he_man_is_cool

Farty pants

2009-11-20T20:41:39Z

Hey y'all.

Here's some sketches I did at work today. I"m pretty pleased with 'em:

Been a tough few weeks. Me and my girlfriend broke up. It was one of the toughest weeks of my life. But I survived it. I learnt I'm tougher than I thought. Which is something I guess. You live and learn from these things and I'm actually feeling pretty positive now. The relationship was making me really anxious. Too anxious. it wasn't right for many reasons. Now I feel like a weight has been lifted. Yeah it's sad and I'm kinda lonely sometimes but it's better than being in a relationship you don't wanna be in f'sure. I actually feel pretty happy about being single. Haven't had that in long time. Not sure how long it'll last though :P

So, now I've got some spare time I'm trying to build some confidence in my art. I know it's not going to happen overnight so the important thing is just to keep working at it. I am drawing a lot I'm just still finding drawing a comic kind of daunting. But it'll happen. I'm actually enjoying drawing a lot more than I have been which is definitely a good thing.

There's a lot of various ways to get over a relationship. For me getting drunk, playing 'puter games and drawing pretty girls seems to of done the trick.

Long time.

2009-10-22T21:00:54Z

Last updated 37 weeks ago.

That's how long it's been since I posted on here. I've decided to keep up with it again. So, hi there.

I won't do a massive blog thing. I'll just mention things are good. Here's some art:

For those that are interested you can now follow me and my hilarious exploits on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/hemaniscool

swan

2009-02-04T00:30:20Z

just some guy called swan i drew

see,i can draw dudes :)

hi

2009-01-26T21:33:27Z

so,i havn't updated in a while so thought i'd post some new art.i been getting on wit my shit this year and so far it's going well.got some comics coming along nicely and my photoshop finally feels like it should.tis goooood.

still havn't fixed my xbox.it's kinda weird cos it's been in the box for a while.thought i'd go mad,but i ain't really missing much except rock band.my TV's on the blink now too.maybe i should just let it die.how much work would i get done without a TV or an xbox? a lot probably.

other news: i have a handlebar moustache.well,it's an attempt at one.i'm hoping by the time eagles of death metal play bristol it'll look sweeeet....but i doubt it.i do get some funny looks with though which is cool.yeah....i think that'll do.until next time....

he_man_is_cool @ 2009-01-10T19:00:00

2009-01-10T19:01:58Z

here's a lil pic i done.really pleased with this.hope people likes it,yo!

new year an' that

2009-01-05T19:43:26Z

happy new year then! i'm not gonna dwell on 2008.it was good an' bad.as is life.looking forward to 2009 though.my stars for the year are promising some good shit ;)

i have a few resolutions.i think it's important to have goals an' that.mine are pretty simple though.get a better jobby,draw and dance more.

here's a moleskine collage:

and my work space:

cheerio!!

the final straw

2008-12-01T20:59:20Z

just when i thought things couldn't get any worse for me this year.god/karma/buddha/satan whoever strikes me another cruel blow.

my xbox 360 has died on me.aaaaaaargh!!! today i got my plastic fake drum kit for rock band in the post and now my 360 has decided to commit suicide.i am soooo fucked off.i'm gonna have to send it away to get repaired.so,fuck knows when i'll get it back.

after all my shit with women and life in general i thought computer gaming was the one thing i could rely on.but,ooooooooooh no.i can't even treat an xbox 360 right.big bloody bollocks!

it's only been a few hours now and i'm already getting proper frustrated.what did i used to do when i was a lil kid before i had computer games? guess i'll have to use my imagination and go out and play army or sumin.

being a manly man i havn't cried in about 10 years,but this could actually make me cry. *quiver of bottom lip*

i guess in reality i can use this time to get drawing and start guff2.it'll be a zombie special.i think it'll be fun and good and maybe sexy.which reminds me 'dead set' was good wasn't it?

