Design Sony: using their head(phone)s Followers on Twitter will know I love podcasts. I listen to them every day and as a result have acquired a fairly chunky number of subscriptions along the way. One of the most
My Apple buying habits A few days ago, I sent this tweet:“The reality is many consumers are quite content with the iPhone they have and they will only get a new one when it breaks or
Reading The Count of Monte Cristo Last year, I planned to read more and failed miserably. I used to read a lot and the last few years it's tailed off a bit so this year, I wanted to try
Personal Re-thinking my podcast habit I'd like to start by stating this is a very personal revelation. You're probably going to read this and think "Duh, you've only just got here?" so don't say I didn't warn you.
Personal Couch to 5K: about half way Since we found out we were having a baby, fitness kind of fell of the radar a bit. When the baby came a long and we were sleep deprived zombies, doing exercise wasn't
Personal Back to blogging It's been a while since I last tried to define what this blog is about. Going back through the archives, it's moved around in it's focus as my own focus and interests have
Learnuary What's the right tool to use? there is no right tool in a general sense, only the right tool for you I don't get asked questions very often but when I do, it's often about the tools I use.
Learnuary Learnuary resources I've not really had a chance to contribute any visual stuff to the Etherington Brothers #learnuary campaign yet but wanted to get something quick out there for people to start mulling over so
Reading 2018 Reading List 2017 has been a shocking year for my reading. Other than comics, I've not finished reading a single book this year and I'm not at all happy about that. Admittedly, I've been busier
inktober Reflecting on Inktober 2017 At the time of writing, I've yet to actually complete my Inktober project. I've got day 31 pencilled and partially inked but it's pretty much in the bag so I feel I can
Creative Spotting... erm redux? Some of you may recall a blog post I wrote last year about taking the idea of spotting someone at the gym but for creative pursuits. I still really like the idea and
Inktober - A few tips In a few weeks, I'll be taking part in my third Inktober project. I've learned a few things doing these projects so I thought I'd jot down a few tips. Official prompt list
Sketch app Open .ai in Sketch Today I was sent an Illustrator (.ai) file from a client which I needed to use to output a .svg file. The only problem is I don't have Illustrator so I had to
Process Creative spotting When I draw, it's often in isolation. I don't have any friends nearby with whom I can just hang out with to shoot the shit about drawing cartoons and comics. I get really
Apps Killing in the name of (an icon) Yesterday Instagram released an update to their app which included some UI design changes and a new icon. When I checked out their video, one of the first comments I saw (sorry, I
30dwc 3rd October 2004 This is an x-ray of my chest that day. Both my lungs collapsed to a very dangerous level - the small white parts either side of my spine are my lungs, the black
30dwc Back to the conversation I had a really random thought this afternoon about how socialising has changed over the years. Phone calls got replaced with text. Text morphed into tweets, direct messages, status updates and replies. It
30dwc 30 day writing challenge For the last year or so, I've been pretty quiet on the blog front. Aside from Twitter and Instagram, I've been pretty quiet full stop. I've barely written anything, I've barely drawn anything,
Lucky Our son has had a temperature for the last few days. It's been up and down with assistance from the magical concoctions of paracetamol and ibuprofen. Last night, the magic wore off and
Typography Civil War songs I've been re-watching Ken Burns' Civil War series on Netflix this last couple of days and saw these lovely examples of type which appear to be the covers of sheet music. Sorry if
podcasts Audio fodder I've been listening to podcasts pretty regularly recently so I figured I'd stick up a short list of my favourites: Make It Then Tell Everybody | Dan Berry interviews comics creators on their processes.
Short Film Short film // Home Sweet Home I have a growing fondness of animated films whose characters are brought to life through normally inanimate objects. This short film is another favourite to add to the list:
Charity Give and Tell challenge The other day my pal Si nominated me to take part in the give and tell challenge, a charitable campaign started as an alternative to the ALS Ice Bicket Challenge. Why the alternative?
Comics Comic | "New Pal" I'm going to try put out a new strip at least once a week for the foreseeable future. I meant to post this yesterday but the bank holiday got in my way!
