tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46441232929817627342024-03-19T12:43:31.151+00:00CROWLEY NOW!Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-48432124726627836922011-10-06T00:35:00.003+01:002011-10-06T00:38:04.465+01:00Microfiche and MicrofictionHello Crowlers and Crowlettes, a little experiment this time around. Playing around with microfiction and text design, came up with this. Turned out okay, it might well be something I develop further. Though naturally I should really just be doing some comics or something proper like that. Let's see if I manage.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1XR0gGqXCF775JDMX76urGVqatqaVbNaoJqjjyxMg7nPhTz9J2NpHRmPVfO4pQQAtAYQlLDsBFV3OefTi8G4bc0QV6OlQ1SbGsCilaSMFdk2o372Qn3h4lsyFsfdvs962DK8pByurZc9/s1600/long+walk+home.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 167px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1XR0gGqXCF775JDMX76urGVqatqaVbNaoJqjjyxMg7nPhTz9J2NpHRmPVfO4pQQAtAYQlLDsBFV3OefTi8G4bc0QV6OlQ1SbGsCilaSMFdk2o372Qn3h4lsyFsfdvs962DK8pByurZc9/s320/long+walk+home.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660156440398117906" /></a>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-11822096867327544702011-09-12T10:59:00.004+01:002011-09-12T11:47:04.913+01:00Arson AboutHey hey hey, long time no see. No, I ain't been inside. No, I ain't joined the navy, neither. Here's a little bit of old material, a couple of posters designed to promote a course production of Max Frisch's The Arsonists, also known as the Fire-Raisers, the Firebugs and the Fire-Starter-Twisted-Fire-Starter, yuk yuk.<br /><br />This was the teaser poster with a little slogan the production team came up with, which works pretty well, reflecting the tone and subject matter of the play. It does 'wry' and 'sinister' well.<br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6191/6139441081_be80877a4b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 354px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6191/6139441081_be80877a4b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This was the finished article, plastered all over the walls of York University to advertise our bold new step forward in theatre. That being "make a set, get people near to it, say the words loud".<br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6139992292_f895d569d6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 354px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6139992292_f895d569d6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-6585696785969968752011-07-14T10:31:00.004+01:002011-07-14T18:13:24.529+01:00Serial FailureHello team! Sorry, I forgot and was busy. These are the reasons nobody ever succeeds at that "I'm doing one thing every day" self-imposed blogging challenge. So instead I'm going to do what everybody else does: shove stuff up here as and when it suits me. So today your treat is a lovely Fringe Festival preview!<br /><br />The talented people at <a href="http://twitter.com/jackinaboxprods">Jackinabox Productions</a> wanted some original logo and illustration work done for their physical and dance adaptation of Hokey Cokey Andersen's The Little Mermaid, so I did this for them. They seemed pretty happy! I hope you like it too, whoever you are out there in radioland.<br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5936051435_7cfa7805d0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 354px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5936051435_7cfa7805d0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5937034687_10c26edde4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 353px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5937034687_10c26edde4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-59399566194388210712011-07-07T17:28:00.004+01:002011-07-07T17:57:34.062+01:00Fun with the Lights OutOnly a little update today since I'm swamped with producing new stuff for to take to the Fringe Festival. For now here's the poster I did for a York production of Black Comedy that I was in. I can be seen at the bottom left of the photograph in character as Colonel Melkett. It was a big host of laughs and everybody said I was extremely convincing as a shellshocked racist.