new website

hooray, launched my new website layout. do have a peek: www.hellojenuine.com

new hellojenuine.com layout

i have a brand new website layout over on www.hellojenuine.com! i liked the last one, but it felt a bit bleak at times. if you spot any bugs, let me know.

second attempt

another day, another gocco attempt! i decided to have another shot at my house print, so after going to get a photocopy of the image instead of using the original, i settled down for the second attempt. i applied a liberal amount of ink once i'd made the master, but disaster struck when i peeled the photocopy off, as some of it was stuck to the image! cue using a pair of tweezers to peel off as much as i could in order to save a second screen. the speech-bubble part of the print was patchy, but rather than giving up again i took a tip from the flickr gocco group, & filled in the patches with a brush while the ink was still wet. a tedious three & a half hours later, i have forty-two prints, a little less than i'd hoped for, but i had to give up before my back did. i'm happy that i got a print out of this drawing, even if it wasn't perfect. i don't think i'll be able to use all forty-two, but i'm going to get some organised to sell once i recover from hunching over my desk for too long. more photos on flickr!

in other non-gocco news, i did a site redesign! there aren't any bugs as far as i'm aware (apart from the frames showing in firefox), & it's not completely finished, but i'm happy to have a simpler layout, & a chance to cut down the amount of work i have on show. have a peek!

wilco - you are my face

busy

hectic crazy week! it began with results day which, i can't lie, wasn't much for fun for me. i was pretty disappointed with my grade, but i suppose the bigger picture is that i passed, as did everyone in my class, & i was happy for everyone as a group because we've done swell. cue two more days of degree show preparation, & we were sorted. everyone looked beautiful, & it was a good night, lots of congratulations, drink, hugs, jazz.

i finally managed to get my website online too: hellojenuine.com is where to go.

the past few days have been spent invigilating, which is made exciting with gaps of events including the birlinn book awards being given out (which illustration won four out of a possible four awards, seeing as no-one opted to do one of the three books), going to see the rest of the show, & selling pieces of work. my sold work to date includes: two tea monsters sets (earl grey & english breakfast, who is my favourite, i'll miss him!), 36 packs of badges, two framed drawings, one small painting, & a book of sketches. amazing!

there's three more days of the show left, so if you haven't had a chance to visit yet, make sure you do. & there's still plenty more to purchase in the illustration shop too, a wise investment.

tv on the radio - staring at the sun

illustration 08

ta-da! here it is, the illustration 08 degree show website, with some images & explanations from all sixteen illustrators. i did the index page, while the student content - html, images, thumbnails - were the hard work of ali hardy. i'm rather happy with it, & am super proud of everyones hard work this year. with only five days until the big day, i half can't wait & am half dreading it. anyways, here's the link: http://imaging.dundee.ac.uk/illustration

on the subject of pride & school & such, those who were behind the fundraiser 'fancy pants' - animation, illustration & time based art - found out they were nominated for a prize from the dundee union students association for 'best student organised night' or something. & we won! such a random thing, but alan, cat, ali, jules, gemma & i graciously gave up our time for free drink, free food, & a dashing piece of broken window. hooray for mai!

hellojenuine

introducing the wonderful, fabulous, hilarious, beautiful, generous, friendly, chatty, sweet, helpful, creative, positive, fun-filled, inspiring, awesome, swell, peachy rachel speedie. a lovely illustrator lady who has created herself a carbonmade website, so i feel you should all have a gander.

in other news, i have a domain name! webspace/site content will come at a later date. hellojenuine.com. look familiar?

the go! team - ladyflash