Shackle Me Not

New kid on the blog

2010-06-27T00:34:00.001-11:00

I will now endeavour to post some crap over at www.frogsnakes.wordpress.com in the vain hope that it will be easier to update than this heap of junk. see ya there.

OFtM

2009-08-03T05:06:00.002-11:00

Two drawings which may be used by OFtM; Organic, Fair Trade, Locally produced, all around soundness in form of a clothing line by my man Sam.

Protect your friends

2009-07-27T05:14:00.003-11:00

Bloody nora, sorry for the delay kids! You know how it goes with blogs, unless you are either very reliable or completely self-absorbed you wont be updating at regular intervals....

Anyway I've got some holiday time now and a few comissions heading my way so expect some more doodles on here soon.

Moleskine 5

2008-09-22T04:59:00.002-11:00

Moleskine 4

2008-08-29T06:43:00.002-11:00

Begun a new sketchbook with thicker paper, mainly playing around with text sofar. All these done on the same day.

Moleskine 1

2008-08-11T04:57:00.002-11:00

I think weve come to the realisation that these pics here are just doodles, drawn with little effort, but im still pretty happy with em. Why? Ive always had this notion of doing things repeatedly until they become second nature and in a way im trying to do that with these sketches. Trying not to apply too much control to see what happens, and if you can create a certain off-hand aesthetic. Thematically most of the work is linked with language and text in some way, usually focusing on the visual value of words, not the meaning. Or maybe its just a bunch of horseshit, you decide.

Postcards

2008-07-29T03:13:00.001-11:00

Some Postcards I sent to friends recently.

Aphelacoma Californica

2008-06-28T02:40:00.002-11:00

Loose work from 2006.

Moleskine 1,2,3

2008-06-27T01:18:00.003-11:00

Cheesy.

Two Life drawings made (in fountain pen) on holiday in San Francisco.

A mixed bag this time.

Loose Work

2008-02-24T06:16:00.002-11:00

These used to be in Sketchbooks, but for one reason or another they were torn/cut out. Notice the skull thing? Theres a lot of that coming...

Moleskine 2

2008-02-12T10:37:00.000-11:00

Bridging the gap between all purpose note- and sketchbook, Moleskine 2 also features some early collages. Enjoy.

More from Moleskine 1

2008-02-12T08:16:00.000-11:00

Some more sketches from the sketchbook featured in the first post.

*Note-The latin name of the Corncrake is Crex Crex*

New Blog Hooray!

2008-02-12T08:00:00.000-11:00

Shackle Me Not is a new project that is dedicated to archiving some of the choice drawings from the massive stack of sketchbooks that are piled up in my workspace. Most of them are small Moleskines that I like to use for life drawing or jotting down stuff when I should be working.

My approach to drawing is very intuitive, but I still prefer to draft in ink rather than the more impermanent graphite. A lot of the time notes will be in German, I will endeavour to translate where appropriate.

Have a gander!