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I hope you enjoy our latest issue!

Bec
uncovering your creativity
editor@blanketmagazine.com

Inspiration for ths issue... 1 2

This issue was influenced by a trip to the National History Museum in London. The museum has
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a beautiful collection of preserved bird specimens from all over the world. This particular bird, the
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Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinica), from North Africa, caught my attention because of the brilliant Cover image: Allan Deas
shades of blue on its wings, contrasted with the brown on it’s back. And, of course, the long tail (check out our Transfer Interview with Allan on pg 37)
streamers trailing behind gave it a sophisticated elegance.
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Contents
1-2 Welcome 3-4 Contents 5-6
Contributors 7-8 What’s New?
Products, Websites, Blogs and more...
9-12 Classic Blue Jeans! Crafty
goodness with Jek! 13-20 Here’s my
work... I hope you like it Our readers
show us their work 21-24 Transfer: I
guess that’s why they call it the Blues...
25-36 Re_action: BLUE See how our
readers reacted to our theme! 37-42
Transfer: Allan Deas Our cover artist
shows us his work 43-46 Transfer:
Jesse Hora How he made the Blanket
Font fo rthis issue! 47-54 Here’s my
work... I hope you like it Our readers
show us their work 57-60 Transfer:
Edward McGowan A man of many
talents 61-74 The Blue Project We
ask six artists to interpret song lyrics
75-80 Here’s my work... I hope you
like it Our readers show us their work
81-86 Transfer: Gemma Correll See
her cute illustrations style! 87-90
Transfer: ColourLovers.com We talk
to the man behind the scenes 91-96
Here’s my work... I hope you like it
ABCDEFGHI Our readers show us their work 97-
100 Craft-E The Shiny Squirrel - 6
jkLMNOPQR artists and their art 101-104 Web_
sight And the winner is... 105-106
STUVWXYZ Blanket Classified Ads Now clickable!
107-108 Blankets 2009 Wall Planner
Blanket Font for this issue: 109-110 Next issue Find out how you
‘Sir Mac Grocery’ by Jesse Hora. can contribute to our next issue. The
theme: COMMUNICATION 111-112
Find it here: www.jessehora.com
Thankyou A list of all who made this
issue possible
Do you have a font you have made
and would like it considered for the
next Blanket issue?
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CAITLIN GAHAN
Assistant Editor
Caitlin Gahan is a Graphic
Designer and Writer who
never learnt to ride a bike or do
maths of any kind. She loves
being a Graphic Designer for
two reasons:
1. She can Photoshop photos
of herself and
2. She gets to be involved
in Blanket and remain in a
constant state of schoolgirl
awe of the talent of the artists
and designers she interviews.
When she is not near her
beloved Mac called “Velvet”,
she likes to read every book
and magazine in sight.
Then, her fingers get too itchy
and she has to get back to
her desk.
DAVID SELF
Web_sight Writer
Selfy is a guy who knows a
little bit about pretty much
everything. Ask people what
he does, and they would
call him a Graphic Designer,
Photographer, Musician or
Writer. In truth he is only one
of these things, but we’re not
quite sure which.
A self-confessed “Internaut”,
he revels in the geeky and
is most comfortable when
there’s a Firefox window open
in front of him. If you feel like
forwarding him a funny email
that’s going around, chances
are he saw it before you were
born. Why not ask him about
web comics instead?
JESSICA WILSON
Craft Writer
Jessica Wilson is the Crafty-
mad Scientist behind jek in
the box, scrumdillydilly and
scrumdilly-do! She lives a short
hop away from Hollywood with
her sock crafty husbandman,
their evil kitty and a mob of
sock monkeys. She favours
stripey socks and never leaves
home without her camera.
www.scrumdillydilly.
blogspot.com
www.jekbot.etsy.com
www.flickr.com/photos/
jek-a-go-go/
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JONATHAN HULME MELISSA GARDNER
Feature Writer Designer
Jonathan Hulme is a In her spare time, Mel likes
Sociologist, Writer and all to paint ‘Nushka Dolls’, look
round Righteous Dude. He at pretty pictures in design
is particularly interested in books, go to nice places for
popular culture and despite coffee with her boy, dabble on
being a terrible music snob, the guitar, laugh loudly, collect
will argue that Destiny’s Child Moleskin journals (and dream
are better than Sonic Youth of one day writing in them
to anyone who will listen. without ruining them!) and
Fortunately, no one listens. she loves finding new artists
to inspire her. Check out Mel’s
cute hand-painted nushka dolls:
www.nushkadolls.com
www.nushkadolls.etsy.com
or have a look at her illustration
& photography:
www.flickr.com/photos/
rememberthislink
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DREW FELLOWS
Designer
Drew was recently diagnosed
by a doctor as being a creative
compulsive. Medical tests
showed that if Drew was to
go a day without creating
something new or working on
an ongoing project, the results
could be fatal. Under doctors
recommendations, Drew now
fills his days with photography,
graphic design, drawing in
moleskins, making badges,
music production, performing,
a hint of creative writing and
countless blogs, websites
and online communities.
http://flickr.com/photos/
drewfellows/
www.26theband.com
Contributors
JOHN FRY
Designer
When John was a young
lad all he ever wanted to do
was drive a ‘bulldozo’. On
realising ‘bulldozers’ were spelt
differently he took his crushed
little dreams and turned to
design instead. He still feels a
sharp tug on the heart strings
whenever he see’s yellow and
black together.
John has a few web sites and
a blog but spends so little time
updating them that we’re not
going to bother putting them
in here.
Jesse hora
Designer
My name is Jesse Hora Dot
Com. I’m a chubby, pale
white, freckle faced freelance
illustrative designer originally
from the great mitten state
(MI incase you don’t know).
Currently, I am based out of
Chicago and loving it. My work
has been described as “never
straying far from the ridiculous
and playful while remaining
detailed and thoughtful”.
I concur.
Generally, I like to create things
that are smart and humorous,
while achieving the desired
goal. So, for a nice chuckle
and some eye candy check out
www.JesseHora.com.
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PS. we interview Coralie in the next Blanket issue!
ROUTE 66 WITH TOM MCGHEE
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One of Blankets favourite photographers
Tom McGhee has some gorgeous new
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DO-IT-YOURSELF PENGUIN COVER just something about Tom’s photos that
And while I am on the Penguin topic have you captures the remoteness of the desert
seen this site? It’s not exactly new but I think (even though he tells me he was with
it’s worth a mention as it’s a fabulous idea! 18 other Harley riders, shooting out of a
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You can either check out the gallery section www.tommcgheephoto.com
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SIMON HOEGSBERG
We featured Simon way back in Issue 2 of Blanket magazine and he still blows us away with his unique and interesting
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craft with jek!
NO NEED TO THROW OUT
YOUR OLD JEANS - JUST
FOLLOW JEK’S ADVICE
AND MAKE THEM INTO
SOMETHING NEW TO
WEAR INSTEAD!
Those who know me know that I like color… a
lot. Actually, I adore color and feed on it. It is what
makes me tick and it is what gets me through a bad
day or difficult times. Whether it is dying my hair
a brilliant shade of green or wearing striped socks
or lusting after yellow shoes, I can say with pure
honesty that I love color. The problem with loving
What is blue and classic
color so much is that my favorite color changes from
day to day or moment to moment.
I love them all, even in rainbow order! I never feel
and always evolving,
like I can wear red but I do wear red lipstick. Orange
is probably my most go-to color. I love it like toast.
And yellow is a new favourite. I will forever love the
look of the greenery all around me and of course a
yet still available in
pale sage makes me smile like there is no need for
tomorrow. While I am not a big fan of purple, I do
love lavender and have been told I look extra spiffy
its most simple form?
in a brilliant violet. And blue? Well, there is an extra
special place in my heart for blue.
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Craft with Jek!
When I was a young tow-headed tot with scabby
knees and snarls in my hair, one of my most favorite
things was to play with my crayons. Not color with
them, mind you, but play with them. I would dump
them out in front of me and inhale that special extra
nifty waxy crayon smell. I would roll my fingers
through the colorful chaos and attempt to feel the
colors with my eyes closed. When I could read, it
was the names of the colors that seduced me. The
blues had the best names in the bunch. When other
children hollered out their favorite colors, I had to
get all flashy and announce that I liked “cornflower
blue” or “periwinkle” or “midnight blue”. Even now I
love how the word periwinkle dances out of me. You
can’t help but smile when you say it.
There is something so nifty about blue. There are
the many shades of blue, there is the melancholy
feeling of blue and how could anyone forget the
dazzling soul searching music of the blues. Do you
have any idea how many different songs there are
with the word blue in the title? Oh blue, you are an
inspiration. So what to do for this Blue issue?
What to do?
The mister and I sat on the sofa one day juggling
ideas in search of the perfect thing to evoke
something true blue. I wondered, do I write about
feeling blue and chasing the blues away? Or do I
simply give you all a project that you can make blue
and call it a day? Then, the mister hit the nail on the