here's a lil pic i did for tia.the girl i took on a date to the zoo (quite possibly the best date she'll ever go on) and then she freaked and ran a mile.i havn't really heard from her since and i'm not sure whether i should've framed and sent it to her,but i have.i know i'm too nice and that's why chicks don't like me.

but i can't be arsed worrying about it anymore.comics is my only obssession again.yay!!!!!

peace out mofo's

OH GOD!!! i wanna play my fake plastic drums!!! why?! why?! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh boooohooooo!!! booooohoooooo!!!

final women update

2008-11-05T22:35:46Z

ok,i heard from tia today.she called things off to put it simply.i felt pretty bummed about it at first,but it's made me realise a lot of things.

i know now i'm totally not ready for a relationship at the moment.as difficult as that is to admit.i WAS being a bit clingy and that scared her off.and i'm not surprised.it's why i split with my ex.it's no way to start a relationship.all this stuff is so obvious now,but at the time i was just blinded by wanting a girlfriend and not wanting to be on my own.i put her on a huge mighty pedastal.i was totally infactuated with her yet i didn't really even know her that well.she just made me feel good about myself which i havn't felt for a while.

it's funny.i fell for this girl really quick,but now i'm getting over it pretty quick.i guess it was just something i needed to be taught.karma,fate or whatever has taught me a valuable lesson.now i just need to remember it and not make it again.actually feels kinda empowering to realise this.

man,it's has been an odd couple of weeks.gotta figure out what to do next.i guess drawing something would be a good place to start.i think the main thing is what to do with my life.i still havn't got a fucking clue.

thanks to everyone who commented giving me advice on all this woman shit.much appreciated.i've never really used lj for anything other than posting art,but it's good for getting feedback on life's little problems.

blue rain

2008-11-03T13:09:29Z

here's a new character i've come up with called 'blue rain'.i've got a good story for him too.beginning,middle and end and everything.it's a pretty emotional story about love,hope and defeating your inner demons.but,it still has plenty of action too.wooooo-hoop! i think if i can get it done it'll get me noticed.so,yeah hopefully i can focus on it.

still got women troubles.last week was such a nervous week for me.hardly ate worrying about it all.she was pretty full on at first now she's just gone off the boil.if she's playing hard to get then she's really going for it.i decided to stop texting her and let her text me.which she didn't.it's getting to a point now where i just wanna know where i stand either way,so's i can just get on with things and stop worrying.i gots better things to be anxious about.like glass doors.man,they freak me out.

women+low self esteem=worry

2008-10-28T18:55:09Z

had a strange week so far.had an official date on saturday with tia (although we've met up a few times now).took her to the zoo.was a really good day.like properly amazing. we get on really,really well.we had ham rolls and peppermint tea for lunch then went back to hers and made soup.then we watched eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.which is properly good.loved it.it was great.

but,then the beginning of this week i've started over thinking things and worrying too much.i need to get a full-time job cos having too much time is not good for me.i'm not drawing much these days just sitting round thinking and worrying. worrying she's already gone off me cos she's not clingy like my ex.i'm in a bit of a cycle of negativity at the mo when i'm at home on me own.i need to break it. i've never been good with women,but this one actually is properly amazing and i don't wanna blow my chances by being too clingy myself.i need to be confident.

i need to stop worrying.maybe one day i will.until then....eep

super-frank!!

2008-10-16T13:43:05Z

this here is super-frank.a new character i've just come up with and i'm very quickly starting to adore.he's a medieval robot who ends up travelling through time to the modern world where he fights loadsa cool monsters and baddies and that.i wanted him to be kinda cute,but also tough.i like him.

he's a really nice robot.he's very caring and sensitive.i'm gonna give him a lil doggy companion too.

i see the comic as kinda like the littlest hobbo.where each episode he goes 'round helpin and meeting new people.but,i dunno yet.it's early days.

he's got a lot of powers,skills and abilities which i been working on.also,i think he'd make an awesome action figure.with detatchable arms.so you can put on different arms with big drilly things and guns and that.is thinking about action figures for my character getting a bit ahead of myself?............................................yes,of course it is.

