LATEST BUSINESS CARD

I USED TO HATE DOING SELF PORTRAITS BUT NOW I MAKE MYSELF  DO ONE EVERY TIME I CHANGE MY HAIR (A LOT). HERE IS THE LATEST, WHICH WILL BE PART OF THE DESIGN OF MY NEW BUSINESS CARD.

= KIM =

NEW SELF PROMO

EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS COMING UP WITH MY ILLUSTRATION WORK SOON  - BEING SKINT ALL SUMMER HAS BEEN TIRESOME BUT ALL THE TIME TO MYSELF HAS BEEN GREAT FOR WORKING ON AND ENJOYING CREATING NEW STUFF.  

HERE'S A SNEAK PEAK OF A NEW SELF PROMO IMAGE I CAME UP WITH LAST NIGHT WHICH I MIGHT USE AS PART OF THE IMPENDING REVAMP OF MY WEBSITE... I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SIMPLE AND THIS CAME TOGETHER QUITE QUICKLY - IT'S ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT FEATURING A SHOUTING RAVEN (IN REFERENCE TO MY TATTOO). I FIND IT REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THE WAY THAT MY INFLUENCES (1950S HORROR COMICS, 1960S BOOK COVER DESIGN, 1970S HORROR MOVIES, GENERAL TRASH ETC...) COME OUT IN MY WORK RECENTLY WITHOUT ME REALLY PLANNING OR THINKING ABOUT IT, REASSURES ME SLIGHTLY THAT ALL THOSE HOURS I SPEND LYING AROUND  READING COMICS AND WATCHING FILMS ISN'T A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME! HAHA

= KIM =

SELF PORTRAIT II ( GROSS COLOURS)

OH YEAH AND HERE IS A 'JUST FOR FUN' COLOUR VERSION WHICH MAKES ME FEEL A BIT ILL IF I LOOK FOR TOO LONG ... I REALLY NEED TO LEAVE THE CONTRAST SETTINGS ALONE, GIVING MYSELF HEADACHES ALL THE TIME !

SELF PORTRAIT

DID THIS QUICK DRAWING (FROM A PHOTO) OF MYSELF IN A WIG TODAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID SUNDAY LAZINESS... NOW THAT IT'S DONE I'LL PROBABLY JUST GO BACK TO WATCHING BACK TO BACK EPISODES OF 'MY GHOST STORY' ON YOUTUBE -_- 

= KIM =

CULTURECLOUD COMPETITION

FOR SOME REASON I THINK I FORGOT TO MENTION IT ON HERE, BUT BASICALLY I ENTERED MY PAINTING, 'SELF PORTRAIT AS A CHILD' (SEE ABOVE) INTO A NATION WIDE ART COMPETITION LAST MONTH (ORCHESTRATED MAINLY BY THE NOTTINGHAM NEW ART EXCHANGE, ARTFINDER, NESTA AND FACT AMONGST OTHER ARTS ORGANISATIONS), AND I'M REALLY CHUFFED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I MADE IT THROUGH TO THE PENULTIMATE EXHIBITION STAGE! 

THE COMPETITION INVOLVED ARTISTS SUBMITTING A 2D PIECE OF WORK, OUT OF WHICH 100 PIECES WERE SELECTED BY A TEAM OF CURATORS. THESE WORKS THEN WENT ONLINE FOR A PUBLIC VOTE BEFORE BEING WHITTLED DOWN TO THE  'TOP 40' PIECES, WHICH WILL BE EXHIBITED IN THE NEW ART EXCHANGE FROM THE 26TH OF JULY 2012.

COME ALONG TO THE LAUNCH NIGHT IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA - THE NEW ART EXCHANGE ALWAYS PUT ON GREAT, LIVELY LAUNCH EVENTS FULL OF INTERESTING PEOPLE. MORE INFO BELOW:

AND A PHOTO OF MYSELF (BACK ROW 4TH FROM LEFT) AND THE OTHER ARTISTS AT THE LONDON PRESS LAUNCH EVENT TODAY...NOT QUITE SURE WHY WE ALL LOOK SO EMBARRASSED...!

KIM X