The Sea Shepherd
Here is a short video made last year. It was around the time of me prepping for my exhibition
at Ground Arts.
Plenty of in studio footage, plus me taking it to the streets of Hull
Recorded and edited by the super talented Michael Barnes – Wynters.
More of his work can be viewed here.
Some recent freelance work has been released into the wild. I designed some sleeves for traffic signal boxes. They look awesome !
Full info …
Artwork to adorn city’s most vandalised spots
Artwork unique to Hull will start appearing on traffic signal control boxes in the city.
In bid to tackle graffiti and vandalism, Hull City Council is embarking on a trial to redesign some of the city’s most targeted signal control boxes by covering them in artwork created by local artists.
Ten sites along the stretch of Beverley Road will be adorned with pieces of art to try and bring a pop of colour to the busy route, while recognising the city’s cultural status.
It is hoped the art will help to alleviate anti-social behaviour with cites across the country having successfully trialled this scheme.
Councillor Daren Hale, portfolio holder for regeneration at Hull City Council, said: “Art can be found in the unlikeliest of places, and from today (Tuesday 7 July) people will begin to see unique pieces of artwork appearing on signal control boxes across the city.
“Honing and celebrating the artistic skills that are thriving within our local arts communities was a key aspect of this project, and by asking them to take advantage of naturally occurring canvasses such as street furniture, we are continuing our legacy as a cultural status and deterring vandalism and damage to council property.
“As a result, people will be able to enjoy high-quality, artistic content on this main arterial route.”
The three artists commissioned to begin this work include Mike Emberton, Lydia Caprani and Sean Azzopardi.
Lydia said: “The project is not only an exciting opportunity to bring flourishes of art to the city, but also a creative solution for alleviating vandalism in a way which supports and celebrates local artistic talent.
“I look forward to seeing the final designs installed and hope they bring joy to both their surroundings and to the public.”
If the scheme is successful, it could be rolled out across the city.
Life’s a party is reworked collection of my self published works. Starting with 100 Days of winter.
Here is the new version alongside the original cover. At the moment I’m publishing the pages through my Patreon account, I have no money to publish new work, so I’m trying to raise revenue.
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As promised, here is the beginning of regular posts. My aim is to post eight pages twice a week, Saturday and Wednesday. The title was thought up by my good friend Douglas Noble. The content is a reworking of nine issues of my autobiography comics, leading into two new comics.
I started this ‘project’ in 2009. At the time I was struggling to get any work together, and was having strong thoughts towards giving up. Nothing was happening, and creatively it felt pointless. This was a regular state of mind at this time, I’m not good enough, I’m not worthy, etc.
Josie long organised an event 100 days to make me a better person –https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/the-100-club-artists-who-signed-up-for-comedian-josie-longrsquos-self-improvement-odyssey-reveal-1915536.html
I joined in and decided to draw a comic page a day. I got as far as day 52 then it went south. It got me working again and the results were two new comics, the first was 100 days of winter.
This is where the uploads start, with new lettering and now in colour.
(This is me in front of some pages at the end of project show, 2010)
I have started a new comic on my Patreon account. If you would like to read the twice weekly updates and support my comics then click here.