Monsters colouring in

Everyone loves monsters and colouring in... Well I know that I do and I have combined my love of both together. There are 16 strange monsters to colour in, doodle on or even just stare at and it is also hand bound by the monsters themselves.

Binding: hand bound
Pages: 20
Paper size: A5
Paper Weight: 120gsm
Cover Weight: 160gsm

Available to purchase on etsy.

Reading

I have a few books on my iphone, one of them Ive been trying to read since december. I don't know how people can avidly read on a machine.

Some of the issues I have with it....
It gives me eye strain.
Why would I pay £7 for a book thats not even real when I could have a physical, real, edible copy for the same price.
I can't pass an ebook on to a friend who I think might like it after I've read it.

And the best bit, no I don't want to tweet about finishing a book. I don't phone and text all of my friends everyday I've read the whole of the metro, so why would I even want to tweet about it? 

Printed Book

I love printed matter and seeing my drawings in a hard copy. For quite some time now Ive wanted to print a book with some of my favourite drawings. I finally got down to doing it. The book looks amazing and theres a copy of it for sale on etsy.

Artists' books on tour

I'm still really suprised about this but in june I found out that I was one of the winners in the competition “Artists’ Books on Tour.” A total 925 projects were submitted to this competition and of those 50 were chosen and I was one of those 50.


"In order to bring visibility to contemporary developments in the field of artists’ books, we offer artists a platform to share their work within a unique all-European competition among book artists for the first time ever. We therefore invite artists to hand in their recent or planned art projects in the field: submissions will be accepted as completed physical or digital book objects or in the form of conceptual designs for projected but yet-unrealized book works. Outstanding works will be awarded a grant given by an international jury."
Quote from the ABOT website. 

16 Monsters

I need some help, I have drawn 16 monsters and 15 of them need a name and a story.
If you would like to name a monster and construct it a story just leave a comment with your email and Ill send you a monster and the details. My aim is to make a book with these monsters, to be published online and then maybe in print...

Post

I have a new book on etsy as of today! There are a few things I would like to send in the post.
This book is inspired by the frustration of waiting for post, I am forever awaiting post..  One morning I started to think about what weird stuff I would like to send in the post  whilst awaiting post and so these illustrations were born to pass the time.

16 pages / a5 / black and white.
Available here.

This week and so

This week I have been all over the place and haven't had the chance to share anything.

Firstly on tuesday after work I found out I had been selected to be in the Artists’ Books on Tour show and given an honourable mention!

Ive been working on a new book this week, its inspired by the never ending frustration of post. This is a book about all the weird stuff I'd quite like to send in the post (whilst waiting for post.)

.. the first thing being me.

Yesterday I went to the D&D show and went to a Zine Workshop led by Alex Zamora of Feverzine.

Which was tonnes of fun!! and I made a little zine on my kitten in an edition of 15.



And I was also featured on Ballad Of. [check the site out it's filled with some really nice stuf!!]

My phone hates me

This is for those of you who have an iphone, you love it to bits and yet it hates you, its sole purpose it to make you seem stupid.
I am forever sending mispelt texts thanks to my phone and I have illustrated some of my favourite and weirdest ones.
A5 in size, black/white, 16 pages.
Available on etsy.

Coffee stained

Im in the process of staining a book, I love the smell of coffee.

Not in the shop

Hey everyone, the not in shop has launched. http://notintheshop.eu/

“Not In is a space for creatives who you won’t have seen in the big design publications yet and who we feel deserve more exposure than they’re currently getting… more.”

And I have some work in there for sale, along side a whole bunch of exciting designers.

London zine symposium

On sunday I went to the London Zine Symposium, I met some awesome people, came home with some real unusual stuff, and spent most the day drawing...


Teddy, Daz and me.


A few of the zines I came home with.


 Things I found, a print I bought and some stuff drawn for me.


Two of the many zines I made.. the rest I gave away on the day, or swapped.

If

You have to doodle and draw lots of crap, because you will explode if you dont, just like youll pass out if you dont breathe.

Another

Little hint of something...



This book will be in the Not.in shop when it launches, aswell as a few other things ;)

Piracy project

This is a sneaky look at the book I have made for The Piracy Project.

"Andrea Francke & AND Publishing would like to invite you to contribute to The Piracy Project, an international publishing and exhibition project exploring the philosophical, legal and practical implications of book piracy and creative modes of reproduction. The project includes a series of talks and a five-day production workshop held at the Byam Shaw Library. The submitted works will then tour to international venues in 2011." Taken from the website here.

Blurb

I thought Id try out blurb to see what their quality is like for printing, and the time scale to print and post it to me. The book came quite quickly, in the hugest packaging ever.
The book was an experiment from another project, I accidently turned all the text and images black, and realised I quite liked it.

What do I draw

A frustrating evening, I wanted to draw but I didnt know what. So I started to question what it was that I actually wanted to draw.











Made in an edition of five again, and on etsy here for a nice 70p.