tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30614617996437940022023-11-15T17:22:00.839+00:00Liam K. ClarkLiam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-18553938189472898282012-03-17T16:25:00.001+00:002012-03-17T16:38:30.996+00:00What would the community think?Remember when I used to draw pictures?<br />
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This is pretty much all I've scribbled in 2012. I don't like the Jon Snow very much, but it's here as filler. I do like the Valentine's Day card a lot though.<br />
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I haven't drawn anything at all in over a month now. Oops.<br />
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<br />Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-61256201867853287612012-01-01T14:15:00.000+00:002012-01-01T14:15:02.307+00:00A Year in Cartoons.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I sincerely hope that your 2012 is incredible. I have decided that mine will be <i>electric</i>. </div>
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<br />Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-42598412706739800042011-12-24T11:15:00.000+00:002011-12-24T11:15:00.721+00:00And we'll watch Christmas TV.It's been a while, I will admit. I was a bit hesitant about doing a post on Christmas Eve, since I reckon most people have no time for this sort of thing, but <a href="http://liamkclark.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas.html">apparently I did it last year</a> so we might as well ignore sense and make it a tradition, yes? Yes. (Incidentally, what a different a year makes, that Father Christmas is just plain embarrassing).<br />
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I drew this back in September/October-ish. I intended it to be a Christmas card, but it never really worked out. It can be my digital card to you, if you'd like. </div>
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I've been obscenely busy the last couple of months, what with one thing and another, and with the exception of that quick Sherlock Holmes thing I posted previously, I did not draw a single thing. This was my first effort, and it came out better than I could have hoped. It's default drawing territory, but I like it. </div>
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FilmFour are having a bit of a Studio Ghibli trip at the moment (<a href="http://www.film4.com/videos/article/studio-ghibli-season-on-film4">incidentally I highly recommend having a gander at the little ad they put together for it. Brilliant</a>.), and Porco Rosso is amongst my favourites. The Miyazaki films in particular have a habit of depicting flight as it is in my head: full of magic and freedom and....being alive; rather than the dull, soporific airport realities of it all. You can't see it, but I'm making swooping motions with my arms as I type this. </div>
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Mike and Antonia get married next month. Today they finish moving into their new home. I drew this, mostly, because <i>why not?</i></div>
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And then we close on one more festive one, and one more friend one. This is Rebecca, and rumour has it she dresses up as Father Christmas even in July. I suspect that the rumour is true. </div>
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<br />Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-5975502490867289402011-11-21T00:18:00.001+00:002011-11-21T00:21:40.780+00:00A Scandal in Bohemia.I picked up a book from my bookcase at random. I then opened the book, also at random. I drew a comic based on the page it opened at.<br />
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I don't draw comics often because, as much as I quite like to write them, I find them endlessly frustrating to draw.</div>
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I drew this mid-September, but I didn't want to do a post with a single image, so I have been waiting for other pictures to materialise. I really want to do a Rivals series, so, for now, I refer to this as Rivals I:<br />
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With the exception of a Christmas card (yes, already), I didn't draw anything in colour for a month and a half. To get back into the swing of things I did this:<br />
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I regret the second one a little bit, as it steals the humour from a great character. Let's just pretend it's from before Haddock's first meeting with Tintin.<br />
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At this rate there probably won't be another update until December now, but here's hoping there is more to come.Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-50735970249745420882011-09-10T18:19:00.001+01:002011-09-10T18:19:47.364+01:00Maybe "Boutique" would be classier.You may have noticed that at the top of the page I've added a "<a href="http://society6.com/LiamClark">Shop!</a>" link. With a single click you will be redirected to a veritable Aladdin's cave of wonders, and prints, and iPhone cases...and so on.<br />
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One thing I'll add is that, because the shop is US-based, shipping to the UK is currently dearer than I would like. Hopefully I will be able to find good alternatives in the future.Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-2283530794422069212011-09-08T11:02:00.002+01:002011-09-08T11:08:26.154+01:00"You've got to see the dream through the windows and the trees of your living room."This blog is over a year old! I originally started it as a way to force me to improve. Looking at <a href="http://liamkclark.blogspot.com/2010/09/early-days.html">those early scribbles</a> I think it's fair to say that there's been a marked changed for the better. Hopefully I'll continue to grow in the coming year.<br />
