Guardian Education -10 June 08

A piece I did last week for today's Guardian.
It's my usual Phil Beadle gig for the Education section.
Here he questions the trend towards testing children's development and abilities at increasingly younger and younger ages.

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Morning Advertiser - Music in Pubs

A piece for this week's MA, a pub trade mag I work for regularly.

This was about the government's (ridiculous) consideration of limiting the type of music played in pubs in a misguided attempt to control binge-drinking and violence. The report stated that Robbie William's anodyne hit Angels was found to calm the soul of even the wildest drunken brute, Orpheus-style. The auther said he knew pubs where that particular song would have the punters up in arms instead.

Unfortunately the time frame was suddenly brought forward so I had to use my original rough for the final image. No bad thing in itself, but it was out of keeping with other jobs I've done for them.
So here is a revised version I've just finished for my portfolio and below, the original piece submitted on friday. What do you think?Click on the Image to ENLARGE
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Illustration Friday - "Baby"

Hot off the press!

The Infant, the first of Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man.

Staedtler pigment liner, coloured up &c. in PS

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Computing Which? - LiveOneCare

A piece I did recently for CW?
Its about LiveOneCare, a piece of PC software described as 'like having an IT Repair Man on hand'.
So, an end to all your worries.

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The Artful Todger

This is my response to the following open submission;

DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING! SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

CALLING ALL CREATIVES
The Artful Todger:
The Penis in Popular Culture

Why is the depiction of the male member still
considered such a taboo in today’s society?
And how is it truly represented by creatives
and influential figures in today’s culture?

The Artful Todger proposes to be a light-hearted book, examining the artistic representation of the penis in today’s culture, and invites you to contribute. Be it a line drawing, a detailed sketch, a collage, a hand crafted piece or pop up, we want your representation in our book. There will be a whole chapter dedicated to current interpretations and selected entries will be published with the most successful entry used for the front cover. All copyright will remain that of the artist and all artists will be credited unless otherwise requested. Donations from the published work will be made towards testicular cancer charities. Successful entries may also be selected for use in the forthcoming exhibition of the same name. Please send all entries to artful-todger@hotmail.co.uk by the 30th June 2008 for selection in jpeg format, 72dpi, no larger than A4, with your contact details. By submitting your entry you are confirming that you are over 18 and that you own the copyright to your image.
No photographs please.

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Illustration Friday - "Seed"

Yes, I know, I'm a bit tardy with this one
(what is it now, two, maybe three weeks late!?)
but I was busy that week but really wanted to do this image for it.

Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), poet and general miscreant, finds a quiet moment of reflection in his potting shed.

Biro sketch. coloured up &c. in PS. I've chosen the decadent shades of Absinthe and Claret as the palette for this rakish portrait.

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Illustration Friday - "Wide" No.2

Half a minute! What's this?

A Spiv or WIDE Boy (Latin: Puer Pansus) on the Streets of London, confident and shifty all at once. This Flash 'Arry thinks he's Errol Flynn or maybe Chet Baker even, though in truth he's just a petty crim from Whitechapel out to make a bob or two. It's Post-WWII for sure (the light's are on!) but pre-51 'cos there's rationing still on. "What you after Missis? Nylons? Valium? French Letters? Chops? A bit o' How's-yer-father?!"

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Ps. The rock under his foot is a bit of masonry from a nearby bombsite