#liam bardsley

[dandiesindanger]

Fellas, is it gay to peer deeply into your friend's tired eyes and call him a "poor thing"?

Episode 14 of Arc 4 airs tomorrow~

Art by @apropername

[jeks-tgs]

Eagerly awaiting the posting of the new Dandies episode so I drew my predictions for how it'll go

(This is mostly a joke, as I don't actually know how bath houses worked in the Regency Era, but the thought of Adrian having a gay panic and Zachary fully clothed in the tub amused me. Also gave me an excuse to practice drawing more muscular men because Big Strong Dorito Liam.)

[oblivioustoast]

since i don't know any of your ocs i want to hear you explain your top three faves :-) (if you can even rank them)

ooh, lemme see. this might be long 😅

1. Aerin Maxwell - Aerin is probably my top fav, ride or die OC. I came up with her in middle school (i’m about to turn 31) (the relentless passage of time makes me 🤪). She was originally a sky pirate in a Firefly-esque world, but without space. Her original plot was a sky captain on the search for her brother who was maybe involved in some secret government project to access alternate timelines? Now she’s the OC i throw into almost every piece of media I wanna engage with.

Since I was a kid, a lot of her characteristics were borrowed from other stuff I liked back then. Her last name and long braid are taken from Duo Maxwell from Gundam Wing. She had/has a cool golden eye implant that was inspired by grown up Enzo from Reboot. (depending what universe she’s in, she has a golden eye under her eyepatch that can project maps, in other worlds it’s just a regular blind eye, sometimes she has both eyes)

She’s also morphed a little more into a pirate-cowboy hybrid over the years (mostly because i was into Brisco County Jr. in college). But her vibes have always been… cool lady with a shotgun 😂 Aerin is pretty much what I always wished I could be, self assured, competent, easily liked by others, good at running around and doing cool action stuff, passionate/compassionate, witty, Tall! Sigh.. she’s so dreamy. Her character colors are red and brown.

2. Adrian Edwards - ok I said Aerin was my ride or die, but i also have so so so much love in my heart for Adrian. He was initially created alongside my wife’s oc Liam Bardsley. Both regency boys - and I don’t remember this at all 😅 but apparently the idea was that Liam was made to reflect Romanticism, while Adrian was made to represent Gothic Literature. which makes sense! but i totally forgot haha

Now Adrian and Liam are part of an rpg podcast we do with our friends called Dandies in Danger! Adrian is a severely depressed poet, with the taste for the macabre and the unfortunate knack for picking up slightly cursed curios. As the eldest son, he’s supposed to take up a position at his family’s newspaper but he doeessnnnttt wwaaannntt ttooooo. This boy is super neurodivergent.

And in the way Aerin encapsulates a lot of traits I would like to have, Adrian is saddled with a bunch of my insecurities - depression, social anxiety, loneliness, too honest at times, self sabotaging. But he feels very deeply and cares a lot, even tho he doesn’t want people to think he does. His character colours are blue, black, silver (sometimes wine red).

3. Exile Redlink - it was hard picking a 3rd actually :0 but i’m gonna go with Exile. Also originally created way back in middle school - based entirely around scrambling my name and substituting some letters. At the time, she didn’t have a lot of substance, just kinda of an edgy goth look. But recently I felt like refurbishing her, while still embracing that middle school edgelord flavour.

So now she’s a teenager (like 15 i think?) cursed with being a demon!! 😱 Her story is set in a sort of fantasy sort of horror sort of sci-fi world. So she lives out in a pretty rural village, when bandits (or are they??) attack. Her mom hides her and when the coast is clear, she comes out to discover everyone has been killed 😱😱 in response to this, she goes to the village temple to fight god 🙂 Said god takes this poorly and curses her.

When I was a kid, I always drew her carrying a scythe - so I repurposed that into a big, evil cursed scythe that she has to carry around. The idea is that it builds up evil energy that she has to regularly disperse by killing stuff - or it’ll build up too much and like… explode. So she decides she’s gonna go around killing other demons. Exile has a lot of attitude and snark (it’s the trauma..) and is generally a rabble rousing little punk. My wife and I have a few characters in the story with her, so she eventually gets friends and a girlfriend. I can’t remember how her curse is supposed to be lifted or if we ever deconstruct the idea of demons and what it means for her to go around killing them instead of humans 😅 but that would be rly interesting to explore. Her characters colours are kind of undecided, but i associate her mostly with black and gold (as a demon she gets bleach blonde hair lol)

[foolcreature]

Hello! It's been a hot minute since I posted 😳 Thanks for sticking around!

(Clockwise from the top) Zachery, Daniel, Adrian, & Liam are the blundering protagonists of the roleplay podcast Dandies in Danger. If you enjoy queer, Regency shenanigans, you can find us on:

•YouTube

•Podomatic

•Google Podcast

•Apple Podcast

😎 We're partway through Arc 2!

This is the linework for the full-color piece that I posted over on the @dandiesindanger account. If you haven't seen it already, I included many more close-ups in that version. ^^

One thing that I didn't share in the finished version is the AMAZING REFERENCE PHOTO/INSPIRATION. Some of you classic horror fans might recognize Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, and Basil Rathbone. Their dynamic in this photo was too good to pass up! (°♡∀♡)

[gays-of-hollyoaks]

Hollyoaks spoilers 24-28 June

Episode 5196 | Airs Monday 24 June 2019 at 18:30 on Channel 4

Laurie is now reigning supreme as temporary head teacher at Hollyoaks High.