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5912275633_8a7e2a093d_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 453px; height: 640px;" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5912275633_8a7e2a093d_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I did all the text with my brush pen, inspired by some old film posters of the persuasion "just paint over a production still", and I think it turned out okay! Not quite convinced by the colour on the drop shadow on the title, looks a bit "shitty gold", but never mind, eh. The lighting design and photograph on the poster came courtesy of its sexy dangerous production team, Sam Briggs and Katie Lambert.Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-52937760381461744482011-07-06T00:35:00.002+01:002011-07-06T00:43:59.931+01:00Shedding my ResponsibilitiesTechnically this is already late since it's now tomorrow. Nonetheless, here we go!<br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/5906938914_a0acef337d_z.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 453px; height: 640px;" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/5906938914_a0acef337d_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />As the poster claims I also wrote and directed this play as well as designing the poster, in a stunning break from habit. Since it's late, here's the trailer I shot and edited as a special bonus feature. (Audio stolen from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD1Rrfc0y-M">the Dead Pirates</a>)<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wm2N50aywIo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-78756899242994785772011-07-04T10:50:00.004+01:002011-07-04T10:56:44.348+01:00UpdatezThings change. People change. University courses end and suddenly people have time to update their art blogs even though they've been busy little beavers. It's in the spirit of this that I promise to upload one image per day from the last year's backlog of fine posters, illustrations and sketches until such time as I run out. Starting NOW!<br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5900628616_b1416573b4_z.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 600px;" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5900628616_b1416573b4_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This is a blue and red pencil/marker pen illustration of Roseanna Brear in her role as Philomele Smith in good friend Heather Wilmot's play Knightingale. The front lobby of the Drama Society's Barn venue was covered in sheets of paper and dolled up to look like it was covered in the childhood drawings of Phil and her brother Sam, and looked brilliant.Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-5090716782343328252011-03-30T15:28:00.003+01:002011-07-04T10:58:14.116+01:00Kicking and Screaming<div>Hello, that title not only relates to the act of acquiescing to progress, but also suggests the kind of conditions under which I ever put anything I've done on the internet. </div><div><br /></div><div>HOWEVER! I've just got one of those handy-dandy fancy-pantsy smartphones, with one of those facilities for taking an image and putting it on what's known, these days, as the Internet! If that's not "smart", I don't know what is. However, all this is built more around the device known as Twitter and its limited capacity for self-expression, so the bottom line is that while I'm going to try to get any big finished projects up on here, you're more likely to find tasty little nibbles like what's below at <a href="http://twitter.com/crowleeey">http://twitter.com/crowleeey</a> in the coming age of technological enlightenment. Hopefully this means I'll actually put something up occasionally! WE'LL SEE!?</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, enough hollow promises (echoing as if from the deepest, driest well), this is a page of sketches from today, done in the Caffe Nero in Muswell Hill. Stalkers take note.</div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 1003px;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/267006042.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1309774446&Signature=9opA0VegYaq5VzB64RAdIDOZqkY%3D" border="0" alt="" />Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-13854384761087836372010-08-02T23:59:00.002+01:002010-08-03T00:01:50.271+01:00Paperclip Jones #4<div style="text-align: left;">This only took me two hours! Well, two hours and ten months since the last one. But after I got over that whole no-action-for-nearly-a-year hump, it was barely any time at all.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4855082184_863ec9fa25.jpg"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4855082184_863ec9fa25.