United Kingdom

[Dirty C]

shush. everything will be fine.

The museum of wales looks like there's a few things on, which might be good: http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/home/

At any rate, I'm sure we'll be fine. In terms of where we hang out, power would obviously be a blessing for me and kim..

[Dirty C]

Does anyone have Eri's mobile number? If so, please text it to me urgently on 077 9360 6466. I won't have a place to sleep otherwise :S

[koshime]

Whats with the Freakin hurrican like weather here in London.
Hope u guys dont have hurricane force 5 down in wales. have a good time..

[sketchling]

hurricanes are good... they remind me of home. where I used to live in cape town, the winds got to the point where the doors would hardly open on the car if you were facing the wind when you parked... often. as in more likley to be windy than not. Hated it. now I miss it. go figure.

[lefran]

nah never gets that bad here..touch wood =/ theres a few nice places to sit during the day, if it is fine theres some spots outside, but its very likely to rain as mentioned, theres some nice pubs like walkabout, naomi and i went into this irish pub when we got back from the last london meet
theres loads of places

[yAdam]

I'm gonna be there tomorrow. Sean, Kim, I think I'll be getting the same train home as you guys.. Any after that apparently take 7 hours.

We still meeting opposite the station on the seats between the station and the bus station? I might miss the train that gets in at 10:55 due to sleep. So I guess i'll arrive at 11:47. I will try and get that train though, so I dont end up wandering about cardiff. If I am late will I have to walk/bus to somewhere? Any plans on where to go first?

[Quicksilver]

K, if it does rain, then there's a Coffee #1 just round the corner from the train station. Look below for the beautiful map I (and later, Fran) drew for you guys. :)

And here's what Kim and I eventually brewed...animated progess piccy (http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sp/collab_kim&naomi.gif)

[lefran]

just so naomi doesnt take the artistic credit here i drew the sheep dragon leek and the particularly accurate self portraits. naomi can take credit for the beautiful architecture designs, cubist id say
anyway naomi spent hours on that, i had already spent a few days on those designs, they were coincidently patriotic enough to be used

Ill be there just before 11, so i should be there when people turn up
my number is 07909968873 if you do get lost ill come meet you

[Quicksilver]

Nice one, Fran.

Oooohhh yeah, my mum's making banh bao for us all now. YOU GUYS GOTTA TAKE YOUR SHARE AT THE BEGINNING SO I DON'T HAVE TO CARRY THEM AROUND ALL DAY LIKE LAST TIME!!!!! :P

[lefran]

ooh can i have a pork one without egg again please :O theyre so good
you know im a pain

[yAdam]

I had no idea what banh boa was, but i looked it up, and now i'm exited!:)

[sleep]

ok kim... try to be @ paddington in front of the train platform @ quarter to 8... just to be on the safe side

see you people.. i had a fucking weird day.. maybe i'll tell you about it tomorrow

[lefran]

adam- yeah theyre lush, im not sure what ones naomis mam is making, but for the london meet, naomi and i made yellow bean paste ones and also pork egg and noodle ones ( my personal favourite of the two) mmm

[Mr Man]

Hope you all have fun ^^ Sorry I cant make it :(

[lefran]

ooook, i have to pack for 3 days =/ naomi has kindly taken me in as i wouldnt be able to get home tomorrow then theres no point in going home as i have college on monday( plus busses dont run on a sunday and it would have taken me 2 hours to get home anyway grrr darn those busses! -_-), then no point in going home again as its naomis bday party, then ill finally leave her alone on tuesday whatever time we get up haha

so like clothes for 3 days, stuff to give to naomi and for naomis party, sketchbook etc, plus stuff like straighteners and also stuff for college as i have to go in on monday grrrr if you see someone walking towards you with a trolley, it is not a homeless person it is me!

so the list of people as i can think of- add names if ive missed anyone out

Sean
Adam
Christian
Kim
Fran
Naomi
Chris
perhaps pete

have i missed anyone?

yeah to make it clear now if it is not raining, i should be sat on the benches by the station ( see naomis map =] ), or naomi will be there...or both! who knows you could get lucky! if it is raining go to the cofee shop =], ill get there as close to 11 as i can, a bit earlier if i can, depends what time my mam leaves the house, because kim and Sean- you arrive at like 10:55 right?

*skips away to pack*

[sleep]

sorry

i am so very sorry that i didn't make it.. im even sorrier that i had to drag kim down w/ me.

had i remembered my mother's credit card, i could have got on the train.. alas.. london transport was under pretty severe delays for me in the morning and i'm just an irresponsible cunt.

sorry naomi, i really wanted to make it for you.. because you've come down to london all these times and i guess i needed to repay that
sorry kim, had i been just an ounce wiser, we could both be in cardiff right now having a great time.
sorry christian, i tried to be reliable.. i'm not a lazy cunt who won't even bother coming, i did try
sorry to my mother.. i lost her credit card and now it's off with my head.. ehh!

sorry if i'm going OTT with the apologies.. maybe it didn't mean that much to some of you whether i turned up or not but it meant a lot to me and i let you guys and myself down.. not for the last time i'm willing to bet

once again, sorry. i'll take a leaf out of kim's book and say.. well, things could be worse, lets make the best of a bad situation.. my life's been going down the shitter recently, i've got a college induction interview tomorrow.. please let today be the end of my stupidity

[Kian]

tut tut tut. I hope you're feeling bad Tie.




.....only human man.

[Hybridstar]

All the best for cardiff folks. New classes ad.

[koshime]

if there is a weekend comign up, might come....

[Hybridstar]

23rd of september dude.

[Quicksilver]

Sean: Don't worry, it's not the end of the world. Thanks for trying though, hun. I don't really know what else to say. Good luck with your interview tomorrow - don't let this drag you down with guilt during it!! :)

Thanks sooo much to Christian and yAdam for coming to see us today - had a GREAT time. Was cool to finally see Chris's painting methods up front too. :) Think Fran and I will be trying out Painter soon!

Hope you guys got home safely.

Also, thanks Chris/Eri for the "Sorry" card. Hope your workload has shrunken/disappeared :)

Gonna pass the mic to Franigan now.

G'night!! Wub,
~~Naomi xxx

[Mr Man]

23rd of september dude.

My bday is the next day :)

[lefran]

hey all! sean really dont feel too guilty about it! its the sort of thing i would do, which is why naomi is usually safer than me booking tickets hehe, also- oi! i have also travelled to london all those times! and from a further distance might i add :)! (an extra hour and a half bus trip to get to naomis) but yeah really good luck for your interview tomorrow youll do really well im sure :)

we also have a group shot which i took holding my arms out trying to squish us in, ill upload it in a bit then post it

[Quicksilver]

Piccies from Fran's camera. I'll get mine extracted eventually (need bro's laptop :()

edit: Fran: i look like a camera hog but i took the photos holding my arms out! in the first one i really think christian was trying to eat my head sorry i didnt fit everyone in in that one!

[yAdam]

haha, DC looks tiny in the last pic! Had a really really good day. Too bad we didn't go to techniquest! ;)

Cardiff rocks! :yayca: +banh boa is very tasty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

[Kian]

Top pics :D

Look at fran lovin that camera. lol

[Dirty C]

Hey all,

Don't worry Sean, that was adequate apology :) We're artists, we're not meant to be reliable!

Yeeeah nice photos Naomi hahaha

[fooxoo]

Awesome! Man I wish I lived somewhere as fun as it looks in your photos!

[sketchling]

yeah..hehe. glad you guys had fun :) It turned out not to be a bad day, though missin the train wasnt the best start. spent a good deal of it with sean in starbucks sketching. Actually, I was playing castelvania... sean was sketching. haha.

Sean : Good luck with that interview thingy. Hope all goes well!!!

[Molly]

Great pics gals!

How crap, my boyfriend is driving to Bristol today, coulda gotta lift back if I had attended...nevamind

Mx

[sleep]

thanks everybody! i actually got accepted into all the courses i wanted...

art, english, politics and psychology

thanks for the support :)

[Kian]

thanks everybody! i actually got accepted into all the courses i wanted...

art, english, politics and psychology

thanks for the support :)

oooohh shit :D
nice one dood

[sketchling]

I TOLD YA!!! haha. after a week like the last it HAD to be a good end. thats fantastic. Did ya find the card by the way... was it on the desk or is someone using it as a placemat in russia?

