I Make: Pissed off

Well, I meant to post a panel from my entry to the Irish Comic Creator Challenge, but forgot to put it on my memory stick this morning.

After the trauma of putting on my rain-gear - still damp from the weekend, it was like wrestling a wet python - that was the least of my worries. To be honest, I'm just glad I made it through the torrential rain.

Terrific news just in from the meteorological service:

Today
Scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle in Ulster and Leinster at first. Persistent rain in Munster and Connacht spreading countrywide this morning, heavy in places, with some thundery downpours and a risk of localised flooding. Low cloud and fog on hills and near the coast. Highest temperatures 15 to 19 degrees in mostly fresh variable winds.

Tonight
Further outbreaks of rain tonight, some heavy. Some hill and coastal fog. Lowest temperatures 11 to 14 degrees, with winds becoming northwesterly and easing.

Tomorrow
Bright or sunny spells and scattered showers tomorrow, some heavy, with longer spells of rain in parts of the east and north at first. Highest temperatures 16 to 20 degrees in moderate to fresh northwest winds.

3 Day Outlook
Apart from isolated showers, Tuesday night will be cool and mostly dry with light winds. Wednesday will be bright with some sunny breaks. Good dry spells will occur, but showers will develop and where they occur will be heavy locally, and the south of the country will have longer spells of rain. Winds will be light mainly southwest. Thursday will be a mostly dry [if damp] with variable cloud and sunny spells. Winds will be light and variable. Then apart from well scattered showers, Friday will also be mostly dry [apart from the downpours, don't forget the downpours] and winds will be light.

[PS: Who cares how fresh and variable the winds are, when they're saturated to the point of dissolving? Seriously.]

What a treat. At least the monsoon season will soon be over and we can all look forward to winter.

I Make: Reading!

With the whole research proposal deadline looming, I don't have much opportunity for drawing comics or making stupid songs. Once I finish it, I will celebrate with a stupid song about comics (and maybe vice versa).

I Make: Hi Ho Research! Away!

Four months ago, more or less, I ran out of steam on my doctoral research proposal. Thankfully, I am back on track with it and have just submitted draft one of my proposal to my friendly, neighbourhood Dean of Research.

I'm still working on a title, but my thesis is that we share a comm0n visual understanding of the metropolis and the comic, as narrative sequences of discrete temporal events.

Quite far from my initial research idea, but writing this blog and talking with my lady-friend, has helped me work out my real areas of interest.

More soon.

I Make: Death-dealing Robot

Inspired by Ashley Wood. And this:

'Everyone knows that [Asimov's] laws will not work, because human beings will not use them when they build robots. Humans are lazy and weak and greedy, which is why robots will inevitably decide to kill them. We should expect this and come to terms with it. We have had a good run.'

I, for one, would like to welcome our robot overlords!

I Make: Erok strips

My own take on the comic strip challenge.

Heads up!

Check out my new, massive header! Unfortunately, in resizing, it's gone a bit fuzzy. I'll sort it out for tomorrow.

I'm hoping to get my hands on Tristan Manco's amazing new book about grafitti artists' sketchbooks. I produced a zine of street art in Stockholm a couple of years ago and I love taking photos of cool pieces I see on my travels.

I'm into doodling (a la Jon Burgerman), grafitti, 2D design, comics and illustration in general, so I hope to reflect that here on the site, by reworking the design of the site and posting a lot more drawings over the coming weeks.

Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome. Please drop a line in the comment box.