RIP Harvey Pekar

A little late, I'm sorry, but it's taken me since I found out the great Harvey Pekar unfortunately passed away to do this drawing, but here it is now.

ooops

I painted this for my good friend Log, for his birthday, which was on friday. He is probably the raddest person I've ever met...and we share an appreciation for Ed :)

Log's blog: http://logulogu.blogspot.com/

GIY ("Gnargore It Yourself")

Yessss, I went to the Gnargore premier last night and it fucking ripped! Well done boys! and this is some of their rad artwork in zine form.....sickk!!! Stoked that I got on the ramp (when it got quiet) after the mayhem that was boys, boards and noise all over the fucking shop....RAAAADD!

Now go and listen to The Wizard real loud!!! and thanx for the hat Tom :)

Frustration and Super Sickage

Feeling very frustrated at the moment, so imagine my excitement when I come to check my blog and see what fellow bloggers are up to, I find all these super sick photos of Ed T in action on the Chromeball Incident. However, imagine my frustration comes back again because I cant comment on the blog post (or on many other blogs come to mention it) so I'll just write it on my own blog! FUCK THAT!

What a dude!!! Watched the beautiful Losers documentary again the other night and some stuff Ed says is totally inspiring; about Margaret Kilgallen and awesome skater girls making videos and zines. Empowering :)

That's all I wanted to say 'like'

Brummie Boys Shred!!

Come to the Gnargore 'Wizard Council' Skateboard Premiere this saturday at the Custard Factory, Birmingham. It starts at 6 and there is a raffle with prizes apparently! ooh and skate the Ideal ramp after :P
Here's the Gnargore blog: http://gnargore.tumblr.com/

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM

She's been through a lot and she should have a goat bought for her....never mind those African children!! (I don't mean that, African children need all the goats they can get so buy them loads!)

I'm going back to the family 'cos I've had all I can take

Yesss, I am home now.

MY FIRST COMIC BOOK!

As part of the end of year show my fellow illustration buddies and I had to organise, based on the theme of local folklore, I made my first ever comic. It is the story of zoo proprietor Edward Cross and his animals when they had to move from the Exeter Exchange menagerie in Strand to a new location in Walworth, in the 1800s. I had a rad time making this comic, from risographing to wandering around Manor Place and Surrey Gardens in Walworth. I guess the drawing was pretty fun too :) Unfortunately, the risograph printer broke before I had chance to print the front cover so each comic will have a different, hand-drawn cover!!!! Each copy will be unique and special so IF YOU WANT ONE, GET IN CONTACT WITH ME. ONLY 8 COPIES. Not sure on the price yet.

Victorian Pistol

Skateboarding=happiness

Back from Stockwell and it was the raddest skate I've had yet. Ok it's not entirely skateboarding=happiness, it is more the people I've met and friends I've made and how far I've come since skateboarding. I've been learning to carve round the bowl bit at Stockwell and I can do it now. Thank you French, Stu, Jonas, Josh, Kev, Nico and Paul :)

If you need a new board, get one of these OR DIE!





(ok i dont have on yet but my next board will deffo be Lovenskate of Witchcraft)

RISOGRAPH PRINTS

I love the risograph machine. Here is the Giraffes comic strip and my first three colour print. Stoked. and now I'm going to Stockwell. Even more stoked!! :)

GIRAFFES IN BURGESS PARK

Comic Strip I have done as part of our 1st year illo show at The Crypt (I'll post more details soon). I did Risograph prints of this which, again, I will post up soon.

Machotaildrop

I went to the movie premiere of Machotaildrop last night, it is the weirdest film about skateboarding you will ever see. Just go with it and let the quirkyness wash over you :) and Ed Templeton was there. Rad!

Ladies Monthly and London Zine Symposium

This weekend is Ladies monthly 4.0 which is in Liverpool. Due to uni commitments and lack of cash I, unfortunately can't make it. However, I will be there is spirit as my zines have been taken up (thanx Helena) so if your there, be on the look out for Helena, Lois or any other of the ladies handing them out!




with a poster when you unfold them (A3 size so couldn't fit is all on scanner)

And the London Zine Symposium is tomorrow at the Rag Factory, (http://www.londonzinesymposium.org.uk/) where this pack of my previous zines will be sold together in a pack for £1. It is a re-issue of the last 3 skate zines. The Camberwell first year illo crew have a table full of all sorts of delightful goodies for you to purchase so head on down and support us (monies go toward are final degree show...yes we are that organised!)

ANIMATION L'art de Petomanie

Le Petomane Biopic from Harriet Shephard on Vimeo.

Here it is guys, my first ever solo animation! I'm pretty stoked.

GET A GRIP

Fresh grip job I did yesterday. Took me 3 hours but it was well worth it as had a rad sesh at Stockwell yesterday :)

Spanky and Leo Romero

Thanks to Sophie Allen for taking these awesome photos, sophieallenphotos.blogspot.com. I don't even care that I look like a fookin'giant next to Kevin "Spanky" Long! I was just stoked to have a photo with him. Look, Leo is reading my zine! :)

2am and a snippet of things to come

THIS VIDEO IS INSANELY AWESOME, WATCH IT!

So i was at Mile End yesterday because the RVCA guys came over from America; Leo Romero, Kevin 'Spanky' Long, Cory Kennedy, Cairo Foster and Nestor Judkins. I saw some incredible skateboarding and they all got a zine each :)

Shoeless skater

L'art de Petomanie

RAD BOOKS

My Grandad gave me these last week and I'm over the moon. I fucking love typography especially old stuff...and two of these were published in the 20's! Grandad used to be a book binder and the books he made are just awesome. He told me he has some gold and silver leaf in the back garden shed as well as a printing press...I guess I will be hangin gout with Grandad a lot this summer.

Cards Ripping

John Cardiel in my latest zine

DECKADES....another great show I can tick off my list

On saturday I went to the Deckades show in Bristol and saw the raddest collection of boards ever. I was so stoked, having recognised a lot of them from books and the net, it was awesome to see them for real. As you can see below, I took an awful lot of photos...and this isnt even half of them!

just an overview






woah!







some of the new, specially commissioned boards raising money for UNICEF








for Craig




I remember seeing this one (middle) in a book and instantly loving it, I really like the deer. So stoked to see it 'in the flesh'






After the show I went to Bedminster skatepark which is a gnarly concrete park just over the Avon. The concrete there was so rough, the first thing i did was bail and slam my hand. Again. I have a permanent bruise/scar tissue lump there. I was told there was some sick bowls and a wicked snake run once, but some kids informed me they took that out years ago 'cos a kid got seriously injured there once. Despite this, it is still a rad place, even though there wasn't many skaters when I went, I was just chillin' with the kids! There were, however, a few graffiti artist doing there thing (shitloads of awesome graf in Bristol) but unfortunately, I took up all my memory space taking photos at Deckades!

Oh look! I just found a photo of part of Bedminster skatepark on the net, take a peek.

FARTING ANIMATION

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This is what I did today. Some drawings put together using Dragon to create a manic farting machine!