[Dirty C]

Well, it took me five hours to reach Eri's station in the end - the tube was stuffed, there was a security alert at Reading which closed it to all services going through there, we had to change trains at Bath Spa, and it was a bus replacement service from Bristol to Yatton. I was happy enough through all of that however, as I'd thought of an idea for the LMS tdome and had enough postermans and spare bits of paper to use as palettes that I could sit there freaking out other passengers for quite a while. It only really got annoying on the bus right at the end when the driver decided everyone would prefer mood lighting to actual vision and I had to put my sketchook away. Dick.

Eri's place is really lovely and both Ali and her sister are absolutely charming. Not least because they didn't seem to mind us sitting there drinking, not cleaning up after ourselves, talking shit about art and drawing and expecting them to take care of themselves and find all our bollocks interesting. It did help that we were all chapter-and-verse word perfect with Spaced, the best television series of all time. Unfortunately, after drinking during the day (the All Blacks were playing the dirty Saffers) and traveling for five hours, I didn't last too long and we didn't end up doing the eight hours of ecstatic drawing we might have hoped for. At any rate, I did manage to scribble something in Eri's book which hopefully he'll paint on and turn into a living masterpiece.

Thanks lots to Eri and fambily - I would have said as much earlier, but my phone died and I actually couldn't find it this morning. Hope I didn't leave it on the train..

Cardiff was windy, to say the least, but despite the numbers being a bit thin on the ground, I think we all seriously appreciated the more intimate atmosphere this time round. I did a twenty minute 'how to cheat like me' demo in the coffee shop (which will never be repeated within the M25) and my usual page of perverted anatomy in our newly adulted Naomi's book. Naomi's sisters are predictably wonderful (lovely new ladies encountered count: 4) and while I did make Naomi have an 18th-birthday cocktail, she proved not to be susceptible to the asian alcohol gene and neither turned bright red nor danced on anything. Pity.

Much thanks to Adam, Fran and the Welsh Wongs for the lovely time. The train home was spent with me and (y)Adam getting progressively more drunk and me trying to convince him to unclench his arse cheeks and get sexy in his sketchbook. Hopefully I got somewhere with that ;)

We reckon the next meet should be in Oxford, by the way. Shouldn't be hard for the Bristolians, Welsh or Londoners, and maybe we can even convince some midland types to make the trip. There's plenty of museums and bars and students to eye up, so I'm sure it'll be easy enough to keep you all occupied.

Yay!
DC

[Eriboss]

haha awesome man, sounds like you lot had a great time cardiff way, i hope you passed on my "sorry note" hehe.
Oxford for mext meet sounds spiffing to me!
and yes, painty sketchbookery pic is on its way ;)

Also, finally wrapped film up at about 2.30am this morning...

you can all watch it here!:

Eri's 90 second film "Grey Matter" (http://www.reelfilms.co.uk/images/films/greymatter_web.mov)

Cheers!

Eri

[Kian]

It did help that we were all chapter-and-verse word perfect with Spaced, the best television series of all time.

Amen


Eriboss..........MAN, that was fucking genius! :xpld:

[Summer Pudding]

Londoners interested in hearing how cutting edge 3D CG is authored should check this out. Hoping to attend the King Kong talk, if tickets haven't sold out, which they probably will, soon.

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/talksdiscussions/digitalartanewrenaissance.htm

if you're interested in going, and fancy hooking up, give me a tinkle on 07817573280

Pete

EDIT: lame that I couldn't attend the Cardiff do. The first train I could get, rolled into town at 4pm. Giving me about 2 hours before I had to chip. :(

[koshime]

whats the date. soudns interesting...

[Summer Pudding]

whats the date. soudns interesting...

The Kong talk is Monday 25 September 2006, 18.30–20.00

There's two more I'm less keen on, on the Monday 18th September and Monday 2nd October.

[Quicksilver]

...and while I did make Naomi have an 18th-birthday cocktail, she proved not to be susceptible to the asian alcohol gene and neither turned bright red nor danced on anything. Pity.
Hahahhaha, ner-ner :P

I can't type much 'cause I'm in a hurry - gotta email some photos quickly to Nat before getting back to everyone downstairs (got a bunch of friends over for a parteh).

Buh-byes! Will post photos later
~~Naomoo x

[sketchling]

yeah! Im already going, so will defo meet up with ya pud :)

[Quicksilver]

Heya guys, I just made this page of photos from the Cardiff meet:

Cardiff Meet Photos (http://www.cheeb.co.uk/photos/ca/cardiff_03-09-06.html)

Hope ya like it ^_^ Might do these for every meet from now on if I can. If you have anything to add like additional photos/drawings/comments, let me know and I'll add them.

[Kian]

:D great stuff

[lefran]

ok so if the next meet is to be in oxford, any dates in mind and any that people cant attend? i wouldnt be able to make it on october 30th to november the first as ill be in paris for my friends birthday

[Crane]

[depressed angry rant] i'm sad, i miss going to college, i was ment to go back for another two years, but i had to move away just because my dads a pussywhipped shmuck, i was gunna stay down, get another job ( i got fired from B&Q..for drawing and quoting songs..on my own time of course) and just crash round friends houses till me and a mate could get our own place. but now, he had to make a scene didn't he, use the old 'your gunna give me a heart attack' sigh, now i'm stuck in a small nowhere village, which is nice and peaceful, but i have no friends, no college to go too, because its no late to enroll at one up here, i miss my friends down at the other college, just making new ones, ones that i could relate too, though it was at the end of the year rather than the start, but i woulda seen them this year, and on top of that my friend sam has gone off the rails and tried to kill himself and is now.. doing god knows wat, i used to be the one to hold him up, and eat chinese with him on fridays, buy each others in turns. so yep, now i'm surfing the net trying to find people to hang out with and do art with in this god forsaken hell hole. anyone happen to know anyone or live near chester? i haven't been to a sketch meet for ages, and back then i was a shy little bitch who moaned and slept to much haha.

ok sorry about that. Oxford, thats near chester right? if i can make it, i'll go any distance! going mad here. and i might take someone home so i won't get lonely.. haha. wish i coulda made the cardiff great pics though. :dead:..shit, cardiff.. i coulda gone, i didn't reliese how close it is to me.. at least i think its close.. and how the hell do you spell reliese..

[sleep]

realise!

one of the extracurricular activities i chose to do at school, culture club, grants me paid admission to any museum or gallery or cinema as long as i take a receipt back to them :D!!

sorry to hear about your problems madcat. life's not peachy for the rest of us either... its not an easy time for a lot of us. chin up, work hard for now.. you cant afford to slack off on art considering your school-less position

[lefran]

hurrah just bought a MB cock tee
Cai and Christian we'll ring each other for the next meet like you did last time to make sure we co-ordinate :P

[Dirty C]

it's been nearly 24 hours since the last update.

who's worknig on their LMS entry? I've barely started mine :S

[Eriboss]

what the hell is LMS

[Badger]

LMS= last man standing (thunderdome of DOOOOMMM)

DC - Yeah i just got my crit back from poshspice, so i'll be working on mine tonight after i get this illustration done. All go in camp badger!!

except not, i've miss placed my pencil, aaahhhh!!

-B-

[Eriboss]

oh.. you actually thought I was serious heh

[sketchling]

... haha./ um ill just take my ignorance somewhere else then... had no idea. :P

anyways ppl, you have to look at this... : http://swik.net/water

I want one!!!

[yAdam]

started mine yesterday.. just about to get down to it again now. Hope I havent left it too late! :dur:

[Dirty C]

i've always thought of you as 'camp badger' actually. I often think of Eri as 'butch susan', just by way of coincidence.

[Kian]

You're gonna love me. Got mine in ages ago, before everyone else. How great am I........

Do I get a star now?

[sketchling]

im guessin a few ninja stars maybe? really really fast ones.

