Mmmmm toast.. I mean, post! Just got the latest issue of Ammo magazine through, and what a beautiful thing it is, I was lucky enough to get an artwork featured in issue 2 and I couldn’t be happier with the magazine, a lovely compact size, and full to the brim with creative talent. If you haven’t already got yours I’d recommend picking one up before they sell out, you can get yours here: http://www.ammomagazine.co.uk or from one of the stockists listed on the website.
Hello! Just wanted to share the flyer design just through from Gavin @ JamFactory for the Droplet S2 launch in Bristol on the 6th of Feb. Great lineup for this show, I’m gutted I won’t be able to make it down, but for those of you that will, or need some convincing, here is the flyer with full list of artists, and a sneaky peek of my custom Droplet for the show. You can click to enlarge if the text is too small, or check out the event page here http://www.jam-factory.com/droplet Hope you can make it! 
For those of you that can’t, pics of my custom, and the rest i’m sure will be appearing on Flickr over the coming weeks!
If you’re in the UK, or anywhere else chilly at the moment, keep warm!!
Just got this really nice screen printed calendar through from The Three House Press, you can follow them on Twitter @TTHP_dot_org I’d also recommend checking out their site for more good stuff and a really nice free typeface
I’m currently working on some Uglydoll customs for the Iksentrik store opening in Bath, UK this Feb. I’ll upload pictures of them all here when they’re all finished, you can see progress so far over on my Flickr page here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blaupraust I’ll update with more info very soon and be sure to blog more this year! Hope you all had a great Christmas and new year!
Oh, it seems the festive season is almost here, where did that come from? I’ve never known it to sneak up quite like it has this year, perhaps that’s an age thing, with me hitting 28 this year! Or maybe it’s to do with the whole credit crunch ‘thing’ that has dominated the headlines this year (Meaning just the mention of Christmas/Presents before the end of November was enough to convince passers by that you did indeed want your eyes tearing out with slicy fingernails of mysterious eyelid disintegration) but now, the first Christmas card has arrived with me, the tree is calling out to be released from its dusty box…
I do look forward to the festivities, what I don’t look forward to is the inevitable crap TV, and having Cliff Richard forced into my eyes and ears like some kind of whinging wailing wrinkled idiot (I especially love his calendar this year, with Cliff in various amusing/embarrassing poses, Photoshopped into different locations around the world, especially enjoying how the front of the calendar features the same Cliff picture as a certain month, only Photoshopped into a different location, as if just to say ‘That’s right, he wasn’t really there, we feel bad misleading you, being quite old and all, there there, go and have a nice cup of cocoa and a digestive biscuit, be careful not to trip over the corner of that rug’ But to be fair to them, they have succeeded in providing a very memorable calendar,which I’ve even considered buying myself, though probably for the wrong reasons.
Enough!
I’ve just finished off a nice new canvas for Ammo magazine, along with releasing the mini canvas ‘Transporting the Last tree’ onto the store page, both are available now here: Squink! Store
It’s probably getting on a bit now for Christmas delivery if you’re not in the UK, but you might just get in there in time if you’re quick, i’ll be sure to be super fast with shipping (But as much as I’d like to, I can’t guarantee Christmas delivery unless you pay for super speedy delivery) There are also Weeping coffee bear tees left, which would also make a nice gift for the coffee lover, or perhaps someone big on animal cruelty, who loves seeing cute animals in distress.