i'm a bit nervous cos i'm going out tonight with a young lady.i'm not really sure if it's a date,but i think it kinda is.i dunno.i'm not very good at this sort of thing.maybe it's totally not,but it should be a good night whatever (aslong as i don't freak out and have a panic attack.)

arts trail over for another year

2008-10-13T09:08:40Z

so,the arts trail is over for another year.yay! was knackering but i really enjoyed it.got a lot of people visiting.it was a nice boost of confidence.had a lot of people i've known my whole life popping in to see me.ol' primary school teachers and the evil dinner lady (who still looks pretty evil).made some money,which is always good.i think next year i'll up my prices up a bit,cos i was too cheap this year.

there were also a lot of people that came out just to see my work which was really nice.most of the arts trail being more 'traditional' art,there were quite a lot of people who appreciated that i was doing something different and wanted to see what i was doing.i also think my works improved a lot since last year aswell,so that's helped.had a few commisions aswell.which will be good.

had a newspaper lady come in a chat to me.she took some photo's of me too which might go in the somerset guardian.it was totally outta the blue and i really don't photograph well,so i'm not looking forward to it if it does get in.

all in all had a good weekend.it's a bit like going to a comicon in that i feel really inspired to draw now.had a lot of encouragement.old folks got quite a few laughs too which has given me the lil boost i need to get on and finish it.

chew valley arts trail

2008-10-09T10:02:51Z

so this weekend is the chew valley arts trail.hooray!! of which i will be a part of.the idea is a loada artists in the chew valley open their house/studio's for nosy people to go around and have a look at.there's loadsa signs up to follow and that.so,if you like you can come to my house and see some shit that i've rushed out in the last week.i did it last year and it's quite fun i guess.although not many of the local people really 'get' my stuff.that's prolly a good thing though.i thought it was on the same weekend as the birmingham comicon,but that was last week.

so,i've got a coupla days left to go and i only started actually drawing stuff for it yesterday.which is a bit stoopid.but,on the other hand i do find it helps when you've got limited time.turns you into a like robot drawer.i've done a few interesting pieces so far.gotta good idea for a couple of pieces that i'm gonna get done today.i'll take some photo's and post 'em up next week.

on another note.i've met a very cool young lady who has asked me to draw on her bedroom wall.i'd really like to get into doing painting on walls (i was going to write muriels,but i don't know how to spell it) so,anyway,what i need is advice.anyone who reads this who knows about painting on walls or knows someone who does i need some tips.paint to use,brushes or pens?,what pens to use,any pitfalls that i could fall into? etc... seriously,if anyone has anything,even if it seems really obvious tell meee.i wants to do a good job of it.fanks.

i've had a few weeks of feeling pretty blue recently for various reasons,but feels like things are looking up finally.hopefully i'll be back to my old social self (yeah,i know) soon and i'll be out partying away.havn't done any old folks in a coupla weeks,but after the arts trail is done i'll get back into it.

so,yeah.if i don't see you at the arts trail have a good weekend.

old folks!!!

2008-09-17T19:12:42Z

here's some more 'old folks' for people to look at and that.hope peeps is liking it.i been getting a bit(more like a lot) lazy lately so i'm hoping i'll have the next 5 pages up soon,but don't bank on it.

more old folks(pages 6-10)

2008-09-08T13:12:25Z

here's pages 6-10 of old folks.hope people enjoy it.if anyone's got any better idea's for a title other then 'old folks' please let me know.i won't steal it,i promise ;) i'll just borrow it for a while.

new comic

2008-09-02T19:05:05Z

here's the first 5 pages of a comic i've started.i've had this story sketched out for a while and i decided it was time to draw it up.it's just a story i want to get done.hopefully it'll get me back into the swing of drawing comics again.i'm actually finding it really fun to do.not torturous like i thought it was gonna be.as you can see it's set in a old folks home.there's gonna be some serious action coming soon.it's gonna be sweet.hope you like.it needs tone or colour i know,but at this point i just wanna finish it.might do that later.

on other news i've cut me bloody fat hair off!

first comic for bloomin ages!!!