Sinead is furious at Sami, but he isn't ready to give up on her yet.

Meanwhile, Brody tries to find people who have been abused by Laurie in the past, hoping it will help the case like it did with Buster. Sienna and Brody meet with two women who are potential victims of Laurie.

Elsewhere, Diane visits her stepson Finn in prison, hoping to get inside the mind of a rapist.

Also today, Ollie asks Imran to practice dancing with him, so he can impress Brooke at the prom.

Writer: Richard Burke

Director: Patrick Harkins

Episode 5197 | Airs Tuesday 25 June 2019 at 18:30 on Channel 4

It's the day of the Gatsby themed prom at Hollyoaks High, and Marnie surprises Juliet with a beautiful new dress.

Brody and Sienna tell Sinead about the women they met yesterday and what they said. Sinead is given more fuel to fight for justice.

Sami is preparing to perform with Liberty at the prom, until he gets a text from Brody, who is worried Sinead and Sienna may be plotting to do something stupid. Liberty tells him to go help Sinead, so he leaves.

Elsewhere, Diane crashes prom and confronts Laurie in front of all the students.

Writer: Roanne Bardsley

Episode 5198 | Airs Wednesday 26 June 2019 at 18:30 on Channel 4

Everyone is shocked by what has happened at the prom.

Meanwhile, Sally has an idea which could help Sinead.

Elsewhere, Liberty tells Sally she believes Sami is in love with Sinead. Liberty sees the chemistry between Sami and Sinead.

Also today, Ollie, Imran and Juliet are planning on cheering up Brooke after the smoke caused her to have a sensory overload yesterday. The school kids set up their own makeshift prom at The Hutch. Juliet is upset to see Ollie and Brooke loved up, so she leaves crying.

Writer: Roanne Bardsley

Episode 5199 | Airs Thursday 27 June 2019 at 18:30 on Channel 4

Liberty asks Sami to meet her for a surprise. She has asked Scott if she could perform during his show, but when she's about to perform, Sami still isn't there. She sings a love song for Sami.

At the same time, Sami is with Sinead.

Meanwhile, Sylver tells Mercedes that Max has agreed to call them later.

Elsewhere, Sienna tells the schoolchildren her version of events with Laurie.

Also today, Mitchell, Levi and Cleo go to The Dog, where Scott is performing his drag act. Levi is offended, thinking they only invited him to a drag show because he is gay. Writer: Tom Melia

Episode 5200 | Airs Friday 28 June 2019 at 18:30 on Channel 4

Liberty is hammering the wedding planning today, but Sami rushes off to be with Sinead, leaving Liberty to taste wedding cakes alone.

Meanwhile, Liam tricks Sylver into coming to The Loft. He locks Sylver in his office. Lisa sees Liam with Mercedes for a second time that day, and she's had enough.

Elsewhere, Levi asks Scott out, not recognising him as the drag queen from last night, but Scott is still angry with his behaviour.

Writer: Shaun Kitchener

[mayramoss-blog1]

Manchester United player ratings for 2018/19 season so far: Shaw superb but Fred yet to impress - Liam Corless

Goalkeeper

David de Gea 7 - No glaring errors but the Spaniard is yet to produce the heroics we're so accustomed to seeing from him.

Defenders

Victor Lindelof 5 - Had a nightmare against Brighton and came off the bench against Spurs to almost gift them a goal before turning in a more solid display against Burnley.

Eric Bailly 5 - Ended last season in the wilderness and perhaps showed why with a dismal showing at the Amex. Was axed from the squad for Tottenham's visit and played just a minute of the win at Burnley.

Phil Jones 6 - Only played once, in the loss to Spurs, and managed just 57 minutes before a hamstring injury forced him off.

Chris Smalling 6 - United's most reliable central defender, despite what his critics will have you believe, and the only blot on his copybook is his failure to stop Lucas Moura from scoring Tottenham's third goal.

Luke Shaw 8 - United's player of the season so far. He began the campaign with the winning goal against Leicester and even managed to impress in the losses to Brighton and Tottenham.

Luke Shaw has been superb in United's opening fixtures

Ashley Young 6 - One of United's best players last season but will find game time difficult to come by this time around if Shaw maintains his fine form. Just the one appearance for him so far this term.

Antonio Valencia 6 - Injury sidelined him at the start of the campaign and his return came in Spurs' Old Trafford demolition job. Still yet to convince he's captain material.

Matteo Darmian 5 - Made just the one appearance in the opening game against Leicester before being dropped from the squad for the games against Brighton, Spurs and Burnley. Was a little shaky against the Foxes when tasked with shackling Demarai Gray and James Maddison.

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Midfielders

Ander Herrera 6 - Made his first appearance in a back three against Spurs and played well in the first half before United crumbled after the break. A sub appearance at Turf Moor followed but he appears likely to be nothing more than a squad player this term.

Nemanja Matic 7 - Lacks mobility which counts against him in high-tempo games but he was in cruise control against Burnley on Sunday.

