All things considered

Despite having only done lino cutting once before, I endevoured to do it again, even though I knew it would result in injury. I must have sliced my fingers at least 30times, however I'm pleased with the results and it is actually quite theraputic doing it. This was a 3 week drawing project on the theme of transport. In parallel to this I also did some plaster cast of these lino cuts and also some prints.

Influence & Reflection 27/01/2011

Favourite photograph EVER!

To be honest this task is virtually impossible. Just like I can't pick a fovourite film, book or song, I can't pick one outstanding photo which I can call my favourite. Truman Capote is without a doubt one of the most amazing and beautiful writers that has ever put pen to paper. So I picked this photograph, everything within the picture expresses his creative and expressive personality. The image is stunning, rather than sticking with a plain background, it is filled puppets and maquettes- to me it resembles a dream-like state where creativity blossoms.

crikey!

It's hard being sexy and it's equally hard keeping up with a blog, but needs must, and words don't write themselves. Discovered an amazing website www.issuu.com, published some books on it I did. Anyway heres the link http://www.issuu.com/adamleejones. So far I've just done two books- poetry and something about moustaches. Going to scan my graphic novel and put that up too, it's helpful as it gives you an overview of what a physical book would look like. I really need to make a zine too, perhaps it's something which could manifest itself in the Collective project. Babylon!

8th January 2011

I seriously think I'm risking RSI writing 80-pages of text for this timeline, ah well, the stuff I've wrote makes me laugh so hopefully it'll make other people laugh too. Heres an example:

1933

In 1933 a man had a dream (no, not Martin Luther King) his name was Richard M. Hollingshead and his dream was to build a drive-in movie theatre. By combining his love of cars and his love of movies he achieved this dream. Nothing compares to the drive-in movie experience, not even siiting in by yourself with a tub of Haagen-Daaz crying about being dumped and watching a chick flick. We salute you Richard M. Hollingshead, no doubt many American teens have lost their virginity thanks to you. Now, time for me to combine my love of eating and my love of swimming...

Black Balloon

When I was 5 I was given a black balloon

We had matching smiles and matching faces

The bitter winter weakened its fragile frame upon my grasp

From a beautiful form came a horrid diseased creature

That black balloon changed while this one will forever remain

Farewell my black balloon...

All in a days work

Wrote my words or, if your posh, article for the Leeds-based zine The Debacle. I tell you, that poo lastnight didn't want to come out. I'm going to give it the nickname Collossus, if on the news they talk about a brown whale stranded in the River Thames, it won't be a frigging whale, it'll be my pal Collosus. I really need to give up the coffee, can't sleep lately, or when I do it isn't till silly o'clock.

Blood and Milk magazine #1

In which Braden Webster drew some pictures and I wrote an article.

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Christmas. Mine was crap, but at least I didn't spend it with my family. Next year I'll spend it with friends, the only reason I didn't is because we never organised anything and the Christmas mood didn't arrive. Knowing my luck i'll probably feel christmassy in March and by then it's very well pointless. Ah well, New Year soon, the resolutions are as follows stop drinking, stop smoking, get a job and have sex. I might as well make a resolution to go to the moon, after all that'll be more likely.
It's occured to me that this blog is filled with more text than visuals, okay, I resolve to put more pictures up, there I've said it. I also need to write something longer and more engaging on this thing, it probably feels neglected, poor thing.

-2°C

Two of my prints have been accepted for exhibition, pretty exciting. Hopefully it'll warrant an orgasm, Lord knows it's been a while. This snow is doing my chuffing head in, although i seem to be creating some good work and a couple of interesting books. Apparently according to my tutors I need to write more and produce more work, but after my tutorial I've been given some direrction and once I can get into the print room I intend to have my way with the silk screens ;) white on white seems like an interesting avenue to approach, so onwards and upwards.

summer project: book of me

Haven't wrote on here in a while, neither have i posted any work on this thing. Finally taken pictures of my summer project, to be honest sooner or later this book was going to be written. Chuffing glad I've got it written, kept putting it off for ages. The pictures i illustrated seemed to turn out really well too, i enjoyed this excursion down Memory Lane makes me realise how much I've grown up in the past three years, I have even if I don't act like it at times :)

Front Cover

The majority of things i read over the six weeks seemed to focus a lot on God, i.e. William Blake, Douglas Coupland, Life of Pi, Carl Jung etc. so this idea was born from that. Kind of based on William Blake's The Ancient of Days, but with the Goddess Durga as the central character.

Why I Wrote This Book

My Mum

My Dad

Wayne Hunter

Steve Hunter

Johnny McDermott

Alex Clayton

Mel

Aimee Green

Tom Howarth

Laura Parker

Me