tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32248462557166513772024-03-14T03:59:08.019-07:00john chamberlain is hereI'm an illustrator,and artist,
living in Yorkshire,
my work is influenced by edward lear, gustav tenngrenn, museum trips, and a whole host of other things..john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-7933655829315661382012-11-05T04:13:00.002-08:002012-11-05T04:13:58.883-08:00I am moving to wordpress!I am moving to wordpress,
so if you want to follow
my creative journey go to:
www.johnchamberlainishere.wordpress.comjohn c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-29613727649371042842012-08-28T11:26:00.001-07:002012-08-28T11:26:38.154-07:00York Mystery Plays 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last Friday I went with my dad to see an evening performance of the 'York Mystery Plays.' This is a York theatre tradition that has been around since the late 1300s and has been revived for a modern audience. The play took place amongst the gorgeous ruins of St Mary's abbey, the stage surrounded by theatre seating.
The scenes of the performance were well known Bible stories with a strong emphasis in the second half on the life of Jesus.
Effective costumes were threads of a 1950s style.
The music and the spectacle was lush and this was an even I will never forget. These sketches are a commemoration of the performance and a thankyou to the whole cast and production team of the 2012 mysteries.
I don't have anything more to say other than have a look at the York Mystery Plays website for a sense of the production in full:
www.yorkmysteryplays-2012.comjohn c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-38173237060061964772012-08-13T12:41:00.002-07:002012-08-13T12:42:00.853-07:00Online shop is... open!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There was no red ribbon but my online shop for my artworks/portraits/illustrations is
now open. So excited.
(The above image is of the Sex Pistols and is for sale. It was a contribution to the magazine 'One and Other York.')
Later this week or next I hope to make some big improvements to the website and connect up the shop to the site so it's all hunky dory and as smooth as a pebble.
Here's the link for my online boutique/store/shop/gallery:
www.johnchamberlainishere.bigcartel.comjohn c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-35948849413232579112012-07-23T07:54:00.000-07:002012-07-23T07:54:35.185-07:00Olympic style promo poster for Six Lips Theatre, York.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Six Lips Theatre recently commissioned me to Illustrate
and design their poster for an upcoming interactive
family production, due to open in York and then all going
to plan on tour.
Here's a detail from the poster. A few things are being finalised
but generally this image went down like a storm.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-76205628171733301832012-06-13T07:02:00.001-07:002012-06-13T07:07:35.126-07:00Verdict inked- but more ink please.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2g8Mn2DNeN1rR89m6XVX6bh5RgTsjK0Eskx4Yw0cPAiUJKzwAFIg8tX60MAyQlL-5AIGcrflSX02k_VVpQybPq8Gca5yl1QByJHWJvELOJLzr7o9QuIKquG4kkXyi1chv8TzM8f31wpQ/s1600/flameedit2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2g8Mn2DNeN1rR89m6XVX6bh5RgTsjK0Eskx4Yw0cPAiUJKzwAFIg8tX60MAyQlL-5AIGcrflSX02k_VVpQybPq8Gca5yl1QByJHWJvELOJLzr7o9QuIKquG4kkXyi1chv8TzM8f31wpQ/s400/flameedit2.jpg" /></a>
Due to the advice of artist friend Charleine Boieiro (French-Portugese wunderkind.)
I have inked my self portrait.
This is still an unfinished drawing and is still not quite right.
It needs pools of black and lastly white ink used very very sparingly here and there.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-42515182974662305862012-06-11T11:19:00.002-07:002012-06-11T11:19:25.943-07:00work in progress: to ink or not to ink..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyR6rTDfnOrVU0je3-BFa0_pdUFfuMxA05L7AnXq3iQt5tHr63jc3XwgyvS0QciyiP_HAxymAVbn7dVu9TQZKfjES0JTpkwwwN_3V5YRVjKpp0LRXkn_iFqhvoYaRgKj-rlDI0aM-ieVs/s1600/selfportraitwithflame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyR6rTDfnOrVU0je3-BFa0_pdUFfuMxA05L7AnXq3iQt5tHr63jc3XwgyvS0QciyiP_HAxymAVbn7dVu9TQZKfjES0JTpkwwwN_3V5YRVjKpp0LRXkn_iFqhvoYaRgKj-rlDI0aM-ieVs/s400/selfportraitwithflame.jpg" /></a>
This piece is going down to London this weekend, to be put in a group exhibition
as part of The Streatham Festival 2012. The theme is 'flames' hence the stylised
flame balancing above my head.
This is an unfinished drawing...still not completely satisfied with everything
and haven't made my mind up whether to ink it or not..
Making a self portrait is the hardest thing to do, to capture the features as they stand.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-74573895736198717952012-06-03T06:52:00.001-07:002012-06-03T06:52:27.357-07:00Happy Jubilee!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Jubilee too all!
Long live the queen!
Here's my piece of jubilee ephemera commemorating
the lion and the unicorn!john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-24209557047743658002012-04-23T03:52:00.002-07:002012-04-23T03:52:24.341-07:00Happy St. George's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My grandpop, from Sheringham, Norfolk, loved making wooden toys for me and my siblings.
Since it is St. George's day I thought I'd share an image of the St. George and the dragon
toys he made, which I loved a great deal. Sadly the dragon is missing a wheel.