head. What is blue and classic and always evolving
yet still available in its most simple form? I’m sure
it is safe to say that almost all of us reading this
issue right here have at least one pair of blue jeans
floating about. In fact, you are probably wearing
them right now? Am I right? How about you grab
your oldest, most worn and ready to be tossed pair
along with some scissors and a needle and thread
and turn them into something new?
I’m not going to give you play-by-play instructions
because the mister ended up making it all and he
is a bit of a perfectionist. I urge you to get your
creative juices flowing and to make something,
anything, from your jeans. You can make a bag, a
wallet, a pillow, a tie even, or maybe a hula skirt!
Yes, a hula skirt!
craft with Jek!
A hula skirt is just what we did, along with a bikini
top, a lei and a flower for the hair. Can you tell from
the pics how we did it? We turned the back pockets
into the top, using the side seems from the legs as
the straps. Then we cut the legs off the bottom and
fringed them up for the skirt using the waistband
as is. We pulled together scraps to make the flower
and used the zipper for the center and then cut a
bunch more scrappy squares to make the lei. Now
all I need is something cool and blue to drink and
my man Elvis crooning to me a wee bit of song
from Blue Hawaii. That and mayhaps a slather of
sunscreen. What are you going to make?
www.scrumdillydilly.blogspot.com
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I guess that’s why they
call it the blues...
Does happy trump sad or will teary and blue win the day?
Blanket writer Jonathan Hulme investigates.
Is the dark side of humanity the
key to making great art?
Or can you create brilliant art after
playing Star Wars on the xbox?
I have never been a fan of the idea
that an artist has to be a drunken,
poverty stricken, depressed, wreck
to produce great art. For all my
aspirations of becoming a talented
artist, I can’t commit to depression
and suicide as a form of inspiration.
I lived through grunge, haven’t I
suffered enough?
Now, there is some cultural
currency here. Would the blazing
intensity of Van Gogh’s work
be quite as acute if he wasn’t
an ear hating schizophrenic?
Would Joy Division be quite as
iconic without Ian Curtis’s love of
melodrama and darkness? Would
Bukowski’s misogynist rants be
required reading if he wasn’t such
a depressed wretched excuse
for a human being? Because as
much as I hate to admit it, a large
proportion of the music, books and
art I love are mired in sadness and
self loathing. It has a weight and
gravity as opposed to the opposite.
Consider Bobby McFerrin - the
unrelentingly buoyant singer of
Don’t Worry, Be Happy… yeah,
admit it, you wanted to punch
that guy out.
However, this is where the rub
comes in. The time is 1997, I’m
wearing flannel, listening to
Soundgarden and as is the want of
all people in their early twenties,
going through an excruciating
break up with my first love. This
isn’t about blame (it was her fault1)
but in my grief stricken state I
embarked on a journey through my
own heart of darkness. I wrote sad
poems, I painted sadder pictures
and I wrote the saddest stories and
sappiest songs about my aching
heart and the hurt that would
never, EVER go away. All of these
deeply personal statements of my
pain were united by one thing:
they were all complete rubbish.
Now I have never claimed to be
much of an artist, or writer, but
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I think the heartbreak I endured
made me not only pathetic and
whiney but an even worse artist.
Seriously, this stuff was dire,
clichéd drivel and I threw most of
it out once I came to my senses
(that took about five years).
As such, the notion of the great
artist producing art works of
historical significance as a result
of depression and sadness has
never sat well with me. So, I’ve
decided to put it to the test and
conduct an experiment over two
consecutive days.
I will first do a whole bunch of
things that make me happy and
then on the second day, I will do
a bunch of horrifically sad stuff to
make me unhappy. At the end of
each day I will paint a picture and
then compare the two. So the
questions is: does happy trump sad
or will teary and blue win the day?
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Day 1.
Happy day:
I get out of bed at about 10am and
head to my local café for pancakes.
I then head home and lie on the
couch and read the Saturday papers
(arts section only). I then watch
Kung Fu Panda while eating ice
cream and wearing my cowboy hat.
I then listen to Queens of the Stone
Age while playing Star Wars Battle
Front on xbox and drinking beer
(still wearing a cowboy hat). If this
doesn’t sound like a great day, I can
only assume you’re not a male with
the emotional maturity of a thirteen
year old. Feeling in a good mood,
I start to paint.
Inspired by the vaguely apocalyptic
colours of Sydney’s pollution
filled sunsets, I decide to paint
a simplified version of the view
from the back of my house. This
didn’t really strike me as a great
inspiration but after drinking beer,
eating sugar and playing xbox all
day, I really don’t have much of a
clue what to paint. So while I can
say that I was pretty content
from the day, it hardly led to a
well of inspiration.
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Day 2. Result:
Sad day: Well, there is one complicating
factor in this experiment – my
My alarm goes off at 6am and skills as a painter are on a par
I resentfully do the stretches with a Labrador – well maybe not
prescribed by my physiotherapist. I that good… maybe an amputee
then eat Muesli and read a couple Labrador (WHAT!? I thought you
of chapters from the book Children artists like sad images). So the
of Cambodia’s Killing Fields: problem is that both paintings
Memoirs by Survivors. I then watch are terrible and no conclusive
Dancer in the Dark, the crushingly decision can be made as to which
depressing film by Lars Von Trier is the better. On a pragmatic level,
starring Bjork. I follow it up with a sadness made me think deeper
couple of hours of listening to Joy and the painting came from a
Division while reading more tales more intellectual place. However,
from Cambodia’s killing fields. The painting on the happy day was a
cowboy hat looks at me forlornly, lot more fun - possibly because I
untouched on the hat rack. Feeling was drunk - but I’m not sure I really
vaguely suicidal, I grab the paint want to have another day where
brushes and start to paint. I intentionally make myself sad or
Having read about the way the watch Dancer in the Dark again.
Khmer Rouge destroyed everything There is only so much time you
in Cambodia, I questioned whether can spend in the foetal position
it was the country’s following of crying in the corner.
Buddhism that made its population So, the final conclusion is that
more susceptible to the violence whatever inspires you inspires
that wrecked their country or was you, but I’m not so sure that being
it more surprising that it happened depressed is a secret ingredient
in a Buddhist nation at all. As I to making great art work. It sure
pondered this, I look at a small helps to think deeply but being
Buddha statue I have in my room intentionally sad is a very self
and decide to paint his visage in indulgent concept because really,
golden light while surrounded in who wants to be sad on purpose
darkness. Deep and not at all like apart from Morrissey and Robert
any picture I saw selling for ten Smith? I’d much prefer to watch
bucks on the every street corner of Kung Fu Panda any day.
South East Asia.

