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Almost completed fan art study of the actress Sarah Wayne Callies from the scene where Rick Grimes is reunited with his family in Season one of The Walking Dead. I'm using 6B pencils on 130gsm paper 😊

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I video progression of my fan art drawing of Ian Somerhalder from Vampire Diaries, aka Damon Salvatore. Please watch and share :) 

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My Work In Progress of Rumplestiltskin from Once Upon A Time. I'm using 3-5B pencils on 130gsm paper. First time I'm copying a reference photo from my mobile phone screen lol! (It's too small for my eyes lol!)

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My complete interpretation of Princess Leia from Star Wars (Carrie Fisher) Took 2 hours from when I left off last. I used a mixture of thickness pencils, white ink, brush and kneadable eraser on 80 gsm off white paper. #sketch #portrait #starwars 👽#princessleia

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My interpretation of Sgt Abraham Ford from The Walking Dead. I used 4&5B pencils, white ink and kneadable eraser on 120gsm paper. Took approximately 2.5 hours. Looks much better in person.

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My interpretation of Negan from The Walking Dead Season 7. Took approximately 2.5 hours. I used 5B pencils on A4 120gsm paper.

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Hi. I like ur lego art. Are you planning on doing more? Wud love to see a disney villan one

Hi, yes will eventually be doing more. That's a great idea! Will give it a go :)

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Box Frame Lego Art. I painted the background using acrylics and based it on one of the Walking Dead comic books. I used a Lego Minifigure from Series 14, a zombie.

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Fan Art of Stephanie Brown, AKA Batgirl from the DC Comics. I used Acrylic Paints on an A5 Canvas. 

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Fan art painting of Batman. I used acrylic paints on canvas.

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WIP Commission Pet Portrait of Moses the Dachshund. I am using 3-4B pencils, kneadable erasers and white ink on 80 gsm paper. 

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Commission Family Portrait. Photo doesn’t do it justice. I used 3B Derwent Sketch Pencils, a kneadable eraser and white ink on 80 gsm off white paper. Took approximately 2.5 hours.

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Proud

Proud. It’s ok to be proud of yourself occasionally. A little pride never hurt anybody. Too much, and heads will be too big to fit through doorways.

I’m proud of myself. I haven’t done amazing things in my life but I’m doing more recently than I ever thought i would. By “amazing things”, I mean things like becoming an actress or musician, gone to the moon, etc. I have had amazing moments. I have married my soul mate, that’s pretty amazing.

But I am proud of what I have achieved so far. I have started my dream job. Becoming a freelance artist. Business is taking it’s time, but I’ve taken the chance and I’m going to see it through. Something that, I never thought I’d get the courage to do. If it fails, at least I know I tried.

Another example, I came home to my parents to do their gardening, something which, unfortunately they are no longer able to do. I was happy to help. Now, if you had told me a few years ago that I’d be doing a lot of gardening, I would of told you, you were off your rocker! I used to be frightened of spiders, an unfortunate behaviour that I imprinted from my mother. But I got over it recently. I don’t know how but I did. I figured, life’s too short and that they are more afraid of me anyway. Something that my dad has always said. See, dads know best. I am proud of this.

Getting over this hurdle has allowed me to be there to help my parents with a task most people would take for granted. I’m not very good at it and I kind of wish I took a few lessons from Grandsha when he was still with us but I did it, and it was strangely cathartic.

My next challenge, to make not only myself proud, but my family, is to lose weight. I want to be able to run to raise money for cancer charities in honour of my Aunty Julie and Gransh. I’ve been tackling my weight for a while but thinking about what I can achieve when I put my mind to it, I think I’ll do well. I’ve been bullied most of my life because of my size and personality, and if I was a teenager again, I probably would have taken it to heart all over again. However, if I do this weight loss thing, I’m doing it for me not for the haters. Believe it or not, I’m happy with being me. There’s always going to be those irritating voices that whisper to yourself the things you want to change about your appearance, but I love being me. If I want to lose weight it is because I want to stay healthy enough to still be able to help my parents with the things they find increasingly difficult, to do the things I’ve always wanted to in life. That in itself is a big slap in the face of the haters, to show them you’re happy being you! Something to be proud of.

So I guess, what I’m trying to say in such a long essay way, is be happy! Take risks. Live and love your life. Don’t try to change yourself. Don’t try to please everyone. Please yourself. It’s ok to be you. It's ok to make yourself proud!

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My work in progress of Princess Leia Organa. I have chosen her “hoth style” as reference. Hopefully won’t take too long to finish. I am using 4B pencils on 80gsm off white paper. 

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Got some great news. My Star Wars fan art of Klaatu is now available to purchase from John Simpkin (actor who played Klaatu)! He will be at the Exeter Film and Comic Con Event on Sunday 26th June. http://filmandcomicconexeter.com/ Limited stock! I will try to be there too, but pretty booked up at the moment :) Here is John wearing my work (will be available in black and white):