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wip. it has been a long time since I painted anything other than studies and even longer since I painted something purely off my own back.

also I could not find a reference of the exact angle I wanted so I had to put my boots on and go into town even though I was so so so tired, I suffer for my art 😭 (the light was also very flat today, so I'm doing some underpainting to figure out the shadows for a more golden-hour light)

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art time

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a niche but useful t-shirt design I'm working on with some pals

plus shitty wee mockup for design reference

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Oh I didn't post the final of this!

working on mimicking Tom of Finland (with medium success) for a gift to a friend

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Unrestrained summer fun 😌

(saw a caffeinated seagull at Costa today, made my afternoon)

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working on mimicking Tom of Finland (with medium success) for a gift to a friend

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left work early today to enjoy some sun and do some drawing 😊

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I got a black jacket with a big inviting canvas of back space and I'm contemplating. a silver on black painting. thus.

with the rat black with silver outlines and the pigeon silver with black outlines.

idk if it will work. I'd like to simplify the forms and embellish a bit, this is just a layout idea. might do a digital version tomorrow to try some stuff out.

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I haven't figured out the best medium for polyurethane pleather yet, but I did tidy it up in Photoshop and I think I'm happy with it design-wise - occurs to me that this might be one for the Redbubble with a bit of tweaking.

I got a black jacket with a big inviting canvas of back space and I'm contemplating. a silver on black painting. thus.

with the rat black with silver outlines and the pigeon silver with black outlines.

idk if it will work. I'd like to simplify the forms and embellish a bit, this is just a layout idea. might do a digital version tomorrow to try some stuff out.

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it is my partner's mother's birthday and he has got her a Lego themed present so I made a Lego themed card to go with

it's their whole family in Lego! his big brother, sister in law, niece and nephew; his mum; him and me; his sister and brother in law. and of course his mum's aging cat. feeling p good about this one

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Finally finished this painting I started last winter and then left at 95% for like 6 months! honestly just got bored of foliage for a while. left it so long that despite the surgery I originally stated this for being postponed for 6 months, by the time I finished this, these tits officially no longer exist!

(this is a Farewell To Chest painting for my partner to celebrate their top surgery. I am hoping to do a companion piece in like 6-9 months once their scars have healed up properly)

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Manchester Art Gallery cafe window

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I'm visiting Manchester this week!

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forgot to post this - did a bit of sketching at the bar earlier this week when I was waiting for my partner ☺️

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It's been. a long time since I found an excuse to paint for fun (cause it's kind of a space and resource sponge) but I'm working on the first of what will hopefully be a pair of paintings of my partner pre- and post- top surgery.

it's probably bedtime so idk, hopefully I will wrap up tomorrow before I go back to work but if not 🤷‍♀️ it's for my own amusement

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sat in a coffee shop with my partner yesterday evening and drew the view

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This project is really good, both because I think it's a really valuable piece of work to exist (I'm partnering on a workbook to help people find paths to justice after abuse, particularly focusing on options outside/alongside the criminal system) but also, in a less political and more artistic way, it's giving me a lot of chances to play with character design, since I've been asked to put a range of 'types' of people into this project that reflects the range of people who are using the services.

(this isn't embargoed, but I am trying to avoid sharing swathes of it out of context so I haven't been posting most of what I've produced. Hopefully we'll have a final draft together in the next couple of months and once it's out for the service I'll share it here too)