makes me smile :

List lover

I really do love a good list.
Especially at this time of year when I'm trying the keep track of christmas presents and budget.
I may start keeping my lists. I think it could make a pretty interesting exibition one day....
or maybe not.

£ Christmas £

My sketchbook seems to be very christmas focused at the moment. Having completed my city poster, graphics 'panto' tomorow, then home on Friday it's looking like a good week.
I must remember to actually hand my work in before I leave and get a new sketchpad to use over the holidays.

The emphasis on material things really grates on me at this time of year.

Up with Mr Moon

Woke at 5:50am this morning.
The moon looked so beautiful, I couldn't tear myself away, ended up staying up until my plenary at 2:30pm.
It's times like that I wish I had a better camera.

Final poster

Dammit!
I'm not happy with the 'final' copy, but I have to hand something in before deadline.
I really hope I havn't mucked something up on the disc and it can be printed out at high quality.
The more I've messed around with it, the shoddier it's got.

Sigh!

Time is the enemy

Based one of my favourite quantic tracks :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvUeo5sagkA

Bird's nest

How my hair feels most days.

Bah Humbag

Basically ...
My experience of most children..
and infact adults.








Sigh

Tiz the season

Tonight I saw a man having a festive chunder over some railings.
At 5:30pm.
Drunk.

Summer in the cage

Tonight I watched a documentary film about a man's experiences with bipolar disorder (Manic depression) 'Summer in the cage'
Ben Selkow's documentary follows his friend Sam for seven years as he suffers delusional manic episodes and battles with depression in an attempt to escape the legacy of his bipolar father - who committed suicide when Sam was eight years old.
I think this film goes some way to showing the emotional impact this mental illness has on the sufferer, family and in this case - filmaker. Putting a human face to the illness and exposing the true extent of mania as it unfolds.
You can watch this film free on youtube through a channel called FilmBuff.

I did a few pages in my sketchbook in an attempt to illustrate it.
Rather displeased with the 'dyphoria' page but I'm trying to work on different typefaces.

German Market

Peacock

A painting I did in my sketchbook last night.
I've been trying to document process lately, and different edits.
After all that I think I prefer the first one.