I have been a busy bunny of late, which is great for the start of a new year I assumed it would be quite quiet. In between all this work stuff I’ve been trying to make time for more fun stuff. The difficulty being now there’s a baby to look after. I’m not one for new years resolutions (i’m more for the do’s than don’ts) but at some point this year I would very much like to try and get some sort of online shop up and running. Over Christmas I had a great time off with the wife and little one so have been putting together plans of what’s next…it’s all very exciting. For the time being I’ve made some dinky doodle device decorations to make your devices that bit more sexy than they previously were. These were all hand drawn and no duplication or patterns were used. You should be able to find the size you need below the graphic. Now i’m a dad and all, I’ve added an A4 version with just the lines so your kids (or you) can print it out and colour it in. The graphics above are cropped they’re actually massive.
I did a little work for the guys over at Involver. The brief was to design a 16 page booklet for kids age 7-11 on how to be a smart school councillor. All the artwork was hand drawn and coloured in photoshop.
While waiting for the arrival of little baby bobs I took some time to convert the nursery into a jungle. Roughly around that time my new camera turned up, just a bit of fun.
I’ve been accumulating quite a lot of charity shop vinyl, it seems a shame to keep it all to myself. I’ve been getting back into flash recently and thought what better way of sharing it all with you than to make a little gallery. Something I can easily update, just a bit of fun. You can find bitsofbobs charity vinyl here
Recently I’ve started trawling charity shops for bargain vinyl. It amazes me you can pick it up so cheap. I love the fact there is no order to anything it’s just a big pile of random chaos. I bought this album, above is the first track. I had a look around online and couldn’t find it anywhere so I felt the need to rip it for your ears. I love steel band music, I think it’s because it all sounds so happy or like a super mario game. This is from the real thing steel band (1970) called so for their drums which seem to be made from old coca cola steel drums. I love it, every track has an introduction.
It’s my birthday today, just turned a whopping 30! Enough of that though, I hate fuss which is why i’m having a nice quiet one with the Mrs. Surrounded by all the things I feel like i’ve not had time for recently because of busy work, good books, ace music and plenty of art supplies…perfect.
What’s with the doodle? this is the album cover to the Bluetones, expecting to fly…one of my favourite albums so it felt right to reminisce of days gone by now i’m proper old. I have an older brother and 3 sisters who all very much influenced me in terms of what music I listened to, this was one of the first albums I bought after they all left home and I was left to fend for myself. It should have been my first gig also but I had to make a choice between that and the manic street preachers at the music hall in Aberdeen (06/10/96 I still have the ticket) but couldn’t afford both.
I’ll take this time to thank all the people who have wished me happy birthday and would like to say a special thanks to my ace wife who at the moment is very much pregnant (due Oct) and has been suffering pretty much every morning with extreme morning sickness, got up this morning and cooked me breakfast. Much love x
You know what I love? a good dance…or at least some form of upbeat funky music to do mundane chores to. I’ve never been to a roller disco…but I know for a FACT I’d love it. So I’ve made a soundtrack to an imaginary one, you can find it on spotify here. LET’S ROLL!
Sitting down to watch The shinning for the umpteenth time I was doing some doodling (above) when I remembered I’d been here before. Many moons ago when I graduated from uni (2001 crikey) I really got into drawing using flash. It was a totally new concept to me, drawing with a computer I loved it. I’d draw things for the sake of drawing, I still do now. I made this in 2001 using flash.
Things I liked back then I still like now that hasn’t changed but as I’ve grown up all the technology around me has changed and with that so have influences. Now i’m freelancing i’m loving the freedom of getting to do what I want (and have people pay for it). The bulk of my design working life has been using flash but i’ve slowly but surely been moving into illustration. It’s looking like a difficult thing to get into and doesn’t look as glamorous as i’d first imagined but it’s still something i’d love to pursue. Doodle on!
I love my sketchbooks, I’m never far away from one. I’ve a bit of a terrible habit of buying new ones without filling the others first. My name’s Rob Johnson and i’ve a stationary problem, there I’ve said it. When I finally do fill one it’s a rather momentous occasion, as you can see it’s taken me months. Drawing everywhere, on boats, buses, planes and shoogly trains. It didn’t seem right to just put it in the bookcase. So I Played around with after effects a bit and even made the music to present to you…my sketchbook. Enjoy.