I'm not sure how St. George's day is celebrated, but apparently, my Lancashire grandad would
wear a red rose in his lapel, which of course is both the symbol of England and the symbol of
Lancashire.
If I go out this evening I will be sporting a red rose in the same fashion. Otherwise I am watching
the 1966 film version of the English comic series 'Modesty Blaise,' with a large mug of coffee, some
wasabi peas and a chocolate and cream dish.
Happy St. George's Day to you all!john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-72195017802473162792012-04-07T08:01:00.003-07:002012-04-07T08:12:23.358-07:00phrenology medley<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2ra52_6ERUGJjZAYyrAxc5udi4HxoUn82xu_3gQb6y7DGSvYSuJzCHilO8ajorOPqqQ3XPcU43i1o0gTnUK5fa-WpQKwnOg5KrKGmSCQ7fqv9ephI2PXV871Sko7v0tdNQWMmfY3Vf8/s1600/phrenologyquartet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2ra52_6ERUGJjZAYyrAxc5udi4HxoUn82xu_3gQb6y7DGSvYSuJzCHilO8ajorOPqqQ3XPcU43i1o0gTnUK5fa-WpQKwnOg5KrKGmSCQ7fqv9ephI2PXV871Sko7v0tdNQWMmfY3Vf8/s400/phrenologyquartet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728675953750833410" /></a><br /><br />Here's a phrenology head drawing I made for the magazine 'One and Other.'<br />I decided to give the editor a choice of images. I personally like the ones with<br />colour and hope she chooses one of those. <br /><br />I tend to use mapping pens as you get a really satisfying fine line, and it's <br />easier not to make any smudges or blotches.<br /><br />My Grandpop used mapping pens to make maps amongst other drawings, and it's nice to inherit these and keep them in use and part of the family. I feel like I'm part of a tradition, using these pens, the old fashioned and ornate brass and wood inkwell, and the victorian hinged cabinet, with variety of nib pens and papers.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-26521621978177872072012-04-06T07:05:00.003-07:002012-04-06T07:23:06.369-07:00the queen in the morning, tom gauld in the evening<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpL3HUIcUyE_SNkp0L1q4cAl0_firF9GQUsZtru2frWGagaQUPCo9ULm-fHcigxzCx2k0S9XnUvL_d1u7Yu3YxiYX3wwuOUUg4LnA6Ff9IwkrSqqxfALTYLDgwR3QRL7cZVZiL0XP3mIY/s1600/cat+tamer+unfinished.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpL3HUIcUyE_SNkp0L1q4cAl0_firF9GQUsZtru2frWGagaQUPCo9ULm-fHcigxzCx2k0S9XnUvL_d1u7Yu3YxiYX3wwuOUUg4LnA6Ff9IwkrSqqxfALTYLDgwR3QRL7cZVZiL0XP3mIY/s320/cat+tamer+unfinished.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728289443640640178" /></a><br /><br />Yesterday morning I took the train bright and early to visit York and join the crowds outside York Minster waiting for the Queens 'Maundy Thursday' arrival. There was a blustery spring feeling in the air, a police and dog presence adding a frisson to the atmosphere. A friendly nod from the bobby as I crossed the bridge to the heart of the city. End of the street to the minster, a bored teenager holding a big macdonalds sign, a tubby bloke in a leeds united scarf loudly selling jubilee union jack flags, one sided with the queens image in yellow hat on one side.<br /><br />I joined the roadside crowd, near the front, anxious children with parents in front of me. Behind a few rows, a very frail lady unable to see yet passive. I spoke loudly to let people know there was an elderly woman who couldn't see and happily she could come closer to the front.<br /><br />Overall there was an unreal feel to the waiting, flags fluttering from edwardian hotel windows, vans with old well dressed old people ready to recieve the traditional maundy money, slowly entering the minster. a tight knit and electrically red rank of beefeaters, straight out of a jaunty colonial era poster, marching with smart whimsy. <br /><br />The bells were varied, light and tuneful...a very long wait...then the roar of the crowds further down the street attested to the queen's arrival...<br /><br />she briefly passed in the royal car, waving, in blue, with prince phillip inconspicuous, princess beatrice opposite, with tiny hat, brown wavy hair looking overexited and beaming, then she met the archbishop, was given a posy, tottered up the steps, waved to the crowds. Then we oiks were shut out to the ancient ceremony.<br /><br />an agonising hour later, the crows stayed put. frail old woman moved closer to the front, supportive daughter nearby. ten minutes to the queen coming out again, she had to find a seat, and sadly missed seeing the queen, post minster service.