Marouane Fellaini 7 - Could he be Mourinho's saviour this season? The Belgian had a good World Cup and impressed on his first start in a midfield three alongside Matic and Pogba at Turf Moor.

Fred 6 - Has disappointed, in truth, and was dropped for the trip to Burnley. Looks a little lightweight for the Premier League but it's early days in his United career.

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Manchester United - key information

Andreas Pereira 6 - Impressed in United's win over Leicester before he was harshly substituted at half-time of the loss to Brighton with United trailing 3-1. Not been seen since.

Jesse Lingard 7 - No major contribution in his three appearances but United are just better when he's in the team. His deflected shot against Burnley allowed Lukaku to double the Reds' lead.

Juan Mata 6 - Like Pereira, he hasn't been seen since the first half of United's loss at Brighton. Has a fight on his hands to regain his place in the team.

Paul Pogba 6 - Effortlessly brilliant against Leicester before being effortlessly awful against Brighton and Spurs. Has scored two penalties but also missed one.

Pogba's start to the season has been mixed

Forwards

Alexis Sanchez 6 - Disappointed against Leicester before injury kept him out against Brighton. Had little impact coming off the bench when United were 2-0 down against Tottenham but showed signs of improvement against Burnley, providing the assist for Lukaku's opening goal with a lovely cross.

Romelu Lukaku 7 - Three goals in three starts for United's No.9 but he was anonymous against Spurs and must start scoring in the big games to get rid of his flat-track bully tag.

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Marcus Rashford 6 - Looked threatening in the 10 minutes he was on for against Burnley before being sent off for naively pressing his head into Phil Bardsley's.

Anthony Martial 5 - Only played an hour at Brighton. Threatened but didn't see enough of the ball. Clearly not one of Mourinho's favourites.

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Transfer Resmi Liga Inggris Per Klub Up Date Hari Ini 27 Juli 2017

KABAR BOLA- Transfer Resmi Liga Inggris Per Klub Up Date Hari Ini 27 Juli 2017 – Jendela transfer musim panas 2017 sudah resmi dibuka pada Sabtu 1 Juli lalu dimana hamipr semua klub di Premier League sudah mulai menghabiskan uang. Berikut daftar pemain yang masuk dan keluar setiap Klub sampai hari ini .

Transfer lengkap sumber PREMIER LEAGUE

AFC Bournemouth

In Asmir Begovic (Chelsea) Undisclosed Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) Free Nathan Ake (Chelsea) Undisclosed Connor Mahoney (Blackburn Rovers) Undisclosed

Out Mark Travers (Weymouth) Loan Ryan Allsop (Blackpool) Loan Jordan Lee (Torquay United) Loan

Arsenal

In Sead Kolasinac (Schalke) Free Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) Undisclosed

Out Takuma Asano (Stuttgart) Loan Chris Willock (Benfica) Free Kaylen Hinds (Wolfsburg) Undisclosed Marc Bola (Bristol Rovers) Loan Dan Crowley (Willem ll) Undisclosed Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) Undisclosed

Brighton & Hove Albion

In Pascal Gross (Ingolstadt) Undisclosed Josh Kerr (Celtic) Undisclosed Mathew Ryan (Valencia) Undisclosed Markus Suttner (Ingolstadt) Undisclosed Mathias Normann (FK Bodo/Glimt) Undisclosed Izzy Brown (Chelsea) Loan

Out Elvis Manu (Genclerbirligi SK) Free Jordan Maguire-Drew (Lincoln City) Loan Christian Walton (Wigan) Loan Rob Hunt (Oldham Athletic) Undisclosed Oliver Norwood (Fulham) Loan

Burnley

In Charlie Taylor (Leeds United) Undisclosed Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) Undisclosed Jack Cork (Swansea) Undisclosed Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) Undisclosed

Out Michael Kightly (released) Joey Barton (released) George Green (released) R J Pingling (released) Christian Hill (released) Taofiq Olmowewe (released) Jon Flanagan (Liverpool) End of loan Josh Ginnelly (Lincoln City) Loan Michael Keane (Everton) Rising to £30m Ntumba Massanka (Wrexham) Loan Bradley Jackson (Southport) Loan Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Dusseldorf) Free Paul Robinson (retired) Connor King (Barnoldswick Town) Loan

Chelsea

In Willy Caballero Free Antonio Rudiger (Roma) Undisclosed Tiemoue Bakayoko (Monaco) Undisclosed Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid) Undisclosed

Out Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) Undisclosed Christian Atsu (Newcastle United) Undisclosed Asmir Begovic (AFC Bournemouth) Undisclosed  Dominic Solanke (Liverpool) Free Alex Kiwomya (Doncaster Rovers) Undisclosed Bertrand Traore (Olympique Lyonnais) Undisclosed Fankaty Dabo (Vitesse Arnhem) Loan Nathan Ake (AFC Bournemouth) Undisclosed Tammy Abraham (Swansea City) Loan Kasey Palmer (Huddersfield) Loan Todd Kane (Groningen) Loan Charlie Colkett (Vitesse Arnhem) Loan  Ola Aina (Hull) Loan Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace) Loan Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford) Undisclosed Marco van Ginkel (PSV Eindhoven) Loan Ike Ugbo (Barnsley) Loan Mukhtar Ali (Vitesse) Undisclosed Kurt Zouma (Stoke City) Loan Mason Mount (Vitesse Arnhem) Loan Izzy Brown (Brighton) Loan

