tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41078340755677295092024-02-07T18:24:11.105+00:00MicrosketchbookPurple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-23017106188750152842013-12-09T17:50:00.003+00:002013-12-09T17:54:32.251+00:00Belle Epoque prints and moreI currently have some of my prints on display at <a href="http://www.belleepoque.co.uk/" target="_blank">Belle Epoque</a> (the amazingly good patisserie on Newington Green, London, N16), including one of the shop itself. <br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Belle Epoque print (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Red Coat version, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Artist's Proof), 2012</span><br />
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There are two versions of my Belle Epoque print, shown below, both of which are unframed A4
giclée prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag archival paper. If you're interested in buying a print of this or of <a href="http://www.microsketch.com/Illustration" target="_blank">any of my other illustrations</a> or <a href="http://www.microsketch.com/Photography" target="_blank">photos</a>, please email me on: <a href="mailto:microsketchdesign@gmail.com" target="_blank">microsketchdesign@gmail.com</a> <br />
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<b>Belle Epoque (Red Coat version)</b><br />
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Shows owner Eric Rousseau wearing a red coat in the doorway.<br />
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<b>Belle Epoque (</b><b>Pâtissier version)</b><br />
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Shows owner Eric Rousseau wearing his Pâtissier outfit and showing off some croque en bouche.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Belle Epoque (</span><i>Pâtissier</i><span style="font-style: italic;"><i> </i>version), 2012</span></div>
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Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-88623933165023253062013-06-23T19:36:00.002+01:002013-06-23T19:36:59.529+01:00National Kissing DayTime Out recently used my Fish Kiss photograph as the lead image in their <a href="http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/06/20/32-couples-having-a-nice-snog-in-london/" target="_blank">article about National Kissing Day</a> (no, I didn't know that was a thing either).<br />
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<br />Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-34425585774172978842012-12-18T15:19:00.003+00:002012-12-18T15:22:04.266+00:00Londonist Behind the LensI was recently fortunate enough to be featured on Londonist Behind the Lens, with <a href="http://londonist.com/2012/12/londonist-behind-the-lens-michael-goldrei.php" target="_blank">a</a><a href="http://londonist.com/2012/12/londonist-behind-the-lens-michael-goldrei.php" target="_blank">n article about my street photography</a>.<br />
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<br />Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-82410756271874983962012-09-26T23:27:00.001+01:002012-09-27T00:45:10.898+01:00From the Archives: Dredd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Watching the Dredd film this evening got me nostalgic about my old job as a 3D artist for a games company back in 2001-2003. I worked on a few Judge Dredd games, and have dug out some of my old artwork from those:</div>
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Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-60274353143068608682012-08-05T22:35:00.002+01:002012-08-05T22:37:21.430+01:00OlymPICS<div style="text-align: left;">
I was lucky enough to be invited by a friend to go and watch the hockey at the Olympic Park today.</div>
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<i>Guarded, 2012</i></div>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-60590824873085259502012-08-02T19:13:00.001+01:002012-08-02T20:49:21.306+01:00Going ViralA few friends contacted me this morning to say that the 'Olympic Expectations Vs Reality' image that Time Out London put together yesterday <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/microsketch/7672152424/" target="_blank">using one of my photos</a> seemed to have gone viral, with several thousand people having seen it.<br />