[sleep]

lol sketchling how about that hand exercise thing you were gonna show me..ok dont misinterpret that..

[Quicksilver]

lol sketchling how about that hand exercise thing you were gonna show me..ok dont misinterpret that..
Lmao, ooer? :P

Just letting you guys know in advance that I'll be going to London with the college at some point before Christmas to check out some galleries and whatnot, soooo if we could meet up then that would be cool. :) We haven't been given any specific dates yet, and I'm assuming it'll be a weekday. Not entirely sure though.

There's also half term for us Arty student bums from October 30th - November 3rd (not including weekends).
Fran mentioned earlier that she'd be away from Oct 30th-Nov 1st.

Just chucking out dates and poss. events out there. :)

[lefran]

i think it was discussed that the next meet would be in oxford or bristol area though? and yeah i should also be free
but it would be useful if a date could be sorted sooner rather than later as it usually is hehe i need to give my boss a certain amount of time before i book a day off, im sure its the same for other people too
yup as naomi said i'll be away from the 31st to the 1st for my friends 18th birthday , her parents are paying for her myself and another friend to go to paris :) jammy or what?! so anyway another meet would be good
maybe we'll get a better turn out to the next one :P

[Molly]

(bump) just putting us Brits back to the top of the pile

(phew...there)

Mx

[Dirty C]

Morning! Christ, I got back from the stag do last night and did a bit more on my LMS entry. The damn thing is going to take me the full week to finish, and that's if I'm lucky!

Bit quiet in here lately. I'm still up for Oxford actually - how are all you broke students doing? Got your finances sorted yet?

[sketchling]

end of oct is likley to be a no-go area for me. im already working weekends and thats our deadline so ill be workin im guessing :( I hope not though, id love to go to oxford again :D

[Kian]

Well I'm moving home this week. Can't wait to get into my new house, its gonna be ace. Not looking forward to cooking my own food tho. Yeah, I'm that lazy//
I'd love to get to Oxford, looks like a good enough date too to make the neccessary arrangements.

[Molly]

Oxford? hmmm I could be up for that, Oxfords not far...:)

Heres an update of my Girls Calender TD...
I had a few of you give me critiques, and I have taken ALL of the advice on board - thank god for the extended deadline, its a blessing, it really is...anyhoo, I changed the torso area more, I hates the fake breast thing going on in the first draft, now I'm happy with the foreshortening of the chest and corset...light and color in progress...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Tekura/Pirategirl12lowres.jpg

Mx

[sleep]

molly: personally i really dont think the blonde hair does her justice.. dark hair would work a lot better(but maybe thats just my preference in girls showing) also the whole thing seems a bit too yellow to me.. unavoidable probably, considering the main light source will be a lamp or something.. the bits you've refined (chest area) are looking snazzy.

oxford meet? how about cambridge? :) just kidding.. oxford is good.. an excuse to go see my sister..

[[void]]

Well I've ordered my new mac which wont be coming till about the 25th but it should be worth it. I ended up buying the 24" version. But until then i wont be online a lot (im at home atm for work).

Actually i was wondering if anyone fancied a sketchtrade, my room in the new house is looking pretty damn boring and it would be cool to get some real art up on the walls instead of posters. If anyone fancies it please drop me a pm and i'll get back to you when i have net access.

Oxford sounds cool, I should be up for that.

Molly the painting is looking great, to my eye it looks a bit oversaturated (even the shadows feel warm) the only thing i could say is maybe play around with an adjustment layer to give yourself a fresh perspective on the image.

[Dirty C]

Damn, wouldn't mind having a play with that, dude. Those 24 inch bad boys look mean.

[[void]]

Im sure I can set you two up............ saaaaaaaaaay for the price of one dc original :P

[Dirty C]

Heh, hm, maybe :)

[koshime]

Mac + tablet !!!!!!

[DannySketch]

oxford meet sounds fun :)

by the way DC when do u find out about the MB school thing?

[Kian]

Molly, please get a union jack up as an attachment in post #1. My Irish roots would prefer a green white and gold one, but nevermind. :)

[Dirty C]

danny - dunno, dude. been hassling them and nada. trust me, either way, i'll be needing help downing a few pints as soon as I do know ;)

[DannySketch]

haha keep us informed mate,

us brits dont half worry bout their dirty uncle :)

*edited for closer family accuracy*

[Quicksilver]

haha keep us informed mate,

us brits dont half worry bout their dirty grandpa :)
I thought Chris was our uncle?

[lefran]

haha yeah uncle i thought, well he corrected me to uncle at the cardiff meet

[sleep]

guys, thanx for the advice about getting hogarths stuff.. the exaggeration with proportions really really helps! my winning strategy for learning stuff in the past week has been

1. find one weak spot in your art eg. noses and concentrate on it
2. draw 50-100 noses from ref
3. read up on bridgman's info about noses
4. a few more noses from ref
5. read hogarth's stuff on noses
6. more noses from ref...
7.. by then i should be a pro w/ noses. its working so far :)!!

that was just for the younger artists, danny, fran, naomi etc..

[Badger]

I'm not dead!
Tie that sounds like a plan, something i should really probably do!
This is my last week in oxfordshiree till christmas i think. Back to Brizzle on Sunday, erk.
Camp badger!? me? camp!? well mustard is apparently in next season, which is such a bad idea...
Is it me or is BBC news 24 slowly becoming as badly informed at the daily mail, it seems like their last research was done in 1769.
Right i better catch a train to go visit mi grandad.
-B-

[Molly]

Molly, please get a union jack up as an attachment in post #1. My Irish roots would prefer a green white and gold one, but nevermind. :)


Done my lil shamrock! We have a Britarse flag!

Tie - I have been considering black hair with a tinge of red or blue...but you see, I've never drawn/painted a blonde gal, so..why not eh? hehe - I'll give the dark hair a go, tho

Mx

[Dirty C]

jesus tie, if you keep that shit up you'll be wasting us all but January.

Wish I had access to all my books (in storage *sob sob*)

By the way, I half decided I should move to sf in January last night. Of course that's pretty big talk, but it makes sense..

[sketchling]

yeah. cause you of all people can. you'll be around 'mericans though. sigh....

[Kian]

Thats a big (half) decision man.

[Molly]

yeah man, thats a big arse decision...but, fair play to you..:)
Mx

[sleep]

best of luck to you! thats gonna be waay expensive.

[koshime]

well - we can one day, look back and affectionately tell of tales of Dirty C (NZ to UK) prior to his
(UK to US) defection to an all american lifestyle...:)

[sketchling]

you make eh no sense sir. very critical mis-type there. :D

[sleep]

kim you blatantly ignored what i'd posted earlier! you were telling me about those hand exercises..?? pm me the links or repost them here :)

[sketchling]

no actually, I wrote up that post and lost it due to a bizzare bug with stumbleapon for firefox being installed on an old mozilla..dont try it. not even the back button worked anymore. I never got round to reposting due to no life...what am I doing? I got a deadline in like 5 mins :P. aaaaaaarg

look here:
http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?p=76496

[lefran]

mmm nice idea chris i love sf. ive actually sent off for a prospectus for the academy of arts there, id love to move. mini uk sf meets then haha
but its actually totally unrealistic for me as i dont think i could even afford to go to uni in london

[Dirty C]

Mmm, double espressos in the morning. Not used to them anymore, now I'm all hyperactive.

Wish I had ftp access, then I could spend all day obsessing about what I'm gonna change as soon as I get home. Fran, if you feel the need to upload it and give me the url, feel free :P

[sleep]

wow. i just realised this is by far the single biggest thread on all of CA. nothing else even comes close. 5300 so replies, 90 pages and still counting :xpld:
not long till 100 pages. the first of its kind on ca, for sure? i'm so happy the uk community is an active one :)

yeahh. first day of college tomorrow. though today was like, introductory--fucking loved it. thx kim for the link-- you're really very nice for putting up with me on that sunday

peace..