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 244px; " /></a></div>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-33639488066691580552010-08-02T19:31:00.002+01:002010-08-02T19:40:28.662+01:00No Sugar, Sherlock<div style="text-align: left;">I'm really enjoying Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss' new Sherlock series. Yet more evidence that someday Moffat might save British television. Or at least the BBC's output.</div><div><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4853696743_18f8de286f.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 342px; height: 500px;" border="0" alt="" /></div>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-1236212471354207712010-07-30T17:19:00.004+01:002010-07-30T17:35:36.361+01:00Brotherhood of the Leaky Boot<div style="text-align: left;">This is what's been taking up all my time for the last Nearlymonth and will continue to feel the full force of my love and effort for the next month and a week at the Edinburgh Fringe! Promotional material below, all wrought by my own fair hand. Show info here: <a href="http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/brotherhood-of-the-leaky-boot">COME SEE IT FOR FREE!</a> (A bargain at twice the price)</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Back of the flyer!</div><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/4844124488_4354dccba6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 354px; height: 500px;" border="0" alt="" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Front of the flyer!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4844123844_d326e119e6.jpg"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4844123844_d326e119e6.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 500px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The poster!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/4844125136_b45b792847.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 500px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you're thinking we're an attractive bunch of young men with some exciting new ideas, then you are a very astute person.</div>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-69130458673477266452010-07-30T10:26:00.002+01:002010-07-30T10:59:40.698+01:00Edinburgh Flyer Dump<div style="text-align: left;">I am having a dump all over your computer monitor, of all the design work I've been doing for various Edinburgh shows. See if you can spot how many of them selfishly credit myself for making them!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/4843391472_158a7b5ab8.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 354px;" border="0" alt="" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/4842773929_64417394b4.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 354px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/4843388784_0e769577b2.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 354px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/4843386908_0e2d1feb0d.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 500px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/4843386598_c98b7bcea0.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 500px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-14190974727466621812010-07-30T10:03:00.002+01:002010-07-30T10:08:46.483+01:00Pekarrotype, Inglorious Technicolour<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/4843208004_2030a6fef9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 383px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/4843208004_2030a6fef9.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">I stole that joke from <a href="http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/inglorious-stereo">Paul Putner's new Edinburgh show</a>, so sorry Paul.</div>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-38380388991044050172010-07-26T11:44:00.003+01:002010-07-26T11:51:53.554+01:00Pekarrotype<div>Ladies and gentlemen, Harvey Pekar, jazz curmudgeon, indie comics pioneer and cultivator of fine eyebrows, 1939-2010. </div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3ozYzwqxuzZqXk0jQ6_L4U4nv1I6oufKQefVxtxf04q0qU8rmEF0tx_-kqSpxM8danfyqaR94S4hNXz8gjFqTQy0iJ3XQqUsB15uhdyfQYtMN6aI4JcBzkz8RLyY92feOEgCO3DjYBSr/s1600/pekar.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3ozYzwqxuzZqXk0jQ6_L4U4nv1I6oufKQefVxtxf04q0qU8rmEF0tx_-kqSpxM8danfyqaR94S4hNXz8gjFqTQy0iJ3XQqUsB15uhdyfQYtMN6aI4JcBzkz8RLyY92feOEgCO3DjYBSr/s320/pekar.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498165105977514386" /></a>A man so deserving of tribute that it made me update my blog!Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-20242889596140880292010-03-20T09:07:00.005+00:002010-03-20T09:38:28.308+00:00Brotherhood of the Leaky Boot!<div>Hello you,<div><br /></div><div>Very soon indeed, with the onset of the Easter holidays, my day-to-day life will be made of sketching and attempting to write this: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/leakyboot">http://www.twitter.com/leakyboot</a></div><div><br /></div><div>"Brotherhood of the Leaky Boot" is the project I'm working on for the Fringe Festival 2010 (under the auspices, and what auspices, of PBH's Free Fringe). It's award-almost-winning stand-up comedian <a href="http://www.tombolaoffun.com/">Nathaniel Metcalfe</a> alongside Four Sad Faces' me and Tobias Neutromino Wilson in a mixture of sketch, stand-up and live stunt weaving (if we can get the loom rights). If you want to follow our progress or have a butcher's at any of the inane rubbish that's floating around our noggins, follow us on the Twitter above. The only actual material we've got to show is a tiny drawing I've done for the Fringe brochure. So here it is!</div><div><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNiLzklFO0TA1ok0Vj-0wjRQilnAK3ltTwRJRFBe_NhfDCtPnB9pWjbPBlC26XRcYocYpODii10MNFuObfhl3STy0ukmgd4UkqFdFYpt1_kcPvcjQ1Hmn1wqEMi_Je1bDyoE2imkJ6PG5I/s1600-h/fringe+brochure+colour.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNiLzklFO0TA1ok0Vj-0wjRQilnAK3ltTwRJRFBe_NhfDCtPnB9pWjbPBlC26XRcYocYpODii10MNFuObfhl3STy0ukmgd4UkqFdFYpt1_kcPvcjQ1Hmn1wqEMi_Je1bDyoE2imkJ6PG5I/s320/fringe+brochure+colour.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450645854581022850" /></a>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-29234640263741562262009-12-26T11:47:00.004+00:002009-12-26T11:49:42.039+00:00Christmas!<div>Post-its are well behind, but I'm willing to excuse that because I've been doing masses of drawing anyway! Here's a little thing I threw together as an all-purpose gift tag/Christmas card design.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38oag5KJMuW1MAo3nUTPa1SduOdazDIkGvb-zi7IzJibsrO3yHnyEbxUqaWYAVzVzrHz4xfeoBs-Zqk3gVyY3MDrBtuiojbgZDVNGc_xlCfq1SjfLwLmBdVMp5HITYfbYi7uSDZhwkTda/s1600-h/santa+red.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38oag5KJMuW1MAo3nUTPa1SduOdazDIkGvb-zi7IzJibsrO3yHnyEbxUqaWYAVzVzrHz4xfeoBs-Zqk3gVyY3MDrBtuiojbgZDVNGc_xlCfq1SjfLwLmBdVMp5HITYfbYi7uSDZhwkTda/s400/santa+red.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419510523324337026" /></a><br />Not incredibly fancy, but it looks pretty nice all printed out. To anybody who didn't get one on a piece of card - MERRY CHRISTMAS!Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-59926687127975968342009-12-04T17:55:00.003+00:002009-12-04T17:56:24.038+00:00Hundred Days - Day 4<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfy20RqAOO8JySAM4xxiORd0NRBq8iKfU5bauufaq7bCe9aZ5jyBcsTaPdIuxedJi3HUO8a_cRe1K7Zdojt7lOlVJBYGTSMYec2Oy_tx_cr6OMt1SkmK53gPNT-MjQnpaJGSUDixs3rmY/s1600-h/2009-12-04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 370px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfy20RqAOO8JySAM4xxiORd0NRBq8iKfU5bauufaq7bCe9aZ5jyBcsTaPdIuxedJi3HUO8a_cRe1K7Zdojt7lOlVJBYGTSMYec2Oy_tx_cr6OMt1SkmK53gPNT-MjQnpaJGSUDixs3rmY/s400/2009-12-04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411441159898358226" /></a>In a coincidental move, here's day two of a miniature Lebowksifest.Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-81728404933208045382009-12-03T18:35:00.001+00:002009-12-03T18:36:36.601+00:00Hundred Days - Day 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YCUHF3G_kFoLJ0Z_yePfNIVSRLPq8ZFsPVHXPuSOBbejd-PPgoQ9uIvpV4CK6oiy7fNk8cLzgyyqDCDXYYFPCzhLl9XB37bD09VFk8edp4ARtlNbQJu1osjp23Kc9nWvbW0hZoYoyPH6/s1600-h/2009-13-03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 373px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YCUHF3G_kFoLJ0Z_yePfNIVSRLPq8ZFsPVHXPuSOBbejd-PPgoQ9uIvpV4CK6oiy7fNk8cLzgyyqDCDXYYFPCzhLl9XB37bD09VFk8edp4ARtlNbQJu1osjp23Kc9nWvbW0hZoYoyPH6/s400/2009-13-03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411080631358345170" /></a>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-23400187904386015082009-12-02T14:05:00.004+00:002009-12-02T14:21:20.947+00:00100 Days to Make Me a Better Person - Days 1 and 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQuGr2K841BVhG_AWJPvpQdsspCv-BYd__Vr6Ur_PLCe9K5GWpep_G5ye0OBNbIx-LblwxRlKoENLAWArFOQBdww89La7M3ahClYWLncI5692ooEm4OAhIdojnqm5Y8Y9y0YbiCfSlDGB/s1600-h/2009-12-02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQuGr2K841BVhG_AWJPvpQdsspCv-BYd__Vr6Ur_PLCe9K5GWpep_G5ye0OBNbIx-LblwxRlKoENLAWArFOQBdww89La7M3ahClYWLncI5692ooEm4OAhIdojnqm5Y8Y9y0YbiCfSlDGB/s400/2009-12-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410643586107876626" /></a>Spearheaded