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As it was only on the Time Out Facebook page at the time, people had been emailing screenshots of it around to each other, so I suggested Time Out get in on the action and post it on their actual website.<br />
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And as of this evening, <a href="http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2012/08/02/olympic-travel-woes-expectations-vs-reality/#more-62976" target="_blank">they have</a>!<br />
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If you happen to see it used anywhere else, I'd be curious to know where and how far it's spread.Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-57642989274826138182012-08-01T19:55:00.000+01:002012-08-02T17:03:56.032+01:00Time Out's Olympic Expectations vs RealityA pleasant surprise for me this evening when I scrolled through Facebook on my phone and spotted this image on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TimeOutLondon" target="_blank">Time Out London</a> feed, which made me smile even before I noticed that the bottom photo was <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/microsketch/7672152424/" target="_blank">one of my own</a>.<br />
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If anyone happens to spot the photo in the magazine, please save your copy for me.<br />
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<a href="http://londonist.com/2012/06/extra-extra-385.php" target="_blank">Another of my photos</a> was recently used on the Londonist website, which is always a compliment.<br />
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It was taken near Carnaby Street, London and is of a man with a ridiculous looking bike. <br />
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<i>A Man with a 'bike'</i>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-84147080631861013662012-07-11T23:03:00.000+01:002012-07-11T23:25:30.808+01:00Blogging + Lomography = LoBlography<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The kind people at <a href="http://microsites.lomography.com/stores/gallery-stores/london" target="_blank">Lomography Soho</a> recently had me along to their LoBlography event, where I met fellow bloggers for whom photography plays an important role in what they do.<br />
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I was lent a <a href="http://uk.shop.lomography.com/lomo-lc-wide/" target="_blank">Lomo LC-Wide camera</a>, which I now really want, as along with having an excellent wide-angle lens it allows for all manner of interesting experimentation, such as multiple-exposure photographs and half or full-frame shots (meaning you can fit double the number of shots on a film if you go for the former option). Once I was let loose in the streets of Soho, I basically went crazy trying every option on every photo.<br />
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The camera also allows you to take continuous shots with no separation between the photographs on your film. While I didn't do this for the entire film, I did try it out on a few shots.<br />
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You can see the rest of the shots I took either <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/microsketch/sets/72157630358064630/" target="_blank">separately</a>, or as <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/microsketch/7552313046/sizes/o/in/set-72157630358064630/" target="_blank">one continuous image</a> I've stitched together.<br />
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Thanks Lomography LoBlography. Thaloblanks.Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-46654342592123794862012-05-17T19:17:00.001+01:002012-05-17T19:17:33.784+01:00Street Photography Update<div style="text-align: left;">
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See <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/microsketch/" target="_blank">everything here</a>, or <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/microsketch/sets/72157627052193749/" target="_blank">just the highlights here</a>.</div>