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Tell us a little bit about
Allan Deas and what he
likes to create.
I suppose I always showed a flare
for all things creative, even as a
kid, with a passion for drawing
and an overactive imagination I
would spend hours designing and
creating characters to live in my
own fictional worlds. I used to
pretend to be asleep and when
my parents went downstairs
I would continue my little art
projects whether it be families of
plasticine animals in little outfits
or elaborately drawn cut out
paper figures. I once remember
even pretending to be ill and
bunking off school to finish a
puppet theatre I was making!
Originally I’m from Dundee,
Scotland I moved down to
London in 1999 after finishing
a degree in illustration and
printmaking at Duncan of
Jordanstone art school where I
specialised in block printing and
photography. Drawing was a big
part of the course, and we were
always encouraged to go out
drawing, and I suppose that’s
where I get my strong drawing
skills from. I did love printing too
though I rarely do it now mainly
due to the space it takes and
of course in comparison to the
digital technology of today it’s
fairly time consuming!
Once I moved to London I worked
as a freelance graphic designer in
the fashion industry specialising
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T-shirt prints working for many
well known high street retailers
and brands such as GAP, Topman,
Firetrap, Bench & Pepe Jeans to
name but a few, so I’m no stranger
to the world of commercial design!
I recently returned to my
passion for illustration and I am
currently focusing on this side
of my career again, working on
both commissions and personal
projects.
With a slightly retro style, I would
say my work is mostly character
based with a bold graphic look
based on strong line drawing.
I like to think my quirky illustrations
often include an element of
humour and fun.
I like to create many things...
I always have a pile of ideas that
I never get round to completing
basically because as soon as I do
one there’s another two or three
new ideas to work on. I suppose I
really like creating the illustrations
- especially the more imaginative
ones where I can get lost in and
have fun with. I like images
that tell a story or include
something that starts you
thinking about the character
or elements of the
illustration and I suppose
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ultimately I just want to create
designs that make people smile.
I do still do some photography,
though that’s more of a hobby at
the moment, and I still do some
apparel T- shirt work too but I
suppose the majority of that is just
to pay the bills and my real passion
lies in my illustration work!
You work in many different
mediums - is there one
you prefer or do you enjoy
the variety?
Well variety IS the spice of life isn’t
it... I enjoy taking photographs and
doodling in sketchbooks but to be
honest I mainly always work on
the computer. If it looks like I work
in many different mediums then
all the better and I suppose I’m
putting my Mac to full use then!
I normally do all my drawing by
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hand then manipulate the images
in the computer. As I said earlier I
did block printing and photography
amongst other printing techniques
at college and I wouldn’t mind
getting back into these at some
point and there’s a lot of other
mediums I’d like to explore like 3D
and collage but for the meantime
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the style I’m working with works
fine with my Mac and good old pen
and ink!
Your work has very strong
bold graphics - what influences
your style?
I find inspiration in so many
things... I’m really influenced by
illustrators I remember
when I was a kid. I really
love the work of Dick
Bruna, David McKee and
Richard Scarry. Though
I’m also inspired
by 70’s & 80’s
kids TV - programmes like Mr Ben,
Pigeon Street, Crystal tips and
Alistair, Bagpuss and Simon in the
Land of the Chalk Drawings - I think
these all made such an impression
on me as a kid they are lodged into
my head and no doubt influence my
work. I’m a fan of vintage packaging
and generally any ‘eyecandy’.
Actually I’m a bit of a visual magpie
and tend to have scrapbooks full of
tears anything visually appealing -

anything that might spark an idea.
They’re really good reference if
you ever get stuck! I’m also
inspired by the work of Saul
Bass, Seymore Chwast, the film
Yellow Submarine, Terry Giliiam’s
animations for Monty Python
and the fashion drawings of
Celia Birtwell for Ozzie Clark.
What’s your creative process
when given a brief by a client?
For personal work I keep
sketchbooks of ideas that I can
refer back to so sometimes I have
an idea that fits a brief already. If
not though I usually scribble down
any ideas as they come into my
head - these are usually so rough
that I can’t even understand them if
I don’t work on them immediately!
Then I transfer that into a more
understandable working sketch
which I can work
from later or
show to a
client as a
rough, normally just a line drawing.
So from the sketch I usually work
up a more final drawing to scale
then refine that and clean it up
both with pen and ink and in the
computer. I like to draw all the
elements of my designs separately
so I can manipulate them easier
once scanned in, which I find much
more useful when something
has to be changed. I then finish
off my designs on the Mac,
composing and adding colour etc.
in illustrator. I suppose it’s kind of
like digital collage!
You have worked in the fashion
and commercial industry, which
can be very fast paced. Have you
had to adapt your illustration
style to this or do you usually
work quickly?
Yes the commercial design industry
is very fast paced but I think you
get used to it, you kind of have
to if you want to make a living
out of it and you soon learn
everyone wants their
designs yesterday.
Working in the
fashion industry
has definitely
helped me to
be able to work
to short and
sometimes
near impossible
deadlines. I
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quickly though, working with
computers definitely helps speed
things up - I’ve got friends that
illustrate with paint and inks,
everything is so precise and I
admire their talent and patience
but in my experience things get
changed a lot by art directors and
the like and if you have to paint
a design that took you two days
from scratch again you know you
probably wont get much sleep!
I mean don’t get me wrong a
computer is just another tool and
not, as some people would think
“a magic box that creates things
for you”... I have done many a late
night to complete deadlines too but
working on computer has definitely
helped speed things up. It’s not
for everyone but it works for me.
I’m not sure if my style is dictated
by that though - when I was doing
block printing years ago my work
was pretty similar in feel - bold and
colourful - but just took about a
week longer to finish!
Does drawing in a sketchbook
regularly help when coming up
with concepts quickly?
I draw in sketchbooks when I get a
chance... I used to do it a lot more
that I do now but yes it’s definitely
good for coming up with concepts.
I normally just doodle and don’t
think about it so it’s completely
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freestyle and there’s no pressure of
coming up with a forced concept.
I usually won’t look at it again till I
need an idea for an illustration and
sometimes I already have an idea
that I can use or adapt to a brief.
The busier I get though the less
time I have to do that though
and if a brief is quite specific I
tend to be scribbling my ideas
down on scraps of paper with
biro till an idea comes.
Are you working on any personal
projects at the moment?
At the moment I put a ban on
myself doing anymore personal
work till I update my portfolio and
website. I just kept working on
new things and not putting them
on my site or in my book and now
they’re both really out of date! I
have a few ideas of things I’d like to
work on though. I’d really like to do
a book - like an illustrated story but
not necessarily for kids, and I’m still
keen to have a solo exhibition at
some point.
You will be launching your online
shop soon - what goodies can we
expect to find?
Yes the shop will be launching
soon. I had a few technical hitches
with production, etc. but as soon
as that’s sorted I’ll open it. I’ll be
selling mainly prints but also tshirts,
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mugs, badges, greeting cards/ try to see more exhibitions... make
postcards and other goodies that use of living in London more (when
I’m finalising at the moment. you’re working all the time it’s easy
to forget how much inspiration is on
Our theme for this issue is ‘Blue’. your doorstep!)
What images or feelings does the I’d like to also keep my website
word blue evoke for you? and blog more up to date and
Off the top of my head - feeling self promote my illustration work
blue, feeling sad. Singing the fully. Oh... and stop my unhealthy
blues... the big blue sea... blue addiction to donuts!
Monday... blue makes me think of
cats actually as the girl I lived with www.allandeas.com
at college had a cat called blue
(even though it was black!) Blue is a
calming colour, I think of bluebells,
blueberries, bluebottles. The
buildings in the ‘Jardin Majorelle’
in Marrakech and of course
Madonna’s ‘True Blue’! After all that
my cover Illustration is purely just
to do with the colour... sorry!
Have you made
any New years
resolutions for
2009?
New Year seems
so long ago already
but yes I have some:
the compulsory get
fit, loose weight, stop
smoking ones, which
go without saying and are
already proving hard to keep!
I really want to try and
balance my work and
social life equally...
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inspiration is
everywhere.
even at
your local
grocery
store.
we asked illustrator How did you come up with the How did you begin the process
and designer, Jesse idea for the typeface? of creating the typeface?
Hora, to come up There is a local Mexican grocery One day I finally had a camera with
store I walk past that is covered in me while passing the grocery and
with a typeface for amazing hand painted signs that I took a ton of pictures of all the
Blankets Blue Issue. show the weekly specials. Each beautiful signs.
week new signs are hung, and they
he shows us his are always amazing. I have been
inspiration and trying to get a chance to develop
creative process a typeface based on these hand
behind his sir mac painted sign-age.
grocery font.
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What program did you use to
create the typeface?
Photoshop, Illustrator and then
FontLab Studio.
Can you describe the process?
I tried a new process for this
typeface, cause I wanted to stay
as true as possible to the original
lettering. Normally, I would start
by creating a few letters by hand.
Then I would scan and re-create
the letters in Adobe Illustrator.
From there I would establish a set
characteristics that the typeface
would showcase, and those
attributes would be flushed out to
every character. On this type face,
each letter was directly created
from the photographs (using
photoshop) of the hand painted
signs. I did not establish any set
of rules or guidelines, I just used
what I had in the photographs.
Approximately two-thirds of the
characters were available from
the pictures, so the remaining
characters had to be created
according to how I envisioned the
original sign painter would have
drawn them. That was the hard
part. Once I had all 26 characters
prepared I handed it over to my
friend, and type genius Terrance
Weinzierl (typeterrance.com) and
he quickly plugged everything into
FontLab Studio and published the
typeface. Simple right?
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The process occurred over a quite
the creative
a few months. Over the summer
I was really intrigued by the hand
process:
painted signs, so I took a ton of
pictures. Approx. 6 months (?) later
SCREEN SHOTS
I finally took a day and created the
character set. Then it took Terrance
OF THE VARIOUS
only a few hours to make it a
usable font.
STAGES JESSE
We’re there any challenges
UNDERTOOK
along the way?
Time, of course, was the biggest
TO CREATE
challenge. Like everything in the
design industry its about finding
THE FONT
the time to actually work on
the project.
‘SIR MAC
Do you have more ideas for
GROCERY’
different fonts?
So many! My sketchbooks are filled
with ideas for fonts... but who has
the time to fine tune a full character
set. Not me.
Will you be selling this font?
No. I don’t plan on selling
the typeface.
Where can we get it?
Email me! jesse@jessehora.com
Thanks also to Terrance Weinzierl
at typeterrance.com

