I Still Haven't Got Round To Scanning My Sketchavember Pics, So Until Then Here Are Some Observational

I still haven't got round to scanning my Sketchavember pics, so until then here are some observational sketches.

While my little sister was visiting here in Bath we went to the Fashion Museum. They had a timeline of dresses from 1800 to 1900 (loosely) showing the changing silhouette and the fashions for different fabrics. The ones from the early 1800s looked like the comfiest thing, but the late Victorian dresses were so stylish. There was also a special display of black evening-wear, but it wasn't very clearly labelled so I'm not sure how old one of the dresses was. I guessed 1960s, but in hindsight I think it was 1930s.

If you're wondering why the timelines go backwards... that's because I'm left-handed, so I start on the right-most edge of each page. Not ideal for chronological order.

This is what I've been working on for the last few weeks, I'm so excited it's finally ready! We'll have this at the Birmingham Zine Festival tomorrow along with a new issue of What's the Time Mrs Woolf?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/111949011/this-is-not-a-serious-music-publication

A music zine by Sammy Borras and Sarah Fogg

Articles, illustrations and comics featuring Blur, The Kinks, Everything Everything, Peace, Gorillaz, De La Soul, Little Dragon, Helen Arney, Bellatrix, Gil Scott-Heron, Ghostpoet, DANGER DOOM, The Subways, The Clash, Elastica, Phillipa Hannah, The Unthanks and Young Knives “About I know it seems silly to be printing a music zine at a time when music blogs are becoming a popular alternative. You can listen to the music at the same time as reading the articles and news updates are instant. I considered making my own because I have so many things I’d love to say about the music but I would never have the time to keep up with the pace of other music blogs. Sarah and I had been joking that we could fill a Blur fanzine without even making any new content. After a while I’ve not been able to resist the idea any longer and making it with a friend made it a lot more enjoyable and gave the project a better purpose. Because we both love illustrating and creating comics the end result has turned into a collection of music themed comics, gig sketches and a couple of small illustrated music articles. I hope you enjoy reading it just as much as we enjoyed making it!” A5 32 Interior Pages Black and White

The zine will also be available at these events -

Birmingham Zine Festival - 13th October 2012

London MCM Expo - 26th - 28th October 2012

Thought Bubble - 17th - 18th November 2012

These are four more art cards I whipped up for the farmer's market. If you got the Eat Me! anthology, you may recognise these as the leaders of the various Broth Sea tribes in my comic, The Mysterious Land of Under-Noodle. Going clockwise, these are the Wise Woman of the Noodle People, the Prime Minister of the Wonton Isles, the mightiest warrior from the Cliffs of Pork, and the Chieftain of the Lettuce Hunters.

You can tell they're the leaders because they wear the most clothes, haha.

Since a copy of the book arrived in the post just before Christmas, now seems like a good time to show you these!

These are a pair of illustrations I made for a Save the Children poetry book called Born to Giggle. I was assigned two poems, called Hair So Long Song and I Like A Wood. I thought they were both sweet, and I like having the chance to work without shading. I think the second picture is my favourite, but I'm pleased with both. Later I got given an extra one about a missing tortoise, so I got to draw a tortoise as well!

Until I'm done with a few projects, have some more thank you letters! I seemed to have so much more success getting them sent on time when I drew pictures on them that I decided to keep doing that.

They did turn out thematically more boring than the birthday ones though, on account of my spending all the money I got on the same thing. Oh well, it was expensive!

Sooo... Rupert Everett came to the tea room on Monday. He had an earl grey and some coffee cake.

In other news, I'll be doing commissions at London MCM this weekend! We've started offering sketches and inked pictures at a couple of conventions, but this time I think it's just me, as Sammy's been very busy and wants to relax behind the table.

Still, we're loosely using Sammy's normal prices:

A5 sketch - £6

A5 inked - £8

A6 sketch - £4

A6 inked - £5

mini card sketch - £2 

mini card inked - £3