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<i>House, Oxford, 2012</i>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-9646557920481876422012-03-11T19:34:00.008+00:002012-03-11T19:49:02.446+00:00Taking your brain to another dimensionI've added a new section to my website for my <a href="http://www.microsketch.com/3D-Photography">3D Photography</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvMWWhmTh5QioWyfxACCf2DMkkbzdlvRyolvfnrTfp8DgLPjVJX1I_rUxqxMO3_Iie_RGQBNsUGGkRi6CG8ZaWDfKYSjagufBhSxaVoYrfzV8aeycijlihBmTmEawNycYGwX8t-gDalw/s1600/the-globe-rc.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvMWWhmTh5QioWyfxACCf2DMkkbzdlvRyolvfnrTfp8DgLPjVJX1I_rUxqxMO3_Iie_RGQBNsUGGkRi6CG8ZaWDfKYSjagufBhSxaVoYrfzV8aeycijlihBmTmEawNycYGwX8t-gDalw/s400/the-globe-rc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718726061669488386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ladies Pass The Globe, 2012 (Red-Cyan version)</span><br /><br />Photos were taken using a Nintendo 3DS, which includes a low-resolution 3D camera. It presents a challenge as there's no way to edit the images after you've taken them (so no cropping or adjusting brightness/contrast). And there's no way of turning off the annoying 'snapping' noise it makes when you take a photo, meaning everyone notices you!<br /><br />There are a variety of options for viewing these, either as a 3D image if you have a device with a 3D screen, or as Wiggle or Red-Cyan versions. Wiggle shows the left and right eye images as a single animated gif and will leave you feeling dizzy. Red-Cyan allows you to view the image if you posses a pair of old-school 3D red-cyan tinted glasses.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.microsketch.com/3D-Photography">Click to view my 3D photography</a>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-83446132782727205172012-03-06T19:05:00.005+00:002012-03-06T19:12:24.587+00:00A Church Chair for the 21st CenturySomeone I know is currently running <a href="http://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2012/01/design-a-church-chair%21.aspx">this competition</a> to design a new chair for the Church of England.<br /><br />Knowing very little about chair design or what goes on in churches, I decided to enter it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSYLWn38k0Y8Y-77AZFOxi-Hz8C3jZPfBZPLeWZ4CQ0iZdHSyPlEjQL-AuIeCKgPcfxCCPG4W3GU9P1WscEruAjRiuiSaFf00-B7A_SW9pYNs6CBoGnbiuxFZPwZ7M7SY5dkpXr6CYIY/s1600/church-chair.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSYLWn38k0Y8Y-77AZFOxi-Hz8C3jZPfBZPLeWZ4CQ0iZdHSyPlEjQL-AuIeCKgPcfxCCPG4W3GU9P1WscEruAjRiuiSaFf00-B7A_SW9pYNs6CBoGnbiuxFZPwZ7M7SY5dkpXr6CYIY/s400/church-chair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716862821805747298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A Church Chair for the 21st Century, 2012 (click to enlarge)</span>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-71049401644902427822012-02-23T13:35:00.007+00:002012-04-22T22:35:11.251+01:00Belle Epoque: Red Coat versionTwo years ago Eric, the owner of <a href="http://www.belleepoque.co.uk/">Belle Epoque</a> (the amazingly good patisserie on Newington Green) commissioned me to draw his shop. Due to the lack of a deadline, I finally got around to finishing it last week and it arrived fresh from the printers this morning.<br />
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In total it took about eight solid days of drawing by hand, then digitally colouring and shading. I've just handed it to him and he's already talking about having it printed on postcards and mugs, so I'm incredibly relieved he liked it!<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Belle Epoque print (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Red Coat version, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Artist's Proof), 2012</span><br />
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The illustration is based on source photos I took on a Monday, the one day of the week when the shop is closed. My thinking was that I wouldn't bother the customers that way and no one would notice what I was doing, but within about 10 seconds of getting my camera out I noticed a red blob out of the corner of my eye jumping up and down shouting "draw me! draw me!". It turned out to be Eric, so that's him you can see in the doorway.<br />