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“I grew up in the Kingdom of Fife and

spent most of my youth reading comics,
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How would you introduce
yourself?
I grew up in the Kingdom of Fife
and spent most of my youth
reading comics, riding my bike and
drawing monsters. I graduated
from Edinburgh College of Art
in 2006 and briefly worked as a
Graphic Designer before making
the jump into freelance illustration
early 2008. My work has been
published internationally in
publications such as The New York
Times, Business Week, The Times,
Research World and Canadian
Business. I currently work out of
my studio at the Owl & Lion Gallery
(www.owlandliongallery.com/)
in Edinburgh, which I co-founded
in Nov 2007.
“I definitely
need a
justification
for a piece
to exist.”
How would you describe your
style to people?
I think my work can best be
described as digital silk screening.
I’m fascinated with screen-printing
and love to use similar textures
in my work. I like to use vibrant
colours and that’s taken straight
from old matchbox labels collected
throughout my youth. I create
mostly digital work for commercial
clients and prefer to use traditional
methods for my personal work.
Are there any specific themes
you like to explore in your work?
I do have a certain obsession with
faces and hands, but I see that
as more of a story device than a
theme. Pieces like “Dove” and
“I found my sea” play with specific
imagery but mainly my ideas come
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out of notes from my journals,
I try to write a lot and keep my
sketching completely separated.
I love post-its, they are stuck
everywhere in my studio with
random sentences.
What would you like your work
to say about you?
I like each piece of work to have
some sort of story or concept other
than just looking pretty. I definitely
need a justification for a piece to
exist. That’s probably why I really
enjoy editorial work so much.
Do you like to experiment with
different mediums?
Experimenting is key to staying
fresh; it brings you out of bad
habits that can make your work
repetitive and stale. I’m always
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using different brushes and pens
in my sketchbook, sometimes
they develop into final pieces,
sometimes they don’t.
You live in Edinburgh. What’s the
design scene like in Edinburgh?
Great, I love the variety of art in
Edinburgh, it’s truly an international
city. I’ve lots of friends that are
amazingly talented. Illustration
and Art in general can sometimes
be quite solitary. It makes a big
difference meeting like-minded
people face to face as opposed to
just over email.
Edinburgh has an interesting
historical past - are you
influenced by this in your
artwork?
Nope! Edinburgh has a rich and
sordid past, certainly there are
elements I bring into my work but
I’m much more inspired by the
people that live here presently.
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You help with the blog Form Fifty
Five - how did you get involved?
Form Fifty Five was originally
created by Glenn Garriock and
Jack Daly. It began as a blog to post
snippets of visual communication
while they studied at Art College
and eventually evolved into the
larger community it is today. I
became part of the group when
Glenn approached me with the
idea of collaborating on a small
zine, completely silkscreened. After
a few bumps along the road we
released Six by Ten (www.sixbyten.
com) in December 08 and it sold
out in 48 hours. Very satisfying.
What things do you post on
FFF that inspires you?
I’ll only post things that blow me
away, either through sheer talent
or if it gets me thinking on another
level. That’s the most inspiring
thing to me. I love finding concepts
and ideas that make me want to
be more knowledgeable about a
certain subject.
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with faces and hands,
but I see that as more of a
story device than a theme.”
What other sites do you
look at for inspiration?
I read a lot on the web, I
like dailygalaxy.com and
expressostories.com which
aren’t even industry related. I used
to file through sites addictively but
I don’t think its necessarily healthy,
people end up coming to the same
conclusions. All the most interesting
concepts always seem detached
from the Internet in some way.

Our theme for this issue is ‘Blue’.

What images or feelings does the
word blue evoke for you?
It also makes me think about
travelling again! Swimming in clear
blue waters somewhere warmer
than Scotland!

Have you made any New Years

resolutions for 2009?
I’ve been working on commercial
Illustration for months and have
three sketches books worth of ideas
I need to create. Personal work that
needs to live beyond the sketch
point, that’s my current focus.

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THE the challenge: song lyrics!
the idea: we chose specific songs

