True Blue Trio

Spraypaint

Glitter Glue (I feel 5 again)

Metallic Ink

Blue Crayon

Post holiday blues

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True Blue Trio of Doris

Coy Doris For a friends Birthday, who likes both coy women, and Koi fish.

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Dont Cry For Me Doris

New pic. This is how I felt having to leave Taiwan yesterday after a sun soaked long weekend with the man surfing and exploring the south coast.

Got busy sketching on hols so lots waiting to be inked.

Tx

Ambassador of Design Ball 2010

Ambassador of Design (AOD) collective, with the aim of "raising awareness of design and creativity in the city" hosted the AOD annual ball last night (Sept 16).

The intriguing theme this year was chairs, and various international renowned designers such as Zaha Hadid, Kelly Hoppen, Thomas Heatherwick partook by providing visually stimulating chairs for auction on the night.

In addition, an open submission competition called the Open Academy was held. Based on the long-running 120-year old London...Read more

Something Different

Here is a painting I recently did.

Acrylics / Ink / Spraypaint on Canvas

60cm x 90cm

Title: 'And Then I Knocked'

Here is one of the 1st ever digital art pieces I attempted when I bought (ahem) my 1st ever copy of photoshop (god bless you Adobe) back in the day. This was inspired by one of the (many) photoshoots we did whilst studying fashion at university:

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Doris a Day 30 / 31 - Kith / Shenanigan

Combining my final two doris of the day illustrations into one.

Kith

noun;

1. Acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.

Shenanigan

noun;

1. Mischief; prankishness.

2. Remarks intended to deceive; deceit. Often used in the plural.

Oooooh

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Doris a Day 29 - Couchant

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Small Update & Excuses

Im VERY aware of the fact that I am 3 doris's behind on my doris a day's for August .

Blaming it entirely on my 30 day detox coming to an end and the (beautiful) devil in disguise that is Kate Sullivan cheekily leading me into the tempestuous path of RETOX instead of sending my ass home to work.

And those damn bubbles, using their flirtatious fizzyness to lure me into a cunning trap of believing I can dance like a goddess (i cannot) and defy the laws of sleep (also not true). How I fell for its cleverly disg...Read more

Make Jewellery Magazine- Sept 2010

Remember a while back I did these for the talented jewellery designer Emilie Wallbank:

http://www.alivenotdead.com/tanyabennett/Emilie-Wallbank-profile-973028.html

Well, Make Jewellery magazine ran a feature on her, and its out in the stores now!

If you are in the motherland (uk) be sure to check it out, avail in Tesco, asda, WHSmith etc

*sigh i miss those stores and their god damn del...Read more

Doris a Day 28 - Schelp

Schlep verb;

1.To move slowly, awkwardly, or tediously.

2.To carry; lug.

Complete with Go Faster stripes... in your face hare..

Doris a Day 27 - Orthoepy

Orthoepy noun;

1. The study of correct pronunciation.

2. The study of the relationship between the pronunciation of words and their orthography.