wired

it's a really good magazine

its been a while...

hasnt time flown by?!

lets do some sort of little collaboration! (i have been inspired by jen & alan's one here) i'm not sure what yet, but i will have a wee think.

any suggestions?

i like the colour project we did. although that wasnt really a collaboration.

hmmm...

must-try-harder

quite shamefully haven't posted on sea legs in what feels like a million years! so a slight catch-up on bigger projects:

SHOP: opened an etsy shop! i'd been planning on this for what feels like an age, & it's finally up & running.

WHAT I WORE TODAY: my contributions to a group where people post drawings of what they wore, started by gemma correll. i did one for every day in september. the group even got a tiny mention in the magazine grazia!

ITUNES A-Z: latest drawing project, which i need to get back into. nice to be drawing people. impressed that i've mostly draw guys so far too.

that's all for now. i'll try to keep up a little better, but it's hard with such a lack of free time.

CALL OUT FOR WORK!

Morning sunshine(s)

HAIRST: Halloween in Huntly is looking for your own made tattoo designs. ANYTHING GOES.

Tattoos will be created for the 1st of November, when there will be a fake Tattoo parlour in the Sq.

If you are up for it, then please send a jpeg (300dpi) of the design to catrin@huntlyhairst.co.uk

All artists that contribute tattoos will get a photograph of their designs in action, with someone wearing their newly acquired tattoo. We will also display them all, along with the artist's name on our website and facebook.

If you are free...

Hi everyone, how's tricks? I am organising an event on Halloween and there abouts... If any of you are free and fancy coming up then you are welcome to crash at mine! Also Scotrail are doing a MEGA deal, and it would only cost you £15 return to Huntly from anywhere in Scotland... HAIRST: Halloween in Huntly, Aberdeenshire/// only 50mins away from Aberdeen!

31st of October - 8th of November 2009
Now in its 7th year, this unique festival celebrates the local harvest updates local Halloween traditions
in the North East of Scotland. The 2009 theme 'Let there be Light!' will see the Hairst turn
Huntly into a stage: illuminating the picturesque town with a light spectacle, lantern making and laughter! Including collectives Ganghut and Now Now, a continental and farmers market, music from the Bum-Clocks and Catriona MacKay, a mass Michael Jackson 'Thriller' tribute and much more...
Check out the full programme at www.huntlyhairst.co.uk

New www.johnalanbirch.com

Hey one and all, it's been an absolute age since I've posted anything up here on Sea Legs, and for the first time in a good while I actually have something worth writing home about. I've just finished uploading my new website, have a look and by all means let me know what you think, I've been meaning to update my web page for some time and it's quite a feat to have it out of the way at last, hopefully I've kept the site simple enough to allow me to update it frequently. It's also put me in the right frame of mind for getting a move on with some work. Anyway, here's the link www.johnalanbirch.com.

hellojenuine.com

hello friends. i've got a new layout over on my website, take a peek. if you spot any bugs, let me know!

ILLUSTRATIVE 09 Berlin

I found out about an interesting exhibition of contemporary graphic art which is well worth a look. ILLUSTRATIVE started in Berlin and having been to Paris and Zurich, is now returning to Berlin for ILLUSTRATIVE 2009. It showcases cutting edge work of more than 60 artists with work covering a range of media from drawing and painting to mural collages and 3D illustrations. The collection of the work is to be exhibitied at the Villa Elisabeth in Berlin and runs from the 15th of October to the 1st of November.

Swatch Young Illustrators Award is looking for entries for Call 2009, where the nominees will be invited to Berlin and get the opportunity to exhibit their work at Illustrative 2009 in Berlin. Winners receive prizes worth 6.000 Euros along with publications and illustration agency contracts. They will also be featured in future international shows. One winner will also get the chance to design a Swatch watch. The Call for entries is open until the end of September so get those pens and brushes out.

All the information can be found at ILLUSTRATIVE 09. Certainly worth checking out.

exhibition

A little bit of exciting news from me... i have been asked to take part in the 'Selected Graduates Exhibition' at The Biscuit Factory down in Newcastle! Some from the gallery was at the doj degree show and seen my work and they are wanting my recipie book and box! It runs from Friday 4th September 2009 until Sunday 11th October 2009. Anyone who is in the area please come along for a nosey!

Loren x

HAPPY SUNDAY!

HELLO! It's been a while since I conversed with any illustration buddies. How are you all? Where you at? What you doing?

I am one curious (nosey) Cat!

A grand day oooooooot

YELLOW,

I haven't given up hope of our GRAND day ooooooooot.

I am back in the wilderness for all of July, so how about either the 7th or 8th of August in Edinburgh? There is LOADS on.

I was thinking we could meet afternoon, prance about and then grab some dinner con vino, si?

This is my pick of the bunch: Aleksandra Mir & Nathan Coley. What a PAIR! I am sure there will be so much art, theatre and music, that there will be something for everyone.

SO who is IN?

something sunday

featured on the scribble project as last sunday's something sunday. hooray!

Story from North America

Alasdair found this swell animation and asked me to post it up here on Sea Legs. It's "Story from North America" by Garrett Davis and Kirsten Lepore. Enjoy! :)

LinkedIn

Hi everyone, I've made a wee profile for myself on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tracey-smith/13/ba8/3a2

and one for Sea Legs, just incase anyone wants to make their own profile and link to it. I'm just trying to change the settings to get my name off as the 'owner'!

ILLUSTRATION SUN(or any)DAY OUT!

HI GUYS! Wondering if you all fancy having a wee day out together in July sometime, a wee reunion? Who is in?

I am based down in Girvan, and I'm guessing most of you are about in Dundee or round about (well apart from wee Speedie and Jools). So why don't wee all meet somewhere halfway? WHO IS IN?!

collaborate!

happy june to everyone! i'm not sure how many of you are keeping up with sea legs at the moment, but i just wanted to post about this project that i took part in this week, art tanks. basically, there are six window spaces up for use in the city centre, & people can propose what they might like to do with them. i think it would be super sweet if we could co-lla-bo-rate as sea legs on something? it's a fairly small space, 4.5ft x 4.5ft x 2.5ft. but with it being a year & all since we last had a group-art-thing, it'd be nice to do this. i know i've mentioned this to a couple of you & got a yes, but i think it'd be sweet if there was a small bunch of us.

ps. is the bloody banner working for you all yet?! i attempted to fix it on a crappy PC with IE, rather than on a sweet mac with safari, to see if it made any difference.

yny

come along friends, hup to it.

Dundee Degree Show 2009

Well can you believe it! It's almost been a year since our Degree Show. Time has most certainly flown by at quite a speed. Fingers crossed that as many of us as possible can reunite for this years show at Vision down by Seabraes and support those showing their work this year. More information can be found here


In the meantime, here's a blast from the past!

Sorry for those of you that have seen this. A wee collage from Spain. More to come...

cloud

golly, it's sure been quiet around here.