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now to lock the fuck in on my illustration project for a couple of days then go speak at a circus conference (clown behaviour) and then IT’S MA BIRTHDAAAAY. it’s all coming up mooftastic

on a white shelf sit these little trinkets: a pebble, a slipper limpet shell, a small plastic replica of the cat bus from my neighbour totoro, a tiny red cardinal, a tiny clear octopus, a wax seal of a broken sword, two tiny stones and a flattened coin with a 1905 rolls royce on it

home in sweet, beautiful éire and i have made a little shrine for my many trinkets from a delightful england trip 🌟

Ken Mackerel

i have never seen my friend hannah so entertained by a show!!! i gave her minimal warning of what was to come and she LOVED IT. i laughed so hard i think i broke my brain halfway through - spectacular stuff!

feels a bit weird for the sun to be actively warm in november lads but i cannot lie it was very pleasant

a photo of a watercolour palette and a sketch pad on top of my knees sat on a pebbly beach. on the sketch pad is a drawing of brighton pier.

went to the beach and did some drawing yesterday after the pure overstimulation of a busy town centre on a saturday

i don’t think anyone will object to even two million pictures of them!!!

also: now many hundreds of times more excited for goblins!!!!!!

i had genuinely the best night ever !!!!!! such a lovely atmosphere and my face hurt from smiling the entire show :] thank you for hanging out this evening - it was an absolute blast and i will now be singing the mind meld song forever (thank you Jenny!)

🤝🤝🤝 i have just made it back to my accommodation and immediately put my headphones on and made a cup of tea - hope you made it home safely!!!

a photo of some fenced in trees on a small bit of green in front of a part brighton museum with some scaffolding outside of it. in the foreground is a small sketchbook containing a coloured drawing of the trees and part of the building on the right page and on the left is a mostly black and white from one of a talk in a conference room.

a close up of the drawing. a gnarly low and sprawling tree sits in the foreground with a much taller one behind it, behind them you can see parts of the stonework and the turquoise tinge of the netting on the scaffolding.

took myself on a dander today while my friend got a tattoo and did a little life drawing ! brighton is LOOOOVELY

going to have a little lie down and then stitch pick lol

finally got my trousers finished just to attempt to put them on and realise i had made the waistband fit… my waist… and not over my hips…

THEYRE SO LITTLE 🥹😭😭😭😭 congratulations on your little fluffballs!

big clone adult from the Baby line

A full scale replica of the first modern computer - it is made of seven large columns

working replica of the ‘Baby’ computer… could we say this is a… big clone baby ?!
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also brought a full watercolour palette. is it being used? almost certainly not. but MAYBE!

managed to pack four different craft mediums and three sketchbooks for a 5 day trip. no you have a hobbies problem.

semi related - lankum’s cover of ghost town. SOOOOO fun. upa strange and off-putting irish music. delightful listening

i first listened to it and wasn’t as grabbed as i was by the great irish famine but after absorbing myself in it for the last week or so?! fucking unreal

had my sinister folk music playlist on since yesterday and bloody hell junior brother’s new album is ridiculously enjoyable

it does look a bit like i have violently robbed a clown in a horribly lit basement. which of course i would never do! please don’t check in my suspiciously honking bag.

it’s put me in the perfect mood for some spooky drawing!

celebrating samhain by watching song of the sea and AAAAGH what a perfect film !!!!!!!!

a pair of very wide trousers lies on the floor. one leg is multicoloured diamonds and the other is black and red. on top of the trousers lie an unattached leopard print waistband and mismatched pockets

going to england on tuesday - will i get my second pair of trousers i’m taking finished in time?! who’s to say

my countdown is ON, my bags are NOT YET PACKED and i am very excited!

i get to climb scaffolding though. no one has ever actively told me ‘please engage with this dangerous play space however you wish’ before. brave new world !

starting halloween work tonight, anticipating getting Very, Very Wet as a skeleton. please keep me in your thoughts!

a page of faint pink sketch lines with two british badgers inked onto it. one is in the foreground and is lying on its back with its legs up in the air. another is in the background, crouching in the background looking as if it’s ready to playfully pounce.

working on a BIIIIG piece (a3) and got to ink these lovely badgers today

four ink sketches of me on various aerial equipment. in the top one i am in a harness, flipping sideways with my feet toward and head away from the viewer. the second is me on a single point trapeze, holding the ropes under my armpits with my feet off the bar and toes pointed. the third is me with on knee on a hoop, holding in the bottom with my other leg down ready to do a roll. the last is me in a harness again with my back to the viewer, tipped sideways with one arm reached in front of me and the other on the rope above the harness

had an awesome weekend of work !!!!! i am so lucky. now roll on halloween madness… (i’m getting paid to be a skeleton)