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I have started my studies, which have been nice and gentle so far (plenty to do mind), but I suspect I will be getting very busy, very fast. You can still expect drawings, I hope, but my descriptions are likely to be shortened, if not completely omitted.<br />
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As ever, my <a href="http://liamkclark.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> updates more frequently as well. I'll frequently have very rapid, nonsensical, scribbles going up on there.<br />
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<br />Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-64435466600865267872011-08-26T13:43:00.000+01:002011-08-26T13:43:04.533+01:00You haunt me with your violent heartbeat at night.Every so often I'll take a long, hard, look in the mirror and say "Liam, you're getting stale. You need to up your game."<br />
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For a moment I'll look quizzical, confused even, before forcing determination into my face. I will then say something along the lines of "Liam, you need to draw...a <i>bicycle</i>".<br />
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Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-4005693211266430222011-08-19T15:36:00.002+01:002011-08-19T15:37:25.693+01:00To a rainbow like you.I've been trying out a couple of new things this week, some of which have been pretty successful. (Remember that you can click on images to make them bigger).<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have a tendency to shy away from drawing backgrounds, as I am wont to overcomplicate things before losing interest. Here I kept things intentionally simple, leaving me free to try out some new things with colouring. For the most part I'm extremely pleased with how this came out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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It was my brother Ben's birthday* last week, so I drew him this:<br />
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*alliteration stationLiam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-6840125761487009662011-07-30T14:19:00.001+01:002011-07-30T14:27:41.831+01:00"Organizer of public gaiety, curator of a richly encrusted happiness"<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Saturday Special!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div>Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-40836757178830131392011-07-20T22:35:00.001+01:002011-07-20T22:50:47.377+01:00With a smile on your face, and a tear right in your eye.You have probably noticed that the blog looks a bit different. I've also redesigned my <a href="http://liamkclark.tumblr.com/">tumblr</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/lclark">twitter</a> pages. Still not certain if this is a final design yet, so you might see it change further before too long!<br />
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The really neat idea I had the other week still isn't finished, mostly because I got myself a second job, so ended up much busier than expected. In any event it's coming along nicely. In the meantime may I present to you the following:<br />
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</div>Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-34265229616986252312011-07-06T21:48:00.000+01:002011-07-06T21:48:39.232+01:00"Dance, and Provençal song, and sunburnt mirth!"Hey everyone! I hope you've all been enjoying the manic sunshine/crushing rain.<br />
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</div>Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-75459914772153539102011-06-21T21:20:00.001+01:002011-07-10T19:00:19.308+01:00I guess every superhero need his own theme music.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5154/5837716566_50a05af822_o.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5154/5837716566_50a05af822_o.png" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I drew a Superman. </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">So far as I can remember I have never read a superhero comic, with the exception of Neil Gaiman’s Eternals, which was alright, and Watchmen. If that counts. This isn’t me being pretentious, it’s just never happened. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">To a degree I suspect that this is a cultural thing. No-one that I knew whilst growing up read superhero comics. I don’t even know if you were able to buy them. We grew up on The Beano and The Dandy and so on. Since then I’ve never really got around to it; I have gone into bookshops with the express intention of buying something superhero-y, but have invariably walked out with a regular book or some other form of comic. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">That said, I’m fascinated by Superman, and it’s not like I grew up completely divorced from this titanic cultural symbol. I had a book <em style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">about</em> Superman, I remember that. Lois & Clark was also on the television when I was a wee man, plus of course there was always the movies. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">For a long time the idea of Superman bored me. Perfect, invincible, unstoppable, and so <em style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">American</em> (often “American” was a dirty word to me when I was growing up. I’m over it now), but my opinion has changed over time.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">I have an idea for a Superman story. As I’ve never read the comics I don’t know if it’s been done before, and honestly I don’t know if it’s even any good, but it seemed interesting to me. I might as well give you the background to it; it’s not like I’m in a position to do anything with it. