suburban street at dawn, 20'x8' acrylic on canvas, 2004extra width, 8'x5' ink & watercolour, 2001 chris and dani show 1997 Study from Begin With a Gun, 2005 New York City photo, 2007 Franc. X watercolour and gouache, 1997 Screamin' Festival 2007 photo

Archive for March 3rd, 2010

Mar 03 2010

First time using a graphics tablet

Published by Chris. lost twice and then filed under Illustration, Links

not my normal style or technique of work, but I’d always wanted to try out using a graphics tablet.

I bought a very cheap Wacom Bamboo graphics tablet form Aldi, or maybe Lidl, some time ago. This shirt design gave me the excuse to have a play. I was quite pleased with the results, and it created far less mess over the garden, the carpet and the curtains than chucking paint at a canvas by hand like I normally do tend to. Anyway, have a look…

Design for 3 Counties MG T-Shirt

Three Counties MG are an MG based car club covering Staffordshire, Worcestshire and Shropshire run by enthusiasts to promote interest in MG cars throughout the Midlands area.

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Mar 03 2010

BBC 6 Music

Published by Chris. lost twice and then filed under Links, Music

a lot has been said on this in the past view days and if you do like the station and would like it to stay then this blog offers some great advice. There are also a wide range of eloquent, heartfelt letters being posted on the forfolkssake website.

Speaking personally its the only ‘music’ station I regularly listen to, well, okay, I do listen to Brumcast on Rhubarb Radio too but thats just the once a week, Several of the shows on 6 Music fulfill the two things I want from music radio. Presenters who are enthusiastic for what they do and music I’ve not heard before. Its been good to hear John Peels name mentioned so often within the pieces I’ve read about the station and I think it true that the station as a whole goes some way to replacing a lot of what he did for both new and old music.

When ever the license fee discussion comes up I think that both 6 Music and BBC 7 justify the cost to me. I can’t say much of the output on many of the other stations and certainly a large portion of the TV content does for me.

As I saw someone write on Twitter

John Peel would be spinning in his grave. Quite possibly at the wrong speed

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line blanes, 20'x16' acrylic on canvas, 2002Illustration for a forthcoming publication on young men's health, ink and Watercolour, 2005BRHW-003, 20'x8' acrylic on canvas, 2004vegas [comic book panel], 7'x5' ink and gouache, 1999room number 3225, 8'x10' ink and gouache, 2004 View more