GB 30....rough pencil design.

Here's my first take on the finished design. Elements need refining, I'll try a few others. Baby-steps with this one.

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Ghostbusters 30...Tonal Sketch

Further work on the "Ghostbusters 30" project, a tonal sketch of the 3 primary characters. Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver will follow soon...and the some design ideas.

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McBUSTED ARE HERE!!

As promised McBusted fans, here is the finished article. The family and I will be at Hyde Park next Sunday to see the lads rocking' it up...can't wait. Hope to try and get a print of this to them so they can sign it! Anyone know how I can contact them?

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Coming soon....McBusted

In honour of the genius that is McBusted, and for the fact that my son and daughter were entranced by them at the O2 recently, my latest work is a band caricature of those noble chaps. This is just the linework and a possible layout, it will (in the fullness of time) be a full colour extravaganza...watch this space McBusted fans.

Thanks to my daughters persuasive powers we will all be making the pilgrimage to Hyde Park to see them...after thoroughly enjoying Fearne Cotton's documentary about the lads I can't wait.

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More than just an "Average" show!

On Wednesday the 2nd of April my son Thomas was lucky enough to be interviewed on The Colin Murray show, on TalkSport. As part of World Autism Awareness day (Tom has autism) Colin talked to him about his work as a football commentator for Sutton United FC. Tom came across brilliantly, cool, focused and enthusiastic...I couldn't have been prouder of him; especially as the same can't be said of me...nerves had the better of me on the day.
Whatever the future holds for Tom, this moment will stay with him forever. It boosted his confidence and gave him something to aim at. Everyone at the station was wonderful, they made a great fuss of him and were effusive in their praise...all of which made the experience even more memorable.
The above work is my way of saying thank you to all concerned, I was a TalkSport/Colin Murray fan before this marvellous event...I'm doubly so now.
Best of luck in the future guys with your "Average" show!.

UPDATE: As of April 10th 2015 my son Tom completed a wonderful week of work experience on Colin's show. A massive thanks to Colin, Kathryn and James for looking after him.

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Link to interview is here: http://youtu.be/1JlUcqxXcig

Breaking Wind!

This is one of those rare occasions where I pay homage to a work of genius...that I haven't actually seen. "Breaking Bad" has the kind of reviews/universal love that money cannot buy.
Vince Gilligan, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul et al, are all deemed to be working at the top of their game and producing TV gold...so who am I to argue.
It will have to be a "Boxed Set Binge" for me at some point in the future.

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TRULY DEFECTIVE!

Absolutely loving HBO's "True Detective", it's intense mood of brooding menace totally personified by it's two stellar leads. Both Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson shine in this superbly written series: Harrelson's Hart is a seething mass of contradictions while McConaughey's Cohle mesmerises and terrifies like a rattlesnake in the sun. I

cannot wait to see how this pans out...massive props to all involved particularly Nic Pizzolatto (Creator/Writer) and Cary Joji Fukunaga (Director) for creating an instant classic.

Naturally I had to parody it (see above) only in the most gentle terms...natch!

Alright, alright, alright...

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