Crystal Palace 

In Manager: Frank de Boer Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) Loan Jairo Riedewald (Ajax) Undisclosed

Out Steve Mandanda (Marseille) Undisclosed

Everton

In Jordan Pickford (Sunderland) £25m Davy Klaassen (Ajax) €27m Nathangelo Markelo (FC Volendam) Undisclosed Henry Onyekuru (Eupen) Undisclosed Sandro Ramirez (Malaga) Undisclosed Michael Keane (Burnley) Rising to £30m Boris Mathis (Metz) Free Anton Donkor (Wolfsburg) Loan Josh Bowler (QPR) Undisclosed Wayne Rooney (Man Utd) Undisclosed Cuco Martina (Southampton) Free

Out Tom Cleverley (Watford) Undisclosed Russell Griffiths (Motherwell) Free  Conor McAleny (Fleetwood Town) Free Henry Onyekuru (Anderlecht) Loan Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona) Undisclosed Brendan Galloway (Sunderland) Loan Tyias Browning (Sunderland) Loan Romelu Lukaku (Man Utd) Undisclosed Aiden McGeady (Sunderland) Undisclosed Courtney Duffus (Oldham Athletic) Undisclosed Matthew Pennington (Leeds United) Loan Joe Williams (Barnsley) Loan

Huddersfield Town

In Laurent Depoitre (FC Porto) Undisclosed Aaron Mooy (Man City) £8m Jonas Lossl (Mainz) Loan Tom Ince (Derby County) Undisclosed Kasey Palmer (Chelsea) Loan  Danny Williams (Reading) Free Steve Mounie (Montpellier) Undisclosed Scott Malone (Fulham) Undisclosed Mathias Jorgensen (FC Copenhagen) Undisclosed

Out Tareiq Holmes-Dennis (Portsmouth) Loan Jordy Hiwula (Fleetwood Town) Loan Fraser Horsfall (Gateshead) Loan Rekeil Pyke (Port Vale) Loan

Leicester City

In  Sam Hughes (Chester) Undisclosed Harry Maguire (Hull City) Undisclosed Vicente Iborra (Sevilla) Undisclosed Eldin Jakupovic (Hull City) Undisclosed

Out Ron-Robert Zieler (Stuttgart) Undisclosed Bartosz Kapustka (Freiburg) Loan

Liverpool

In Mohamed Salah (Roma) Undisclosed Dominic Solanke (Chelsea) Free Andrew Robertson (Hull City) Undisclosed

Out Andre Wisdom (Derby County) Undisclosed Ryan Fulton (Hamilton Academical) Undisclosed Lucas Leiva (Lazio) Undisclosed Kevin Stewart (Hull City) Undisclosed

Andy Robertson moved from Liverpool to Hull on a long-term contract

Manchester City

In Bernardo Silva (AS Monaco) Undisclosed Details Ederson (Benfica) Undisclosed Details Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) Undisclosed Details Douglas Luiz (Vasco De Gama) Undisclosed Details Danilo (Real Madrid) Undisclosed Details Benjamin Mendy (AS Monaco) Undisclosed Details

Out  Pablo Zabaleta (West Ham) Free Details Gael Clichy (released) Details Jesus Navas (released) Details Willy Caballero (released) Details Bacary Sagna (released) Details Enes Unal (Villarreal) Undisclosed Angus Gunn (Norwich City) Loan Details Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town) £8m Details Bersant Celina (Ipswich Town) Loan Angelino (NAC Breda) Loan Ruben Sobrino (Alaves) Undisclosed Joe Coveney (Nottingham Forest) Undisclosed Bruno Zuculini (Hellas Verona) Undisclosed Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) Undisclosed Nolito (Sevilla) Undisclosed Joe Hart (West Ham United) Loan Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) Undisclosed

Manchester United

In  Victor Lindelof (Benfica) Undisclosed Romelu Lukaku (Everton) Undisclosed

Out Josh Harrop (Preston North End) Free Regan Poole (Northampton) Loan Wayne Rooney (Everton) Undisclosed Dean Henderson (Shrewsbury) Loan Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) Undisclosed Sam Johnstone (Aston Villa) Loan

Newcastle United

In Christian Atsu (Chelsea) Undisclosed Florian Lejeune (SD Eibar) Undisclosed Stefan O’Connor (Arsenal) Free Josef Yarney (Everton) Free Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) Undisclosed Javier Manquillo (Atletico Madrid) Undisclosed

Out  Florian Thauvin (Marseille) Undisclosed Kevin Mbabu (BSC Young Boys) Undisclosed Matz Sels (Anderlecht) Loan Haris Vuckic (FC Twente) Undisclosed Lubomir Satka (DAC 1904) Free Vurnon Anita (Leeds United) Free Alex Gilliead (Bradford City) Loan Tom Heardman (Bury) Loan Adam Armstrong (Bolton) Loan Yoan Gouffran (Goztepe Spor Kulubu) Free Sean Longstaff (Blackpool) Loan Daryl Murphy (Nottingham Forest) Undisclosed

Southampton

In Manager: Mauricio Pellegrino Jan Bednarek (Lech Poznan)

