Happy Hallowe'en...

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I created this image for my agents Arena Illustration.

I hope you all have a truly horror-licious Halloween...

MWAHAHAHAHA....

Edith...

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A hearty hello!

Hello my blog reading pals!

Just a quick update to say that I'm still here! I've just been very busy indeed.(More about that soon!) In the meantime, here is a rather friendly pooch on his penny farthing bike. How he is going to work the peddles, I don't know! But he seems happy enough...

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I promise I'll be back with new things soon!

:-)

One Snowy Night...

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I'm being inspired by all things 1920s at the moment. I blame Downton Abbey...

More Characters...

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From my sketchbook.

Characters

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I love people watching. Mainly because I'm a nosy parker, but also because I find it fascinating to observe what people do, especially when they don't know they are being watched. I don't tend to do much doodling on the spot in my sketchbook, instead I keep my eyes open all the time for interesting people or characters. When I spot someone I sort of take a photograph of them with my mind and mentally note their key feature and what it was that brought them to my attention. Then, when I have a few spare minutes, I remember them as best I can and get doodling.

Sometimes, of course, I just make people up!

Above are two recent sketchbook pages. The top image is of some made up characters that just popped into my head the other afternoon. I don't know who they are or where they came from, but that's quite fun. Perhaps they have a story to tell me...

The bottom image is of some real people I spotted yesterday evening on the train and in and around St. Pancras station. I always find trains and train stations are brilliant places to find new characters.
Try it yourself next time you are travelling somewhere!

Sneak peeks...

Typically shoddy photos of some work in progress. More sneak peeks of more stylish girls soon!