<br /><br />and that was that- the queen drove to the mayor's smart mansion house for lunch. I slowly pushed through crowds to the train via the pasty shop. Chance brought me closer to mansion house, and I saw the queen's car pass again- the royal flag on the bonnet only in view weaving along the street, then stopping, out she gets, stands in the mansion entrance, a tiny speck of blue- waving, the doors close. Our monarch, representing us all, is closed to the world. <br /><br />Strange realising at the train station that the queen whether we like it or not, are aware of it or not, is something we all share. <br /><br />And why the unfinished unedited image of a lion tamer here? In the evening I went to see the Illustrator Tom Gauld in Leeds..where he spoke about his new comic. He inspired me to finish unfinised projects. This lion tamer image is one I now want to conclude thanks to Tom Gauld's inspiration.<br /><br />And watch this space for a comics rough which I'm making over the weekend! It's a treat even in its sketchy form.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-2620780398545407772012-04-04T06:15:00.002-07:002012-04-04T06:20:47.662-07:00solo exhibition coming soon to york<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbUEVcVjlGA-Ha7IY0G3rcfrFty9d_zVoWBfrw4N42EBc_YsDsiFxBMrK1Zg3ZROc6zt6bmsfx7sL_cCZaiEphjNIpE_0HTOF3McYHj4OlVbL2qN8Q5oagDpARDbGkwMAflzxL5qA1Wo/s1600/soloexhibitionphoto.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbUEVcVjlGA-Ha7IY0G3rcfrFty9d_zVoWBfrw4N42EBc_YsDsiFxBMrK1Zg3ZROc6zt6bmsfx7sL_cCZaiEphjNIpE_0HTOF3McYHj4OlVbL2qN8Q5oagDpARDbGkwMAflzxL5qA1Wo/s320/soloexhibitionphoto.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727533952476754626" /></a><br /><br />I haven't posted here for a while- blogs are so tricky to update!<br /><br />The past few weeks I have been like a monk, whittling away at creating some ink based black and white portraits for a York based exhibiton at 'City Screen Picturehouse.' If you're around on the 21st of April from 6pm onwards, do drop by and say hello.<br /><br />It's been a mild nightmare sorting out finances this year, so hopefully this exhibition and improvements to the website, plus a few spare days to create more idiosyncratic and daring pieces of work should keep me fighting fit, and due to see a more comfy summer of holidays and parklife leisure!john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-18112851829844851492012-02-13T07:36:00.001-08:002012-02-13T07:39:00.775-08:00valentine's day is nearly here!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhenqFujyoMwt4HQKJOMx_zRQ9QlW8YImhOHCqJ_jiTpAplfC3bWSrrLYqGsLMkbbUWI3w82jx8236mX7fzEXqAAi3KY-N9sX874Ny01KWYUgKAThYegBsyUn_EpmpDgjSYuCszzh7BHOs/s1600/heartbluepink.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhenqFujyoMwt4HQKJOMx_zRQ9QlW8YImhOHCqJ_jiTpAplfC3bWSrrLYqGsLMkbbUWI3w82jx8236mX7fzEXqAAi3KY-N9sX874Ny01KWYUgKAThYegBsyUn_EpmpDgjSYuCszzh7BHOs/s320/heartbluepink.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708644695204662786" /></a><br /><br />Not much more to say apart from 'Valentine's day is nearly here!'<br /><br />I have tonnes of things to prepare for, screenprinting sessions to book, <br />3-5 large screenprints to get done well before my exhibition date of the 21st<br />of April. Promotion of the exhibition needs to be sorted in various ways.<br /><br />In fact valentine's day is at the bottom of the list of priorities. Enjoy this heart image anyway. I would like to have an exhibition of fancy looking hearts similar to this one, one day.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-38742648227875499762012-01-20T07:33:00.001-08:002012-01-20T07:43:54.187-08:00Deep in the Mire: an odessey in music and pictures.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Y0CuNO4jq2Q2gUqi4dsflq5A1vWbGHfuaHWnbjV0nk1o_RrQ45zLYrwDeV3bNVVyQE5oImQ-BcN_vQx_IRtUQCmsqA8XZ9oxrRim2CwzhLBMSWCj7aJlr2wyyEO-1gozUvjYIBZNWLY/s1600/deepinthemirethelibraryleeds.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Y0CuNO4jq2Q2gUqi4dsflq5A1vWbGHfuaHWnbjV0nk1o_RrQ45zLYrwDeV3bNVVyQE5oImQ-BcN_vQx_IRtUQCmsqA8XZ9oxrRim2CwzhLBMSWCj7aJlr2wyyEO-1gozUvjYIBZNWLY/s320/deepinthemirethelibraryleeds.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699738205171752722" /></a><br /><br />At the beginning of December I was restless for another commission from a band,<br />and not just an ordinary band. Thankfully Arya Bobaie the Iranian lead singer of Manchester progressive rock band 'Deep in the Mire,' got in touch with me through a recomendation from Wolfgang C. Bailey of the Harrogate band 'Pseudo Nympho.'