Out  Manager: Claude Puel Cuco Martina (released) Lloyd Isgrove (released) Harley Willard (released) Martin Caceres (released) Jason McCarthy (Barnsley) Undisclosed Jay Rodriguez (West Brom) Undisclosed Harrison Reed (Norwich) Loan Harry Lewis (Dundee United) Loan Ryan Seager (MK Dons) Loan

Stoke City

In  Darren Fletcher (West Brom) Free Josh Tymon (Hull City) Undisclosed Tre Pemberton (Blackburn Rovers) Undisclosed Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) Loan

Out  Daniel Bachmann (released) Shay Given (released) Liam Edwards (released) Harry Isted (released) Joel Taylor (relesed George Waring (released) Jonathan Walters (Burnley) Undisclosed Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa) £1.25m  Marko Arnautovic (West Ham) Undisclosed Phil Bardsley (Burnley) £750,000

Swansea City

In Erwin Mulder (Heerenveen) Free

Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) Loan Roque Mesa (Las Palmas) £11m Marc Walsh (Finn Harps) Cian Harries (Coventry City) Undisclosed

  Out  Gerhard Tremmel (released) Marvin Emnes (released) Liam Shephard (released

Josh Vickers (released)

Owain Jones (released) Tom Dyson (released) Tom Holland (released) Alex Samuel (Stevenage) Undisclosed Franck Tabanou (released) Bafetimbi Gomis (Galatasaray) Undisclosed Daniel James (Shrewsbury Town) Loan Borja Baston (Malaga) Loan Jordi Amat (Real Betis) Loan Jack Cork (Burnley) Undisclosed Connor Roberts (Middlesbrough) Loan

Tottenham Hotspur

Out Connor Ogilvie (Gillingham) Loan Luke McGee (Portsmouth) Undisclosed Kyle Walker (Manchester City) Undisclosed Federico Fazio (Roma) Undisclosed Clinton Njie (Marseille) Undisclosed Tom Glover (Central Coast Mariners) Loan

Watford

In Head coach: Marco Silva Tom Cleverley (Everton) Undisclosed Will Hughes (Derby County) Undisclosed Daniel Bachmann (Stoke) Free  Kiko Femenia (Alaves) Free Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea) Undisclosed

Out  Dennon Lewis (Crawley Town) Loan Mario Suarez (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng) Undisclosed

West Bromwich Albion

In Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) Undisclosed Yuning Zhang (Vitesse Arnhem) Undisclosed Ben Pierce Ahmed Hegazi (Al Ahly) Loan

Out  Darren Fletcher (Stoke City) Free Sebastien Pocognoli (Standard Liege) Free Yuning Zhang (Werder Bremen) Loan

West Ham United

In  Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) Free Joe Hart (Manchester City) Loan Marko Arnautovic (Stoke) Undisclosed  Javier Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen) £16m

Out  Jonathan Calleri (Deportivo Maldonado) End of loan Gokhan Tore (Besiktas) End of loan Alvaro Arbeloa (released) Sam Howes (released) Sam Ford (released) Kyle Knoyle (released) Sam Westley (released) Havard Nordtveit (Hoffenheim) Undisclosed Reece Oxford (Borussia Monchengladbach) Loan Raphael Spiegel (released) Stephen Hendrie (released) Enner Valencia (Tigres UANL) Undisclosed George Dobson (Sparta Rotterdam) Undisclosed Darren Randolph (Middlesbrough) £5m

[dandiesindanger]

How about a game of snapdragon? 🔥🔥🔥

In this daring Regency game, nuts and raisins would be soaked in brandy and set alight. Players would test their courage by snatching a still-burning treat from the bright blue flames and popping it in their mouth.

It sounds a lot more dangerous than it is. The secret is in the blue flame-- brandy, being approximately 50% alcohol-- does not burn as hot. A regular, yellow flame would create twice the heat! Plus, the nuts and raisins cool quickly.

Liam & Daniel have played this before with their families. Adrian & Zach, however, are a little dubious.

🕯New episode airs tomorrow!🕯

Art by @foolcreature

[jeks-tgs]

Finished Adrian and his partners! I completely forgot what colour Peregrin's hair and outfit was so I Guessed based on some doodles of them on @dandiesindanger tumblr page.

Edit: removed the slash in the @ because I was originally anxious about pestering the Dandies team with @ ing them, but then my anxiety kicked in that the slash might make them think I DON'T want them seeing my art, so Dandies team I am very sorry if me @ ing you in my fanart is bothersome and also please forgive my awkwardness

[bethemilywardillustrationbl-blog]

Liam Bardsley Portfolio Review (3)

Face to Face Portfolio Review 

Okay so looking at your portfolio have you considered looking at the colour index book, for the colour palettes and maybe edit some of the colours within the patterns already created. I different colour can really change a whole piece. The simplicity in your work is working well, and is good, I like that. The watercolour work is gorgeous, really sets the piece of work. Maybe scan in some textures and overlay them in some of you work, I feel that would really suit the way you work. Textures made with inks, crayons. Just like the slight texture you have with the hand drawn elements on the patterns, it just adds a little something to it, makes it stand out. Your hand drawn and digital combined really interest me, the compositions on them work really well and they are intriguing, showing a story as such. There seems to be a lot of geometric patterns within your work maybe start looking at geometry of design books. See how its done and what can be done to adapt your own work. Always use reference to adapt and make your work greater. You have to remember that abstract and communication can work hand in hand. But to be honest your portfolio is looking really good at the moment, can see some great progression. 