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‘blue’ and challenged six artists
to come up with an artwork they
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‘Blue monday’ - new order
INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT
THE SONG
Released: 1983
Album: Power, Corruption
And Lies
This song is believed to be about
either drug addiction, child abuse
or a failed relationship.
This is the best-selling 12 inch
single of all time. It is also one
of the longest charting singles
ever, at 7:25 minutes.
The title is not mentioned in
the lyrics. This is true of many
New Order songs.
New Order came up with
the rhythm when they were
experimenting with a new drum
machine they had purchased.
The sleeve for the single does
not display either the group
name or song title in plain
English anywhere. Instead,
the legend “FAC 73 BLUE
MONDAY AND THE BEACH
NEW ORDER” is represented
in code by a series of coloured
blocks. The key enabling this to
be deciphered was printed on
the back sleeve of the album
Power, Corruption And Lies.
Info courtesy of:
www.songfacts.com/detail.
php?id=3551
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LYRICS FROM THE ARTIST
How does it feel
To treat me like you do
This is my take on “Blue Monday”.
The pattern in the background is
When you’ve laid your hands
upon me
composed of the lyrics of the song,
in Peter Savilles colour-code, that
And told me who you are was also used on the Blue Monday
12” cover.
I thought I was mistaken I hope somebody recognizes it,
I thought I heard your words and takes the time to decode
Tell me how do I feel it. There is a decoding wheel in
Tell me now how do I feel the New Order album “Power,
corruption and lies”, but of course
Those who came before me also on the web.
Lived through their vocations
Lines are written vertically. Little
From the past until completion
grey squares with two missing
They will turn away no more
corners represent spaces between
words (like on the record sleeve).
And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But I’m quite sure that
you’ll tell me
Just how I should feel today
I see a ship in the harbour
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn’t for your
misfortunes
Id be a heavenly person today
And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how should I feel
Now I stand here waiting
I thought I told you to
leave me
While I walked down to
the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold
(grows cold, grows cold,
grows cold)
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‘behind blue eyes’ - the who
INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT
THE SONG
Released: 1971
Album: Who’s Next
The Who play this live at
every concert.
Pete Townshend originally
wrote this about a character in
his “Lifehouse” project, which
was going to be a film similar
to The Who’s Tommy and
Quadrophenia. Townshend never
finished “Lifehouse,” but the
songs ended up on the album
Who’s Next.
The origin of the song comes
from an event that occurred
after The Who’s June 9th, 1970
concert in Denver. Townshend
was tempted by a groupie.
He went back to his room alone
and wrote a prayer beginning,
“If my fist clenches, crack it
open...” The prayer was more
or less asking for help in
resisting this temptation. The
other words could be describing
Townshend’s self pity and how
hard it is to resist.
Limp Bizkit covered this in 2003
on their album Results May Vary.
Info courtesy of:
www.songfacts.com/detail.
php?id=2786
LYRICS
No one knows what its like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what its like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
But my dreams
They aren’t as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That’s never free
No one knows what its like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through
CHORUS
When my fist clenches,
crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some
bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool
If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear
your coat
No one knows what its like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
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FROM THE ARTIST
I decided to take into consideration
the part the song played as part of
the Lifehouse project. This idea of
a JUMBO who wanted to make
people the same. I could of made it
controlling, violent and just hateful
from the perspective of everyone
around Jumbo, but knowing my
drawing style I didn’t see Jumbo
as bad. I felt sorry for him, because
whilst his mind and experiences
are free, this freedom is lonely
and it traps him.
It seems like in the lyrics that he
is slowly going crazy. He is not
content with this knowledge.
This work shows his sensitive
almost yearning side. I want people
to know that this knowledge is
carving itself into him - it’s not
going to stop.
The title is pessimistic, but it
depends on how you interpret it.
If anything he is coping at the
current time like we all are and
one cant help but dream crazy
dreams to realize that they may
not happen.
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‘I’m Blue’ - Shangri-Las
INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT
THE SONG
Performed by: The Shangri-Las
in 1965. Originally recorded by
The Ikettes in 1961 as, “I’m Blue
(The Gong-Gong Song)”.
The lyrics were written by
Ike Turner.
The Shangri-Las were an
American pop girl group of
the 1960s.
The group consisted of two
sets of sisters: Mary Weiss
and Elizabeth “Betty” Weiss
and identical twins Marguerite
“Marge” and Mary Ann Ganser.
Because Betty did not tour until
1966, and because she often did
not appear in photos, many fans
believed the Shangri-Las were
a trio.
The Shangri-Las’ ‘tough girls’
persona set them apart from
other girl groups. Having grown
up in a rough neighbourhood of
Queens, they were less demure
than their contemporaries.
Rumours about supposed
escapades have since become
legend, including: Mary Weiss
attracted the FBI for transporting
a firearm across state lines. In
her defence, she said someone
tried to break into her hotel room
one night, and for protection she
bought a pistol
The all-female Japanese pop
group the 5,6,7,8’s performed
this song in the Quentin
Tarantino film Kill Bill Volume 1.
Info courtesy of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Shangri-Las
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LYRICS
I’m blue-oo-oo oo-oo,
doo-be-doo-be-doo-be-doo.
I’m blue-oo-oo oo-oo,
doo-be-doo-be-doo-be-doo.
(REPEAT)
I throw’d a penny in the well,
Hopin’ you would come back soon.
The fortune teller told me,
My love with you-oo was through.
I hope she was wrong,
‘Cause you been gone too long.
Come home.
CHORUS
I can’t sleep at night for
thinking of you.
Every night about two,
My love for you comes
tumblin’’ down.
I can’t stand being here all alone.
I start to a-feelin’’ and a-fumblin’’
But you ain’t nowhere around.
I hope her reading was wrong.
I hope she was wrong,
Cause you been gone too long.
Come home.
CHORUS
I wanna tell all you people,
I throw’d a penny in the well,
Hopin’’ you would come back soon.
I couldn’t believe what I heard.
A fortune teller told me,
My love with you-oo was through.
I hope her reading was wrong.
I hope she was wrong,
‘Cause you been gone too long.
Come home.
CHORUS
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‘I’m Blue’ - eiffel 65
INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT
THE SONG
Released: 1999
Album: Europop
The group is Italian and their
name came from a computer
called “Eiffel.” The 65 came
after a note was sent with 65
accidentally written in and the
members believed it was fate
and should stay.
The vocals were distorted using
a device called a vocoder.
The lyrics of the song are
nonsensical, Jeffrey Jey (the lead
singer) stated the lyrics were not
supposed to mean anything.
The lyrics (and what they were
actually saying) were hotly
debated on the internet by
people for the next two years.
Other versions include “I’m
blue and in need of a guy” or
“If I was green, I would die.”
The song appears at #14 on
Rolling Stone’s list of the 20
Most Annoying Songs.
Info courtesy of:
www.songfacts.com/detail.
php?id=290
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel65
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LYRICS FROM THE ARTIST
Yo listen up, here’s a story When I first received the lyrics
I was surprised how much they
About a little guy that lives
in a blue world lent themselves towards creating
an illustration. There are several
And all day and all night
points within them that conjured
And everything he sees
up ideas for me to incorporate
Is just blue like him
Inside and outside into my work. In particular I liked
the fact that everything he wears,
Blue his house everything around him and even
With a blue little window his words and feelings are blue.
And a blue corvette
And everything is blue for him Instead of using ‘blue’ as an
And his self expression of sadness I chose to
And everybody around create an illustration made up of
various shades of the colour blue.
‘Cause he ain’t got nobody
to listen... ‘Blue are the words I say’ became
the speech boxes coming out of
I’m blue, da ba de, da ba die his mouth with swatches of blue
Da ba de, da ba die in them. ‘Blue are the streets and
Da ba de, da ba die all the trees are too’ influenced
[repeat] the background tree silhouettes.
I have a blue house with a As blue is a cold colour I decided
blue window he should have a funky warm hat
Blue is the colour of all that I wear on (please don’t point out that
Blue are the streets and all the he’s also wearing a short sleeved
trees are too t-shirt, my girlfriend already
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue mentioned it... what can I say?
Maybe he’s too cool for coats!)
Blue are the people here that
walk around I decided not to include his blue
Blue like my corvette, it’s girlfriend or the corvette as I
standing outside didn’t feel they were appropriate
Blue are the words I say and to this piece. I also wanted to
what I think focus on the individual. The
Blue are the feelings that spaceship graphic on his top is a
live inside me slight nod towards the little blue
men featured in the music video.
Blue his house
With a blue little window It was a fun piece to create!
And a blue corvette I like working with limited colour
And everything is blue for him pallets in my work as it can be
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‘Blue’ - joni mitchell
INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT
THE SONG
Released: 1971
Album: Blue
The emotionally naked songs
on “Blue” were a result of
Joni’s wanting to shed the
image of the hippie goddess
she’d picked up in the past, and
to be appreciated for her true
self. If she was going to get this
kind of rapturous attention, she
felt that the reasons should be
free of artifice. She says today
that “At that period of my life,
I had no personal defences, so
there’s hardly a dishonest note
in the vocals.”
There was a suggestion that
the album Blue was named
after David Blue, a musician who
was apparently a love interest
of hers at the time. She has
denied the connection.
Sarah McLachlan sang a version
of “Blue” in 1996, and Cat Power
recorded a cover of “Blue”
in 2008.
Info courtesy of:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_
(Joni_Mitchell_album)
LYRICS
Blue, songs are like tattoos
You know I’ve been to sea before
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
Hey blue, here is a song for you
Ink on a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in
Well therere so many
sinking now
You’ve got to keep thinking
You can make it thru
these waves
Acid, booze, and ass
Needles, guns, and grass
Lots of laughs, lots of laughs
Everybodys saying that hells
the hippest way to go
Well I don’t think so
But I’m gonna take a look
around it though
Blue, I love you
Blue, here is a shell for you
Inside you’ll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
There is your song from me
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FROM THE ARTIST
I had the opening night of my first
exhibition two weeks ago and as
a ‘well done on your opening night
of your first exhibition’ present my
flatmate Beverley awarded me a
scorpion soap and a pack of index
cards. So last Sunday thanks to
consuming an entire 2litre bottle
of Morrisons lemonade I not only
had the sugarific energy I needed
for optimum drawing creativity
but I also had 100 4x6 lined mini-
canvases of possibility.
As for the concept I realize I may
be in the minority in admitting
that I found waves more inspiring
as a concept than acid, booze,
or ass... Hey, I’m wild! I’ve got a
scorpion soap!
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artist: Nicola rowlands www.nicolarowlands.co.uk
‘TANGLED UP IN Blue’ - BOB DYLAN
INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT
THE SONG
Released: 1975
Album: Blood on the Tracks
Apparently Dylan may have
written the lyrics after listening
to the album ‘Blue’ by
Joni Mitchell.
It’s a very ‘wordy’ song so no
space for any more info! Go here
instead to find out more:
http://www.songfacts.com/
detail.php?id=623
LYRICS
Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’, And later on as the crowd
I was layin’ in bed
Wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all
If her hair was still red.
Her folks they said our lives together of my chair
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like Mama’s
homemade dress
Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough.
And I was standin’ on the side of
the road
Rain fallin’ on my shoes
Heading out for the East Coast
Lord knows I’ve paid some dues
gettin’ through,
Tangled up in blue.
She was married when we first met
Soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam, I guess,
But I used a little too much force.
We drove that car as far as we could of poems
Abandoned it out West
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best.
She turned around to look at me
Tangled up in blue.
I had a job in the great north woods
Working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much
And one day the ax just fell.
So I drifted down to New Orleans
Where I happened to be employed
Workin’ for a while on a fishin’ boat
Right outside of Delacroix.
But all the while I was alone
The past was close behind,
I seen a lot of women
But she never escaped my mind,
and I just grew
Tangled up in blue.
She was workin’ in a topless place
And I stopped in for a beer,
I just kept lookin’ at the side
of her face
In the spotlight so clear.
thinned out
I’s just about to do the same,
She was standing there in back
Said to me, “Don’t I know
your name?”
I muttered somethin’ underneath
my breath,
She studied the lines on my face.
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
When she bent down to tie the
laces of my shoe,
Tangled up in blue.
She lit a burner on the stove and
offered me a pipe
“I thought you’d never say hello,”
she said
“You look like the silent type.”
Then she opened up a book
And handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet
From the thirteenth century.
And glowed like burnin’ coal
Pourin’ off of every page
Like it was written in my soul
from me to you,
Tangled up in blue.
I lived with them on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs,
There was music in the cafes at night
And revolution in the air.
Then he started into dealing
with slaves
And something inside of him died.
She had to sell everything she owned
And froze up inside.
And when finally the bottom fell out
I became withdrawn,
The only thing I knew how to do
Was to keep on keepin’ on like a bird
that flew,
Tangled up in blue.
So now I’m goin’ back again,
I got to get to her somehow.
All the people we used to know
They’re an illusion to me now.
Some are mathematicians
Some are carpenter’s wives.
Don’t know how it all got started,
I don’t know what they’re doin’ with
their lives.
But me, I’m still on the road
Headin’ for another joint
We always did feel the same,
We just saw it from a different point
of view,
Tangled up in blue.
FROM THE ARTIST
The sad lyrics of ‘Tangled up in blue’
revolving around a girl, left me no
choice but to illustrate my version
of this girl ‘tangled’ in a blue ribbon
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their relationship.
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And every one of them words