<br /><br />Arya provided me with tons of images and ideas to really get stuck into and an ideal theme- that of mythical imagery from ancient Persia. We spent a long time in discussions before the first execution of the image, and once that was produced there were a few changes that needed to be made. <br /><br />After several weeks, the image is almost there, all the details are in place, and all it needs is for the text to be incorporated. The mythical character is that of the Huma bird, which is the Persian version of the griffin.<br /><br />The wings with eyes are typical of Greco-Persian imagery, and other details are snippets taken from the Persian mythical canon, which is vast and endlessly fascinating.<br /><br />In future I will show you the finished image with text, plus the previous versions so watch this space.<br /><br />Oh...and 'Deep in the Mire' are playing 'The Library' in Leeds tonight- sadly I can't make it there, but there's a strong chance that this Persian Huma bird will get projected up behin Arya and his bandmates.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-63324923831559089242011-11-03T15:01:00.000-07:002011-11-03T15:08:56.490-07:00Intern diary part six: the illustrated how not to make a movie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRETzE4VxDNh3F1NqqnwCCWA3LZQa-YHvWmPm-3nR2vHpIM54urdkEyNA92iVkcps1HZePSUKZtkAlNdEjxqfwMK2Hr1qTYcE3tz5EmBSZO-FSpaTwbuZ_hKAli8nHMGVUT20pa4hvhOM/s1600/milestonethree+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRETzE4VxDNh3F1NqqnwCCWA3LZQa-YHvWmPm-3nR2vHpIM54urdkEyNA92iVkcps1HZePSUKZtkAlNdEjxqfwMK2Hr1qTYcE3tz5EmBSZO-FSpaTwbuZ_hKAli8nHMGVUT20pa4hvhOM/s320/milestonethree+%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670893656871580242" /></a><br /><br />This along with another small roster of images are what I created to illustrate this short guide written by filmaker Miles Watts of Milestone films. See the link below for the text and image together:<br /><br />http://www.oneandother.com/articles/how-to-make-a-short-film-the-illustrated-guide/<br /><br />I spent the whole of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, warrened up in my room, at the desk, creating these images- from selecting the right reference material, creating the roughs, making the finished drawings, then editing in photoshop.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-28481394392881112312011-10-26T07:02:00.000-07:002011-10-26T07:25:17.431-07:00Intern diary part five: at the theatre<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_l8olQUXK3PZqkCrKWdCCI97NyPfe7YEWM17IL5wx7IzBUJfTJ3UNYzB6niGlmqTMBFgDF2KiJVxA6z-Sul4zTi9F2cxivIPFLdUlEdTZSbhSpUaZHv85C6SCSodgdsae9g3944y7TEQ/s1600/closetwogirlsandgamefinal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_l8olQUXK3PZqkCrKWdCCI97NyPfe7YEWM17IL5wx7IzBUJfTJ3UNYzB6niGlmqTMBFgDF2KiJVxA6z-Sul4zTi9F2cxivIPFLdUlEdTZSbhSpUaZHv85C6SCSodgdsae9g3944y7TEQ/s320/closetwogirlsandgamefinal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667806779008667010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqdAtDl5H7oUtzZcsyHrTGnvr4ht_p6RGGv6TZJMsXvSYEyarzmjsry__6hceddC-C5XjdI-5RvF_4CwaQjkM8cNNFNB9ZVd1KW4vKxa2RJG6znQysPqJkdesOOm-tAyIBi-GJtq7Of8/s1600/theladywhobringsthebooks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqdAtDl5H7oUtzZcsyHrTGnvr4ht_p6RGGv6TZJMsXvSYEyarzmjsry__6hceddC-C5XjdI-5RvF_4CwaQjkM8cNNFNB9ZVd1KW4vKxa2RJG6znQysPqJkdesOOm-tAyIBi-GJtq7Of8/s320/theladywhobringsthebooks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667806767401687362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GjLjL4_LSbONFmRiBuf2eFpc8YpORUjjCI5yk7MqSI7ao5fbwEhoETLwh6ydRv49bHZRk0P6mlVEzcN7Dcy-aHF2Kez-ME0y4giI1R0fdLRpdXptLdGv-_Lzpzgtq9-eOfvuod77_oc/s1600/closemarianneareyouhappy+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GjLjL4_LSbONFmRiBuf2eFpc8YpORUjjCI5yk7MqSI7ao5fbwEhoETLwh6ydRv49bHZRk0P6mlVEzcN7Dcy-aHF2Kez-ME0y4giI1R0fdLRpdXptLdGv-_Lzpzgtq9-eOfvuod77_oc/s320/closemarianneareyouhappy+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667806759162118290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1fqyDORPPMhI8LGGgmmoWG7fYUjE5VCiutevMp2vI8HW2_u9xqcQ4Uy9eWrvBevjXgHGGDNBVXTwDXiYJd-4qcUpeyvFf0LMMNEk5Jj4DLQG2RCNAIatLzKtkkFgH2dH__fC4_tIs6Q/s1600/closedollshousemain.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1fqyDORPPMhI8LGGgmmoWG7fYUjE5VCiutevMp2vI8HW2_u9xqcQ4Uy9eWrvBevjXgHGGDNBVXTwDXiYJd-4qcUpeyvFf0LMMNEk5Jj4DLQG2RCNAIatLzKtkkFgH2dH__fC4_tIs6Q/s320/closedollshousemain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667806754628282386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij27BFQdr_aoYKljZFYc1QKPj8jF04TjgYAkQkSIbXt19kxqNPt78COiO7FSg0uPBy79ZBro8ItuVnbUGBjGglwRcSgXps-pli-oDyEufUYpns6hXJ6XFY6DfvVnPjiUol8pNTS4PYbfM/s1600/inthefoyer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij27BFQdr_aoYKljZFYc1QKPj8jF04TjgYAkQkSIbXt19kxqNPt78COiO7FSg0uPBy79ZBro8ItuVnbUGBjGglwRcSgXps-pli-oDyEufUYpns6hXJ6XFY6DfvVnPjiUol8pNTS4PYbfM/s320/inthefoyer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667806781635998898" /></a><br />Last night, I wrote and illustrated a review for 'Six Lips Theatre.' Their new production of 'Close.' Look at The One and Other York site, for my written work, and the sketches in situe.