2008-07-29T17:06:37Z

here is a lil three page intro to a comic set in medieval times.hopefully i'll keep the momentum and go straight into the main strip.

i havn't done any proper drawing or comic pages for ages so this was good to break my dry spell.although i don't think it's truly broken yet.we shall see.

i wanna do a comic that'll get ladies to like me but,it proving tricky.

new ideas

2008-07-22T11:27:51Z

this is a character for a comic idea that's been buzzing round my head for a while.

its set in medieval england.so,there's castles and knights an' shit,but it's also got modern twists too.kinda like the flintstones being set in the stone age,but they have cars an' all that.

so there's gonna be guns,ipods,tv's etc.......but,all made outta wood and shit.

the first part of the comic was gonna be a bit of a piss take of that cliched and over-used anime opening.having a sexy assassin type girl stealthily infiltrate a building to assassinate someone or summat like that.there's gonna be knights gossiping about big brother,a king playing guitar hero and people doing up their horses 'pimp my ride styley' with dvd players in the back of their heads and stuff.

i quite like the idea,but my heads a jumbled mess of at the moment and there's loadsa shit in there i wanna do.i don't know what to do first.

also,it is my birthday this week,so friday night there will be celebrations to celebrate the celebration of my birthday.so,if anyone wants to come along it starts at the king billy pub 'bout 8.00.i think we'll then go on to ramshackle or the thekla.

more t-shirts

2008-07-10T14:33:32Z

i don't quite understand what's happening,but people are emailing me about t-shirts.front magazine itself want me to do some tee's and some other dude offa myspace wants me to do some too.it's keraaaaaaazzzeeeeeeeee!

i'll do some for 'front',but not sure 'bout the other guy.i probably won't get to meet any hot chicks doing t-shirts for him so i night not bother ;) hahaha

saw iron maiden at twickenham on the weekend.was awesome as fuck! played all the classics.hung out in camden with friends on sunday which was good til 'bout 3 o'clock when i decided to freak out and have a massive panic attack.yay,the joys of panic attacks.havn't had a full blown one in a long time,so it scared me quite a bit.but,these things do happen (well,to me they do anyway).

it's raining and i like it.sexy.

I RANT!!

2008-07-03T15:02:25Z

i've just found something on t'internet that has made me wanna vent.so here i go.

i was just on facebook (isn't it grrrreat?) and i happened to stumble on a group someones created called 'the tings tings=shit'.

now,i'm not a big fan of the ting tings.i find their songs a bit annoying,but hey they're out there being creative.all the best to 'em i say.they seem genuine at least.

but,this group was so fucking hateful. "death to ting tings" was one of the quotes.i cannot understand why people do this.this guy has taken time out of his life to create a group that's just hateful.WHY?!

it reminds me of when old folks complain about something on tv.just change the frikking channel.if you don't like the ting tings change the radio station,stop watching tv,be creative yerself ya cunt!!

the internet is such a cool thing.it can teach.people from opposite ends of the earth can make a connection.plus there's the porn.there's loadsa good stuff.but at the same time it gives all the cunts of the world a platform to be cunts.

okay,i know this seem like a big deal over a ting tings hate group,but this rant includes all the groups like it that're out there.

okay,i'm done.gonna have a sandwich now.

i draw grrrrrrrrrrrrrls

2008-06-30T23:39:43Z

here's some sketches i did inspired by suicidegirls.com

yeah,they're alright i s'pose.i'm quite pleased wit em.girls with tattoos=hotness

i've started doing thumbnails recently.i'm getting frustrated though cos i feel like i'm drawing well,and i wanna get some stuff done and show it off,but at the same time i don't feel confident in my story idea's.if i do get an idea that i like i usually realise it's too similar to something else and have to ditch it.i'm hoping something'll come to me soon.

