Instagram Highlights

I hadn't realised how little I'd posted in August so here's a bumper crop of sketches I've posted on Instagram over the last 3 or 4 weeks. Includes trees, animals in clothes, hard to reach houses, Tiki, dubious robots and Pie Fonz.

DoodlePlanet August

Here's my piece from August's DoodlePlanet. I used a matchpot of paint, a brush pen and an ivory POSCA. Once again I had no idea what I was going to do before I started. I've thought about planning something out in the past but I don't think that's what DoodlePlanet is about. Something interesting happens when you just start drawing. Not always good but always interesting.

Portmeirion

I finally got to visit Portmeirion a few weeks ago and managed to do a bit of drawing (not enough!). Such a beautiful place. Next time I need to go back armed with some colour.

July/August Instagram Round Up

Some recent Instagram activity. Warning - includes a lot of moustaches.

Kitsune and Dragon at the Soma Gallery

Here's two new pieces I produced for our show at the Soma Gallery. Both are A1 brush pen drawings and are available to buy framed or unframed from the gallery. Also available are a selection of prints of my tree drawings from last year's Japan residency (presented below by G'goob!) alongside some of my other Japan prints. The show runs until September 15th.

"Felt Mistress - Creature Couture" now available for pre-order

We're really, really excited to announce this! Not only an "art book" but a vinyl Tippy.

Felt Mistress: Creature Couture from Blank Slate on Vimeo.

Here's what the lovely people at Blank Slate have to say about it -

The rumours are true! Not only are we excited to be able to announce our very first art book, but also to say that it’s with the amazing Felt Mistress (aka Louise Evans) and her long-time collaborator Jonathan Edwards. Coming this Winter, readers will get the chance to own well over 500 of her best (and often sharply dressed) creations in a 400-page hardcover book loaded with over 1,500 photographs, character information, original art and more. If you’re an ultra-obsessed felt fan like us, you’ll also be delighted to read interviews with celebrated collaborators such as Jon Burgerman, Pete Fowler, Jon Knox, Nobrow’s Alex Spiro and Sam Arthur and more.

We can’t wait until November 17th, where we will be advance debuting the book at Thought Bubble ahead of a big old launch party in London.

For those who can’t wait, we have some great pre-order offers for you.

Offer 1: until August 1st, early birds can pre-order the book itself for £26.99 (down from £29.99).

Offer 2: teaming up with vinyl toy company extraordinaire Crazylabel, we’ve also produced a limited Blank Slate-exclusive edition toy of Felt Mistress’ signature creature, Tippy*. Limited to just 250, all pre-orderers of the special Golden Tippy edition will get the book + a gold colourway of Tippy with box art designed by editor Woodrow Phoenix (of Nelson fame).

But that’s not all. Pre-orderers of either option all have the chance to win the Felt Ticket, which will be inserted randomly by the creatures inside one copy of the book. What does the winner of the Felt Ticket get, I hear you ask? Why, they get to take home a creature of their very own, and none other than Elspeth, Creature Couture’s cover star.

Exciting huh? Head over to our official Felt: Mistress Creature Couture for more info. We should extend a huge thank you to the kindly Mr Paddy Steer for allowing us to use his music in the trailer! You can find his music online at www.myspace.com/paddysteer or you can do the right thing and buy it over on iTunes.

Konichiwa, Japan! at the Soma Gallery

Our exhibition, "Konichiwa, Japan!", starts at the Soma Gallery this Saturday (July 20th). It's an exhibition of work produced during our time in Japan and new pieces inspired by Japan. We'll be in the gallery all day Saturday so come along and say "Konichiwa!" or "Ohayo Gozaimasu!" if you're an early riser. More details HERE

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