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-34900846160505638022011-10-20T12:40:00.000-07:002011-10-20T12:50:49.918-07:00Intern diary part four: Parliament Street, York<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uVjoKsc7hyphenhyphenHy8-E7fPK37rdr8dKRfqIzrtcQg4up6WUSvPxIdGl765GuStCjSjDlwokdKBIMF_uvklt-8xksTKZTvNSEheKqQHzW6bdPCchopfWnANMNzgKHQaMeeK3yJxvnwfhBr0s/s1600/yorkpianoman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uVjoKsc7hyphenhyphenHy8-E7fPK37rdr8dKRfqIzrtcQg4up6WUSvPxIdGl765GuStCjSjDlwokdKBIMF_uvklt-8xksTKZTvNSEheKqQHzW6bdPCchopfWnANMNzgKHQaMeeK3yJxvnwfhBr0s/s320/yorkpianoman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665664149497454802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABISnyloACGfn7zA-5Mcy82dTo4m1dyqnVeIFLwyNSl6OmVBhihbff6astYf84N-Zf506bk2bK8wGvUYaCBX0Gi5nVsilBQksW3Ina6Mnjq30WFTVf0LPo-XpnqnIQoE2wYk-Ydw97S8/s1600/thecitroenandthespitfire.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABISnyloACGfn7zA-5Mcy82dTo4m1dyqnVeIFLwyNSl6OmVBhihbff6astYf84N-Zf506bk2bK8wGvUYaCBX0Gi5nVsilBQksW3Ina6Mnjq30WFTVf0LPo-XpnqnIQoE2wYk-Ydw97S8/s320/thecitroenandthespitfire.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665663400444986754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpaROK5-FLJ1K4JkePoxMk9GiLBHjVhjdOhBLzQpjveJUVRiMpn_7jG160uI90C8vuHpdmoz4BrWfkjzr0yNrx4XDzEAVjHgkljqddFIzj5yBZofxnpCFSb0q3PcTCXT3aTSB4xfmZw8/s1600/manwithberet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpaROK5-FLJ1K4JkePoxMk9GiLBHjVhjdOhBLzQpjveJUVRiMpn_7jG160uI90C8vuHpdmoz4BrWfkjzr0yNrx4XDzEAVjHgkljqddFIzj5yBZofxnpCFSb0q3PcTCXT3aTSB4xfmZw8/s320/manwithberet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665663384290327778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoU_9TUHfCsfgcc8ZOcLUiG5QbWZOx5gO02-bMmrFaucaarYHL7ffmkVFTeVh4LSTH17xtVyYg-Fbkgm4BfhouJiyOS6I2s9YBeIOg0Dvic6qgBY8_kmlenrxkcgQbG78LI7ZOkuybiU/s1600/wineplusman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoU_9TUHfCsfgcc8ZOcLUiG5QbWZOx5gO02-bMmrFaucaarYHL7ffmkVFTeVh4LSTH17xtVyYg-Fbkgm4BfhouJiyOS6I2s9YBeIOg0Dvic6qgBY8_kmlenrxkcgQbG78LI7ZOkuybiU/s320/wineplusman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665663379503109346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_bFmVeGCk4Gk4OnoJwWYXg7bRv3Zx_ks0C4bLjB6e8fZRw2bWkLwg0BYC0vX50STDnNWcWFoenJnn4nPYepR3gGdZlsBg6pi-myS9v2JaO5qhNmLnG0dA6lOWs5omHN8z0FSsBFyQz4/s1600/marketplaceyork.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_bFmVeGCk4Gk4OnoJwWYXg7bRv3Zx_ks0C4bLjB6e8fZRw2bWkLwg0BYC0vX50STDnNWcWFoenJnn4nPYepR3gGdZlsBg6pi-myS9v2JaO5qhNmLnG0dA6lOWs5omHN8z0FSsBFyQz4/s320/marketplaceyork.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665663376890431906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSC1Nu7LWmired3w1Ptx0Le8gnUlkVStKu8DZ1tHHOf_akMRe5wGgsoFwnDZJWZkceBP8oUzpI7PYwVJUbWBNXMle_zzZs66lAToArzUs1YOkvfgeg40AnoGDh-Qj_rmIqm7drSkqPB0/s1600/gallicmanpluscheese.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSC1Nu7LWmired3w1Ptx0Le8gnUlkVStKu8DZ1tHHOf_akMRe5wGgsoFwnDZJWZkceBP8oUzpI7PYwVJUbWBNXMle_zzZs66lAToArzUs1YOkvfgeg40AnoGDh-Qj_rmIqm7drSkqPB0/s320/gallicmanpluscheese.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665663405615431410" /></a><br /><br />Here are some drawings for the online magazine 'One and Other York,' from the other day, when the French, and others came to town.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-84683703050234498962011-10-12T04:48:00.000-07:002011-10-12T04:59:06.355-07:00Intern diary part three: Glasvegas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jkbda1tF7jKFLWTvqI0678U3kh-IJN1W0rB9rFYXXTr7qDpODkMqd2Wp_3yjr7W7sU2YD-0NqLRByQlazfTWlxZoQGOL8KrG4FuBocEU-Zaf7PVIOtyrdAP3uVw5p9gA_bh29cMCh9A/s1600/glasvegas.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jkbda1tF7jKFLWTvqI0678U3kh-IJN1W0rB9rFYXXTr7qDpODkMqd2Wp_3yjr7W7sU2YD-0NqLRByQlazfTWlxZoQGOL8KrG4FuBocEU-Zaf7PVIOtyrdAP3uVw5p9gA_bh29cMCh9A/s400/glasvegas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662572429872089874" /></a><br /><br />Here's a recent piece of work for 'One and Other,' York- a drawing of the Scottish band 'Glasvegas,' for an upcoming article. <br /><br />The style of this image is in homage to the great comic book artist Carlos Ezquerra.