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The Useless Robot
- Apr 10, 2021
- 2 min
An uncharacteristically honest and personal post
I’ve never been very good at talking about my mental health and I am not sure how well I’ll do in this post, but I felt the need to write...
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The Useless Robot
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
Isolation Inspiration
During lockdown, I'm taking the opportunity to catch up with some old projects and follow along with the latest Inktober challenge,...
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The Useless Robot
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
Robots
I drew out these robots ages ago but hadn't gotten around to painting them until today. I thought it would be a good warm up activity in...
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The Useless Robot
- May 2, 2019
- 4 min
My Interview with Portsmouth Comic Con
Has the city of Portsmouth impacted your work? I feel really lucky to live in Portsmouth because it has such a strong and growing art...
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The Useless Robot
- May 1, 2019
- 1 min
Free Art Friday MEGA DROP (with Portsmouth Comic Con)
Portsmouth Comic Con have been placing a piece of art from local artists around Portsmouth every two weeks for Free Art Friday in the...
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The Useless Robot
- Apr 4, 2019
- 1 min
Playing with text
I've been working with some of my images from Inktober last year, playing with the text that goes with them in order to get some prints...
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The Useless Robot
- Jan 10, 2019
- 2 min
Punch Meets Pinocchio
Several years ago when I was researching old tales I read Pinocchio and was drawn to the character. Although he was often foolish, I...
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The Useless Robot
- Jan 5, 2019
- 1 min
A (Late) New Years Catch Up
It's been a busy couple of months at work and with Christmas so I've neglected all my social media. Thats why the last two post I've just...
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The Useless Robot
- Jan 5, 2019
- 2 min
Inktober 2018: Days 27, 28, 29 & 30
DAY 27: Conduplue All Conduplues want to do is to be cosy and curl up on humans’ beds, in laundry baskets full of clothes or in sock...
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The Useless Robot
- Jan 5, 2019
- 1 min
Inktober 2018: Days 24, 25 & 26
DAY 24: Drivelpup Drivelpups, while not directly dangerous to humans, are the monsters with the highest human death count. They eat motor...
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The Useless Robot
- Nov 1, 2018
- 1 min
Inktober 2018: Days 21,22 & 23
DAY 21: Diddlypom These little monsters stand about 2 foot tall and due to their love of eating slugs and snails they are a popular...
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The Useless Robot
- Nov 1, 2018
- 1 min
Inktober 2018: Days 18, 19 & 20
DAY 18: Minusmor These monsters were believed to have been a cause of death for many many years and it is only recently that we have come...
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The Useless Robot
- Oct 27, 2018
- 1 min
Inktober 2018: Days 15, 16 & 17
DAY 15: Dave The Dave’s started coming around when the invention of the television really took off. The more and more homes that got one...
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The Useless Robot
- Oct 27, 2018
- 1 min
Inktober 2018: Days 12, 13 & 14
DAY: 12: Weaveclepta Weavecleptas are at most 30cm tall and being drawn to all things soft, you will often find them in your laundry...
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The Useless Robot
- Oct 19, 2018
- 1 min
Inktober 2018: Days 9, 10 & 11
DAY 9: Felvet These domestic monsters tend to be drawn to cold houses due to the warmth they produce. If you are lucky enough for one to...
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The Useless Robot
- Oct 12, 2018
- 1 min
Inktober 2018: Days 7 & 8
DAY 7: Posiclar A Posiclar is a monster that has proved to be extremely useful to humans over the years. Being the Opposite of a...
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The Useless Robot
- Oct 11, 2018
- 1 min
Inktober 2018: Days 4, 5 & 6
DAY 4: Hooga The Hooga is a distant relation to the Solisga and is equally keen to be around humans. They have a calming effect on the...
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The Useless Robot
- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min
Inktober2018: Days 1, 2 & 3
For my 2nd year participating in Inktober I decided to go with a theme, Monsters. My fascination with monsters increased during my...
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The Useless Robot
- Oct 1, 2018
- 1 min
The House of Illustration Drawing a Day Challenge - The Finished Page
Producing tiny 1 inch square drawings was very enjoyable. I think due to the small size I found them quick and simple to do. After about...
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