Rough Sketch Podcast

For the first time in about 2 years we are able to have a face to face chat. Neil Hampton (aka 14Eight) is a Bristol based creative who is fairly new to the scene of being in markets. In his words Neil makes "gothic home decor and jacket junk" which if you are into that kind of scene you will know what those things are and probably will take a look.

We talk about the nerves of doing your first "artist" market, poorly designed t-shirts and all sorts of other stuff.

Neil Hampton links

• 14Eight Website
• 14Eight Facebook page
• 14Eight Instagram

Contact Us

We encourage you to send us your drawings and get in touch which you can do via e-mail or social media. All of the drawings will be published on our Facebook, Twitter & Instagram feeds. We also accept donations via Ko-Fi or Patreon

Music

• Intro/Outro Music: Worm War by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC 3.0
• Interstitial Music: Random effect by 4bstr4ck3r - CC BY-NC 4.0
• Outro Music: Elephants On Parade by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC

Geoff got in touch with us via Twitter asking us if we wanted to have a chat about a comic he was working on. We said yes, and so here it is instead of the episode we had previewed on our Patreon which we had some audio issues.

We had a really interesting chat with Geoff about his past work and more current work with EroTech. We dived into how design plays such a large element in creating comic books, how NSFW comic does not have to be ALL smut, then created a dark gothic submarine cop series.

Geoffrey Krawczyk links

• Instagram
• Twitter
• Website
• EroTech Kickstarter (finished)
• EroTech Backerkit
• EroTech dedicated Twitter

Contact Us

We encourage you to send us your drawings and get in touch which you can do via e-mail or social media. All of the drawings will be published on our Facebook, Twitter & Instagram feeds. We also accept donations via Ko-Fi or Patreon

Music

• Intro/Outro Music: Worm War by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC 3.0
• Interstitial Music: Random effect by 4bstr4ck3r - CC BY-NC 4.0
• Outro Music: Elephants On Parade by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC

We met Aru about 4 years ago at I think the same convention we met Sarah Millman because they were tabling with CB. It's just taken a while for us to organise a proper chat with them but we hope you agree that it was well worth the wait.

Aru chats with us about their comics and recent dip into making games and project management. We also have a chat about attention spans, to-do lists, autism and boy love.  Aru also joins us in the drawing and creates a marvellous image.

Aru links

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Contact Us

We encourage you to send us your drawings and get in touch which you can do via e-mail or social media. All of the drawings will be published on our Facebook, Twitter & Instagram feeds. We also accept donations via Ko-Fi or Patreon

Music

• Intro/Outro Music: Worm War by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC 3.0
• Interstitial Music: Random effect by 4bstr4ck3r - CC BY-NC 4.0
• Outro Music: Elephants On Parade by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC

Bristol-based artist Katie Fishlock is celebrating the joy of sexual pleasure and relationship with the self. Both provocative and playful, she is also challenging the boundaries of portraying sexuality in this often-complex world. A former Graduate of Falmouth School of Art (2008), she has worked extensively as a make-up artist and stylist within the fashion industry, including with Boy George and Alexander McQueen. 

When we got in touch with Katie we had no idea that she was going to turn the tables on us a bit in order for the interview to work for her current energy levels. Since we encourage things like spontaneity and experimenting with things we thought it would be really hypocritical to say no.

We chatted to Katie about her current work and draw what came into our minds or indeed into our fingers, we would love to see what you draw from this episode. You can catch Katie's work at Glitch in Bristol until the end of September 2021, go there, get your hair done and/or grab a coffee, lunch or something sweet.

Katie Fishlock links

• Instagram - //www.instagram.com/katiefishlock/

Contact Us

We encourage you to send us your drawings and get in touch which you can do via e-mail or social media. All of the drawings will be published on our Facebook, Twitter & Instagram feeds. We also accept donations via Ko-Fi or Patreon

Music

• Intro/Outro Music: Worm War by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC 3.0
• Interstitial Music: Random effect by 4bstr4ck3r - CC BY-NC 4.0
• Outro Music: Elephants On Parade by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC

We chat with Emmett Nahil, an editor and writer of many things including books, comics and narrative heavy games who is based in the US.

Emmett goes into great detail about the upcoming game Love Shore and just completing the Kickstarter for Let Me Out and what he aims to bring to the people who consume his work.

Emmett Nahil links

• Website - //www.emmettnahil.com/
• Twitter - //twitter.com/_emnays/
• Perfect Garbage -
  //www.perfectgarbagestudios.com/
• Love Shore on Steam
• Love Shore on Itch.io

Contact Us

We encourage you to send us your drawings and get in touch which you can do via e-mail or social media. All of the drawings will be published on our Facebook, Twitter & Instagram feeds. We also accept donations via Ko-Fi or Patreon

Music

• Intro/Outro Music: Worm War by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC 3.0
• Interstitial Music: Random effect by 4bstr4ck3r - CC BY-NC 4.0
• Outro Music: Elephants On Parade by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC

At time of writing, Joe and his wife are just about to have a baby so we managed to get a chat with him before that happened. It's also a bit of luck because we were only talking about Joe in the last episode.

