Admin Monday 22nd OCT 2012

Another fortnight of news and links from the Galway Pub Scrawl! :)

So we made it, you guys, we did the 24 hour comic day.

Last minute update - Jay posted his 24 hour comic day not-a-comic today. Check it out!

The end of Sketchtoberfest is on the way. 9 more days to finish up whatever you are doing!

Links, links, links :

Sarah Ford shared a great blog post on the Narrative Development of her idea for a project about Myths...

The awesome, mighty Cerebus Comic run - "High Society" became available in a set of Digital Downloads from a great new site. It includes a video of Dave Sim, the creator, reading it aloud, as well as all kinds of extra art and notes.

The Illustration Master Class revealed their survey winners - basically a vote amongst the class as to who is the best in class. Amazing.

Mark Kennedy wrote this great post on why the environment in your art is also a character.

Patrick pointed out, rightly, that Jeff 'Dekal' Becker's website is full of great art.

Pascal Campion does these beautiful, colour filled sketches every day.

Scamp.ie, the Irish Illustration blog, is always worth a read - and they're back posting on a regular basis.

Mike Doyle is one of those people who take their Lego very seriously.

Today's Inspiration had a great guest post from the Lost Art Books guys on their new set, The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley.

I really liked these motion capture photos of liquids.

That's it once again,

donalfall out.

More advice from 24 hour comic day survivors....

To refine down exactly where the new 091 Labs building is, you can find them in

6 Commerce House,
Flood Street,
Galway


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More 24 hour comics day advice, this time from Rob Ryan who is coming to join us on the night as well as having made it through one before -

"I drank six litres of diet cola during my 24 hour comic experience. Not sure if that is advice or a cautionary tale though."

Leigh Ashmore says -

"Sleep beforehand"

I want to add to mine as well -

"White out. Bring white out - liquid paper or white paint. You're going to mess up with ink at 10 AM, guaranteed"

There will probably be a Google+ hangout running for the 24 hours if anyone wants to come check in on us/catch us yawning!

Don't forget you can pop in at any time just to offer us encouragement/sweets! If you want to come in and chat for a bit, maybe draw a little yourself? We'll be there!

Admin Monday 24th SEPT 2012... Whaddya mean it's the 26th

Another round of announcements and links for the Galway Pub Scrawl! Sorry it's a bit late, it's been a crazy week.

Announcements:

We had an AMAZING time at our third birthday last Monday. Go back and check out the photos! There was Cake!

And our most recent partnership with 091 labs for Culture Night was last Friday. Check out those photos too!

We're fast approaching my plan for the next group-wide project - a little plan I like to think of as Sketchtoberfest! Check out the page for more details. :)

Linda pointed us in the direction of this interesting post by the Galway Continental Christmas Market... anyone have any ideas for us reaching out to them?

Also, everyone should go "like" Mykul's Sword Page on Facebook to help him beat someone else in the race of Likes. :)

New remote Scrawler, Joris Burla, filled the gap in our 31 Day Drawing Challenge - The Tarot - with this awesome pic of The Tower. Joris may be familiar to me from conceptart.org... then again, we're not saying. :P

Links:

If I were a Millionaire, I'ld soon be penniless buying Golden Age Illustration paintings...

I really liked these Origami-based artworks by Marc Fichou.

These photos by Dominik Smialowski made a weirdly poignant story...

I'm probably going to plump money for this awesome book by Aly Fell as my Christmas present to myself.

Also, you just have a few more days to investigate Top Shelf Comix' amazing annual sale!

Chris Schweizer offers these print-out-and-play Dr. Who designs!

I thought these photos of decay and fungi on the Jungle floor were beautiful.

We saw pictures of Pirates for Talk like a Pirate Day.

I found a fun Comics Jam tool on the internet.

And that was that! Make sure to tune in Monday for Galway Pub Scrawl #71 - Sketchtoberfest Begins!

Pub Scrawl Exhibition! Live! Tonight!

Don't forget we've been asked to exhibit all along one wall in 091 Labs as part of Culture Night tonight, the 21st of September! More here and here.

I'm really looking forward to this, you guys. Huge thanks to all our members and the guys in iSupply Quay Street, as well as the amazing folks in 091 labs. Be there to snag a preview version of our upcoming comic book, CLANTHOLOGY.

A big reminder!

Don't forget to help us celebrate our Third Birthday tomorrow, the 17th September, at 20:30 GMT!

We'll be in the back room of our local, McSwiggans with piles of cake and goodies. You can also find us through a Hangout on our Google+ Page, although you'll have to virtualise the cake somehow. Photos to follow as quickly as possible, if that helps...

Also, don't forget we've been asked to exhibit all along one wall in 091 Labs as part of Culture Night on Friday, the 21st of September! More here and here.

DON'T FORGET

We're going to try and do a Google+ Hangout at Pub Scrawl tonight if you want to come see what we do, virtually. I dunno how much attention *you'll* get at the far side of the screen, but we'll do our best to be entertaining/include you. :P