Another portfolio review with Liam Bardsley this time. It was a helpful portfolio review as it suggested things that I could adapt on, and change. Where I could improve my work, what reference or research I should be doing that relates to my work. To not exactly change the way I work but see the parts in which are adaptable to make it stand out. Sometimes you don't see what your work is missing or what can make it really pop, so it was good to hear what would improve my work, what I could add on top of it. I will be looking at how in these ways I could adapt and change my portfolio. 

[foolcreature]

Your crush wrote a thinly veiled poem about the depth of his affection for you. Do you:

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a) Ask him about the significance of "mellow blushing bulrush kiss, like Narcissus, their reflection". It's a metaphor, right? Or perhaps a euphemism?

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b) Insist that he write you a copy so that you can keep it in your breast pocket over your heart.

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c) It's a poem about birds, not men. You've misunderstood his intentions. Stop fantasizing and give your friend a graceful compliment! (But. Perhaps. A little~ flirty, just in case.)

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Liam Bardsley is my character in the roleplay podcast @dandiesindanger . There will be pining aplenty as the show continues. ;p

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Illustrator’s Seminar

In order to give us a better idea of what life after graduation was going to be like for us, some fellow students organised a seminar and portfolio reviews with graduates of our university and course who were working as illustrators out in the field. Here’s what Rose Lloyd [R], Liam Bardsley [L] and Alan Dalby [A] had to say during the Q and A.

First of all, they mentioned that the best way to get noticed by people is by doing competitions like 3x3, but don’t expect to get a cult following overnight getting work is very slow starting which is understandable since people won’t know what you’re about. 

How did you get a sense of  individuality and style?

A- Shapes. [That’s all I’ve written down. Curse past me for not taking notes properly.] 

L- Draw on people who work in the same area as you’re interested in and what makes their work successful, shapes, media, textures and the like. Your work should be the influence the people had with a dash of yourself, until it the you starts to take hold more. You also don’t want to stagnate. Like get stuck in the same pants style for ages. Visual fuel for influences is the key and having many influences from a wide range of places is ideal, you can be influenced by anything!

R- Playing and experimenting. Play with technical details and the layering of textures.

Is there an ideal way to handle quick turnaround work?

R- You can be up until the early hours of the morning doing work for the next day, [Mate I know how that feels I’m permanently exhausted because I’ve gotta make pictures.] However she does her best work when she has short deadlines because it means she doesn’t have time to faff around changing things. 

L- It’s good to sit with the brief you’ve been sent then take a break to reflect on it and mull over what it means and what is being asked of you. When you start to reflect on it it’s good to segregate yourself sometimes like going for a quick walk or having a brew and a biscuit, but always be positive about whatever you’re doing and NEVER AGREE TO SOMETHING YOU KNOW YOU CAN’T DO!!! [That’s quite good advice for life in general to be honest.] 

Is it important to display work in context when it’s on a website? 

It’s important sometimes. If your images present like the website then it’s a good idea to put them together, however some contractors prefer to have a single image so that they can have an open interpretation of your image. [Sorry if that last section makes little to know sense, my notes aren’t as good as I thought they were and I’ve very tired.]

When creating work for editorials are the commissioners supportive?

L- They’re very supportive. Allows an ease of creating work up until a point. They’re usually excited about what you’re going to bring to the table. [Again I blame past me these notes make no sense.] You usually have to send 3 roughs in but usually they’ll pick your first idea because it’s the strongest since it’s the first idea that came into your head after reading your brief. There’s always a chance that your first idea won’t work and they won’t pick it up, you’ve just got to move on and make the one they want. But there must always be a professional relationship maintained at all times, they’re you clients, not your drinking buddies. [Unless you do go drinking with the person whose commissioned you, In which case you can handle that situation on your own.]

What did you do after you graduated? 

Eat breakfast. Make a plan over breakfast. Nobody is going to come to you looking for work, you’ve got to get out there and do it yourself since there’s so much competition out there you’ve just got to keep going! Have a small amount of ‘me’ time but then get straight out there and find commissioners. [But you can play on your phone and network at the same time, social media is a good place to look for commissioners so you could kill two birds with one stone?] You’ve got to approach the industry you want to work in and when you find someone to contact and you’ve sent them your portfolio make sure to follow it up with a phone call, that way you’re not just one of millions of applicants. 

What work do you do when you’ve got no commissioned work to do?

Make work that you want to make and show nothing that you hated making [especially on social media think of work that you hate as if they’re bad selfies that you’d never post because it shows all 8 of your not-existent chins, if you don’t like it don’t post it,] otherwise you’ll be stuck making work like that and hating your existence throughout the duration of the contract. Or forever if you don’t take it out. 

Take in some exhibitions, watch films, gather as much inspiration as you can and envelop yourself within the world of art. Keep yourself busy and thinking, organise your files and stuff, clear out some of your unwanted junk, binge read a book or something. [As someone who would regularly binge read books it’s a really good way to heighten your imagination and your perceptions of words and their imagery. Read an action adventure thriller and draw out the scene that’s depicted in your head it’s so much fun!] 

