Finished up my other arm today. Keeping a window to a moment in time, my first tattoo from 2012. My totem, the winged bull of St Luke, patron saint of artists, I vowed I’d get it done from the first money I earnt from my art. Except I was broke at the time and needed […]
Camping bookings open for Rocky Paddock in April. I’ve been teasing myself checking availability every month or so, knowing the time wasn’t right, yet. Yesterday I did a lazy search to get to the booking page, thinking early September would be the go, and crashed headlong into a post saying the site was closed due […]
So I wanted to draw something bright, something positive, after that last one seemed so drab. Feeling positive, the work side going well, making friends, getting confidence. The family side on a calm plateau, feeling like I was going to catch my breath. But teenagers want to fly, want to change. None of us realising […]
After the joy of “AD&D” I couldn’t nail what to draw next. There were some interesting ideas that looked negative but weren’t, inspired by my time in the packing area, turning some old ideas about repetition into something more zen. Then a great idea that will be super labour intensive and challenging, then this quickie […]
A year ago today I took a hard left turn in life, risking my family’s financial and emotional stability to change jobs, from a government desk drone to a factory shift worker. Luckily the bet paid off! This idea came six days later, and seemed very unlikely. Not miserable. Zany even. Some other intense ideas […]
A joy to draw, geometry with a bit of technical experimenting, combining two different ideas. The first was definitely more angsty, the amp robot with a rotating set of heads, constantly headbanging, with a conveyer belt of beers, constantly drinking. This was at the end of last year when I thought my brewing escape plan […]
15 years ago today I took Michael to get his turtle tattoo for his birthday, his 40th. It was before we had fancy phones, and there are no photos of the day. 2 years ago he died, and I realised how few photos of him I had at all. The best moments of each year […]
They say misery makes good art. I’ve had a great summer, finishing off with getting offered a new job while on holiday by the beach. I haven’t quite figured out how to draw that yet… It’s been ten years and nine volumes since the last post about journals. A lot has changed in that time, […]