Doodles Revisited No.1

So the other day I came across a box of old doodles, cartoons, random drawings and sketches – basically a combination of old sketch pads and scraps of scribbled on paper. I figured it was kind of sad that they were just stuffed in a box only to be remembered every few years, so now thanks to the awesomeness of blogs I can begin the mammoth task of compiling them all online giving them a new audience and a new home.

Essentially it’s a gradual compilation of random thoughts and pieces of work, most that never amounted to anything other than amusing me for 5 minutes …I guess if nothing else it will interesting trip down memory lane.

Clown: Jan/Feb 2004

This was from a sketch pad I used when travelling in Australia – Thinking about it I’ve been working with the idea of clowns since 2002!

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Cartoon: Early 2007

Part of the prize for winning Young Cartoonist of the Year in 2006 was providing a commissioned piece for an Insurance company who sponsored the competition. This was an initial idea which wasn’t used as it turned out it needed to be much more specific. I still like this, I don’t often sit down and try to think of things, I like to put pen to paper and see what happens but this one was thought up to a brief and I was quite chuffed with myself (although I am a sucker for a good pun!)

Click to see my winning entry for Young Cartoonist of the Year

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Random Drawing:2003

Just a random sketch. Most of the stuff in these little sketch books were done on train journeys or when I was bored. This is an example of the putting pen to paper and see what happens as mentioned above. No idea why I drew this but I really like the aesthetic – and drawing in Biro is always good.

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Harry Potter: 2003

I have loads of pieces like this – ideas that came to mind and were scribbled down. A lot of this stuff was used for a mini comic series I started back then called ‘Doodle-O-Rama’. I think I planned to use this one in No.4 which never got made, I also toyed with the Idea of a ‘Doodle-0-Rama Compedium’ a few years later but never got round to it… maybe I should finally do it?

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Dead Clown: 2002

Clowns again! I used to work in a restaurant and at the end of the night I’d get bored and doodle in note pads. ‘Dead Clown’ became a thing I kept going back to, there are quite a lot of these, and quite a lot of ways to kill a clown (not that I endorse clown murder).

I’ll put another one from this series next time.

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Just another clown…

This is a drawing from a few months back. It was for an exhibition at Empty Shop art gallery in Durham which was to do with re-imagining postcards.

The show was curated by Jack & Vera and was super neato!

See the rest of the exhibition here

Empty Shop website

I like clowns, and a great opportunity for artists

This is a piece of work I did which will be featuring in the next issue of Mail Art.

Mail Art is an amazing hand made art zine produced by artist Susan Mortimer.

She is keen for people to submit work for future issues so if you want to get involved go to her blog…

Mail Art Blog

You can pick up a free copy of Mail Art from Empty Shop amongst other places.