As I was walkin’ away rang true
I heard her say over my shoulder,
“We’ll meet again someday on
the avenue,”
artist: MELISSA GARDNER www.melissagardner.com.au
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We’ve seen your illustration
work previously in Blanket
magazine but tell us a little
about the person behind the
drawings.
My name is Gemma, I’m 24 years
old (25 by the time you read this!)
and I live in Norwich in the UK.
I have dark brown hair and green
eyes and my feet are a UK size 4
1/2. My favourite food is tzatziki...
or curry. I’m a freelance illustrator
and I make things too.
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Gemma Correll
We’re you creative as a child?
I was completely obsessed with
drawing and making things as a
child. I wanted to be an illustrator
before I’d even heard the word
‘illustrator’. I would find old
notebooks and make storybooks
for my friends and family- I’d
Do you have a favourite topic or
decorate the covers and put
theme that you like to explore in
little ISBN numbers on them and
your drawings?
everything. At school, my teachers
gave me sketchbooks to stop me Well, I draw a lot of cats! But I
doodling in the margins of my also love circus imagery, folk art,
school books. So, yes, I suppose I mexicana and retro 50s and
was a bit creative. 60s design.
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One of the things I enjoy about
your style is your amusing
little sayings or thoughts that
accompany your drawings. Are
they well thought out or do you
just write whatever pops into
your head?
I just write whatever pops into my
head! My illustrators are rarely
well thought out, I lack the
attention span.
Do you like to observe
the people around you for
inspiration for your drawings?
Yes. One of my favourite things
to do while on public transport, or
in a cafe’ is to doodle the people
around me. I love people-watching.
Humans are fascinating.
Do you carry a sketchbook with
you all the time?
I try to, but often forget and end
up scribbling on the receipts,
envelopes and overdue library
books that are invariably floating
around the bottom of my bag. A
sketchbook (or a substitute) is an
invaluable tool to me, as my ideas
usually come at unexpected times.
Do you have a space where you
draw? Can you describe it?
I work from home at the moment,
and have a ‘studio’ in the spare
room. Let me have a look around
and describe it. OK, it’s a pretty
small room. There’s a wooden
disk on which sits my computer,
a diary, a few sketchbooks, some
paper scraps, a mug in the shape
of a pineapple which holds my
pens and a half-empty (or half
full, optimists) cup of coffee.
Then there’s a small table on
which is my scanner and printer.
Also crammed into the space are
about 10 vintage suitcases, piled
on top of each other, which hold
paper, fabric, my accounting stuff
and things that I have made for
craft fairs and to sell in shops. The
windowsill is full of trinkets, tins
full of buttons and prints which I
have collected from various fellow
artistes such as the super talented
Misses Denise Holmes and
Lizzy Stewart.
You occasionally make your
own zines. What do you like
about self-publishing?
I love making my own zines
because I enjoy putting a
personal narrative into my work
that isn’t usually possible with
commissioned work. Also, I like
that I can draw anything I want,
like cats playing clarinets or cats
eating ice cream or cats dancing
the macarena (can you see a
theme here?)
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Our theme for this issue is ‘Blue’.
What images or feelings does
the word blue evoke for you?
Apart from that dreadful 90’s euro-
pop song, ‘blue’ makes me think
of cold, winter, the sky- the usual
clichés! Oh, and it makes me think
of raspberry panda pops (fizzy
drink of my misspent youth)
Have you made any New years
resolutions for 2009?
Yes. They were to drink more
water and eat less sugar. Also,
to stop stressing about work so
much. And to move to the USA or
Greece. That’s not so much as a
resolution as a wish.
Are you working on any
personal projects right now?
I’m making a new website.
Progress is slow, due to my total
lack of knowledge about anything
remotely technical. I’m also hoping
to get Issue 6 of my zine “The
Bear” finished sometime soon.
What goodies can we find on
your online shop?
Ooh, all sorts... Gocco prints,
handpainted mugs and coasters,
zines, greetings cards, badges and
plastic brooches. Come have a
look-see!
www.gemmacorrell.com
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Gemma Correll
Surname
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What inspired you to start colourlovers.com?
My professional background has always been
as a web designer and developer, but back
in 2004 I was going to fashion school. I was
required to take a colour theory course and it
was really disappointing. We just mixed paint
to make different colours and didn’t get into
any of the nuances of how colour is seen by
different people.
Just for fun I threw together a website in a
weekend that would allow people to rate a
colour square like they would rate the beauty
of another person (playing on hotornot.com).
I called it COLOURlovers and shared it with
my designer friends. They liked it, and I asked
for features and I added them in as fast
as I could. It has grown into the site that is
online now.
Everyday, thousands of colourful romantics What happened on the site’s first day?
log on to COLOURlovers.com to share the I got it all working pretty well and then shared
palettes they’ve created, talk about new colour the link on a design forum I was a member of at
the time. A dozen or two of the designers clicked
trends and generally be inspired. Darius A over and started checking things out.
Monsef IV, the site’s founder and CEO, tells They had great early feedback, suggestions and
Blanket about his relationship with colour... requests... and I worked hard to give the people
what they wanted. There was no big launch
party... I was at my desk in my grandmother’s
loft. It just kept growing from there.
“The nuances of how colour is seen by different people.”
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How many LOVERS does the site have now?
There are 160,000 registered member “lovers”
and around 1,000,000 visitors per month.
What are some of your favourite
colours/palettes?
I have lots of favourites! You can see
them all here:
www.colourlovers.com/palettes/
top?f=1&lover=COLOURlover.
But there is one that’s especially dear to
my heart. “Moon Warriors”. I loved it when it
was created, but it became more meaningful
when the woman who created it passed away.
I was really shocked at how emotional I was
about losing a person I’d never met... but she
was a great part of my community and her
loss was felt.
Do you ever contribute palettes?
Yes. Not as often as I’d like, but from time
to time I get around to making some palettes
and naming colours. All my creations can be
found here:
www.co lourlovers.com/palettes/
top?lover=COLOURlover
www.colourlovers.com/patterns/
top?lover=COLOURlover
www.colourlovers.com/colours/
top?lover=COLOURlover