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If you're interested in buying a print of this, email me on <a href="mailto:microsketchdesign@gmail.com">microsketchdesign@gmail.com</a> and let me know. It is available as an edition of 20 as an unframed A4 giclée print on finest Hahnemühle Photo Rag archival paper for £50 (+P&P or free hand delivery if you live in N16) and I've already had two orders, so don't leave it too late.<br />
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Also available is the <a href="http://microsketchbook.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/belle-epoque-patissier-version.html" target="_blank">Pâtissier version</a> of the print.Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-39534006870396455352012-02-14T16:19:00.003+00:002012-02-14T16:22:43.149+00:00EssaouiraAnother previously unpublished drawing, this time from 2008. This was done on a holiday to Essaouira, Morocco. I don't think I'd considered this complete last time I worked on it, but I quite like it in this state.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIisj5L9JR2kXuzzQzSZ-VdVBGVwJrS7JsGTLOQekWhrlu0tTwwqT7yrEwjh6Hzd6mzpKY9bJQY1D2RvhXYGQjVC1A6kYCrRfkgFm5NOMwQB7LMLkaDBHQ7haF-klnpnS3jf9Qq0A6-A/s1600/boat.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 363px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIisj5L9JR2kXuzzQzSZ-VdVBGVwJrS7JsGTLOQekWhrlu0tTwwqT7yrEwjh6Hzd6mzpKY9bJQY1D2RvhXYGQjVC1A6kYCrRfkgFm5NOMwQB7LMLkaDBHQ7haF-klnpnS3jf9Qq0A6-A/s400/boat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709026804505241234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Essaouira, 2008</span>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-48207418146021836882012-02-14T16:03:00.003+00:002012-02-14T16:09:03.387+00:00My Old DeskI've just had a rummage through the archives and found this drawing I did of the desk I used to work on a couple of years ago. (Things are a lot tidier in my current set up!).<br /><br />Not the greatest drawing I've done by any means, but if nothing else it serves as a decent reminder to me of a scene I used to see every day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnb33NbsLMMHmvWuMwrRpNgSvuxZJOzfZqvhGP4Qg0KhuPaBtRGAP1kF3QgWad9CwcVQd3Ux8udYXArK_Un1z2O96shdtSlRdBbBigs4TUP86iXfjDkE3eO8C-bwiMHlEgjDcsyR9MkVE/s1600/my-desk-sns.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnb33NbsLMMHmvWuMwrRpNgSvuxZJOzfZqvhGP4Qg0KhuPaBtRGAP1kF3QgWad9CwcVQd3Ux8udYXArK_Un1z2O96shdtSlRdBbBigs4TUP86iXfjDkE3eO8C-bwiMHlEgjDcsyR9MkVE/s400/my-desk-sns.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709022649370265794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">My Desk, 2010</span>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-88022073543235999532012-02-10T19:22:00.002+00:002012-02-10T19:40:27.951+00:00microsketch in the media: Londonist (again)On of my photos was used by Londonist a few weeks ago <a href="http://londonist.com/2012/01/livingstone-pledges-to-take-over-suburban-rail.php">accompanying an article on Ken Livingstone's rail plans</a> (if he wins the next mayoral election, that is).<br /><br />I took the photo using a <a href="http://microsites.lomography.com/supersampler/">Lomography Supersampler</a>, which takes four quarter-sized photos in quick succession, which get developed as one photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhDDJvvU1oKBFjNz06kPgu-n0USrv9jF201Vtcu9dOxkMCrhNFQLTByp8I6RYuIzWfkzdcud70L3yft7WIq5EfMcY2vhNa-DXJy5tZeRG9ou7qgGtItc345tKnVe8yY92TufS_cVM-GU/s1600/trains-cropped.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhDDJvvU1oKBFjNz06kPgu-n0USrv9jF201Vtcu9dOxkMCrhNFQLTByp8I6RYuIzWfkzdcud70L3yft7WIq5EfMcY2vhNa-DXJy5tZeRG9ou7qgGtItc345tKnVe8yY92TufS_cVM-GU/s400/trains-cropped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707589776007157874" border="0" /></a>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-48720142606383082612012-02-10T18:37:00.005+00:002012-02-10T18:44:50.926+00:00microsketch in the media: southbanklondon (again)One of my photos has again been picked as Picture of the Week over at <a href="http://southbanklondon.tumblr.com/post/17373285173/picture-of-the-week-each-week-we-select-our">southbanklondon</a>, which is once again an honour!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ghm5Ga8zJ9kDO0C2E_8eqqnudQue4rkixqlh2l2mU40kqKOPyEfq_URjzChOov4ZOq7Mtii_Iy92l6bXkO2tjquxvwTk3cELBCYlndS6gImwtT2o9bSehvKTEGyoEomN-I3jxCcARoA/s1600/southbanklondon-skating.