[Quicksilver]

Why don't you just dl Filezilla?
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21558

It's freeeee and good :P

[lefran]

chris: ill upload whatever it is, but what is it you wanted me to upload? lol im a bit behind here

[Dirty C]

Naomi - I've got ftp clients, the issue is that ftp itself just isn't working. It's cause the guy who runs the firewall in the place I'm staying is ridiculously paranoid. I can't even get to my mp3s cause they're on an external drive :'(

Might be in Paris tonight, actually, and from what I remember I don't have any problem uploading stuff through their network.

[Quicksilver]

I seeeee
Naomi - I've got ftp clients, the issue is that ftp itself just isn't working. It's cause the guy who runs the firewall in the place I'm staying is ridiculously paranoid. I can't even get to my mp3s cause they're on an external drive :'(

Might be in Paris tonight, actually, and from what I remember I don't have any problem uploading stuff through their network.
I love how you can just casually say you'll be in another country. Bastard. :P

Oxford meet?? Is there a week or month in particular where people are generally free? Kim said he's busy around or at the end of October, if I remember correctly, which is a shame 'cause some of us have half term then. Otherwise I'm sure a Sunday thang could be arranged?

[DannySketch]

sunday would be best for me, as i work sats, finnally come around to the fact that i aint gonna be able to afford italy and a computer, so i'll buy a laptop next year :(

although it does mean i have some free cash now to go to meets :)

[mrdigs]

not getting anywhere near enough time on here at the mo...

hopefully i can make it to the next meet if that's cool, weekends are good - i need to find somewhere to live first tho so we'll see !

wanted to ask you all how do you all tackle stuff when you're working in your sketchbook ? i keep tryin to draw and then endin up producing stuff i know i can already do...so it feels like i'm not progressing really - do you use ref for sketchbook stuff ? like if i want to draw someone crouching or something and i don't have the skills straight off to draw that i'll mebbe try a few times then end up rubbing it out and moving on to something else, whereas if i'm painting or working on something more finished i'll use ref or go look at something...so mebbe i should print a whole load of ref for when i'm sketching at tea breaks and stuff (yeah we get tea breaks where i work !)...?!

sorry - bit of a random ramble there...but i'm not sure the best way to approach it...and i'm being well precious about my sketchbook and it's holding me back but i'm powerless to stop myself !...so suggestions are appreciated.

and how annoying is it when you do a page that just drops and you're not quite sure how you pulled it off....then the next page is crap !

ahem...anyways - be interested to hear how you lot tackle things.

[koshime]

Well - personally, my approach may not work for everyone but each free form/concept drawing is viewed as a project

A project, has its own history/story to tell

it would attempt to have age, essence, character, a compositional tale, and a purpose be it for a concept or illustration or a reference sketch/study

For improving skills: Sketchling is probably more qualified as he views studies of colour/form/ colour theory/ lighting more throughly and brilliantly.

but in essence, study from reference, how the reference woudl look in different lighting states, and forms.....and that will help with believability

lastly.
carry a sketchbook everywhere you go.
I carry an A5 everywhere.....even the shower . har har

[Hybridstar]

Good advice from the Kosh, hope you wrap that sucker in a sandwich bag when in the shower. Oxford and bristol meet are cool for me. Whats the date? any idea yet. Oh and Christian, any joy with MB?

[Badger]

Bristol Meet, Bristol

[koshime]

anyone going to the London games fair - oct 3-6th? at cafe royal

[Dirty C]

badge: We've done Bristol. Oxford and Cardiff are within spitting distance of both London and Bristol. I'm sure some of your relatives' burrows extend that far.

naomi: yes, I am the bling. ka-ching.


mrdigs: i wrote a whole treatise on that. but the short version is: "it's just a sketchbook, don't be so precious. and go read hogarth."

got some more LMS done in the eurostar. i sit there feeling weird, all punky and shit in the middle of trust fund women who trade diamonds and dudes talking about their second wives and why they traded in their BMW cause too many dudes tried to steal it (both today) and then in the end they almost always end up asking me what I'm drawing. It's just fuckin weird.

right, i'm off to see pitch black.

[yAdam]

:nintendo:

Just skimmed the last few days of posts... Are people talking about a bristol AND oxford meet or bristol OR oxford? Not too bothered about where, although oxford is very close for me. Definately can't make any weekend in october though. possibly be able to make the last weekend, but I wont be sure until after oct 1st. After that is fine though.

Cant wait to see all your LMS entries!... i've been lazy with mine today but I think its nearly finished... getting back to it now...

:nintendo:

[Dirty C]

Oxford.

[sketchling]

yes. Im keen on this games meet fair thing, though dunno if I will have time. am at work on a sat againg. :P

[cartoonfox]

anyone going to the London games fair - oct 3-6th? at cafe royal
Yep me and Adam are! Glad to see someone else going too : ]

[Dirty C]

Hm, games fair might be fun.

Back at work, accidentally left my laptop at home hahaha - email not working on this machine either. Honestly, I'm hopeless. Wish I could just go home and work on my LMS entry.

Regarding the Oxford meet, it does kinda look like November now, huh? So how about that first weekend? Being the 4th or 5th? Is the Sunday still best for people? Cause shops and stuff aren't open a lot of the time on Sundays, so there might be more to do on the Sat..

[yAdam]

Good job we have an extension.8) Can finally see the end with mine now..Just a few more hours to go!...

4th or 5th of November is good for me. I'm pretty sure most places are open on sunday.. Though I havent been in to Oxford for ages now...

Might be up for the careers thing at the cafe royal. Are you going there specifically for the cafe royal thing, or for the whole day?

[koshime]

depends on whether i finish work on time...but if its aweekeday, then prob after work for the games fair

[Quicksilver]

Sunday would be ideal, thanks. They're quite nice where I work so I could book the Saturday off anyway, but I'm not sure if that applies to Fran and Danny...

[mrdigs]

koshime - thanks, maybe that's where I'm going wrong because a lot of the time I'll just start drawing and hope something develops - sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't and i end up getting frustrated. I do tend to produce better work if I've had an idea forming all day...good call using reference and changing the lighting too - i hadn't thought of that.

dirty_c - i've got some hogarth on order so i'll get on that, thanks - and yeah, i need to remember that it's all the mistakes that make you improve and stop trying to make everything look nice.

November meet sounds good, pretty sure I'll be around both days.

[koshime]

mrdigs> hope small changes give you positive results!

[Badger]

I'm going to be in london on friday, anyone going to be about during the day for a bit of a sketch and fetch, minus the fetch.
-B-

[[void]]

Cool badger should be easy to organise a drinky drawy day. What time will you get into nodnol?

[lefran]

i think the sunday would be better? the 5th? yeah theyre not as nice where i work so if we make that the definate date then i can book it off inwork, he complains if i dont let him know at least 4 weeks in advance, even though im not contracted for a sunday * grrr shakes fist* anyway i will not rant as i usually do when the topic of work comes up i'll leave it as that!

so yeah the sunday the 5th would be good i think

[Badger]

Don't know yet, i need to pop down to the station and see whats going, i recon mid day for arrival. Would be sweet to meet up. I'll keep you updated.
-B-

[Molly]

I'm going to be in london on friday, anyone going to be about during the day for a bit of a sketch and fetch, minus the fetch.
-B-

Yaa, I'll be about Friday - hook up?

I lost peoples mobile numbers due to not copying them from my old phone to my new one - anychance you nice folks could PM them to me?

Ta
Mx

[cartoonfox]

07866 021 823 : ]

[Dirty C]

077 9360 6466 :)

Turned in the LMS this mronign, btu wish I'd had more time. It's just not tight enough at all (*bawls eyes out*).

[[void]]

07843 853 087

[koshime]

grabbing my morning suit tommorow. Gawd wish i was on a diet :)

[Badger]

I'll be in Paddington at mid-day Friday my lovelies, suggest a meeting point and i'll be there.

07834 458 103

-B-

[Dirty C]

I think I'm available Friday. If so, I'll definitely come along - been a while since we've seen our woodland friends :)

[trev]

Im up for meeting of friday, Im working on bricklane if any of you fancy that as a meeting point - lots of crazy looking fashion types to draw! If not Im free from six onwards!

