Internet cafes are strange places. The one I’m typing this from has a studious atmosphere to it, a bit like a library, but I’ve never been to any library that smells so powerfully of burnt samosas. We patrons are sat slightly too close together to feel like our personal space is intact, and the desk …
Just wanted to share something amazing. This is by an artist and animator called Lucinda Schreiber. Stop motion chalk drawings moving from blackboard to blackboard. I absolutely love it. Firekites – AUTUMN STORY – chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo.
I’m currently writing a short story which includes a masked ball and a leaf insect, so I’ve been trying to draw a few costumes and bugs to imagine them better. It’s amazing that evolution threw up an animal like this. Here’s a real life one in a plastic tub, with somebody playing cards (I think) …
I wanted to write something on Friday about The Girl with Glass Feet finally being available, but opened up the blog form and instantly got blog block, which sounds more horrible than it is. I think it was difficult to say anything because it was quietly overwhelming. The good folk at Blackwell Broad Street in …
I have been drawing some unicorns of various kinds. Made up animals are one of the things I like most in the world, so they seemed like a nice thing to draw. The kind of unicorns I always liked in folklore were the timid ones that hid in the woods, rather than the big brash …