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ghm5Ga8zJ9kDO0C2E_8eqqnudQue4rkixqlh2l2mU40kqKOPyEfq_URjzChOov4ZOq7Mtii_Iy92l6bXkO2tjquxvwTk3cELBCYlndS6gImwtT2o9bSehvKTEGyoEomN-I3jxCcARoA/s400/southbanklondon-skating.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707578536138894690" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The previous time this happened <a href="http://microsketchbook.blogspot.com/2011/09/microsketch-in-media-southbanklondon.html">can be found here</a>.Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-37238539926595358702012-02-02T01:18:00.006+00:002012-02-03T13:31:02.755+00:00This is like, even more randomI love the GIF the Random Project <a href="http://www.random-project.co.uk/2012/02/01/home-michael-goldrei/">have created with the images from my previous post</a>!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2WAqMRAWo2k34U1xcp5MGRjpwk813gC1i125dVX6m4XDwvapxukiEGQuuK_FUmRCcmL5Nb0gbWVfB2KccgulsH1C8H5NfGbXk39Arr8c72PHpj8GVrar2UpXYEKv87jwkqg5MSoZcWQ/s1600/home-Michael-Goldrei.gif"></a>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-28922127053882358052012-02-01T18:46:00.007+00:002012-02-03T13:32:53.863+00:00Like, Totally RandomThis is my postcard for <a href="http://www.random-project.co.uk/">Random Project 2012</a>, the topic I was given being 'Home'. I was keen to show the limits to my involvement in the Olympics with this drawing.*<br /><br />As they were keen that I didn't draw it on a computer, I totally ruined it by trying to colour it with real pens, which resulted in me making a real mess, with the coloured ink going dark when I went over the black lines. Pretty awful; I wish I'd left it black. Oh well!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrjmoGu51aLfZvbrUMbSI3IzlX_5py-qjSA8eX9rvbmJiBErYhuXR8q5nf7FtX4oUbBRaedM5U2kIsUxNYa4bmZMD9PzCK_YQJ6mXWnKaj4PKeHGo9okSnlcq_PjkOp0O5SXrz67L2hg/s1600/home-bw.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrjmoGu51aLfZvbrUMbSI3IzlX_5py-qjSA8eX9rvbmJiBErYhuXR8q5nf7FtX4oUbBRaedM5U2kIsUxNYa4bmZMD9PzCK_YQJ6mXWnKaj4PKeHGo9okSnlcq_PjkOp0O5SXrz67L2hg/s400/home-bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704240623794560690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Home (black), 2012</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm1sWJO4ZGwn1dz_IyPorpJB8Dy8v1qkQRk0AGgpfn12YdNk1RwrYEfCLMnxYB8Odr7nohUACHakUse021Kng6kaJzietiG5TaFw3i0hPhvW_Tndl1SQrm7XwCjtvW8osdyqUiP6cxIQ/s1600/home-colour.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm1sWJO4ZGwn1dz_IyPorpJB8Dy8v1qkQRk0AGgpfn12YdNk1RwrYEfCLMnxYB8Odr7nohUACHakUse021Kng6kaJzietiG5TaFw3i0hPhvW_Tndl1SQrm7XwCjtvW8osdyqUiP6cxIQ/s400/home-colour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704240687893604082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Home (colour), 2012<br /><br /><br /></span><span>*I'll probably turn over to something else when the Olympics are on T.V.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />***<a href="http://www.random-project.co.uk/2012/02/01/home-michael-goldrei/">Click to see the wonderful animated GIF of this</a> created by the Random Project***<br /></span>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-57663160906020549062011-12-19T19:26:00.004+00:002011-12-20T16:04:46.077+00:00Skeletons on Holiday meet Fox on WindowsillUp and coming London-based band Skeletons on Holiday recently used one of my photos as the cover artwork for their new double A-side single 'Night of the Long Knives/Silence is Broken.<br /><br />You can <a href="http://skeletonsonholiday.bandcamp.com/">listen to it here</a>.<br /><br />For camera nerds, the photo was taken using a Diana F+ camera and double-exposed. For location nerds, it was taken at Columbia Road Flower Market. Amazingly, I actually got permission from the man dressed as a fox to use this photo for the single as he was looking at something else on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/microsketch/">my Flickr account</a>, found himself on there, and got in touch with me.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_Ih3kBst9iY5FupyL5e-h4TJS_nTUIqlIFMMmtcAZwb09g3M_or9XBnvSWJJbkzSG2aiPY3tZnClo8kQBBgam5IsGPZ2xVBoRG1-KHTitUyryACBUPTjNfafOQpLJ4r5Cqt3L8Dgtn8/s1600/Night+of+the+Long+Knives_Silence+is+Broken.