We met Joe at Thought Bubble 2019 and Chris loved his watercolour style comic The Fox, The Wolf and The Woodsman but we didn't get much of a chance to chat to him. So it was interesting to dig into Joe's history and learn how he grew into web design. Making MySpace (remember that?) pages for some UK based celebrities to name a few things that he has turned his hand to. He still takes on design projects both for web and physical if he has the time, space and clients but would much rather spend a lot more time working on comics.

Well, we support you Joe, and so should you. If you want to give your eyes a bit of a treat and your brain a bit of a rest then consider investing in his latest work Haru which you can get Part 1 & 2 on Kickstarter right now.

Joe Latham Links

Contact Us

We encourage you to send us your drawings and get in touch which you can do via our website or e-mail. You can get in touch and find all of the drawings on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. We also accept donations via Ko-Fi

Music

• Intro/Outro Music: Worm War by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC 3.0
• Interstitial Music: Random effect by 4bstr4ck3r - CC BY-NC 4.0
• Outro Music: Elephants On Parade by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC

We arrange a chat with creative problem solver Mat Roff. Sadly, we had a little issue with our audio on this episode but Mat's audio is great and after all, it is all about our guest and not us.

Mat helped us in a bit of a deep dive into why fan art can be so important in any artist journey. He told us how everything for him is classed as some sort of collaboration and how that keeps his work fun and interesting for him and his clients. His openness is something we applaud, it's not always about the final product, sometimes the journey is much more important.

We encourage you to check Mat out on Twitch, he regularly streams his work and his process which is lovely to be part of. We will certainly look at going to the Oxford Doodle Club and we hope to collaborate with him on something in the future.

Mat Roff Links

Contact Us

We encourage you to send us your drawings and get in touch which you can do via our website or e-mail. You can get in touch and find all of the drawings on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. We also accept donations via Ko-Fi

Music

• Intro/Outro Music: Worm War by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC 3.0
• Interstitial Music: Random effect by 4bstr4ck3r - CC BY-NC 4.0
• Outro Music: Elephants On Parade by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC

Another month is upon us and we are still in lockdown, we hope you are all well.

This episode was recorded at the beginning of March. Elliot and Kay collectively known as Arthole joined us after a full day at the Bristol art fair Shake. We fed them and plied them with tea to find out more about their own art fair, style, interests, influences and whatnot.

Of course, we also made them roll some dice and invent something on the spot and they did not let us down. How Kay managed to draw a whole page of a comic in such a short space of time is beyond us.

Do yourself a favour and go check out their social media to find out when the magazine will be released. Or become part of the elite Arthole Isolation Club and buy yourself a swanky t-shirt. You will be helping to support the magazine and two lovely young artists at the same time.

Arthole Links

• Website - //artholecardiff.bigcartel.com/
• Facebook - //www.facebook.com/ArtHole-2005305446246918/
• Instagram -//www.instagram.com/artholecardiff/

Contact Us

We encourage you to send us your drawings and get in touch which you can do via our website or e-mail. You can get in touch and find all of the drawings on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. We also accept donations via Ko-Fi

Music

• Intro/Outro Music: Worm War by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC 3.0
• Interstitial Music: Random effect by 4bstr4ck3r - CC BY-NC 4.0

Welcome to probably the last episode for the year where we chat to the multi-talented Dan Emmerson.

First a quick advert for our recording space which was donated to us by Desklodge. Desklodge is a hotdesk and office rental space that have two locations in Bristol and one in Basingstoke. You can pay by the hour for just £3 per hour and £20 (ex. VAT) for a whole day. For more pricing take a look at the Desklodge website or give them a call. New members get 2 free days!

Dan is a multi-talented creative who has worked with digital 2D, 3D as well as illustration and even programming. He's a really nice person and terribly busy with a project that he could not talk about due to an NDA. We talk about his university experience, the tools he uses, his Fleshy Friends project and a brief touch on D&D before we all get drawing.

Dan Emmerson Links

• Website - //danemmerson.net
• Tumblr - //doodledemmy.tumblr.com
• SketchFab - //sketchfab.com/Demmy
• Twitter - //twitter.com/DoodleDemmy
• Instagram - //www.instagram.com/doodledemmy/

Contact Us

We encourage you to send us your drawings and get in touch via our website or via e-mail. You can get in touch and find all of the drawings on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. We also accept donations via Ko-Fi

Music

• Intro/Outro Music: Worm War by Podington Bear - CC BY-NC 3.0
• Interstitial Music: Random effect by 4bstr4ck3r - CC BY-NC 4.0