What would your best advise be?

Ensure you’ve got a handle on your taxes, get indemnity insurance you know adult stuff. [No. Not that kind of adult stuff get your minds out of the gutter.] Patience with your workflow and with all the boring stuff that needs to be done. There is, however a light at the end of the tax hell tunnel, the HMRC do courses about doing your taxes. Which is awesome. [Note this only applies to the UK, I don’t know about anywhere else. Sorry.]

What’s the best thing about what you do as an illustrator?

You get the flexibility of working for yourself, your doing similar work to the people who you look up to and researched and treading in their footsteps, it’s like you’re living the dream! 

How did you find working with agents?

You only pay your agents when they get you work. Rose said that when she was signing to a new agency the deal breaker was that she was able to keep all her clients, they did which is great because it’s really difficult to build up all those networks and to lose them would mean starting back at square one, which sounds quite soul destroying. Some clients won’t talk to you without an agent so it pays to do your research a little and agents can get you jobs overseas that you wouldn’t be able to get on without them.

How do I fit in whilst also standing out?

You are never aware of the whole market, only a portion of it so it helps to expand sometimes but only expand within your chosen sector because you’ll have wasted a large portion of your time which you could spend doing other important things like watering the plants. Keep up to date with current trends for example character designers look at the characters in the latest craze that’s sweeping the airwaves. Or current colours which seem popular and everyone seems to be using in one form or another.   

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Dream Client List

Due to the nature of illustration and it’s diversity, it can be a struggle to define who you are and where your work fits. I feel that I have recently put myself in the editorial area, purely based on Fig Taylor’s feedback, though before Fig told me this, I would have had no idea who my future clientele would have been. As Fig said that my work has a feel of both genders and looks masculine and feminine, this can work to my advantage and give me a wider scope of clients.

Looking through the AOI client list, I have come up with a dream list of potential clients, who I thought would suit my style of work, who used similar illustrators to myself, or clients who I admire and would like to work for;

The Independent 

Address: 1st Floor Independent House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5HQ

Art Director: Kevin Bayliss; k.bayliss@independent.co.uk, 02070052550

They commission 10 illustrators each week which displays they have the budget to use frequent illustrations and they support our trade. They use a wide variety of styles and full colour.

The Telegraph

Address: 111 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, London, SW1W 0DT

Art Director: Simon Khalil; Simon.khalil@telegraph.co.uk, 02079312000

They commission a very wide variety of contemporary illustration on a main regular basis, and they are very interested in new layout illustrators.

Illustrated Ape

Address: 105 Farran Avenue, London, E17 4NH

Art Director: Christian Pattison; christian@theillustratedape.com, 07810420534

The illustrated ape publish a magazine three times a year, full of contemporary full colour illustration. 

Creative Review

Address: 79 Wells Street, London, W1T 3NQ

Art Director: Paul Penson; paul.penson@centaur.co.uk, 02079706276

The Creative Review produce full colour monthly magazine, with the occasional commissions of contemporary and conceptual illustration. They also run an occasional feature of illustrators in industry. 

Radio Times

Address: Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, Hammersmith, London, W6 7BT

Art Director: Paul Smith; paul.smith@radiotimes.com, 02071505800

The Radio Times make weekly commissions of two or three full colour pieces per issue. They prefer to use a variety of styles and prefer not to use obviously computer-driven pieces.  

As well as editorial work, I also really enjoy producing book covers and this is where Liam Bardsley said he could mainly see my work, so I have devised a short list of potential publishing clients too. 

Sphere

Address: 100 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DY

Art Director: Duncan Spilling; duncan.spilling@littlebrown.co.uk, 02079118000

Hardback and paperback division publishing commercial fiction, (predominantly women’s and crime thrillers) and non-fiction. Duncan Spilling is Creative Director/Head of Design for Little, Brown Book Group. Initially contact creative services manager Helen Bergh, (helen. bergh@littlebrown.co.uk).

Readers Digest General Books

Address: 157 Edgeware Road, London W2 2HR

Art Director: Conorde Clarke; Concorde_clarke@readersdigest.co.uk

Adult fiction and non-fiction; wide variety of styles commissioned.

Random House

Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA

Art Director: Suzanne Dean; sdean@randomhouse.co.uk, 02078408400

Literary fiction and a wide variety of non-fiction; paperback and hardback. Wide variety of contemporary styles commissioned; no children’s.

