Archive for April, 2010
Win my Dunny ‘Finkle’ and Limited Edition Prints
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
At the end of May I will be launching my own online store selling originals, prints, vinyl customs and much more as time moves on. To celebrate the upcoming store I’m running a competition from now until the store is launched to win my custom Dunny ‘Finkle’ (pictured right, click on him to see other views from my Flickr site) or one of two limited edition prints. Prizes are as follows:
1st Prize – Custom Dunny ‘Finkle’
2nd & 3rd Prizes – One limited edition print of your choice from those available in my store at launch
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is join my mailing list, which you can do from the right hand column opposite.
The draw will happen on the day I launch the store, so around the end of May 2010, and I’ll be picking the winners at random from everybody who is on the mailing list at that time. So you just need to be on the mailing list on the launch day in order to be in with a chance of winning one of the prizes!
I’ll pay the shipping to whoever wins and I’ll announce the winner on the blog and email them for their postal address. Obviously I can’t be responsible for any import charges the winner’s country may apply, should there be any – you would be responsible for those.
I’ll be using the mailing list once the store is launched to announce new products, special offers and news. So, to be in with a chance to win Finkle or your choice of a limited edition print and keep up to date on my store, please do join my mailing list. And if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see in my store, do please let me know.
The boring rules stuff is below 
Competition Rules
1. You must be subscribed to my mailing list when the draw happens in order to win.
2. Competition closes when the store launches – people who join after this time will not be included in the draw. A blog post will be made to mark this and the time it is posted used as the cut-off.
3. Only one entry per person.
4. I will pay shipping but will not be responsible for any customs import charges your country may impose.
5. If you win you will be emailed asking for your postal address. If no response is received in 7 days a new winner for the prize will be drawn and you will no longer be eligible for the prize.
6. This competition is available worldwide.
School Animation With My Poetry
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010As some of you may know I write childrens poetry and, over the years, I’ve given talks at schools, had numerous poems published in education books and even had poetry used for examination papers. But this is the first time a school has used one of my poems and set it to animation. Beguildy Church in Wales School have produced a wonderful stop-motion animation video to accompany their reading of my “Sailing Out to Space” poem and the results are fantastic! The video is available below.
If you want to check out my childrens poetry, my website FizzyFunnyFuzzy is where you’ll find it all.
Custom Munny – Alfredo
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
I finished a new custom 8″ Munny yesterday, and he’s called Alfredo. Click the picture on the right to see other, larger views. He’s been painted with acrylics and sealed with acrylic spray. Alfredo is already on display in a relatively new local gallery that wants to carry some of my work, called the Cornerhouse. He’s also for sale, so please contact the gallery for more information.
I’m now starting work on some Dunnys so expect new pieces from me soon.
3D Tutorials Featuring my Bugapillas
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
A good Twitter friend of mine and a wonderful 3D and traditional artist, Glen Southern, has started a new series of tutorials aimed at 3D artists looking to move their characters from 2D to 3D called Enter3D.
As part of Enter3D Glen asked for permission to use my Bugapilla characters in some video tutorials on how to create characters from simple primitives as they’re ideally suited to this method. These tutorials are now available on Glen’s Southern Graphics web site and, if you’re interested in moving into 3D, they are well worth looking into. It’s great to see one of my characters in 3D and it’s something I feel that Glen’s tutorials will help me get into as well in the future.
