One major training method I used quite often when I was first developing my design skills were tutorials, on how to produce a specific piece of art. It has been a while since I actually followed one, until recently. A tutorial I tried yesterday was posted on the Adobe Creative Magazine site, nearly a year…
July was a nice month for good weather, and I happened to have something planned on the weekend where decent weather followed. Camping trip with hikes and walks in the Lake District was different from normal but welcoming experience. Day 1: Hiking up a mountain and the name of that particular one escapes me at…
Having some ink left over from an old printer played a small part in a decision to replace it, with the exact same model. The EPSON WorkForce 7610D turned out to be an extremely useful printer in my case: The WiFi printing, you do not need wires to print. The ability to scan in A3…
Very, very overdue and brief post about the Birmingham Flux Convention 2017 event by AfroFlux, held at the Hippodrome over the 3rd weekend in May. I attended on Sunday 21st and it was explained to me that it was the first ever event of its kind. The creatives who had tables/booths were very interesting to…
Productive, convenient, efficient. The Moleskine pen is a thing that has improved my project and personal work process. Possibly, most likely, extremely biased review, as I have never used anything like it – besides a tablet. You can use it offline (disconnected from Bluetooth), you can email the document at stages of editing, and you…
Taking a holiday, a break or declaring some timeout from work is 100% recommended. Time to reflect and refresh is key to personal and professional growth, and it does not matter if you travel half way across the world or just shut off all your devices and curl up in bed to do it –…
Sometimes I have the ability to start and finish a piece within 8 hours and other times it’s more like 8 weeks, or even months. This only goes for personal projects, I will always try to complete these with a given deadline within a month. It is all down to poor self management – unless…
This was not a planned visit – it has been a long time since a spontaneous trip has been orchestrated. The last time I was in Stratford-Upon-Avon was when I was a child. I can never remember exactly what event took me there but I know it was on a school trip. This time it…
A friend of mine made the suggestion to “write any 100 words, and when you need some inspiration just pick one out at random”, as previously mentioned in another blog. This suggestion came from something that they were going to do themselves. I had seen something similar to this but had never got around to attempt…
So last year, I did not use or post for all the colours for the year. I think I started to fade away around November, and at times I was posting way past some of the deadlines, weeks late in some cases – I basically felt that I had fallen so far behind that I…
Some of the best advice I ever received from a friend, was to: “Carry a sketch book with you, wherever you go.” and it has always come in handy. When you can take it out of your bag or flip it open onto a desk and just start, it is so comforting to know that…
Last year we went to the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, to see what I can only explain as being a wonderful outdoor art exhibit. Not only was this a great photography opportunity for me, I learned some things along the way. The event is constructed based on Chinese culture and heritage, it was all colourful and…