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Portfolio Feedback 5

Postgrad Q&A and Rose Lloyd 

Rose Lloyd, Alan Dalby and Liam Bardsley’s visit was a great opportunity for us soon to be graduates. Having experienced the exact transition we will make and graduated from the same programme, they were able to pass on really helpful and utilisable advice.  I noted some of the comments from this Q&A session.‘Draw on others – you can’t create in a vaccuum’, we were encouraged to explore other’s work and be inspired by the surrounding environment, to build a reference perhaps of images/textures that can be drawn upon especially in situations that require a quick turnover. Another very helpful piece of advice concerned editorial work, firstly - be honest with yourself and don’t accept work you know you cannot do. They also urged us that even within the short time allowed for editorial work it’s beneficial to take a break and not stagnate your ideas generation under the pressure of time. Another consideration was on the topic of working for free. They simply advised – don’t do it. I had never previously realised the negative impact of working for free on the industry and others in the same position trying to find paid work. I showed my portfolio to Rose Lloyd, who was encouraging of the application of my work within the area of publishing. She pointed me in the direction of another book cover competition that I wasn’t aware of. She said it was very interesting to see my work in different settings such as interactive and commented on how refreshing it was to see so many different visual languages coming through from each new portfolio she saw. As well as publishing, she found that my work was strong in posters as well and she saw a ‘polish poster’ look to my work. Again, as with other people I have spoke to; she suggested keeping the applications separated a little. I intend to do this by creating a box portfolio with loose papers to allow for a mix and match situation. Her feedback was great to receive and I was very grateful for her genuine interest in my projects.

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My portfolio review with Liam Bardsley went well. Liam had spoke previously in a question and answer talk about life after university. He explained how he doesn’t use an agent and promotes himself using social media. He said at the start of life in the industry it’ll be a slow start, and how patience, persistence and a positive attitude are key for getting more and more work.

Liam spoke about how he felt being an illustrator was a great job, and interesting. The satisfaction of working for yourself, following in great artist foot steps. When seeing one of your pieces of work out in the public eye and seeing how people respond to it is a great feeling. He told us when commissioned work goes quiet, to look at things that inspire us and draw inspiration from these key things.

When Liam looked at my portfolio he seemed impressed with the profession feel of it. His favourite piece of work was my Little Red Riding Hood poster, he said how he loved the wolf made from tree bark and the effect it had once it’d been scanned in. He told me to stay on with my poster designs as he felt they were a strong sector of my work, the mixture of 3D and digital worked well and to carry on learning programmes such as inDesign and photoshop. Creating work that is a mixture of 3D and 2D could be something I later specialise in.

He mentioned Paul Rand, and that I should look at his work for inspiration in the future. Liam felt my work had a similar style and feel to Rand's, and he could be someone that really inspires my future work. He also said to look into advertising more and more and really learn that part of the market. Overall I was extremely pleased with Liam’s feedback on my work. He gave me great confidence in the work I produce and how my mind works.

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PORTFOLIO REVIEW -with Alan Daldy

Alan Dalby is a graphic illustrator based in Manchester, who has ventured into areas such as editorial, branding, logo, pattern design and graduated from Stockport University centre in 2010. He visited along with two other Illustrators - Liam Bardsley and Rose Lloyd - to answer questions we had and offer the chance for a portfolio review.

Alan kindly reviewed my portfolio, and his review proved to be extremely useful. He made a variety of different comments that helped me consider the contents of my portfolio, as well as the layout and visual language of my work. 

There were a few fixes he felt I could make to my portfolio, the simplest of which was simply removing the wallets. He commented it wasn’t good practice to have empty pages in a portfolio, especially when more were empty than filled. Whilst I don’t want my portfolio to feel empty, I agree this is a good idea. Alan felt some of the photographs that had been taken of my work, i.e. one of my second year New York pieces, didn’t look very effective. He suggested a better photograph is taken in better light. As soon as he commented on the photograph, I saw his reasoning and agreed - the piece would look much better with much cleaner light, and the fact it is a 3D piece would definitely be more obvious. As he looked through my portfolio, he came to my ‘New York’ work and commented on how it didn’t seem to fit with everything else. The work featured from that project in my portfolio is definitely very different to the rest because its my own three dimensional work. Despite this, I feel it is an important addition to my portfolio.

One suggestion Alan made was something I’d not considered or heard before whilst having a portfolio review, but thats what makes them so important and a crucial learning experience. When he came across the book covers I had created for ‘Invisible Cities’ by Italio Calvio, he felt they were my best work, which really surprised me. As an extension of this, he felt I should present them differently within my portfolio, and have the photograph of the book itself larger, perhaps even without the net of the book. Alan commented that maybe I could benefit from having a full cover spread, which was really intriguing and I’ve decided that when I edit my portfolio up to A3 I will definitely consider the layout of my book images. At the beginning of my portfolio, I have featured a poster and a pattern that I completed in the second year. These pieces were so successful at that stage I have taken steps into my third year to expand on the skills I used. During my project ‘A cut-up tour of Invisible Cities’, I created a pattern to spur my interest in the themes I was experimenting with. To my surprise, Alan felt that my earlier pattern and poster were much better than the one I had produced for Invisible Cities - he felt I had my better design choices in my earlier work, and perhaps had been a little more conscious of composition at the time. Alan’s comments kept surprising me, but that only made the value of his review greater. Having different thoughts and opinions on my portfolio gives me a rich wealth of advice to listen and pick through.

My universal language is something I always seek to have comments upon, and Alan remarked that my portfolio needs to have some more of my universal language, which I completely agree with. As an extension of this, he felt something was missing from my portfolio and it all needs a bit more bringing together. These last comments feel like the most important of all, and are those which I would like to act upon. This portfolio review was probably the most personal and beneficial to far. I really gathered some brilliant advice and enjoyed having a new voice commenting upon my portfolio. Thank you Alan for your brilliant review.

Alan’s work can be found here - http://www.alandalby.co.uk/about/