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-17589067982792892372011-10-07T13:30:00.001-07:002011-10-08T12:19:05.991-07:00Intern diary part two: round at the mayor of York's place<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUa9jp61AEWnFQun2fm0bsTUSZoZTSFF4hecBJC5bd2iLG4-zd4GnNZMGRgk9-Knv1NL_8vOhh_WNnv1KKtYet4oRd70lhCO-TC6rz5PgD8IvST5UxGZrwI_QJvfziAUYhISqZNXODhs/s1600/themansionyork.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUa9jp61AEWnFQun2fm0bsTUSZoZTSFF4hecBJC5bd2iLG4-zd4GnNZMGRgk9-Knv1NL_8vOhh_WNnv1KKtYet4oRd70lhCO-TC6rz5PgD8IvST5UxGZrwI_QJvfziAUYhISqZNXODhs/s400/themansionyork.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660851093356528162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIcDfiwRXIDnVzczkFThjwZMy6nueOPCZqfU8zUAUOyM2YNRkAZtyEOrCZSYhpaSTjSFMn-go7BWw_EpaPPC7q_cpDTVxgf4t-HXV06TvMAVM7FEuYVP-rCiIbrYowUyBOPTsf5_AzMU/s1600/mayorofyork+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIcDfiwRXIDnVzczkFThjwZMy6nueOPCZqfU8zUAUOyM2YNRkAZtyEOrCZSYhpaSTjSFMn-go7BWw_EpaPPC7q_cpDTVxgf4t-HXV06TvMAVM7FEuYVP-rCiIbrYowUyBOPTsf5_AzMU/s400/mayorofyork+%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660851096862948546" /></a><br /><br />Earlier in the week, the plan was that I would go and sketch during Adam Ant's York gig- and possibly get a more detailed drawing of him backstage. Sadly, on Thursday night, I got a message from Vicky, the editor of 'One and Other,' to say that Adam Ant had declined being sketched- even a very quick doodle.<br /><br />In order to compensate for the lost Adam Ant 'sting,' I was assigned to go a sketch the Mayor of York during interview.<br /><br />Friday afternoon, I met writer Ben Osborne from 'One and Other,' in front of the mayor's smart Georgion home, 'Mansion House.' Ben and I waited outside the tradesman's entrance, down the side of the mansion, nervously expecting a snooty butler. Instead we were greeted warmly by the mayor himself, who led us up in the lift, to his 'granny flat.'<br /><br />It felt a little like going to visit your grandad. The mayor chatted amiably about sports he likes, how he's not really into all that art, that gallery stuff. <br /><br />After a generous amount of time alloted for interview plus sketching, we were given a tour of his extensive house. The moment that will stay with me forever, is when we were shown down the grand staircase, lined with portraits of mayors from hundreds of years past, I reached the bottom step, and tripped on half a jug of orange juice, which had been left there by a servant or steward in absent mindedness. I cringed and apologised in embarrasment, but The Mayor dismissed it with a wave of a hand, and said he'd send someone round to deal with it.<br /><br />Once we left the sturdy, elegant house, steeped in history, and left the friendly down to earth host, we were back into the street, with throngs of schoolkids from Middlesborough, and day trippers from Toledo and Texas, ambling the gamut of tourist-traps.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-25786120859958714282011-10-04T13:27:00.000-07:002011-10-04T13:31:44.225-07:00Stylist Magazine competition entry<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdno9FnduQ4UeT4uIZFNX-cKQdwaVzY1JHIZ_tHpzTtrKnLibIb5bp6mZINZkT_iI8R8YJEK71qi8I8ZVNyTwDrmD1KBjkBA9aw_YkvX5n4sPsspRPxFJSs35vX_Nz1EKVy-3fTfbvf4/s1600/StylistJohnChamberlain.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdno9FnduQ4UeT4uIZFNX-cKQdwaVzY1JHIZ_tHpzTtrKnLibIb5bp6mZINZkT_iI8R8YJEK71qi8I8ZVNyTwDrmD1KBjkBA9aw_YkvX5n4sPsspRPxFJSs35vX_Nz1EKVy-3fTfbvf4/s400/StylistJohnChamberlain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659736956072252162" /></a><br /><br />I made this image today.<br /><br />It is my entry for the Stylist Magazine competition to design their 100th issue front cover.<br /><br />I have used imagery from New York one hundred years ago- from the year 1911. The style from that year was phenomenal, and the early skyscrapers from that early era were the most graceful and elegant. My piece is a tribute to that age, and as an Illustrator, I owe some gratitude to the artists, filmmakers, fashion designers and Illustrators from the 1910s.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-34961917511061331652011-10-04T01:06:00.000-07:002011-10-04T09:15:22.420-07:00Intern diary part one: the York assignments<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78ldc3mI8Sf7DbK6Qosa8zonTJJYt8tcplSmnxfLwwwyK4XR70VVET-p88D7-ATwm3KXCWzsfQQxHmTnkf0xxO6VU_qxodHqtA-XwZz8JWZx4Ilr6jVS_CyS5RYtotC2M2CRh3VXgXVk/s1600/fulfordarms.