Some New Year advice

Dave Bain — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:29:55 -0600

I was recently asked to write a few words about my work for a local zine and ended it with a few bits of advice:

- Stick to deadlines and keep in constant communication with the client.

- Always consider every opportunity, as you never know what it could lead to.

- Don't undersell yourself, as you've got a unique gift and people should respect that.

- Try and have fun, even if your working on a brief which isn't tremendously exciting!

- Make time for yourself and for your friends... sometimes going to a gig or reading a book can refocus your head before getting stuck back into a project.

In other news, I recently did this little drawing for a friend's new zine called COLLARBONE, which is out this Spring.

Drawing Live

Dave Bain — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:06:30 -0600

DRAWN RECORDINGS is an exciting night that happens in Bristol and Simon Mills and I have been doing some live drawing at a few of these nights. There is a time lapse video here (or click onto my Facebook page), which is quite fun to watch. On the most recent night the very amiable and talented Ben Steers joined in too. Working on all parts of the paper together we created a mountain of doodles and characters topped off by a conquering flag adorned with the DRAWN logo. Fun!

Cutting out cardboard

Dave Bain — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:48:09 -0500

I recently took part in the third INKYGOODNESS exhibition, called 'WONDERLAND'. It was in the VAAD GALLERY, which is part of the CUSTARD FACTORY complex in Birmingham. I wanted to do something a little different with my Birdboy character, so I adapted an idea I'd tried out a while ago in another exhibition: cardboard cut-outs! Some blisters later and hey presto! I'd got myself a tree growing out of Birdboy.