We Love our Mummys

No we've not secretly started an Egyptian Mummy's collection, or begun preparing for this year's Halloween either. We're paying respect to our Mothers in celebration of Mothering Sunday. We Love our Mummys! X

How ARTiculate you are!

We recently came across a new Leeds based, creative mag on FaceBook called 'ARTiculate magazine,' and were hooked after taking a look at issue one here. Very professional looking and absolutely bursting with creativity! Finally a truly creative magazine for Leeds :D

Image © ARTiculate Magazine

ARTiculate held a party at the Mine bar, Leeds University to exhibit artists' work and to showcase musical talent from the region. We had a great night out, chatted with some really talented individuals and basked in the creativity.

Artwork © Stephen Jackson


I almost ran across the room and started scoffing these, then I realised to my disappointment that it was one of the artists' exhibits - Alice in Wonderland stylee: The Mad Hatters Tea Party


We were also fortunate enough to meet a very talented and humble guy called Dan Barritt. After perusing one of the artworks on display (a kinda post-apocalyptic scene of Ilkley) Dan kindly pointed out that small mooses were hidden within the artwork. "Oh yeah! How do you know about that?" I asked. "Because I made it!" he said, haha and then he dished out these groovy promotional postcards - Fantastic!

Image © Dan Barritt

Check out Dan's artwork here on his website Ragadabah and become a fan on the Ragadabah FaceBook Page

Kooji Meets Frazer Irving

This month's Creative Networks saw Illustrator and Graphic Artist Frazer Irving charting his climb to the top in the comic art industry and several members of Kooji Creative were on hand to see what he had to say. Bukkie, Steve and Stuart joined us as the event for a collective get together.

Apart from an amazing presentation of Frazer's artwork, from early experiments to the fantastic and varied portfolio of work including 2000AD, Marvel and his own projects such as Gutsville, he had a great deal to say about the comic art and illustration industries.



From meager beginnings jumping between work as a security guard, selling sex toys and various office jobs he eventually managed to make a break through with 2000AD, introducing his uniquely dark and often surreal style.



To say his presentation was inspiring wouldn't begin to do it justice. I was hooked from start to finish and walked away with even more determination to try new techniques and produce new artwork. Not only for paid work but for fun which Frazer mentioned is all important yet so easily forgotten about.

Happy Birthday Mumsie!

It's a very special day today - It's my Mumsie's Birthday! So to show my affection I've created this beautiful Birthday Card :D Isn't it pretty?

Many Happy Returns Mum, I love you! X

Pancake Day

Well it's that time again! Yup time to scoff lots of pancakes in celebration of pancakes. Well far be it from us not to go along and join in the merriment :D


Pancake Recipe:

1 Egg
4 ounces Plain Flour
1/2 Pint of Milk

1. Sieve the flour into a good sized mixing bowl.
2. Pour the delicious cow's milk over the top.
3. Crack the egg then whisk it around a bit.
4. Melt a lump of butter in a frying pan, over a medium heat.
5. Pour the mixture into the frying pan and form a circle.
6. Once the pancake takes shape nudge it with a spatular.
7. Okay, now the pancake's free you're ready to flip!
8. Flip that pancake, woo! Here comes the fun part...
9. Serve on a plate and scoff. Scoff quickly!
10. Finished scoffing? Then return to step 1 ;)
    

Kooji Love

Yes! It's Valentine's Day and you know what that means dontcha!? It's a time to show those around you how much you care. So go and hug those loved ones, snuggle with your honey and bring joy to everyone you meet on your travels today :D

In the words of the Walrus of Love, here's our message of Kooji Love to y'all ;)


PS
It's definitely not just a heart shaped patch covering the huge worn, holey bit on my coat. Nope...

RIP Tony Hart

We were both saddened to hear of Tony Hart's passing, especially since we were only just talking about our childhood memories of Hartbeat and viewing clips on YouTube. I used to tune into his show back in the 80s to see Tony work his magic, catch up with Morph then chill out to the gallery music :) He will be missed by all of us here and no doubt by his many many fans out there.

Doodles and Dinner

Another food related post we hear you cry!?? Are we starting to see a pattern here or what? Okay, well there's method in my madness, honest. We recently decided to head off to the local cinema and treat ourselves to a candlelit meal for two at ShantiLouisiana beforehand. We were pleasantly surprised to find a pot of crayons on our table and a table cloth that closely resembled a sheet of drawing paper from our primary school days. Joy! Obviously we had a quick glance round and noted that none of the other diners were doodling all over their tables, so we asked a waitress first. "Of course you can draw all over your table," she said. Glee! Here's the results of our culinary delights. Enjoy!

I'm Lovin' it!

Okay, so on the extremely RARE occasions that we happen to frequent the local McDonalds, we’re always sure to eye up the Happy meals. They make ya happy dontcha know, with their pretty toys and shiny packaging.


See!? See how pretty this week’s toy was? It’s a cool mini travelling version of a retro classic, Downfall.


Anyway, to steer this post’s topic back on a creative footing I’ll ramble on about McDonald’s branding and insert a few links.

I don't know about the rest of you but I never had a problem with clowns as a child, Ronald McDonald never gave me sleepless nights, but then on the other hand I can totally understand the fear that might be ingrained into a person. They are after all, pretty scary. As advertising campaigns go though, McDonald's primary temptation is today's fast food culture. We turn up, usually by car (although for this visit, we did actually walk.... from the car parked a few furlongs away), we have highly processed food shovelled into our mouths by scary clowns and then we leave. Sorry, no...then we waddle back to our cars - that's if we don't choose drive-thru, in which case our car waddles as we pull away.

Ronald McDonald © McDonald's Corporation - He's just such a Happy Chappy!

No offence to McDonald's intended though, we both appreciated our McDonald's student discount cards and free cheese burger, during our university years. Ahh, happy days, I can just smell the fries right now, can't you?

Image © Kibblesworth Title: The Dangers of McDonalds

"i'm lovin' it is an international branding campaign by McDonald's Corporation. It was created by Heye & Partner, a longtime McDonald's agency based in Unterhaching, Germany, near Munich, and a member of the DDB Worldwide Communications Group, Inc. It was the company's first global advertising campaign and was launched in Munich, Germany on September 2, 2003, under the German title ich liebe es."

McDonald's Advertising - Wikipedia

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