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 379px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78ldc3mI8Sf7DbK6Qosa8zonTJJYt8tcplSmnxfLwwwyK4XR70VVET-p88D7-ATwm3KXCWzsfQQxHmTnkf0xxO6VU_qxodHqtA-XwZz8JWZx4Ilr6jVS_CyS5RYtotC2M2CRh3VXgXVk/s400/fulfordarms.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659545689083807794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjjvnXi3hqnSa-mFcCnZ1WYopHQLHc7RJxixg9zxnZLgcxrfavMKdXrBtoQ7LYoRJqKAF0EgP_NoepED9xEB5kuGMKBzIKiLGQkOb3rt3_hhGnqfdgWqmXaDqMHiO_RZKMMy1Q3N36lo/s1600/theatreroyal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjjvnXi3hqnSa-mFcCnZ1WYopHQLHc7RJxixg9zxnZLgcxrfavMKdXrBtoQ7LYoRJqKAF0EgP_NoepED9xEB5kuGMKBzIKiLGQkOb3rt3_hhGnqfdgWqmXaDqMHiO_RZKMMy1Q3N36lo/s400/theatreroyal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659545684274805410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHR4VyH1rCMN6fCZ0QeFja5N8TvycgZ1zKAyZOYZxK_zK_nMO2oLIjSCrdLM0yqJZ01K79wGgOeZolEafQWqxx4iadlZPUDQtibkwg4g8zQKFE9zGBKlK0qXC9gSfrDUh_uXvWku9F_r0/s1600/yorkminster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHR4VyH1rCMN6fCZ0QeFja5N8TvycgZ1zKAyZOYZxK_zK_nMO2oLIjSCrdLM0yqJZ01K79wGgOeZolEafQWqxx4iadlZPUDQtibkwg4g8zQKFE9zGBKlK0qXC9gSfrDUh_uXvWku9F_r0/s400/yorkminster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659545677369138066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgh_0LgNwAYDQkGBt5O1lCVGzNG8JXEvbliquC9hgnf8cM2nQq26VRe15PkkcHPHuQo5wq4ejCb0HBwRxzeIqDhdO423Ulp3KE6la8hP-Ar9hFXwp6mdBX2YUHVxskNR3nO9yf5IV8b6s/s1600/operahouseyork.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgh_0LgNwAYDQkGBt5O1lCVGzNG8JXEvbliquC9hgnf8cM2nQq26VRe15PkkcHPHuQo5wq4ejCb0HBwRxzeIqDhdO423Ulp3KE6la8hP-Ar9hFXwp6mdBX2YUHVxskNR3nO9yf5IV8b6s/s400/operahouseyork.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659545691561178274" /></a><br /><br />Yesterday I started my first day as an Illustration Intern at the media organisation 'One and Other York.' Once I had found out that the post was assigned to myself a few days before- I got a selection of papers inks and paints together- and placed this essential desert island collection into a small suitcase. (I am obsessed about being prepared for a new scenario.)<br /><br />I arrived an hour early near their offices in the new section of York University 'The Ron Cooke Hub,' a large wooden beamed echo chamber moated by a duck pond. My feeling was one of disbelief. I had applied for the intern post a few days before, and hadn't believed I would be accepted. To steady myself, I took an espresso crashed on a couch and glanced through a newspaper.<br /><br />Eventually I went up to the office- and spoke to the editor Vicky Parry. After a short amiable chat, I got assigned some killer tasks. This Friday I will have a press pass to Adam Ant's York comeback gig, where I will produce some sketches to coincide with the written review of the night.Later on I will sketch the mayor of York and the musician Mark E. Smith during their respective interviews, to fit with the written articles. <br /><br />I am exited about the other people involved, particularly the Illustrator Michaela Meadow, who will be my colleague over the next three months. It turns out I am already familiar with her work and magazine, which is a bonus(check out her wonderful magazine here: www.magpiemag.net)<br /><br />Anyhow, Michaela and I were given a handful of venues in York to go out and sketch- to use as images to illustrate 'One and Other's' venue guide. <br /><br />The sketches above are the results of yesterday afternoon- an amble round sunny York, until gales started blowing in front of the Minster and foiled my attempts to continue!john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-26913762070286910872011-09-29T09:02:00.000-07:002011-09-29T09:10:41.942-07:00Tokyo Arigato project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgmfkEFFa4rLrvZtak5OoOUL5TfXzWhx1Pl519-g_ddxW8UPfJlOnDbzYtWdf6OYumgpZFdnO4NW5h6DYlD1JbMeDjuXRdr9iea31bXjqx6__Uc3BMKcE0r6JtHGIgQG7_EKCdGND4dE/s1600/japanfinalfinal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgmfkEFFa4rLrvZtak5OoOUL5TfXzWhx1Pl519-g_ddxW8UPfJlOnDbzYtWdf6OYumgpZFdnO4NW5h6DYlD1JbMeDjuXRdr9iea31bXjqx6__Uc3BMKcE0r6JtHGIgQG7_EKCdGND4dE/s400/japanfinalfinal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657813371973176482" /></a><br /><br />I recently created this image for a competition for the 'Tokyo Arigato Project.' You may have guessed that the theme of the competition is 'Love,' hence the boy and the girl in a psychedelic setting- love is a drug and all that.