HOW I SPENT MY VALENTINES DAY, ALONE

disposable camera snaps i took of tavy bridge in thamesmead south, scene of the A CLOCKWORK ORANGE LAKE SCENE.

(oh yeah and check out my NEW HEADER!!!! first animated gif i've made that isn't a blingee.)

(UNCLE) SAM DOYLE

i managed to make it to the museum of everything before it shut, and i'm glad i did as it was full of nice pictures (and so primrose hill english eccentric right now; i was relaxing in a bit with a contemplative chapel vibe when a banging techno ringtone shattered its peace, the phone's owner a boho octogenarian+ who brayed SHAHHHLEY DAHLING I CAN'T TAWWWK RIGHT NOW I'M IN THE MUSEUM DAHHHLING SHAAHLEY. admittedly this isn't as good an anecdote as the time the minister at my great-uncle's funeral's GIRLS ALOUD ringtone went off in the middle of the service).

i'm still not sure what exactly an outsider artist is though. the saatchi page describes the museum as being for "artists living outside the boundaries of mainstream society" before saying that some were janitors and miners (alongside jailbirds, as if all are roughly equal), which don't sound like occupations outwith the boundaries of mainstream society to me, unless mainstream society is just an urbane elite? i suppose it's related to a perceived lack of self-consciousness, and it's probably that which makes sam doyle's work appeal to me (the most self-conscious boy in the world) so strongly. and i like the colours btw.

NOONE LIKES US WE DON'T CARE

for good measure, a couple more of my own research drawings for my ongoing footie (and fishing) project, the end of which is mercifully in sight.

JOCKUM ITCH

i only became consciously aware of JOCKUM NORDSTROM relatively recently but his influence is pretty apparent in a lot of contemporary illustration (which isn't to say he isn't contemporary, just that he's been around a bit longer than my peers). it all looks so simple to emulate but it ain't. he has a super sense of composition and manages to reach that dream place in between a bit twee and overwrought, and cold, stylish and empty. as is apparent from the times i've half-heartedly attempted to use similar techniques in the past, there's a lot to learn.

here's a video of him what a ledge I WANT TO BE HIM

SPIT IN THE FACE OF PPL WHO DON'T WANT TO BE COOL

katie and pals have just launched a super new online magazine, NOTHING BAD, which features a couple of my houses in the arts bit (thanks babes!). you should defo take a look as it's full of nice stuff.