What is inspiring you at the moment?
People and our minds. I’m reading Outliers
by Malcom Gladwell and A New Earth by
Eckhart Tolle and I’m very much inspired by both
of their ideas. We are so many millions
of different people, all similar and all different.
It leaves a lot of room for creative people to
come up with clever ideas and products that
make life a little better.
We have more and more tools available to
the general public now that would have been
considered “professionals only” just a few
years back. I’m excited to see what great work
the average person creates when they have
powerful tools in their hands.
What trends do you see in 2009?
I try not to take out my crystal ball when it
comes to trends, so I’ll only speak about what
I’m seeing and add my personal thoughts to it.
What’s great about COLOURlovers is that
a small group of people don’t influence or set
the trends, we just gather the opinions and
colour ideas from thousands of people all
over the world for you to make your own
decisions from. We put the power of colour
in the creatives hands.
I think there will still be more creative uses
of colour in 2009. More consumers now have
products that make them producers of content,
and whenever the independent / novice artists
are creating things they tend to be a bit more
flexible and bold with their colour choices...
they’re really just using what they like and not
paying too much attention to what the experts
say the trends are. On the other hand we’re in
“I’m excited to see what great work the average person
creates when they have powerful tools in their hands...”
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pretty bad shape economically, so I’m not sure
how that will affect the trends... either colours
will get scaled back because of the gloomy
mood of the people or people will kick it up an
extra notch to try and motivate and excite a
depressed market. moon warrior
What’s in store for ColourLovers?
We’ve got some very big plans… the challenge
will be finding the resources to put those
plans in play during these tough times.
COLOURlovers is a cheap resource for creative
people to share ideas with, and a very cheap
ocean fire
source of entertainment for a lot of people,
so I’m sure we’ll continue to grow. You can
expect to see the reach of COLOURlovers
expand and simultaneously provide more
targeted information and resources to specific
interests, ie. interior design, fashion, graphic
design. You should also see some new colour
tools that will help both hobby and professional sleeping on trains
COLOURlovers.
The theme of this Blanket issue is “Blue”.
Can you tell me your first response to the
colour blue?
My first response is my personal response.
Blue is one of my favourite colours. I grew up on let them eat cake
an island in the middle of the pacific ocean, so
I’ve looked out on a huge blue canvas thousands
of times… maybe in that respect, blue reminds
me that it is a big world out there and the
possible journeys one could take are endless.
www.colourlovers.com
berry summer
A selection of Darius’s ‘colour loves’
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When and why did you start Shiny Squirrel?
I started The Shiny Squirrel in October 2007, but I had
It takes hard work, a whole

craft-e
...our spot to introduce you to the talented
people behind the web stores
you know and love.
“The Shiny Squirrel” gives young artists everywhere a
chance to display and sell their work. And (even better)
it gives excited shoppers the chance to own one-off and
limited edition pieces by these amazing talents!
Meet 6 of the sellers on “The Shiny Squirrel” and
(for the first exciting time in Blanket), we also talk
to the person who makes it all happen!
pile of smarts and a LOT of
love to create a retail site.
Luckily, Jessica Goldfond
from “The Shiny Squirrel”
has all of those in spades!
She gives Blanket a behind-
the-scenes look at how it
started and how it’s going
from strength to strength
in 2009.
been working on for a few months prior to the launch.
I’ve always wanted to own my own art gallery since I
was in high school and I studied Art History in college.
I wanted to open up a shop where you could find quirky,
affordable artists by talented and emerging artists.
Where did the name come from?
I started blogging almost four years ago and the shop
came as an extension of that. I can’t remember how it
even happened, but it surely has become my trademark
and I guess it will be with me forever!
How many sales has the site made?
We’ve been open for around a year and have probably
had around 400 sales.
What does 2009 hold for Shiny Squirrel?
I am really looking forward to 2009. There is a lot of
stuff in the works for myself and The Shiny Squirrel.
We are going to be putting out our first book, which
is a series called Fabian’s Workshop.
It is collaboration between up and coming writers and
artists who interpret their stories into printed work. Also
we are putting on events and performances around
Brooklyn, NY including the 1st Annual Brooklyn Beard
and Moustache Competition on February 13th.
There’ll be continual expansion of artists and designers
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Meet...Samantha Hahn
And fall in love...her prints of original
pen drawings. It’s lush color paired
with delicate line drawings of women,
hand lettering, and pattern.
What inspires you?
Vintage and modern fashion magazines,
patterns and textures occurring in nature
and man-made structures, the female
form, love, macaron, dusty colours, bold
colours, and other artist’s work.
What does your workspace look like?
It’s incorporated into our living space.
We live in a floor-through brownstone
apartment in Brooklyn. Much to my
husband’s chagrin I leave lots of
magazines and papers on the dining table
that sits next to the living room mantle.
We straighten up on the weekends and
the apartment is restored back to a home
state but during the week my work
explodes all over.
Do you have a “day job”?
Yes. I teach art to pre-k-3rd graders at
a New York Independent school. It’s
wonderful but exhausting. I would give
anything to be able to eliminate the need
for sleep. It’s really a hindrance.
What do you currently have on Shiny
Squirrel to tempt Blanket readers?
I bet that Blanket readers are a creative
bunch so I’d recommend the “I Make
Things” poster. I also have a series called
“tangled” that I think is fun. Oh and I
made some prints of watercolour/ink
drawings on a beautiful watercolour paper,
called “woman.pattern”.
Meet...Katie Richenback
And smile over...her limited edition,
clean, quirky hair silhouettes.
What inspires you?
A variety of things. Often my friends are
my source of inspiration, but I am also a
little bit of a pop culture addict so I get
inspiration from television, movies, books
and songs.
How long does it take you to think of
and create a piece?
Once I think of a concept my mind goes
into overdrive and I work rather quickly.
After I come up with my initial idea I start
doing oodles of sketches in my notebook,
then I narrow them down and refine them
into the final product.
What does your workspace look like?
I don’t have a defined workspace, my
tools pretty much consist of my laptop,
notebook, and micron pens. And I pretty
much have these with me all the time.
Do you have a “day job”?
I am a communication design student at
Parsons The New School for Design. I also
have an internship at a record company
and sell my line of greeting cards on etsy.
What do you currently have on Shiny
Squirrel to tempt Blanket readers?
I have a series of prints called Katie, Jaime,
and Ashley that are available individually
and as a set. They are a series of heads of
hair with no faces, which give the pieces a
little bit of intrigue.
Meet...Molly Schafer
And rejoice in...her original ink
drawings on wood of bears, deer,
caribou and much more. The artistic,
modern version of taxidermy!
What inspires you?
Nature, science, myth, fantasy and the
connections I find between those topics.
How long does it take you to think of
and create a piece?
I’ve had this question before and I usually
say it is unanswerable. Things brew in my
brain for some time, years even, before
being made tangible. Other times they just
pop right into my head.
What does your workspace look like?
Oh geez. I always see those photos of
crafter’s workspaces in interviews on Etsy
and think how productive I could be if I had
such an organized and smartly designed
space. But I do not.
I have a small apartment and the majority
of the work I do is for the gallery circuit,
large works on paper, so it’s a jumble.
I have a studio area, but I also end up
working at the kitchen table!
What do you currently have on Shiny
Squirrel to tempt Blanket readers?
Hmm, well I’m pretty keen on my bear
(ink on wood). He was sort of hard to
part with, a special guy. I think he would
probably like to go live with one of
your readers.
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Meet...Cate Anevski
And treasure...her limited
edition, one-off originals.
What inspires you?
Lots of things, but my biggest inspirations
come from nature, kid’s books, and
many of my favourite artists, such as
Edward Gorey, Egon Schiele, and
Aubrey Beardsley.
How long does it take you to think of
and create a piece?
It really depends. Sometimes, a piece
seems to create itself, and I can finish
it in a day. Other times, I struggle to
match up the image on the paper with
the image in my mind. Thinking of the
pieces feels easier, to me. Images tend
to pop in my head which I will then
record in my sketchbook. Whenever I’m
in need of an idea, I just flip through my
sketchbook to see what I’d like to make
on any particular day.
What does your workspace look like?
A wreck! I try to stay organized, but it
never happens. However, I do know
where everything is in my studio. I just
don’t think anyone else would be able
to find anything...
What do you currently have on Shiny
Squirrel to tempt Blanket readers?
I have a handful of originals of some of
my favourite pieces. Since I take most of
my work into the computer to complete
it digitally, the originals tend to be rather
different from the final product.
Meet...Sonia Tay from Snoozer Loser:
And admire...her 6 piece capsule
collection of wearable, decorative
fun pieces!
What inspires you?
It varies from season to season.
Recently: Tracy Emin, The Discovery
Channel, old books on magic, crystal
caverns, Velma Dinkly from Scooby Doo
(she’s got great style).
How long does it take you to think of
and create a piece?
I am constantly working things out in
my head and sketching in my notebook,
so things are pretty set when we start
conceiving the line. I would say it’s an
ongoing process, with no set time frame.
What does your workspace look like?
It’s quaint, cozy with white walls, except
one, which is painted a calming green. It
took a week to mix this green, and when
I finally found the right shade (one I could
live with), it was better than Christmas!
The green wall houses 4 bulletin boards
that hold inspiration for the next four
Snoozer Loser collections. I am constantly
re-arranging this wall and moving things
around weekly.
Do you have a “day job”?
Daydreaming.
What do you currently have on Shiny
Squirrel to tempt Blanket readers?
The Larken. It’s a versatile tunic dress with
a gathered curved waist and a wicked
flying squirrel print.
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by david self
Well it’s February, and you
know what that means - Award
Ceremonies! The time of year
when people receive a slightly
sexy or completely confusing
statuette for doing something
better than everyone else. Well
suit up, throw on your most
fabulous gown and strut along
the red carpet as I do my best
Billy Crystal and introduce the
1st annual Web Sight Awards -
hosted, nominated and chosen
by yours truly.