[Badger]

So whats going on? I might not be able to get online again before i leave. So if amalgamated information could be texted too me before 12 tomorrow i would greatly appreciate it.
Star bucks meet i spose? I'm gonna be about till 6-7ish. and i catch my train at 10.30, so info and suggestions are appreciated.
Cheers.
Your favourite woodland creature (i don't have TB, don't cull me)
-B-

[Dirty C]

Brick lane's a great idea actually!

*edit: Badger, can you work out how to get there? If not, then we'll meet somewhere relatively easy first, like Liverpool St, then make our way there. It's best just to walk from there. Same goes for anyone else. I won't be able to get there till like 6 though.*

[trev]

Im up for meeting where ever, but we havent decided on a meeting point yet. brick lane would be quite an interesting place to sketch and theres space emough for all of us + plenty of places selling good grub! If you guys like the sound of that we can meet at Liverpool St station :)

What do you guys think?

[asoir]

*grumble* damn school on damn friday..

[trev]

my mob - 07951509765

[Dirty C]

Asoir, most of us won't make it till after work anyway.

Brick Lane won't be the best place to draw, but it's a great place in general, and if you think that place is busy, you've got no idea what starbucks will be like..

Ok, so in the absence of a current plan, let's meet outside the McDonalds at Liverpool St at 6pm.

[sketchling]

well now... what a perfect scenario!!! I was thinking of going to a gallery thing... a runner here at mpc has an animation exhibition going on in brick lane. crazy stuff. I was thinkin of going through tonight. so.... I might just combine. im keen to come through there at any rate. Ill be done here bout 6:30, so ill phone and meet you all wherever ya are.

fantastic :) I miss the woodlanders and city ppl alike. (pity ill prob miss ya badj :( )

[sketchling]

crap. scratch that. I just remembered (go t reminded) I promised someone id go to a birthday dinner!!! Ill be passin on this one then :(

[sketchling]

yay! triple post. Due to incredible organisational skills, I am actually still coming tonight. birthday dinner is tomorrow. I talk to the treeeees thats why they put me away...

OH, and we had Terry Pratchett himself come in and look at our work yesterday :) Was pretty cool.

[koshime]

what happened to good old starbucks leicester square?/?

[koshime]

dont forget tommorows afternoon appointment Kim!!!1

[Dirty C]

Starbucks is starbucks, and it's Friday night in Leicester Square. It might be a *little* bit busy dude :)

[Dirty C]

Oh, the bad news is that Badger's only around till 7. Don't know if he's managed to get in touch with anyone yet either. Feel free to give him a shout if you haven't, everybody.

Also, Molly, you coming tonight?

[koshime]

so -where we definately meeting now??//? its pissing btw

[Dirty C]

Where I said earlier dude (outside McDonalds at Liverpool st)

[koshime]

sounds like a horrible location :) . oh well......

righty. am off to livepool street then. see you land lubbers there in a bit!

[DannySketch]

hey kids wish i could have made the semi meet, didnt get me act together :(

erm just on a side note, i know that alot of guys and gals here are thinking of going to the italy workshop?u see they pushed it back to april now?

gives me more time to save i suppose...

peace

[sleep]

i love how when i'm absent for two days i manage to miss a fucking meet

this is just gay

[DannySketch]

*cough*political incorrectness*cough*

:)

[trev]

"DVD?" Alright heres an idea for our next meet - we get a couple of movies which we really enjoy and find inspiring, then doddle while we watch em! We can even pause the video so everyone can have a bash at drawing a really dramatic scene. I dont mind having my place as a venue but at most we will be able to cram in 5 or 6 people - anyone who has a massive home cinema they want to show off?.

On a similar topic is anyone up for weekend life drawing at the Art Academy? Molly says its not a problem as long as we get enough people to cover the cost of the life model.

So any takers? :)

[Dirty C]

Massive home cinema? Yes. Home? Nyet. Though my projector is transportable. And I did see an awesome flat today I'm dying to get.

Trev, Kosh, great catching up with you guys last night. Molly, you gotta come to the gig on the 28th babe :)

[trev]

Projector eh? what if we nabbed one of the rooms at the Art academy? Molly? :)

[Quicksilver]

This is sounding promising :) I'd love to come to a film-doodley session with you guys. Does this mean there will be a London meet brewing as well as an Oxford one? I should be cool for both. :)

Aaaallssooooo, are people still up for Snowdon? 'Cause my sis's bf wouldn't mind taking us there as he wants to do some mountain sketching too.

Italy WS in Aprilish...more time to save up~

[yAdam]

Cool, i'd be up for that too, or just an ordinary london meet if there isn't anywhere big enough to watch. As well as the Oxford meet...

Also quite interested in the day/weekend life drawing, havent had the chance for 'proper' life drawing for months.

I remember you saying about that a while ago Naomi, around the same time people suggested our own workshop type event I think? I'm keen though.

[DannySketch]

london meet sounds cool, am up for it as well as the oxford one, hell i might even be able to splash out on snowdon.....although dont hold me to that, but the 2 extra months saving time means i have a little more money to spend at least...hmmm i'll check me bank balance, when abouts were u thinking of doing it naomi?

also about the italy workshop, i know its ages away but i was just wandering if all u british fellows normally travel on the plane together?never done the whole plane thing before on me own....

[koshime]

when do you reckon on a snowdon trip? (before the rains/hurricane george weather sets in.//?? end october?)

[Quicksilver]

Adam: Yeah, dunno what happened to the UK WS...think people were too busy??

Dan: Well, whenever everyone's free, really. If we could all name some dates where we're totally free to do whatever then I could arrange something within in those dates (or around, whatev's possible).

Chee: End of Oct would be ideal for us students since we have half term :) Dunno about everyone else though. Kim said he'd be super busy round then....

Anyhoo, if you're up for a Snowdon jam, shout out and let me know what day(s) you can make it ^_^b

Half term: 30th Oct - 3rd Nov

Will the Oxford meet defo happen on Nov 5th??

~~Noomoo x

[DannySketch]

half term sounds peachy by me :)

[lefran]

ive said it before but i cant make anything on oct 30th, 31st or nov 1st as im in paris, im not saying arrange around me btw, if i cant make it i cant make it, just saying when i cant :)

[Dirty C]

did i not post my reply before? can't do the end of oct, as i'm organising a dance party on oct 28th.

[Quicksilver]

did i not post my reply before? can't do the end of oct, as i'm organising a dance party on oct 28th.
Aaahh yeah, that's right. Tbh, I don't think many people are avaliable in Oct. The only other holiday after that is Christmas...

Holla out dates, anyhoo :)

[koshime]

chinese new year in snow ...don?

[yAdam]

Yeah, seems a lot of people are busy in October. I'm from the last weekend. November seems pretty empty for me right now, and there will probably be the inevitable christmas parties/meals through December.

Not sure whether everyone has said they can make Nov 5th yet (?)....

[Alcian]

Anyone posted this yet?
Chiho Aoshima's work 'City Glow, Mountain Whisper' is currently showing at Gloucester Road tube station. (~incase you didn't know :D)
It's definately a must-see if you are about in London.

Platform Art (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/arts/platform-for-art/artists/chiho_aoshima.asp)
Until – 25 January 2007





~A

[lefran]

can we say definately the oxford meet will be the 5th? i need to give enough time notice in work

also, jon did you still want the loomis link? fooxoo just gave me this
http://acid.noobgrinder.com/Loomis/

[trev]

Could some of you please take a look at my sketchbook and give me a few crits? The are a few pics I need some advice on.

Cheers!

[Dirty C]

LMS is up. I still wish I had another week with mine, but whaddaya reckon?

Nov 5th sounds good to me.

Trev, can't, work.

[yAdam]

I think its great. Good composition and contrast with the baby/blood against the rest, though the blue is probably slightly too flourescent, for me anyway. I rekon the amount of that blue takes my eyes away from the baby. (When I guess your intention was to draw the viewers attention to the baby - which it did, just not quite enough I thought) :)

I needed more time too, but like I said in the thread, it was my own fault...:(

Also, yours, along with coro/palumbo, and another 1 or 2 matches are such a tough call! great entries jon, badger, posh, matt, pete..!! Pete especially, thats fantastic!! :)

[Dirty C]

Tough call? Damn. That's what I was afraid of.

