A Holiday Pirate

Making heavy weather out of a light breeze.

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Eye See - Halloween

Eye See – Halloween

As much as you may wish to avert your eyes, there’s no escaping the mortal terror that is Christmas. Lucky for us, the night for celebrating everything ghoulish, grizzly and grim offers some solace before the season really takes over.

So enjoy it Halloween while it’s here. If you need any help, play a little eye-spy with my first, Halloween-themed Eye See zine! Every time you spot a costume (or…

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John Bercow - 'What Were They Thinking?'

John Bercow – ‘What Were They Thinking?’

The now iconic Speaker of the Houses of Parliament agreed to step down following the successful ratification of the terms of our withdrawal from the European Union. Fortunately for John Bercow, this will probably neither never happen nor not never happen, so he could probably continue sitting where he is, quietly, without anyone noticing, forever.

Fortunately for everyone who doesn’t like him…

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Back into the Trapped! sketching, and enjoying working on the next big bunch of comic pages. Fire-hand fella may be channeling my pain from the last few weeks. Did I mention the calendars? I was doing advent calendars for a while. #comic #comics #comicart #conceptart #sketch #freehand #orcs #fantasy #dungeonsanddragons https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAXn4WnEUy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sob7e08nu0d5

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It’s nearly advent! And so, it begins. If you enjoyed Louis Theroux’s recent Altered States docu-series, there’s really no telling whether you’ll enjoy this - the Louis Theroux Advent Calendar! Enjoy 24 awkward days in the silent company of the great documentarian. Available in my HolidayPirate Etsy store! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/574086387/louis-theroux-advent-calendar?ref=shop_home_active_7 #etsy #adventcalendar #advent #christmas #louistheroux #theroux #documentary #bbc https://www.instagram.com/p/BqXRL0mHw47/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mazzvroju3h8

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Happy Halloween! So I 'consolidated' my remaining #inktober days into working on a eye-spy style guide to Halloween. Alas, in my Halloween-appropriate madness, I also opted for hand drawn text, so it’ll be ready, what, maybe next year? Till then, here's some of the sketches! #inktober2018 #halloween #sketch #conceptart #colour #spooky #skeleton #pumpkin https://www.instagram.com/p/BpmYEnWhOvf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4y8c4quptn43

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Summore Halloween themed inktober sketches, though I might be losing track of what holidays I'm channeling... #inktober #inktober2018 #halloween #halloweencostume #sketch #conceptart #ghost #skeleton #love #romantic https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUN2uBhaW2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mqsljsgd064j

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I owe you four days of #inktober - will four ghostly guides from my almost-done #halloween zine do? …no?! Well…there you go. #inktober2018 #halloweencostume #zine #sketch #guide #conceptart #characterdesign #ghost #skeleton https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPBwtyFwtQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cmycl4c42m0x

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The rain’s just stopped in Glasgow - it's taps aff! #inktober sketches for an etiquette guide on how to pull off pulling off your top in town. #inktober2018 #sketch #etiquette #glasgow #sun #bodyconfidence #guide #scotland #mensfashion https://www.instagram.com/p/BpEvGtShHrN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lvjqjmuxqup0

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Quick Trapped shop sketch for #inktober - definitely need to broaden out my colours a bit. Probably need to do some shopping too, something subconscious coming through here… #inktober2018 #sketch #sketchbook #shop #shopping #ruins #tree #conceptart https://www.instagram.com/p/BpCKlt0BECN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xa1jxllucyqy

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Quick #inktober Trapped sketch! Definitely need to work on my ancient roots game… #inktober2018 #comic #comics #conceptart #concept #roots #ruins #ancient #statue https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo_tm0fF8Zh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1thuel50ka4de

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Today's #inktober post! From personal experience? No comment. My head’s too sore for comment. #inktober2018 #comics #sketch #food #drinks #coffee #breakfast #hangover #beer https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo7DmU-lK8T/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iy1ux8z1fn7p

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Yesterday's Trapped! #inktober posts (sorry!) - who doesn't like a map shop? And that tent isn't small, Dougal… #inktober2018 #comics #map #maps #going #shop #shopsmallbusiness #ruins https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo7DSKnlgSs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xq3k3v747ycl

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Cheeky #inktober post - these aren't finished yet! But when is anything ever finished, really? When it's properly water coloured, that's when. Sorry. #inktober2018 #pen #ink #music #food #cars #biscuit #lifestyle https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo1eXcAFt4e/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uy64eih0frlz

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More #inktober print lucky bags! It's really only just occurred to me that I’m almost certainly doing #inktober2018 wrong. I’m too far gone to change my ways, alas, and too physically powerful to stop. Really, it's a shame. #comic #comics #illustration #luck #lucky #luckybag #cat #space #bulb #lifestyle https://www.instagram.com/p/BoynautlzlO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19x4rjy7kz715

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A small #inktober painting - pencils were the least important element in this, and yet they're taking all the credit. Just like life, eh? Am I right? I don’t really mean that, I just wanted to sound engaged. #inktober2018 #comics #pencilart #squadgoals #watercolor #conceptart #team #stationary https://www.instagram.com/p/BowDR88ByHA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gbnb0t0h9o2s

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Orc kettles - is it obvious I've run out of coffee? I'm down to the novelty Christmas stuff... #inktober #inktober2018 #comic #comics #orc #coffee #coffeehouse #tea #conceptart https://www.instagram.com/p/Botf_ArldJB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13vblduafgpls

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Mascot #inktober sketches for the possible I-Spy style mini on Love & Dating; though you’d be forgiven for thinking literal years went into developing this guy. Pretty original stuff! He seems happy, though #inktober2018 #zine #zines #zinedinezidane #comics #comic #conceptart #love #datingin2018 #selfservice https://www.instagram.com/p/BorGdsHFtOk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=omooigsq0t4d