Until next time, stay jolly! (pictures below)
Well today I’ve been bombarded with links to discounts here there and everywhere, so I thought i’d join in the fun! Enter code BLACKFRIDAY at the Squink! store for 15% off your order! This will be valid until tomorrow morning in the UK (Saturday)
Get your Weeping coffee bear tees with this special discount! For yourself, or maybe even a Christmas gift
The tees have arrived and are now available at the Squink! store! £19.99 including free UK shipping (reasonable shipping elsewhere, with individually numbered tag, once they’re gone, they’re gone so grab one while they’re around! Available in mens, and girly fit tees. Get yours here: http://squink.bigcartel.com/
As I spill coffee on my legs, violently, I’m here to let you know that I’ve just put together the numbers for the Weeping Coffee Bear t-shirts, and ordered the swing tags. This time I’ll be doing them in a nice girly skinny fit along with the fitted mens tees (Hey you asked for em!) I expect them to be with me in a couple of weeks, If you’d like updates, follow me on Twitter @squink or just keep an eye on the blog here! They are being screen printed in Nottingham, and will be £20 each, with a hand numbered tag. Run number is undetermined, but they are most definitely not being mass produced! So you know you’re getting something not only coffee based, but also limited
Check back for more soon..
So it seems Summer is well and truly over, having to close the curtains and switch on the glow bulb at 6:30 tonight really makes you realise it’s actually nearly Christmas, again. Not that the abundance of special biscuit selection boxes that have now appeared in various supermarkets hadn’t already signalled the end of the days of sunshine and t-shirts. Now approaching are the days of internal shivers, and external jumpers and joy!… Christmas is always a time I look forward to, the festivities, the crisp winter mornings, being able to see your breath as it leaves your lungs in a smokey trail, the smell of freshly cooked mince pies, brandy…. I am a complete child when it comes to Christmas. It’s a little strange how when you get older you require less to keep you happy, as a kid if I hadn’t got that Castle Grayskull or Ecto-1 I needed so badly, I expect there would have been some kind of Jr. Bloodbath. But now, it seems the desire for new things has left me, and I can honestly say now that I enjoy the giving more than the receiving of gifts. ANYWAY, I apologise for going on about Christmas far too early, it’s not even Halloween yet, and for all I know Santa will be murdered by axe wielding pumpkin heads before Christmas even arrives.
I’m in the process of gathering artworks for a new charity art sale for November/December time, which will hopefully give you lot a chance to pick up some original drawings by some great artists/designers, with all proceeds going straight to charity (the charity this time being Sense) artists will be revealed as soon as the list is final, but I’m really happy with the generosity of the talented people who’ve agreed so far! Keep an eye on the blog for more info in the coming weeks! (teaser below)
If anyone has any useful tips on removing pigeon splat dust from glass, please let me know asap, I fear it’s slowly dissolving my window.
Hello!! Today I created a mocha, using instant coffee, and instant hot chocolate. Well, I say it was a mocha, it actually tasted like a combination of the burps you get after eating too many chocolate muffins (or chocolate cake, either is good) and instant coffee, which is already pretty nasty. ANYHOW, if you want to experience the taste-bud suffering that it caused, please feel free, and post your thoughts here. But just don’t blame me for suggesting it! Costa do a good Mocha, and if you get a large one, you get it in a mug so big, it’s impossible to lift with one hand. It’s like combining a bar of chocolate and a coffee, and costs about the same as a coffee, you can’t lose!
After I got over the taste of the FakeMocha, or Focha as it may now be called, I got on with this little fella (see below) , who will be up on the store page at midnight tonight – http://squink.bigcartel.com/. Went for something a little more simple, production like, so I could concentrate on the clean lines and try out some text. I hope you like it! The canvas paintings I’ve been working on are also now up on the customs/artwork section, so check those out if you fancy it! There’s also a Munny and the last of the cheesecake tees up on the store page, making room for the new t-shirts which will be out in the next few weeks!
Until then. Peace. Out!
Huge apologies for the lack of recent updates, I have been working hard on a number of new commissions, along with new canvas paintings and also working in a new tshirt design! Hoping to have those printed up in the next few weeks! Until then, just working on the tags, and bags, trying to keep these as friendly as possible by packing them in stamped paper bags if possible! Along with the tags being printed on recycled card and the mailing bags being recycled plastic also!
I will get pics of the new canvas paintings up here soon! Really enjoying working on canvas at the moment, so I really hope you like them!
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