[sketchling]

sorry for being hignorant, but how the hell do I find the bloody last man standing entries... been lookin for a while and all I can find is a bunch of disciussions about them... no entries. I wanna see!

[Dirty C]

finally finished forum dude.

[DannySketch]

u were in one of the best rounds DC, there were only a few where i coudlnt decide a fave outa the three and ur's was one of them, very solid work, i agree wit yadam about the flourescent blue crit perhaps making the meaning hard to determine but still damned badass

also kian dude i was frickin surpised as hell by ur's, uve really stepped ur game up man.

welldone all brits :)

[Dirty C]

Yeah props to Kian (thought I opsted this before, obviously not).

Ok, now listen up. Why is this thread so dead??? This used to be a thriving community, and it seems like since the Cardiff meet, we're having trouble keeping awake!

So, what shall we do to reinvigorate this glum lot?

SUggestions:

1.A competition of some sort
2.A recruitment drive
3.Free drinks
4.Activity of the week
5.Something combining all of the above

[Hybridstar]

Soz, not been about for a while. Heavy workload!!!!. Comp sounds good, we could do another uk t-dome if people have the time and the balls.;) Last time it was north and south, we need another angle for a new one.

Oh and for anyone interested.

[yAdam]

Aye, Uk TD sounds like a great idea! Even more so 'cause I am probably not going to be in LMS for much longer :)

Edit- or maybe more collabs?

[Badger]

Free Drinks!!!
-B-

[Quicksilver]

Aye, haven't been posting much 'cause of er, college. :rolleyes: Super busy this week - got 3 projects and an essay running at the same time! ;_; I sooo underestimated this course...
Will be trying to finish off my calendar pic this week too.

A lil compo seems un since we've already done collabs. What did you mean by "recruitment drive", Chris? Aren't we good enough for ya?! :P j/k Got some friends who are interested to join but haven't yet for some reason.

Also, congrats on the LMS - you guys did a bloody good job representing us and yourselves! [hugs all]

~~Naomoo x

[Alcian]

Hybridstar - thanks for posting that, Im going to consider going to that (~if there are still places). Haven't done life-drawing for about a year :s, so I was looking for just a single session.
Just got to check the diary.
^__^

[Hybridstar]

5 places left!, be great to see some ca folk.

[Quicksilver]

Would love to go but it's a bit far and I've got college :( Have fun, guys~

[koshime]

Hybridstar > where is fisherton mills?

[Hybridstar]

Its in Salisbury, train station is literally two minutes down the road.

[Kian]

Naomi, Danny & DC, Thanks :yayca:

I was well impressed with all the UK'ers entries. I think everyone really stepped their game for this TD. Great stuff.

[wookiedabo]

how do you book a place/places on that salisbury ting? are there even any left?

[Hybridstar]

6 places left.

[Dougbot]

Hey sorry for the thread hijack, but I have a question for you UKers. My little bro is living and going to school in Hull at the moment. He's wanting to get a guitar over there (hopefully decent and cheap). I was wondering if you had a UK version of Craiglist (Craigslist has a UK section, but it's pretty bare). Any online classifieds would be cool. Thanks.

And you all did enter some fucking awesome pieces in LMS. Dirty C....jeezus man....awesome, but holy....

Thanks again.

[sketchling]

*cries* ok... I went to the last man standing thread in the finally finished section... but there were no pics. can someone post a link puleeze, cause iv been looking for this bloody thing on and off for months and have yet to see a SINGLE last man standing image. not one. not even an icon.

[yAdam]

Think this is it: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=78102

and sorry, I cant help you there dougbot.. Sure someone will be able to though.

[mrdigs]

dougbot - you could try the friday ad, dunno if that's the kinda thing you're after but there's usually loads of stuff for sale, huddersfield's listed too. http://www.friday-ad.co.uk/

[Molly]

KOSHIME - when do you think your going to Snowdon?

Mx

[koshime]

depends when we can organise a groupie trip
and when i can finsih planning my wedding stuff...
and when i can arrange my dec exams...

Oh yeah.
Guys, if you are free on Nov 20th,
you're invited to attend my black tie after-party
wedding event from 7.30pm onwards

Venue Location
Mews of Mayfair
10 - 11 Lancashire Court, New Bond Street, Mayfair, London W1S 1EY
www.mewsofmayfair.com (http://www.mewsofmayfair.com/)



POST DINNER DRINKS
7.30PM till late...


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[DannySketch]

so, uk thunderdome?am up for 1.any1 else up for it?topic suggestions?hell the winner can even get free drinks just to make the alcoholics amongst us happy:)

also when be this oxford meet happening?nov 5th was mentioned?is that for def now?

koshime ha didnt even know u were getting married dude!congrats!

[koshime]

ok - i might try to do a safari park event over the next few weekends.

Its at port Lympne.
500 acres of real estate. you start at 10am, and finish around 5-6pm.
I was planning to go as a landscape/anaimal ref sketch session

If i organise it, my car can carry 4 additional passengers

http://www.totallywild.net/portlympne.php?page=portlympne

Dannysketch : Thanks mate!

[Quicksilver]

Congratulations, Chee!! :D

Unfortunately, I can't make it due to college, but thanks for the invite and I hope you all have a great time!

~~Namie x

[Hybridstar]

Ah sorry forget to say how to book for the life drawing day. Let me know, then we need a 10 pound deposit to secure a place. Will offer a discount to all uk Ca chums, but dont tell the other punters!!!:wink:

[sleep]

...yeah i havent been posting much cos of college.. but i doubt anyones noticed

my efforts have been going towards guitar actually. if anyone could answer dougbots question, that would benefit me a bit also.

[mrdigs]

dougbot - naturally i meant hull is listed...ahem...i'll just get my coat...

hey koshime congratulations !

DannySketch - I might be up for a UK thunderdome, haven't done anything other than dsg's before tho, what kind of timescale would there be for producing an entry ?

[DannySketch]

hey digs i have no clue man, ha normally like 2 weeks to a month, i dunno, wait for one of the big scary ones to kick us all up the backside (i.e DC, molly, hell even naomi's been known to growl from time to time:))

tie aw ive missed ya dude, why not kick my ass in the TD?

[Quicksilver]

hey digs i have no clue man, ha normally like 2 weeks to a month, i dunno, wait for one of the big scary ones to kick us all up the backside (i.e DC, molly, hell even naomi's been known to growl from time to time:))
Hahaha, GGRRRRR!!! :needle:

[lefran]

naomis 'growl' is only coz no one else will 'growl' lol
wheres all your organisational skills eh?
i vote that naomi isnt made to arrange everything for the next meet lol

[Quicksilver]

naomis 'growl' is only coz no one else will 'growl' lol
wheres all your organisational skills eh?
i vote that naomi isnt made to arrange everything for the next meet lol
THANK YOU! :yayca:

Btw, MSN doesn't seem to be loading up at all on my end (died out last night) sooo if I 'left' in mid-convo then sorry, it wasn't intentional, I just got the ol' boot. :(

[lefran]

i would help, but my skills arent all that great, ill put more of an effort into the next one =]

edit: torrential rain here today, and now theres huge blue lightning and thunder too, anyone else have bad weather?

[DannySketch]

wheres all your organisational skills eh?



:x DANG fran!u been talking to my mother?im sure uve just quoted her!

:wink:

oh and yer the weathers is rather dam moody/weird where i am too, no blue lighting that ive seen so far though

[aefx]

Yeah props to Kian (thought I opsted this before, obviously not).

Ok, now listen up. Why is this thread so dead??? This used to be a thriving community, and it seems like since the Cardiff meet, we're having trouble keeping awake!

So, what shall we do to reinvigorate this glum lot?

SUggestions:

1.A competition of some sort
2.A recruitment drive
3.Free drinks
4.Activity of the week
5.Something combining all of the aboveI've recently moved to the Surrey area from the states and would be interested in more frequent meet ups in London area if anyone else is interested.

