Day 8: Favourite TV Programme

Some sketches of characters from the IT Crowd. 

The IT Crowd has everything you could want in a sitcom: jokes, satire, surrealism, a theme tune by Neil Hannon.

Day 7: Favourite Film

For this I have picked Spirited Away. Since it's an animated film, I haven't really drawn the characters in my own style, just hastily copied. Now I come to mention it, this seems lazy. But No Face really cannot be improved upon, so there would be no point redrawing him. Actually, her face is still a bit longer than anime style. I can't help. I'm a long face drawing kinda girl.

No Face eating cake! Ha. Great moment. Great character.

Day 6: Favourite Book

As an English graduate, must insert obligatory line about how there are too many to choose from blah blah blah. What came into my head, however, was The Lives of Christopher Chant. It's easy to love children's literature. They're fun and aspirational. Ahhh. Yet, now I come to think of it, I could have drawn Oranges are not the Only Fruit, which is hilarious. And I'd only have had to draw a minimum of two pieces of fruit (one of the them an orange). It could have been so simple. 

The Lives of Christopher Chant is about a boy who can travel to parallel dimensions. Others can do this too, but he is particularly awesome at it. Originally a lonely child, he finds friendship and beauty in these other lands. However,others see the alternative worlds as a source of profit. Christopher's talent is perfect for being exploited to this end. Christopher must decide whose side he's really on. 

My pictures shows Christopher meeting the mermaids, who he nicknames "the silly ladies". Here they are being silly. His posh bed is at the top, with some stepping stones through the misty in-between world leading to the mermaids. The incarnation of the goddess is in the top left, reading an Enid Blyton book with one of her holy cats at her feet. To symbolise the fact she is the living goddess, she sits on a fancy pouffe. 

If I had spent more time on it, I would have done something about Christopher's HUGE ARSE. Whoops! I suppose I shouldn't have pointed it out to you. You'll keep looking at it now. Stop it! Give the boy some privacy!

Day 5: Favourite Place

Well, there is no point putting a place I do not know well, for that would be rather a shallow love. I have gone for a wide interpretation of "place" of course. I could have just done my favourite chair. Except I don't have a favourite chair. I do have a favourite bowl. Most of our bowls are inadequate.

I have drawn St Andrews, which has a plethora different types of scenery. Sea, forest, notable architecture, old ruins, and tea shops.

I have also drawn myself on the main street: in a gown, covered in foam, coming back from a swim in the sea-filled pool at Castle sands, in a trench coat when it is raining (From a great day when the rain came down like the town was one big outdoor shower and I went running in just my trench coat, underwear, and wellies. Next time it would be better to wear socks. It was lovely, since you immediately got soaked and didn't have that nasty damp feeling. Plus, I knew that I could easily run home whenever I liked, peel my coat off  - no nasty struggle out of damp clothes - and warm up with dry dressing gown and tea.)

Day 4: Best Friends

Day 3: Favourite Food

I love bread. I love those brown breads, I love those white breads, I love those carrying itty bitty seeds breads. 

Day 2: Favourite Animal

My favourite animal is a giant cat that hugs me. Actually, now I come to think of it, maybe it's about to eat me. Still, I'm getting an awesome hug first. What a way to go.

Day 1: Yourself

The picture me is sceptical of the accuracy of this picture. But what does she know; she could be wrong.

30 Days of Drawings

Decided to do this 30 day drawing challenge. An idea I shamelessly stole off facebook friend Capn Bex.


This is now day 5. I don't have everyday access to a scanner unfortunately, so the 30 days refers to me drawing them, not you seeing them :( Unless I post one up at a time and don't tell you about the time delay... except I already did, but well, you'll forget, surely.