Mural complete :)

Stages 1 & 2 complete











Stage 3 will be Goofy and Pluto :)


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Photo dump #1

I do love my new camera, first outing was St Georges Market in Belfast this morning.



Busy old place really :)



The fishmongers have taken over one edge of the Market.



Are have shown signs of inventive product display.











Live music provided as standard.










More spices available than I was aware existed, smells fantatic aswell.




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Achieved on my day off...

... Mickey Mouse!
Sadly I didn't mannage to complete the mural, back on sat for that.




Progress shots




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And another thing...

... The Lego delivery has finally arrived! It's only a week late =p

Cool beans, it even fits out on the shelf!

Anyone looking for the Power Miners range it's back in stock.



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The windscreen.

I suppose the best way to put it is 'I am not amused'
Fact1 : my windscreen suffered a crack when an evil stone hit it.

Fact 2: my insurance covers a repair but only if their guys do the job.

Therefore I arranged that as wedensday was my day off I would wait for the technition to call and tell me when he would be there. By 5pm no sign and I had been unsuccessful calling their office, about half an hour later I managed to get a human rather than a machine to talk to. It turns out that due to clerical error they never booked me in. Joy.

Many complicated negotiations later they are to fix it this afternoon, at my Aunts house.
I may be lucky and it will work this time.

In other news I have arranged to paint a mural next week and the next sketch club with Dr Sketchy is 3rd May at 8pm.





It seems spring has really arrived and is doing autographs.



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Photo dump =)

The most recent self portrait. Obviously slightly exagerated that's kinda the whole point!



My dogs chosen default position.


Stony beach.


Sun, sea, surf, and sand. Some of the reasons I love portnoo.







We tried teaching her manners but so far no sucess.






Good at the waiting game =)

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Interesting the range of apps for the iPhone

Nice little camera on it as well!





Hopefully more interesting images will follow

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Happy Valentines day ... late ... =)

Dr Sketchys Drawings

My drawings from the evening in no particular order. The poses ranged between 10 seconds to a maximum of 10 minutes.

Image Dump..

images done on Fri 6th Feb while waiting to go to the Dr sketchys Life drawing/ Cabaret evening,

Random blokes spotted during the Day , followed by a completely imaginary pirate...

I think my Medusa enjoys turning her men to stone.

DRAGON, dragon , Dragon =)

Some Colour changes ...

So .... it was pointed out to me that I havent updated in a really long time. Hi! I'm still wandering about and drawing to my hearts content, Hopefully I'll even post some for your amusement =P

Living out of a suitcase.

Is seriously overrated, much though the new job is fun staying at a B&B in the middle of nowhere is not. there is nothing to do and less people to talk to. Maybe I am being a little harsh... the Job training is Grand, I like the other staff and an enjoying the role, but I have no idea how to get anywhere else on foot, when I asked what there was to do in the area they laughed as if I had made some witty joke. Very odd if you ask me. Anyway must go and pack, i'm going home tgomorrow =D

Canary Fodder

So ... Well.... No excuse really, Life got in the way. Since my last contact I have passed my driving test, changed jobs, scared myself silly driving around belfast in rush hour, and done a fair amount of painting. On the cards ... another Website redesign, 2 huge Acrylic paintings on request, Christmas at my Dads house, A whole lot of scanning, and possibly a fight to get my mums laptop back from the shop that have abducted it in the name of a warranty repair (over a month is excessive in my eyes) Anyway enjoy the canary and hopefully more to see soon.

Images post.

Just a few doodles, coloured and not coloured =) Also i have some commission pics to upload, just waiting for permission first =P

26 really is no different to 25

Another birthday, another year older.... And? no difference really still as mad as ever. Had a great weekend with a suprise parade (not just for me =P it was the lord Mayors one in Belfast on 26th) And even a few dragons. Went to see Pirates of the Carribean 3, V. amusant although 3 hours long, ouch. And anyone who hasn't seen it yet, yes there is an extra clip after the credits but how long are those credits! Overall Enjoyable although its a little difficult to keep track of who is double crossing who and when. And I want a pebble crab please.

I haven't been posting much recently, so i shall recap the last few weeks as neatly as I can:

*Driving test at the beginning of May... Failed but was apparently a good attempt, have rebooked for 5th July.
*Illustrations for Childrens book Commission going well planed to be finished by the 10th June.
* Web Graphics commission canceled. sadly, I was having fun with it. Its been ongoing since november'ish last year.
*T-Shirts painted for Balmoral Show : Done , Carol and Dad won a 5th two 4ths and a 7th. all very good for the first year apparently, I don't know enough about sheep to be able to tell.
*My Aunt has had her surgery and is now recovering.
*I have a Driving Lesson this saturday at 10am to see what I have forgotten.

I cant think of anything else just at the moment. so I'll get back to you if I remember anything else.

Facebook Profile...

Click on the Mug Shot to be taken to my new Facebook page. =D

A friend of mine reccomended it.

Illustration Fridays Theme: Fortune.

Rather late due to computer issues. Its a pencil sketch with a dead quick paint job =D

April's Update

So I have been bad for the last while about posting, I have had several interesting yet possibly irritating happenings of late, the most difficult being both of my computers caught a bug. they have yet to admit where they found it, they have both now been formatted, a friend of mine kindly sorted out the laptop (Admin access always thanks!) and I have spent the weekend cleaning out the tower PC. Both having had an eventful week, they are now recovering well with regular software installations to bring them up to full health. (Not to mention a massive dose of security software =/) In other happenings of the weekend, I had another meeting with a lady who has commissioned me to do illustrations for her book, its mostly going well with only a few changes to be made for the next meeting, its hopefully going to press during the summer. =D

In case Alistair is reading this please get in contact I need to check some things for the work you wanted me to do. (and text messages aren’t working =/ )

So again I am doing yet more driving lessons, although this time my instructor and myself seem to be on a more similar wavelength, I had booked my test for the 11th May, he has suggested putting it off for a month but seems happy with my driving he is not sure we can perfect the 4 maneuvers in time for the 11th I haven’t changed the date yet as I am considering doing it any way as sort of a trial run... have to make my mind up by my next lesson hmmmn.

Anyway the 4 maneuvers:

1) Bay parking (reverse slowly into the space indicated by the test instructor)

2) Parallel Parking (haven't started this yet)

3) Reversing around a Left hand side corner. (Need to spend some time working out markers on the car to do this properly.

4) 3 point turn. (The only one I did perfectly first time around.

Additional extras needed:

5) Hill Start. (Completed last lesson just need to keep practicing)

6) Emergency Stop. (I am great at this my mum wouldn’t get into the car until I had perfected them =D)

Anyway thats enough chatter, I plan to upload some sketches later this week so stay tuned =D

Sketch Dump for the last 10 days or so...

feel free to comment =P