kuler.adobe.com TED.com

Leave it to the kids at Adobe to make something super cool and easy to use that
genuinely makes your life easier, and this one is even free! Kuler is a slick little
web-based flash application which makes coming up with colour palettes a breeze.
Browse through themes made by colour enthusiasts worldwide, rate, comment,
steal for your own designs... Or click the create button and use the easy-as-pie
colour wheel setup to create and share your own themes. You can even download
them straight into illustrator. You’re so good to us, Adobe. We love you.
If you feel like you’ve watched too many teenagers sing pop songs into their
webcams or seen too many pictures of cats with misspelled captions, head over
to TED.com and give your brain some candy. Delicious intellectual enlightenment.
TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) has been bringing the messages
of some of the smartest people in the world to our ears for 25 years, and their
website is so easy to use you really have no excuse to stay dumb. Short talks by
experts in important and diverse fields (I spend a lot of time learning about the
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Designers know how important a clean line is. It can start, it can finish, it can
interrupt or flow, it can entice or repel. I’m fairly convinced then, that Audi have
decided that designers are their target market. This gorgeous online advertising
campaign centres around the clean lines of the Audi A5, and invites its viewers
to create their own lines. Beautiful and open in its design, natural and easy to
use and disturbingly addictive, use your keyboard and mouse to create an online
masterpiece and they might even print it and send you a copy.
Another online advertising campaign, but this one is decidedly more tongue-in-
cheek. Meet Max Kerning, a man who will not stand for sloppy type. Succinct in
his hubris, he is painfully lovable and if you’re anything like me, it’s easy to relate
to him. He is that little voice inside us that wants to tear apart any ugly design it
sees, preferably with well timed, razor sharp, efficient European wit. Sure, he’s
an imaginary shill for font management software, but that didn’t stop me from
friending him on Facebook. Me and Max, we’re like this.
These days, someone says “You should check out this band they are totally killer”
and the first thing you do is go to Google right? If you’re in a band, your website is
even more important than your hair. I’m almost certainly more of a nerd than you,
which is why I won’t be offended if a band that wrote a rock opera about classic
video game hero Mega-Man isn’t exactly your thing, but this is a fine example of a
memorable band website. They don’t cram ads for their latest single in your face or
remind you to come to their shows, they offer samples of their music with a hefty
helping of intrigue in a unique flavour and I lapped it up.

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Next Issue
Here’s my work, I hope you like it:
General gallery of work
Each issue we show off emerging creatives and
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or photograph. There are no constraints so send in
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Include in your emails your image/s of work,
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THE BLANKET TEAM Samantha Hahn Aga Prokopenko Here’s my work...
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How Much Are
Katie Richenback Claudia Below
Blanket contributing Paolo Zakimi We Worth?
designers Molly Schafer Curtis Wong
Cate Anevski Michael Crowley
Matt Ossentjuk ($1, $2, $5, $10 or more?)
Bec Brown
Dario Cestaro aka Planetdario
Caitlin Gahan Sonia Tay Sudeep Lingamneni
Rebecca Horwood If you have enjoyed
Drew Fellows Peta Huggett
The Blue Project Mike Mauri reading Blanket
Irfan Fatchu Rahman
Blanket contributing Daniel Stolle
Luthfi Septianto then why not show us
writers Nicola Rowlands
Simone Clews
Caitlin Gahan Tina Tran
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Amy Wright your appreciation by
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Jessica Wilson Dave Hughes
Alyson Pearson donating a few bucks!
Birgit Palma
Jonathan Hulme Laurence Doyon-Thibeault
Alexander Jackson we would like that.
Michael Crowley
David Self Belinda Chen
Melissa Gardner
Bethany Weedon
Bec Brown Jahan Garrard
Re_action Alison Richards
Stefanie Haslberger
Blanket Cover Image Martina Corradi Nicolas Kalousdian
Yuji Yamada
Allan Deas Nicola Rowlands Helen Marie Mycroft
Rossella Sferiazzo
CONTRIBUTORS Alexander Butenko
Pierre-Paul Pariseau
Ignacio Gracian
Carolina Torres Masha Rumyantseva
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Daniele Musei
Sharaya Brooks Disclaimer: Please note no part of
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Gemma Corell Tara Axford Lucia Fisher
Selin Yurdakul from the publishers. All submissions
Edward McGowan Sarah Skerlak Lisa Bow to Blanket magazine are protected by
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Darius A Monsef IV Elizabetg Fabienne Lin Mei
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Jessica Goldfond Bara+Chinitas are to be used without the artists
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