<br /><br />In my haste I didn't realise there was a hefty fee to pay for entering, and since the final prize seems paltry in relation to that, I decided not to enter, but to find another more worthwhile use for this image.<br /><br />It was a good exercise creating this image- which is a combination of about three different earlier images I've made. I have a tendency to use black ink, so thought I'd give blue ink a chance. <br /><br />I think my first love is black ink though.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-52733406639210751042011-09-09T04:51:00.000-07:002011-09-09T04:59:20.980-07:00when Leon from Bahrain came to visit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpf7SvmFHvVIisif1UCnF5fxFEpChy8QS9oUwQpEC_ER3fvJ3IjOE25kkA3324pGqAhR4gcrfi7oCNSiU6SMSfJa_jiV33VKA5gTStKbCdzEV1jAh3-ObdEnI_XVQFb8cikW77-VwsjY/s1600/leonsdrawing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpf7SvmFHvVIisif1UCnF5fxFEpChy8QS9oUwQpEC_ER3fvJ3IjOE25kkA3324pGqAhR4gcrfi7oCNSiU6SMSfJa_jiV33VKA5gTStKbCdzEV1jAh3-ObdEnI_XVQFb8cikW77-VwsjY/s400/leonsdrawing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650327848841518978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGA4Zref2cdTQ2PQSoq1Jr82y9uVk4J_jBj40cW8Ht1dl7iO7mPQMEFZbUZIR02MhWeK30xLIhAL9XuwJnDp1i6TWWS-22NF2kpgXODEhzLQKp9SuSLvsdf5nJk6KiOglwNMkoUxQhRE/s1600/leon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGA4Zref2cdTQ2PQSoq1Jr82y9uVk4J_jBj40cW8Ht1dl7iO7mPQMEFZbUZIR02MhWeK30xLIhAL9XuwJnDp1i6TWWS-22NF2kpgXODEhzLQKp9SuSLvsdf5nJk6KiOglwNMkoUxQhRE/s400/leon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650326647465497074" /></a><br /><br /><br />An old pal who studied at Leeds came to visit the other week.<br /><br />He went back home to Bahrain last September, but came up to the U.K.<br />for a 2 week visit.<br /><br />The top image is one of his drawings.john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-54704768606708070952011-09-05T06:38:00.000-07:002011-09-05T06:46:18.655-07:00Elise and the actors<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWQ183hNogRmXMihbGum87dB6uHDRnN5Pw7hFSxQ5MFaT-85agK41WMOt60R9zZMfxw2HH3NMhWI36IdMRuKsQh3lKtdnbhSpuXYMveArBkpUoVsCvz7Z7GxrTO5iwSHYzsQMQwa2IjY/s1600/elisesketchten.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWQ183hNogRmXMihbGum87dB6uHDRnN5Pw7hFSxQ5MFaT-85agK41WMOt60R9zZMfxw2HH3NMhWI36IdMRuKsQh3lKtdnbhSpuXYMveArBkpUoVsCvz7Z7GxrTO5iwSHYzsQMQwa2IjY/s400/elisesketchten.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648871024042263138" /></a>
<br />The other evening, I went along
<br />to sketch some actors in rehearsal, directed
<br />by Elise Rohde, playwright wunderkind.
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<br />They were practising in a room in the music department
<br />of Huddersfield University- an impressive space
<br />with an organ and two grand piano.
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<br />Here are the sketches I produced:
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<br />my.carbonmade.com/projects/3268929john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-13834246280428254682011-09-01T07:20:00.000-07:002011-09-01T07:25:49.872-07:00Sleeping Beauty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ziSgTMJjmoCeQwMemC5q1lDRHkEx6-0TCzkOBe50QHgtjs8zViezOEHPCTm3mvGTSif54JlQX1rglJNCacZzrSd8uq48ITMQ5UhQB8YK7874KKUEivfeUym7AvSQG51rRkoCedXR3Fo/s1600/finalsleepingbeauty.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ziSgTMJjmoCeQwMemC5q1lDRHkEx6-0TCzkOBe50QHgtjs8zViezOEHPCTm3mvGTSif54JlQX1rglJNCacZzrSd8uq48ITMQ5UhQB8YK7874KKUEivfeUym7AvSQG51rRkoCedXR3Fo/s400/finalsleepingbeauty.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647396167063104514" /></a>
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<br />I created this for an English national
<br />ballet competition, to design a series
<br />of children's ballets.
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<br />This will be judged by Gerald Scarfe, and
<br />seemed like a worthwhile, challenging and
<br />interesting competition to enter.
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<br />Please support my entry by voting for it at:
<br />www.talenthouse.com/johnchamberlainishere john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224846255716651377.post-35577061446968163832011-07-13T14:06:00.001-07:002011-07-13T14:07:39.415-07:00vote for my entry pretty please!Follow the link to vote for my entry please!<br /><br />That will be a massive favour, I will reward you in the afterlife!<br /><br />Here's the link:<br /><br />http://www.dontpaniconline.com/street_summer/entry/262john c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00151620251958277078noreply@blogger.com0