[Dirty C]

hey guys,
I'm sick of flat hunting. Is anyone in London looking for a roommate???
DC

PS Cheers Dougbot - looks like JTJ smoked me though :/

[cartoonfox]

i have a spair cupboard for you. It's roomy I swear.

[cartoonfox]

Oh and btw, me and Adam are going to life drawing tomorrow (Monday), at the Prince's Trust building place in Old Street. 7 - 9 (I think).
It's FREE!! You just have to pretend you're in uni they don't even ask (to anyone who isn't in uni).
Let me know if anyone wants to come.

[sleep]

uk td sounds good.. i accept your challenge danny

[DannySketch]

aefx hey welcome to the area, im london based so are a few other guys, i think the next meets gonna be in oxford thou, keep looking in thou cause there arranged all the time


cartoonfox dam i SO wanna go to this, but i just aint feeling traveling through woodgreen in pitchblack on the way home:blah: sounds stupid i know, but im too skint to get mugged again!

tie them be fighting words!

ok who else is up for a TD?come on guys and gals throw ur names in at the mo its just me and tie from my count?and digs as a maybe?am thinking of a nice oober long time limit seeing as we are all so busy?like a month?

[Molly]

I've recently moved to the Surrey area from the states and would be interested in more frequent meet ups in London area if anyone else is interested.


DUDE! WELCOME! Surreys not far outta London, and I hope these guys organise a lil meet up in town SOON!!!!

I'M UP FOR A UK TD, it would be cool to get EVERYONE from here on board, so we can (yet again) show everyone else on CA.org our awesomenessess....

DC - I hope you find a roomie asap, I sorry I cant help you, but if you stay at mine, I'll get into trouble ...;)

Mollykins xx

[yAdam]

I'm up for the TD.

So would it be easier for everyone to have the next meet in London?

[spudstudios]

Hi all. I'm a UK based artist in surrey. never really knew there was a solid UK presence on here! Hi to all of you! Great to see the UK kicking butt!

[Dirty C]

aefx, spudstudios, welcome!

There'll be a meet in Oxford on Nov the 5th. I'll add it to the 3.0 thread as a placemarker if nothing else..

[sketchling]

welcome welcome :)

Um... am afraid im just too busy or a TD :( I only have sunday off at the moment. Oh, and our deadline deadline though shalt not cross line is the 6th... so prob no oxford meet either :(

Oh, and thanks for the LWS link... much appreciated. Some awsome stuff goin on there :)

[Quicksilver]

Welcome, aefx and spudstudios :)

UK TD....let's see how well I manage with the projects flying about now, haha.

Anyone know a good place to meet up in Oxford??

[koshime]

BTw, RODIN is featuring in the Royal Acedemy of ARts. spent the rainy afternoon off work, doing some figure sketching. excellent lighting, the way the black gleaming bronze casts make the sculpture more than life like, as if they have oiled black skin

For free, you can come view the GAtes of Hell at the entrance..I wil be going there regularly to paint the gates of ell!

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42103000/jpg/_42103640_rodin12.jpg

[aefx]

Thanks the welcomes. I'll keep an eye out for things coming up. I still have yet to do all the sort of touristy stuff like seeing the national gallery, V&A Museum(I want to see the da Vinci exhibit), etc...

[DannySketch]

hmmmm perhaps we should leave the TD untill people are less busy? haha or we can do one now with the topic 'a perfect house for dirty C':)

welcome spudstudios!:nintendo: .....<(just because i have never used it before!:bashful: )

[aph]

Hey all, I'm a fellow brit, I live in Kent, about 30 mins from central London on the train for me. I'm 19 and my names Jason. =D

Nice to meet all of you.

Is anyone planning to visit the Rodin exhibition? Myself and a friend are heading there sometime soon. Greets!

[Hybridstar]

i'm always busy as i'm guessing quite alot of the uk folk. Still could squeeze a tdome in. Thats an affirmative.:^^:

[Badger]

Yeah go on then, i'm in, i need something to keep me on the wacom, I'm doing pure traditional printing for uni.

Badger is in, to get seriously mullered.

-B-

[sleep]

what about a london meet.. when was the last time we had a proper one.

if uk participation's been dwindling since cardiff, i reckon a london would be good to kick it back up again.. or does that come after oxford

oxford would be a good excuse to go see my sister (whos just given birth to my niece)

[Visceral 619]

Hey everyone,

I’m not sure if this was mentioned in a previous thread but theirs a game career fair taking place in Piccadilly (presented by gamasutra).

The fair runs from the 3rd to the 4th of October, I heard about this yesterday from a friend, so sorry about the late notice and all.

Here’s the site http://gamecareerfair.com/

I met up with some guys from rebellion (2000 AD, Rogue Trooper) and Crytek (far cry, Crisis) and got some really helpful advice regarding portfolio’s and what they look for when recruiting/ hiring.

If you’ve got the time check it out, it’s free and a great opportunity to get your foot in the door and make some industry contacts.

All the best

[koshime]

yeah. forgot about it . was going to go..but the weather is soooo pising wet!

[lefran]

uk participation's been dwindling since cardiff, i reckon a london would be good to kick it back up again

like naomi and i have already said, and fair enough to those people that couldnt actually make it with good reasons, why should it always be london?!!? its really not fair on us guys, sean im not having a go at you btw im just making a point, who have to travel so far, if i go to london by bus, it takes me 2 hours to get to newport, then half hour to cardiff, then 3 hours from there, like 5 and a half hours. which im sure youd agree is rediculous. But i still make the effort.and when it came to you guys making the effort, very few did!! yeah i think we should organise another london meet, after the oxford one, but guys please make the effort if another meet is arranged elsewhere!

edit: just in case you think im sounding harsh, im not trying to be, its just a gentle reminder, so i hope theres a good turnout for oxford, looking forward to it :)
maybe i sound pissed off coz it took me 3 hours to get home from college today :x when its a 20 minute drive. i get one bus an hour, so i had a half hour wait until that, then it was an hour and a half late, then the next bus i needed was half an hour late. not amused.
i left a note for my boss today asking for time off, fingers crossed

[yAdam]

Hehe, I dont think it sounded harsh. Yeah, lots of people come to oxford! Or else you will have naomi AND fran to growl at you!

[Dirty C]

i agree with the welshies, but whatever i'm miserable, i lost about 25 hours of painting on the bugbot today. sigh.

[Quicksilver]

Hehe, I dont think it sounded harsh. Yeah, lots of people come to oxford! Or else you will have naomi AND fran to growl at you!
Damn straight! :needle:

Christian: NooOoo not the dugbot! :( Soz I didn't reply to the txt earlier - was in a driving lesson.

Also, MSN works again, wheee~! Installed an older version, and will STAY that way. MSN 8 has screwed over so many things it's stupid (booo hiss!)

[sleep]

ok, you know i thought it made sense, the majority of us living in london, and it being the place with the most galleries n starbucks n nandos...

i didnt say the next one had to be london or even the one one after..
or does that come after oxford

turnouts seem to be lower when it comes to other places. as inconvenient as it is for you, and i respect the effort you make (i did make an effort to come to cardiff and i was left £40 short for it (and i dont need reminding how much it costs you for a trip here)) london does make the most sense and i was only asking when the next one might be

or, you know, i could be talking out of my arse. i will make it to oxford anyhow

[lefran]

oh i know that, i was just reminding people, and i wasnt trying to shame you or anything i know that wasnt your fault

but i think we should still do the oxford one, then a london one

[sketchling]

Just cuz ya know in advance, if I dont come to oxford, its cause im gonna be working... not cause I couldnt be assed :P hehe.

I recon we have a london one after the oxford one. not right after, but with a break.

[Dirty C]

I'd rather not start planning a London one just yet.

Effectively, I'm trying to get people used to the idea that a)it's worth traveling for, and b)that all those people (Cai, Harry, Fran, Naomi, etc etc) who have traveled up to six or seven hours to meet up with us in the past add a great deal to the community and are appreciated.

England is not so small that traveling like an hour and a half to an awesome, historic town with loads to offer is too much to ask.