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_Ih3kBst9iY5FupyL5e-h4TJS_nTUIqlIFMMmtcAZwb09g3M_or9XBnvSWJJbkzSG2aiPY3tZnClo8kQBBgam5IsGPZ2xVBoRG1-KHTitUyryACBUPTjNfafOQpLJ4r5Cqt3L8Dgtn8/s400/Night+of+the+Long+Knives_Silence+is+Broken.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687923122702209810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">My cover photo for 'Night of the Long Knives/Silence is Broken' by Skeletons on Holiday</span>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-56836246102094580272011-12-19T19:10:00.003+00:002011-12-19T19:16:43.855+00:00The Most Expensive PictureI recently paid to have my photo '<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/microsketch/5919330141/">Fish Kiss</a>' included on the home page of <a href="http://www.themostexpensivepicture.com/">The Most Expensive Picture</a> (and fortunately quite early on in the project). It remained there for about two precious hours before someone paid a buck more than me to shunt it off.<br /><br />I'm a sucker for the kind of projects I wish I'd thought of myself (and actually been motivated enough to put together) - good luck to them!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJkQ_oHeCIuwVQ0SuLYfbhTRAqNLSqOTHPKleNLblohsAsyJnRoYWJMhwOs-HwRMXEJaacJ1YiJ0W16ntf0oOoh853mCddh9196VBRUWoCliyDtXtQV8fNTvTmNiUToxpOPribhwUroE/s1600/tmep.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJkQ_oHeCIuwVQ0SuLYfbhTRAqNLSqOTHPKleNLblohsAsyJnRoYWJMhwOs-HwRMXEJaacJ1YiJ0W16ntf0oOoh853mCddh9196VBRUWoCliyDtXtQV8fNTvTmNiUToxpOPribhwUroE/s400/tmep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687919598894608610" border="0" /></a>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-32493630655486137292011-11-30T16:55:00.009+00:002011-11-30T17:34:40.105+00:00No Short CircuitEarlier this year I did some design work for Sue Austin and Nick Lee, two intrepid and eco-conscious travellers who plan to drive around the world in an electric car.<br /><br />Their ambitious project goes by the name of <a href="http://global-circuit.com/">Global Circuit</a>, and they were among the first people this year to buy the brand new Nissan Leaf to carry it out in.<br /><br />Their blog about their <a href="http://global-circuit.com/blog/">trial run in Europe earlier this year</a> makes for very interesting reading, particularly in regards to struggles to find charging points before the car ran out of electricity, the kindness of strangers in helping with this, the non-standard technology and schemes for charging a car in different countries, and in the questions they posed to those at Nissan HQ in Paris, their ultimate destination, about the practicalities of running such a car.<br /><br />Good luck to them, and I look forward to hearing more about their travels!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINzNcdNtJkCGZjSCJ_5dg1WclwsXw4avvCVLz44_a6gd2ZRCqsaT6S0Jz5bMbA852RxnUTLYHg4LZqwBM8wuRyATXlukCUeB0to-sT4R4fTYOubo3gq1sXpBMzMkChEM3OLH74CA3nrA/s1600/banner-720-180.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINzNcdNtJkCGZjSCJ_5dg1WclwsXw4avvCVLz44_a6gd2ZRCqsaT6S0Jz5bMbA852RxnUTLYHg4LZqwBM8wuRyATXlukCUeB0to-sT4R4fTYOubo3gq1sXpBMzMkChEM3OLH74CA3nrA/s400/banner-720-180.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680833730854131490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Global Circuit logo</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107834075567729509.post-15770858180723163472011-11-29T18:35:00.004+00:002011-12-01T14:18:07.859+00:00I Got 99 ProblemsThis image often pops into my head when I hear Jay-Z's '99 Problems', so I had to get it down on paper.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUzuxEZWhjt8BfC7BM8LpVkTjGKceUrMw6GevkF3_bSoTiM_K-qrQPkJiAhbZhE74kISGF09xl9yRyB8lb1kqy3zMnOXf3IAWVh_0r4kZhWqodnTio2_brpO1e90mapZz2wN5Qc_f4mOQ/s1600/i-got-99-problems.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUzuxEZWhjt8BfC7BM8LpVkTjGKceUrMw6GevkF3_bSoTiM_K-qrQPkJiAhbZhE74kISGF09xl9yRyB8lb1kqy3zMnOXf3IAWVh_0r4kZhWqodnTio2_brpO1e90mapZz2wN5Qc_f4mOQ/s400/i-got-99-problems.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681164017916385698" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNETKqibOzikhIfXsUx86KNK76Pvu8vZg0igK9kTLUhI_nYLz6vzHvgh7YYw3ET1Mf0e7-n-Pnjr92xdYs0bA0s8SJ5Uvsy7ucIaVfyy8js2GsloRpaf9N5N-puSGcoopfZU2Z3gu-BU/s1600/i-got-99-problems.jpg"></a>Purple Smokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601703290778540729noreply@blogger.com0