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">From what I understand Superman ages somewhat more slowly than regular humans, yes? I hope so, because if this is wrong, the whole thing falls down. In any event, I’d quite like to see Superman’s world as though time had progressed normally since his appearance in the 1940s. The story would be set in the present day, he’d be a bit greyer, a bit tireder, but still, you know, <em style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">super. </em>Lois, Jimmy, Luthor will all be long dead, of old age or whatever, and now Superman’s dealing with the passage of time. Living in a world that’s better off than it would have been, but still imperfect enough to leave him slightly disheartened. A world that’s evolving rapidly, as our own world has evolved since the 1940s, and a man of steel in the middle of at all that has to constantly has to evolve and rethink his own position. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">It would absolutely, one hundred per cent, not be a dark story. It might occasionally have dark elements, but dark does not mean “grown up” or “intelligent” and I am not holding with it even a little bit. It would ultimately be a story about hope and goodness, because so far as I can tell that’s what a Superman story should be about. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Obviously there’s a plot too, but I ain’t gonna tell you that. "</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-87588596866090830112011-05-27T17:47:00.000+01:002011-05-27T17:47:00.881+01:00Allow me to sweep the dust off the place.I've been terrifically busy lately, which I would like to think excuses the lack of drawings, and the updating of the blog.<br />
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Except that it doesn't. I'm always terrifically busy, it's just a different sort of busy at the moment.<br />
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What actually happened was that I got really really sick of the internet, and by extension my computer. I deleted my Facebook (which I actually highly recommend. To my surprise I do not miss it at all.), turned off Skype, everything. Except twitter. I stopped drawing too, though this just may be because "drawing" has become synonymous with "Wacom tablet" for me these days. I've started messing with a sketch book again though, and I'll be back doing colourful things soon enough I am sure.<br />
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In any case, here are some pictures that'll get me into the swing of things. I've taken a good look at my work lately, and I know exactly what I want to improve, and why. The how is proving a tad more difficult but hey ho.<br />
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</div>Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-43327752877643287852011-04-07T18:31:00.000+01:002011-04-07T18:31:34.963+01:00With a smile on your face and a tear right in your eye.Sorry I didn't post last week. This week will be very brief as I'm in a bit of a rush.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, and finally for today, here's a very quick, scribbly drawing of a lady. I do like scribbling, I have to say. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Most, if not all, of these have already been on my <a href="http://liamkclark.tumblr.com/">tumblr</a> in the last day or so. I really want to make this blog a bit different, but I'm not wholly sure how to go about it at the moment. I'll have a think about it I suppose. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-34429654072497968792011-02-25T18:45:00.000+00:002011-02-25T18:45:56.167+00:00One of those weeks.I've been ill all week, so everything has a decidedly scribbled, difficult-to-pay-attention tone to it.<br />
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I've been mostly writing stuff for the comic, so every so often I try to make sure I remember how to draw the characters. This sheet was more miss than hit.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I do a lot of these scribbly things without ever considering sharing them normally, but I think it makes a nice change eh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Liam Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518187533444735629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061461799643794002.post-35959081652765013112011-02-15T11:49:00.000+00:002011-02-15T11:49:43.576+00:00Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, And so live ever---or else swoon in death.Again, I apologise for being rubbish at keeping to a schedule. That said it's been a busy week that ended in some pretty good news, so it's not wholly my fault.<br />
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Just a quick few things to share with you, that relate to the heartiest of days. Here's a commission of Tom and Beth that I did:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's a photograph of it printed onto a canvas, that I was just emailed: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It came out quite nicely, I thought. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally here is a quick Valentine's Day card I made, for my own entertainment more than anything. You don't seem to get proper cherubs and so on on cards anymore, it seems a shame. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I was drawing this I was watching Run Lola Run (for the first time!), and it was fantastic. That said, watching a subtitled film whilst drawing isn't exactly ideal. This only took me half of the duration the film to draw (forty five minutes-ish?) but I probably should have done it in a fraction of the time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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