in the meantime i gotta get a better job.yay! jobhunting is fun.(i'm being sarcastic incase you can't tell).

cheerio!

new comic

2008-06-24T23:32:26Z

sup.here's what started as a character sketch for a new comic,but i got carried away and did a background.so i thought i'd ink it up and post it.

it's not a bad drawing i guess,but bits of the character's are going to change.i don't want the girls jacket to look so bikery.gonna make it more futuristic.she's also too tall and skinny.not sure 'bout the guys hairdo either.also i think i might set the comic in a more skyscrapery city rather than a run down kinda place.bit to do then.

most of the story is sorted(at least in my head).i think it'll be good.if i'm honest i've lost quite a bit o' confidence in my work these last few months.i'm hoping this'll get me going.i'm looking forward to starting it.dosn't have a name yet though.

heard from sim-wise today.t-shirts are still go,which is cool.i thought they'd forgotten all about me.they want me so bad ; P

peace out homies.

sucka

2008-06-15T22:38:20Z

whilst in london i was asked by a young lady to draw her.i'm such a sucker for a pretty face (although,i'd draw something for pretty much anyone if they asked nicely) so i obliged.

she seemed to be pretty happy with the results.she's using it as her myspace profile pic which is cool.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=188553250&MyToken=338385fd-e43a-4cc3-b51a-ffe96ecdee78

i quite like how it turned out.i'm starting to get my groove with photoshop.i'll never be a photoshop expert but i just wanna add simple colour to my work.

havn't heard any news about the t-shirts for a while.got a feeling it might not happen after all.maybe i just worry too much.but,still.all seemed a bit too good to be true.

london

2008-06-09T21:37:55Z

just got back from my london trip.

it was pretty frikking awesome.walking round london in the sun watching all the girls go by was fun.the meeting went really well too.

alex sim-wise was very nice,which was nice.we got on pretty well and she took me to forbbiden planet,which was kinda embarrassing as she knew more about comics than i do.met her agent who is also very nice.met a few other glamour models which was niiiiiiiice.it was all generally very...........nice,although more than a little strange.

it was all pretty nerve-wracking and i almost bottled it a one point and ran away crying like a big sweaty dog.but,then i turned into like a viking warrior stridding in there raping and pillaging as i went.ok,i wasn't quite like that,but i was relaxed enough to make good conversation and i think i even pulled off a couple o' jokes.

the project itself is really exciting.i can't really go into the designs too much.but the plan is to start off with t-shirts,if that goes well more t-shirts and comics.if it goes really well they're thinking action figures and a whole loada merchandise down the line.all off which i'll be designing (or at least i'll be the main designer) plus i'll be on a proper wage if it takes off.

also,alex is getting all her modelling friends to model the t-shirts,which is gonna rule and i'll probably be allowed to go to the shoot!!! although i'll probably get chucked out pretty quick cos i'll be having nose bleeds (manga style) in the corner.

i'm sorry i'm being so shallow cos i'm excited about glamour models,but i am.i don't care.we only see women about once a year in my village,and i'm usually related to them,so i hope you'll forgive my excitement.

so,all in all it was a tiring but very,very good day.also,i didn't get raped!!! phew
thanks to all my homies who been giving me advice.i appreciate it.

i'm off to london

2008-05-28T22:34:52Z

This t-shirt gig is starting to get serious now and i'm getting nervous.i gotta go to london for a meeting.eek!

Having been a total recluse from the age of about 18 to 23 i've never been to london on my own and now i'm going to meet a lady who scares me cos she's hot.this shit is surreal.i just hope i don't bottle it cos this is gonna be a sweet gig if it all works out.hopefully it'll lead onto to other work.

I feel like a hobbit leaving his little shire to seek adventure.except i'm not as short or brave.also,i don't have a ring or a fellowship.and there's no orcs.i do have hairy feet though.