Scribblings

monkey with teapot

2008-08-18T07:35:00.000-07:00

dark

2008-08-15T08:10:00.000-07:00

pedro bell

2008-08-14T04:02:00.001-07:00

Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (Westbound Records, 1973)

Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies (Westbound Records, 1976)

Pedro's portait of Sun-Ra.

downloaded films

2008-08-13T02:13:00.001-07:00

18.25 train to London Victoria. 12th August.

plan b

2008-08-07T09:11:00.000-07:00

There's a picture of mine in the latest issue of Plan B.

They printed it bigger than I expected, and now I wish I'd spent more time adding details (not that it's their fault; I was on a 'simplicity' kick at the time and I feel I over - or is that 'under'? -did it). But ho-hum ... another something to add to my 'do better next time' list.

If you can't make it out from the photo, the pic's over on my flickr account, too.

bird in tree

2008-08-07T08:57:00.001-07:00

An image I've just used on a new concert poster.

tintin in macclesfield

2008-08-05T06:16:00.000-07:00

What can I say? I was bored.

last laugh

2008-08-01T07:52:00.001-07:00

It's rough and ready, and very much a 'first go', but I enjoyed this. It took me back to my days drawing comics with Jim et al.

two people

2008-07-31T06:48:00.000-07:00

Looking a bit grumpy on the way to London Bridge. 9.20am-ish. 31st July.

Reading Tolstoy, and also on the way to London Bridge. 9.30am-ish. 31st July.

two people watching the departures board at london bridge

2008-07-28T00:54:00.000-07:00

Her bag was like one of the old Penguin book covers. 23rd July, 6.40pm.

How painful must it be to have your throat tattooed? 25th July, 5.30pm - ish.

quentin blake

2008-07-25T03:42:00.001-07:00

I'm stopping with just the one example, or I'll never stop. And I'd write about why I love Quentin Blake's drawings - how alive they are, how packed with energy and character, and... but I'd never stop then, either.

skirt

2008-07-23T02:48:00.000-07:00

London Bridge. 5.20pm, 21st July.

other people's records

2008-07-23T02:00:00.000-07:00

Here's my artwork* for Sarandon's new single, out on the Little Car label some time in the near future.
It's cracking stuff (I mean the record, not my drawing) - all itchy, scratchy hyperactive guitar riffs and, on the b-side, a caffeined cover of the Swell Maps' 'Vertical Slum'. I recommend all readers buy a copy, if only for the sheer beauty of the packaging, eh what.

*not all on my own, mind you. I had a bit of design help here and there, from both Sheran and Crayola. Thank-yuh, kindly, chaps.

kings cross station. 17th July, 2008.

2008-07-18T02:14:00.000-07:00

Woman rushing for the train on platform 8. Around 6.45pm.

And this chap wasn't necessarily using public transport, but I had to include him. He was dressed in a knackered old white suit, a white fur coat (slung over his shoulders) and carrying three white leather handbags, which were crammed full with all his worldly posessions. He'd finished off the outfit with a blood-red tie and was standing, stock-still, outside WH Smiths.

be-quiffed

2008-07-17T07:34:00.000-07:00

Woman waiting for 521 bus to London Bridge station. 6.15pm, 16th July, 2008.

bear in red t-shirt

2008-07-15T09:18:00.000-07:00

magnet

2008-07-13T12:47:00.000-07:00

A new flyer.

humming man

2008-07-11T04:19:00.000-07:00

On the number 40, heading to Dulwich Library. 8pm, 10th July.

gilbert 'beto' hernandez

2008-07-07T08:30:00.000-07:00

grace jones' pre-concert film

2008-07-01T06:02:00.000-07:00

You see that? That's Grace Jones' huge bendy head. Last month, she played at the Royal Festival Hall in London, for a one-off show and I'm really glad I went.

And before appeared in the flesh, a filmed version of Grace (huge, warped, massive) flickered on above the stage and started singing her forthcoming single. Pretty impressive, too, even if it wasn't a mile away from one of those 'effects' you get on apple mac webcams. Anyway - more bands should do intro-films (much like Devo do). There's my two-penneth.

You can read a review of Grace's gig here, if you like.

chimp

2008-06-30T13:49:00.000-07:00

An old flyer, from 2007.

guardian reader

2008-06-30T02:07:00.000-07:00

On the delayed 8.53 from Forest Hill to London Bridge.
30th June, 2008.

playground fight

2008-06-26T03:22:00.000-07:00

moggy

2008-06-25T06:53:00.001-07:00

leave me alone

2008-06-25T05:44:00.000-07:00

London Bridge. 18.50(ish). 24th June, 2008.