by the wonderful comedian Josie Long, the <a href="http://www.hundreddays.net/">Hundred Days</a> project is a splendid exercise in personal discipline and random acts of will. The idea is, you pick one task to perform once every day for a hundred days from the 1st December. I've chosen the task of drawing a birthday post-it every day for either somebody I know or some other personality (probably found via IMDB or Wikipedia). I've started a day late, but here are my first two days of cards: the 1st December for Stephen Poliakoff and Woody Allen, two of my favourite writers-of-Jewish-extraction-whose-work-has-recently-gone-off-the-boil, and the second for Heather Wilmot, a fine writer, actor, comedian and good pal o' mine.Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-12981394022668220402009-12-02T13:54:00.003+00:002009-12-02T14:05:21.599+00:00Mostly Posters<div style="text-align: left;">One for a Dramasoc Open Drama night, a small, no-budget production of Doctor Horrible's Singalong Blog which went down pretty well, evilly masterminded by the marvellous Stuart Hall. Prettily-penned review here: <a href="http://www.theyorker.co.uk/news/theatre/3839">http://www.theyorker.co.uk/news/theatre/3839</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yEYbs5PZbRhgt5wA9b9R28Z0-W4j3pSvJgjnzRNI-Z9I2CmQI_6CjWs2vL9ILhPXFlhG2kk5TcokzDehPB9xWEjB4-05OH2QRxUgziuHs9vrnZVhXsaXIvHVT_oOXki4AsKEUPIKEoJM/s400/horrible+poster.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410637427336396930" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Another for a show happening tonight, a big double-header of two of Comedy Society's most popular events:</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-0xWt6nY9qGi3LaAeEeIeHf_5fTK5D98G9UkCkzVmXT2AO3UudwELO04kSlAa7djjOfb60NZ9Ylw_M3Sc3POrf2AYw-cvQLmgZ24T_WhyphenhyphenPeHYdtkOpwdckkrgSUzVF9bpk3tyhg9natK/s400/shambles+booty.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410639369094428306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " /></div>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-45784507649846490642009-11-11T14:56:00.003+00:002009-11-11T15:01:24.127+00:00Fly Poster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEndKR1xApfWEkzVr141de0nO2uxrP0mEcpydBLI42X5TgQlxOHNWpbMonuFQEhY0VYYTwRoMPfwcUoPgMsQMwCjZIGB45mwo1e50gJAi0No40rRMkxruouaACuCFQeCyX_BJr3CvOohp/s1600-h/sketch+hopper+poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEndKR1xApfWEkzVr141de0nO2uxrP0mEcpydBLI42X5TgQlxOHNWpbMonuFQEhY0VYYTwRoMPfwcUoPgMsQMwCjZIGB45mwo1e50gJAi0No40rRMkxruouaACuCFQeCyX_BJr3CvOohp/s400/sketch+hopper+poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402861020468880962" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Here's another simple York Uni Comedy Society poster I threw together. I'm acting in a couple of sketches for Sketch Hopper so helping promote it wasn't exactly a selfless action. Oh, it's tonight. Better run!Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-17143344625850561142009-10-29T11:51:00.004+00:002009-10-29T12:02:56.835+00:00Campus Livin'<div style="text-align: left;">The University of York Fresher's fair was a couple of weeks ago and I produced promotional material for two societies - Filmmaking Society:</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7IxiStIL6r0o5WHh2wJdypqFqnHAjCay6eUkcmaNiw48aoVikObYZ5ulQolOYIcNjvBDk5rPSQx2bgQgfb0HzCXWcb6TJAMBPF_uUdu1YChSTGPo03Nwov0Q14SR84rqvaO7bpQjsPaz/s400/filmmaking+soc+poster.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397989206325137842" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Pretty simple concept, pretty simple poster, but it turned out nicely. More exciting is the Comedy Society's events flyer, since the Chair knew about my fixation with The Comics, hence:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYREPCnNDESAo8UloMW5PkfMGEqkV0dMcGKx-LR2cDgXxTngIPRUnxjVLEmfX09erinduyaNmW6ffSdpxku4y0JK5mRsQCKdVRJ69XXYGw0KfCjNu7S8abeJ0ElvEvNgtsxb3xM_VZ_iL/s400/comedy+soc+flyer+front+print.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397990543198189618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They both went down pretty well, now I gotsta do a proper poster for that Sketch Show event you can see listed up there. Have your people call my people, we'll do lunch, ciao.