Not going off at you, dude, just really don't want to undercut the thing by entertaining only 'can't make it' style posts way in advance and planning something else instead.

This time round though, I think it'd be a good idea to find some specific things to do in Oxford before we go, rather than leave it to chance when we get there.

/nazi christian

[sketchling]

me? or tie? Im not bothered where the meets are :) Very happy to travel out and see other places as it tends to be fun travelling. Im also not tryin to get the move date posponed or anything, im just warnin that if I dont make it, its not cause I couldnt be assed... its cause I will be working like a pigdog.

[yAdam]

OK, theres the Ashmolean Museum, it has got a DaVinci exhibition going on (http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/?timing=current&id=17&exhibitionYear=2006) and an Eastern art one (http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/?timing=current&id=16&exhibitionYear=2006).

Theres a botanic garden (http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/), but I dont know how far out of the centre that is.

Having lived near Oxford for 22 years I dont go very often, Apart from occasional shopping and for a night out, so I'm not really sure of many places similar to Nando's. There's pizza hut and a place called old orleans (http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/food/menus/old-orleans-adult-menu-0805.htm)). But i'm sure Josh will know somewhere where we can sit down and draw for a while......

[Dirty C]

OK, theres the Ashmolean Museum, it has got a DaVinci exhibition going on (http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/?timing=current&id=17&exhibitionYear=2006) and an Eastern art one (http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/?timing=current&id=16&exhibitionYear=2006).



Nice one, thanks for those. The Da Vinci one sounds really good.

[Badger]

Hello all, botanical gardens is not far from the centre about... 5-10mins walk from cornmarket/high street.
Old orleans is a good call adam, nice sofa's i seem to end up drinking there a lot. Good thing is they do food, don't think the lighting is great though.
Goose might be another option. Turf tavern would allow us to sit about in big group, probably outside, but it's warm. I'd need to show you where it is though...
Pitrivers might be interesting too as long as it's not swarming with children, the top floor is entirely weapons, swords and crossbows etc. But LOADS.
Depends what you guys wana do, i'll see if i can make it back, i'm seriously short of money these days.
much love.
Sorry i haven't been around much i've been trying to get a bit more illustrative.
-B-

[Dirty C]

Mmm, this is all sounding good. Hope you can make it, Badge, we've been short on ladies since you stopped bringing them in with your good looks and knack for accessorizing.

[Badger]

oooh, actually my lady will be about, she is doing her foundation in oxford. She's a ceramicist though, she'll get bored with all our 2D'ness.
She hasn't seen you sillies for 2 years though, wonder if she'll recognise you.
I've got a deadline in 2 weeks, so i'm ok for a little while after that, and i'll get a young badger's railcard sorted.
Bronco might join us after work, i'll ask him. See who else is about.
Cool. glow worms et all
-B-

[lefran]

josh you must come

[DannySketch]

or small kittens will die!!:(

[Quicksilver]

Yeah, hope you can make it, Josh!! :D Haven't seen ya in aaages, dude.

My college will be doing a London trip around late November, so would you guys be up for having a meet then? Could discuss it more at a later date.

[lefran]

thats true edit: @ danny

OK i know people here go to Uni's in london and Bristol also
Im considering studying somewhere like that, if not london or Bristol

ive spoken to Cai about prices, but can anyone else tell me what theyve dealt with because id need to give my mam facts about living costs and fees etc
If anyone can give me some info id really appreciate it =]

[DannySketch]

Hmmm yet to go through the system but loads of me mates have this year, its normally like 3 grand tuition fees I think? then living and drinking ;) fees on top of that, but u can get a nice juicy loan to cover it all (and spend the rest of your life paying back! yay!)

I need help with uni's again this year, Brighton, Bristol and a couple of London ones look good for illustration courses but I REALLY wanna move out of London, I am going to a ucas thingy in November so I’ll find out more then I guess, which reminds me all foundation courses are supposed to be going to it on the 14th? Naomi and fran u heard about/going to this? It’s like a fair of all the art, design and media courses in the country in one place? Is this why your taking your trip down London in November Naomi?

[james]

fran, bristol Uni or UWE?

both badger and i are at uwe. you, of course, will have top up fees, but our tuition is £1027 a year, accomodation in halls for the first year is probs about a grand and a bit a term, food and stuff is the same as for anyone, drink might be slightly more. if you want to find out properly go to the uni website and order a prospectus or phone them up or something.

i know, i know, im so helpful.

edit: wtf? people going to oxford!? how did i miss this?? has it happened? if not when? where the hell is josh and why did he not tell me this when i went down to his hovel and he plied me with pasta-y goodness?!?

in terms of pubs and stuff. the turf josh? what are you thinking about? its waay too cold to be outside unless you get next to one of the heaters and inside is really tiny. although in the daytime it might be nice. never been there in the light. hmm maybe it could work. old orleans is nice but dark as josh says. the goose is ok too for light and they do food in the day. there's a pizza express at the golden cross that seats maaany many people but severe lack of sofa-age. there are two starbucks, a cafe nero with sofas and stuff in the basement which is fairly light but can get quite smokey, there're various different other coffee places around and about but they can be quite small. oxford is quite small though so there isnt a huge range of places like nandos

in terms of stuff to see the pitt rivers is a goldmine of old amazing collected stuff. botanical gardens is good for all you environ people who want to swot up on that sort of thing mebbe, the ashmoliean is good, er the oxford story has nothing to do with art or illustration but everything (if it hasnt changed in 6 years, and it probably hasnt) to do with cheesey voice overs and effects that makes any child's day a delight. all the colleges around are amaaazing for architectural studies, almost unrivalled and you can go around them for free. you could go punting? no? autumn freezing punting for anyone? no? ok.

what did josh say? i should probs go back and read that properly.

J

[Tomato]

English and proud to be it :D

[Tomato]

Hey james! Me and my friend Mr Man might be coming to Bristol UWE next year (Sept/Oct 2007) to study Illustration! It'll be great to meet up with you guys and chill. I'm coming to the Open Day on the 14th of Oct. Wonder if i'll see you...? :P

Hahaha!

[lefran]

you, of course, will have top up fees
how do you mean?

and im not really sure where or anything- probably the one you guys go to. as for the meet thing you mentioned? im not doing foundation this year so im not going/ dont know anything about it? i dont think i do anyway, unless that was what you mentioned about an open day naomi
as for money for drink- i dont drink, well rarely, as id rather not spend all my money, i dont really see the attraction ( yes i am oh so young and oh so naive, and yes give it a few years and all that) and i dont really eat that much- i cant cook to save my life which is generally why! so i dont think food would cost me much hehe, i thought bristol would be more expensive than that though, i was expecting like 3K a year

[Quicksilver]

...which reminds me all foundation courses are supposed to be going to it on the 14th? Naomi and fran u heard about/going to this? It’s like a fair of all the art, design and media courses in the country in one place? Is this why your taking your trip down London in November Naomi?
Didn't even know about it 'til now, dude, haha. Will let my tutor know about it, cheers. :)

Aye, I'll be going to the Bristol Open Day on Oct 14th too. :)

Would looove to see the Da Vinci exhib in Oxford. Nice find, Adam! :D

[james]

anyone going to Uni after 2004 will have to pay something in the region of £3000 a year in tuition fees is all i meant by top up fees.

when is oxford?

[Quicksilver]

Oxford meet: Nov 5th (Sunday)

[lefran]

ah ok i get you, thats well crap

[james]

yup. really is. josh and i were in the last year to be top-up fee free. yay for not having 18 grand of debt when we leave uni.

[lefran]

how come 18 grand?

[asoir]

another meet sounds fun..

[DannySketch]

average illustration course is 3 years aint it, 3 grand a year just for tuition fees comes to 9 grand then another 3 grand at least per year for living expenses makes another 9 grand....dam...im gonna be so screwed:upset:

[Quicksilver]

average illustration course is 3 years aint it, 3 grand a year just for tuition fees comes to 9 grand then another 3 grand at least per year for living expenses makes another 9 grand....dam...im gonna be so screwed:upset:
Yup.....so we should make the most of it! :D

Wheeeee meet-up sooon~~