Illustration Friday - "Wide"

My first 'true' IF* entry for a lil' while.
And a wee experiment in colour combinations

This week's theme, "Wide" put me in mind of the great Divine Comedy song, 'National Express'.
A brilliant toon, inspired lyrics.

On the national express theres a jolly hostess
Selling crisps and tea
Shell provide you with drinks and theatrical winks
For a sky-high fee
Mini-skirts were in style when she danced down the aisle
Back in 63 (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
But its hard to get by when your arse is the size
Of a small country

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Morning Advertiser - Punch & Enterprise

A piece I've just this minute finished for next Thursday's issue of pub trade mag the Morning Advertiser.

Its about big pub companies Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns, who often come in for a lot of flack and criticism and which the author of the article here defends.

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Morning Advertiser - A Dying Breed

Another Morning Advertiser piece which I did for last week's issue but forgot to post up here.
This article was about the difficulties of making running a Pub a lucrative business. Hence the pub's name....

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Morning Advertiser - Social Anthropologists

An article in this week's Morning Advertiser about the insights Social Anthropology can give us concerning the role, importance and meaning of the local boozer.

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Guardian Sport -15 May 08

A piece I did for last week's Guardian Sports section.

It was about Porn Magnate and owner of Birmingham City football club, David Sullivan, (perversely) taking the moral high ground when verbally abused by a few fans.

The image is a variation on the Brum City logo/ crest thingy (see below) but with Sullivan's face replacing the world.

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Guardian Education -13 May 08

A piece I did last week for today's Guardian Education.

This article, by Phil Beadle, was highlighting the staggering difference the author found between a colourful primary school festooned with students' artwork and a dull-in-comparison secondary with little more on display than the signs saying 'reception' and 'don't run'.

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This was the (pretty rrrruffph) rough I submitted.

London Illustrators' Gathering - 15 May 08

Come one, come all!
Everyone welcome!

London Illustrators' Gathering (LIG)
this Thursday 15th May
7,30 pm onwards
@ The Crown Tavern
43 Clerkenwell Green
London EC1R 0EG

tables reserved downstairs (ground floor) in the back room

Hope to see you there!
Paul

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