</div></div>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-20527298009491733602009-09-28T23:47:00.003+01:002009-09-28T23:52:46.184+01:00Scribbly Niven<div>Hey, ever wonder what it looks like when I draw David Niven while I'm in a giddy state of glee having just watched A Matter of Life and Death and drunk several glasses of wine? WELL</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeAqWCex53a4LhoH0T6fkvcFaM1xUS7ma25pEGWwiEffPqtnX0hxH2Te0SLWkbPVzeaWaTtjGfbNbRspwHHbhyNjLjTHnGfLWLOlpdSAo-3Zc0M2ZLMfk0J7ZW_K3wWVZIYDHk-iG9i7Q/s1600-h/niven.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeAqWCex53a4LhoH0T6fkvcFaM1xUS7ma25pEGWwiEffPqtnX0hxH2Te0SLWkbPVzeaWaTtjGfbNbRspwHHbhyNjLjTHnGfLWLOlpdSAo-3Zc0M2ZLMfk0J7ZW_K3wWVZIYDHk-iG9i7Q/s400/niven.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386654324301564834" /></a>This image was in part brought to you by Justin Richards and Chris Lean of excellent comedy group <a href="http://www.thewogans.co.uk/">The Wogans</a> whose film night, Liberty Street Films, is soon to take its rightful place as the swingingest celebrity hangout in the history of London town. The film even came with a free activity sheet (shown in small part above)!Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-3660875889192641052009-09-23T00:30:00.002+01:002009-09-23T00:38:00.716+01:00Let's Rave On<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLLOYfoQWL8cCOgBVFtPuaHU3OtnliswVl_zs6FFhHGy1_C5EcEPb2YMAdkU04h2hDJgeTSOr-TdXxRXq256SxkHvhIys0-ZkmxxuvsPyQcDLg6Y0RDlHcA9PfbsYqiqs20U3yoxVQbhT/s1600-h/raveonettes+film.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLLOYfoQWL8cCOgBVFtPuaHU3OtnliswVl_zs6FFhHGy1_C5EcEPb2YMAdkU04h2hDJgeTSOr-TdXxRXq256SxkHvhIys0-ZkmxxuvsPyQcDLg6Y0RDlHcA9PfbsYqiqs20U3yoxVQbhT/s400/raveonettes+film.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384438961822932498" /></a>I love the Raveonettes and their trip-hoppy rock-n'-rolly B-movie-y stylings. I mean, just look at this music video!<br /><br /><div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mRUqpgg-8Ps&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mRUqpgg-8Ps&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><br />Brilliant! New album's out soon, and there's a song on it called Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed). I'm excited!Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-46628949021950226242009-09-18T23:51:00.002+01:002009-09-18T23:56:50.469+01:00WHISKAAAAAY!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-ycEKYkdLSzTr0U-Vlvk2VIiNEcu_qDRk1_IbHYEXM9KwUBp0LU_6hrNX1qWiOABulskOMWf8vkb78Nb20yPXvNSzeSP72OuUYQ5r10tkMTuJDUfseHK74cX69Q3cKHIr8lIWOsGh-8T/s1600-h/berry.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-ycEKYkdLSzTr0U-Vlvk2VIiNEcu_qDRk1_IbHYEXM9KwUBp0LU_6hrNX1qWiOABulskOMWf8vkb78Nb20yPXvNSzeSP72OuUYQ5r10tkMTuJDUfseHK74cX69Q3cKHIr8lIWOsGh-8T/s400/berry.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382944159234572850" /></a>Matt Berry is the modern generation's quirky lounge Jesus. I love him in particular for the sometimes-slightly-mixed-but-mostly-just-a-barrell-of-laughs sketch show Snuff Box, but I've drawn him here in his sharp-suited role as a shadowy boardroom executive in the film Moon. It's not a big part for him, and you certainly wouldn't recognise him if it weren't for his sonorous bass vocal work, but it'll always be an important role for me. Why? Because him being in Moon is what first alerted me to its existence, all those months ago. Finding that kooky indie sci-fi Brit flick listed on IMDB was, for me, like finding King Solomon's sweaty, geeky mines.Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644123292981762734.post-37398695356094638432009-09-18T17:26:00.003+01:002009-09-18T17:31:33.571+01:00Don't Go Breaking My Heart!HEY! The good people at Threadless confirmed my design as Something That Is Worthy Of Consideration For Voting! As such, I now insist that every follower of this blog IMMEDIATELY goes to the button below and votes as honestly as possible, with no hint of corruption or nepotism (FIVE FIVE FIVE FIVE FIVE VOTE FIVE).<div><br /></div><a href="http://www.threadless.com/submission/231162/Heart_Beat?streetteam=crowleeey" title="Heart Beat - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More"><img src="http://www.threadless.com/subbanner/231162/banner1.png" width="220" height="119" border="0" alt="Heart Beat - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More" /></a><div><br /></div>Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983758533553037117noreply@blogger.com0