Profile pic

Here's my new profile pic. I had to supply one for a new illustration agency I'm joining called Zulu's can draw. (No I'm not Zulu I know and they know.)

Sadly on Saturday when I did this profile pic I had big hair. So the hair had to go in the picture, it's only fair. This sometimes happen, you see I have curly hair, mostly it knows its place and let gravity do its thing, but every now and then it goes all country and western on me just to prove a point.

I also had to provide two truths and a lie about myself to go into my profile. Mine were
1. I once slid down a volcano on my bum
2. I'm a really good singer.
3. I've had a kitten stuck in my hair.

Can you guess which is the lie?

El Alquimista

The Booklounge in Roeland is hosting a silent art auction for Picador, and the proceeds are going to a lucky school to help stock their library. The illustration had to be in black and white and the theme is the art of the book. So I drew Santiago the little shepherd from one of my favourite books, The Alchemist. I recently finished reading it again, but this time in Spanish. Before you are overly impressed let me add that it took me about 5 months! But I did enjoy reading it in Spanish, and it seems appropriate seeing as the shepherd in the story is from Andalucia, Spain. If you haven't read it yet, do. It's all about listening to your heart.

Numerology

So my New Years resolution of being a more regular blogger hasn't been going so well. Apologies. It's been a busy year so far and it's not going to get any better any time soon. But here are some illies I did in December for a book on numerology. And I'll make a slightly used, not quite New Years resolution to try and prioritise nice illustration work and find time for it in amongst the busyness.

Happy 2012!

Hope everyone is sticking to their New Years Resolutions, it's always nice if they last at least the first, week of the new year... Clearly one of mine is to be a more regular blogger, so far so good. Last year was pretty pathetic, blogging wise. So here's to more doodling and productiveness in 2012. Happy New Year everyone, hope it's a goody.

More Pictures for Blankspace

Here's some more pictures that will be available at Blankspace in Roeland street. For those of you who don't know yet, it is a very cute, tiny little gallery next to the book lounge. Perfect for xmas shopping.

I'm back!

Actually I've been back for almost a month now. I know, I know back a month and no blog update, it is shameful. In my defence though, I got back and it's been busy, work, catching up with friends, festive season festiveness, a wedding, a birthday, looking for a flat... I have not been idly wondering what to do with myself. But I do feel bad for neglecting my blog and worried that I may have lost what little blog readers I have...

Well if you are still there, first of all thank you and secondly I will try my very best to be more frequent blogger in between flat hunting and xmas cheer.

So here are some illies I did my first week back, they are to illustrate an article on how not to behave at the office xmas party. Don't dress like a ho and don't hook up with colleagues, you have to face them again on monday.

Vietnam

I did this watercolour in my lovely hotel room when I just got into Vietnam, after a rough day of being scammed, lied to and ripped off crossing the border from Cambodia to Chau Doc, Vietnam I was happy to just enjoy my air conditioned hotel room. It had a mirror so this is me a bit tired and grumpy. Happy to say that things have improved since then I'm now in lovely Hoi An spending money I don't have, so many pretty things to buy here, its dangerous.