it's nearly christmas...!!

...and like everyone else i've got the pre christmas rush on! a last minute 2 day commission, there was the book launch at festival of sins last saturday, a part time job AND christmas shopping!! arrghh!! i am TERRIBLE at keeping this thing updated but i'm all nicely settled into my new home, with internet, so that should get better.

i'm getting ahead of myself!

i'm renting again! i know i know, gave in to the system and what not. but my creativity was suffering and sometimes one has to prioritise.

the book launch! yes, the wonderful people at festival of sins were lovely and held it at their christmas "immorality" event.

www.festivalofsins.co.uk

no sales, really, but good fun and i was very happy to be there!

also for this event, i created the first "festival of sins colouring-in book" which was handed out free or with a small donation (thankyou to everyone who kept me able to get a drinky!!) and there will hopefully be a good response of coloured images returned, with the best 3 winning a prize! fun fun. here are a couple of the sketches from the book:


so! the graphic novel; it IS available, twelve modest english pound's worth of poetry and imagery goodness! do contact me if you would like one. I am also here going to release (shock horror!!) a double page spread from the book for you to see! i have been purposefully elusive with imagery as i like a surprise but people do like to see what they're buying so i've given in to popular vote and here we are:

i'm sorry to be a bore but i will remind you this image is strictly copyrighted!!

and here's the promo website address for more info:

www.lapofthedogspromo.yola.com

online buying is not available -yet-; waiting on a technician that the author is dealing with down in somerset, but i will let you know when it is. in the meantime, if you're desperate, contact me, i have paypal! ...there were only 500 printed...

aaaand the two day commission- images of that coming later i'm sure.

anyways, happy festive times, y'all!!

-x-

graphic novel news

coolies, just a quickie to say still trudging on through the graphic novel's launch and finding a place for me to stay haha, gonna take a break from squatting for the winter.

The lovely people at Festival of Sins have said that their upcoming event Immorality on the 12th December can be the book launch for lap of the dogs, hooray!

www.festivalofsins.co.uk

just need to break into bizarre magazine now...

wowza

man, been a while! i've had no internet and barely a house... but been enjoyin the london squatters scene and busy busy getting the graphic novel out.

AND HERE IT IS!!
it is printed, out, and available, for details email me at ikissedthewitches@gmail.com and i can let you know how to purchase it!

PLANS: book launch soon!! and a stall at the december FESTIVAL OF SINS in camden, come along, take a look, buy one, and have a great night out at the same time!

here's the package:

Book £12, postcards 50p for the two, and the business cards are free!

hope to see you out and about!

-x-

sphere magazine article

woop! i has an article writted about me!

check it out at

http://www.spheremag.co.uk/spotlight/visual-artist/883-bonnie-baker-macabre-illustrator

Sophie 0909

some more photos of the gorgeous sophie -x-

moloch

pretty much just a doodle, but a saturday evening well spent, i feel. getting back into the drawing game, boo-ya!

also been painting on the walls a bit. photos soon.

bohemian clove

web based photomontage inspired from a personal photoshoot with manko -x-

photos from iconography of mask

the event was a great success! and although i couldn't be there as much as i had wanted, i got some cool shots, here's the cream of the cream

Garry Vanderhorne, gallery owner

Performances



i would love to remake this shot with better lighting conditions! although i do like the atmosphere, bit more sharpness would be great!

these images are all just quickly edited for facebook haha, a few will be selected for proper editing for large format printing at a later date.

blank!

wow, can't believe it's been over a month since i last posted on here. i do have new artworks, but not many, in truth... moving house AGAIN has stumped my drawing temporarily! but there's lots going on, for instance the mask show at the resistance gallery in a couple of weeks, i've made a mask for that:

they have a blogger page:

http://iconographyofmask.blogspot.com/

their event and group pages can also be found on facebook!

here's a creative splurge i believe you havn't seen yet!

steampunk at festival of sins

i rather like steampunk, and bumped into some wonderful specimens of this style at the recent festival of sins, and luckily it was the night i had decided to try my hand at being a club night photographer. with the help of my lovely shiney new ring flash, my humble D40 did ok!

Wardrobe by Mort Couture
http://www.modelmayhem.com/904515

Props by Sydeian Creations
http://sydeiancreations.com/

Ladies chokers by Amanda Scrivener
http://profmaelstromme.etsy.com/

more from yesterday's shoot

the first lot of lauren's photoshoot today

staffie of london

two more...

...pretties of essylt...

end of an era...

...well, the graphic novel is DONE!! oh yeah!! just in time to enjoy the summer... and my new camera flash! here are some of the first shots taken with it, of a friend of mine. i wanna put up thew originals too to show off my retouching skills but i don't want to detract from the images with this lot!

more details on the finished graphic novel will be given soon!

back cover

image for the back cover (plus my tag added to it)

retouching skills

my new job has taught me a lot about retouching photos. here are a couple of quick self portraits i've done recently with my new skills!

the first is using a ring flash hand triggered away from the camera to create the lighting effect. unfortunately it did not belong to me, but i think it will be a worthy investment for the future!

the second is checking out the high pass technique i was recently shown at work. i really like the effect and may make it more of a feature in my photography style!

the third is of my friend sabine, taken in very tricky lighting conditions. i really like the final effect on this photograph.

i don't think my style as it develops will be about creating an entirely natural look. as with my illustration, i want to bring something a little extra to the image to make it interesting. i can save the natural look for the photo studio work!

i also will feature the panoramic format within my work as well.

and i also hope to get time to get out and about photographing other people soon too!

some more from that page

the two heroes meet the smelly fishies

news and picture

hello there lovely people, work has slowed down a little owing to needing a new computer and working at the photo studio to pay for it, but now i have a shiny new computer and two screens and it's working like a dream so, full speed ahead! here's a little snippet from a page i'm working on today...

hare is scared

from the graphic novel, which is coming along bit by bit... neeearly there!!

swimming swimming swimming

it's been a little while since i posted anything... things been mega busy... as ever... new part time job as a photo retoucher, it's going very well, thankyou ^__^ here's a little piece from the page i've been working on recently... the end is in sight... woooop!

the fish mask

it will make sense when you read the graphic novel...

Quickly...

...a little composition made with a skull drawn for the graphic novel...

settled into london and back in full swing illustration mode!

member of the crowd

the first of a lot of people in the crowd... mega task!!!