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Paper Cuts - Where Books Come to Life

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Pixar and IMAX look great together

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Crit Session Survival

, (RCA). Group tutorials are a definite strength of C’well’s MA Illustration programme - at least that’s my experience with last year’s full-time students and the strong group of part-timers I’m amongst. I also had a tutorial with Janet Woolley, my professor, so along with my regular SCBWI crit group meeting, it seems like I’ve received, (and given) a lot of criticism over the past weeks. Today we had a briefing for a mid-point assessment which is around the corner, and afterwards a couple of us chatted about the post-critique haze we sometimes find ourselves in.

It’s a lot different than receiving advice in a classroom setting. An immediate difference is the often physical break before getting back to that piece or series. I live a couple of hours a way from college, so for a start there’s a lengthy period of reflection. Absorption isn’t always immediate, and so, as a starter, working with what I ‘get’ from the session is the way I’ve edged forward. At this stage, however, it’s become apparent that I need to shift gears and make some gigantic leaps in places! The year is running out and by Easter 2010, it’s all over, meaning, there is precious little time for developing anything new before the grad show.

Right now I’m re-reading notes from all sessions I’ve participated in, in an effort to push my drawing towards illustration. While making another coffee.

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Polystyrene Beauty...

Boy Obsolete’s scribblings on styrofoam cups.

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Oxford and Children's Stories

Oxford is a city rich in history, so it’s unsurprising to see something new with each visit. I was at Oxford University Press - OUP (pictured) for a Write Away Reviewers’ Event, (read author Anita Loughrey’s account here) after which we were treated to a guided tour - Oxford and Children’s Stories.

The guide I was with normally takes kids around so our tour revolved around scenes from the Harry Potter movies, and spotting the fact we weren’t aged 10, she generously tailored the tour and slipped us snippets about about Oxford’s literary alumni, from Amis to Waugh. We stopped at sites which provided inspiration for some of the best known children’s literature, most famously, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’. In her enthusiasm, our guide accidentally led smack into the centre of a location film set,  and we were politely asked to move off the cobblestoned street… I think it’s safe to say we will have been cut from ‘Lewis’ - an Inspector Morse TV spin-off!

It was clear that our knowlegeable guide was none too appreciative of the post ‘Potter’ entrance fee charged to enter Christ Church College. Instead, we wandered into the charming courtyard of Lincoln College and visited its medieval dining hall, which as our guide accurately pointed out, has bench seating, not the high-backed chairs you’ll find in the the Great Hall at Christ Church.

Lack of true Hogwart style seating notwithstanding, I personally think the entrance fee to Christ Church College entirely worth it - I went some time ago out of my teenage acquired interest in ’Brideshead Revisited’, home to the desperately self-destructive Sebastian Flyte and his teddy bear, Aloysiusso mix in ‘Alice’ history and magical scenes from Hogwart’s and it’s an interesting place, if not for the grandeur of the architecture, stained glass, and grounds alone. 

Check out loads of photos here on Flickr’s Christ College, Oxford search, and visit Write Away for reviews, book guides and more.

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Pimp a Cupcake

Pinkit is a group of 5 Chilean visual artists who have begun their ‘Pimp It’ revolution - pimp in the transitive verb sense - with a Cupcake - Pimp It!Gallery. As I’m working on some Hansel and Gretel colour experiments right now, pimping a cupcake seemed like a fun idea… and now it’s on Pinkit’s ‘Pimp It’ Wall. Visit Pinkit’s homepage and pick up a ‘cupcake template’ to embellish.

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Sooty the Moth - EDM 235

EDM Challenge #235 is ‘Butterfly’, however I’ve drawn a black London Peppered Moth which fluttered inside the other day.

Jetting around with this whopping set of wings (about 85mm/3.5”) takes work - it has a big body and rests often, so it wasn’t difficult to catch and return to the wild, or at least someone else’s curtains….  Very black, this moth has evolved from having peppered markings, (designed to blend with lichen), in order to hang out in a sooty city environment. A very urban critter indeed.

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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Interactive Views at Tate Modern

New online technology at the Tate - a nice interactive addition which includes close-ups of Richard Long’s work, artist statements, glimpses of people in the gallery, etc.

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MA Summer Show Photos - Camberwell Coll. of Art.

The Camberwell College of Art MA Summer Shows (University of the Arts, London) went off really well last week, though it’s sad to see a lot of great people leaving fromIllustration and leaving a few of us part-timers kicking around the place! The work from Illustration was exciting, as as predicted, very diverse with editorial illos, children’s books, graphic novels, animation and more - something I really appreciate in this course. Group crit sessions and regular meetings meant that we all had an inkling of who was doing what, but most went an extra mile towards the end and a few suprises were pulled out of the bag.

500 people came through the door in the first 15 minutes, and around 2600 through the evening. See some of my photos here and get more on ‘09 MA Illustration grads here (thanks Tom). The crowds made it a bit tricky to get photos so above are a few Illustrators except for the guy with the toast - a printmaker - who gave out an edition of ‘toast prints’ at the door.

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Camberwell MA Illustration 2009 Show

I’ve got the best week coming up - the last week of school (day job) before we’re out for summer, but firstly, two-thirds of my Camberwell contemporaries (those on the full-time programme) will graduate. Check out the Grad Show details here, and see who’s exhibiting from MA Illustration.

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