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Feb 15, 2012
Anita Inverarity Anita Inverarity 4256 posts

Topic: Group News / WINNER - LUNAR EFFECTS!

Brilliant !! x

 
Jan 19, 2012
Belinda Leopold Belinda Leopold 229 posts

Topic: Group News / WINNER - LUNAR EFFECTS!

Yay!!! Congrats Hunny!!! ;D

 
Jan 9, 2012
Esther Green Esther Green 32 posts

Topic: Group News / WINNER - LUNAR EFFECTS!

That’s great! Congratulations!

 
Jan 9, 2012
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / WINNER - LUNAR EFFECTS!

CONGRATS TO SANDYGRAFIK ON HER WIN! :)

CONGRATS ALSO TO THE TOP TEN! :)

 
Oct 30, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / spotlight artist of the week...quick fun interview with... master steven austin!

check out steven austin & his awesome works!!

interview:

1. What’s your favourite colour?
Blue – coz I like dead things. No seriously it is blue, and I do like dead things, but I don’t necessarily like blue because I like dead things….Thats just a freaky coincidence. :)

2. What do you prefer to drink: wine, spirits, beer?
None – I drink ALE!!

3. If you could or can; would you do a cartwheels, headstand or handstand?
Head stands coz there’s nothing like a head rush, plus i’m going bald and increased circulation to ones hair follicles works wonders for volume and shine.

4. What’s your favourite art medium?
I don’t know any psychic artists…..oh…that sort of medium…sorry…wires crossed. Depends on what I am doing, paint I guess, although the majority of my illustrative stuff is coloured electronically nowadays….so perhaps electric paint?

5. What’s your best joke?
Ah man, all of my jokes are loooong and blue – ok well here goes, this is the shortest – but its still blue, but you did ask.
An old couple are having sex for the first time with each other and the man goes down to pleasure the woman orally. After about 5 minutes he comes up, red faced and says, ’I’m so sorry love but I can’t do this any more, it stinks down here’.
The lady replies, ‘Ohhh, I’m so sorry lover, I should have warned you, I can’t help it, it’s my arthritis’.
‘Arthritis!! In your fanny’? the man exclaims. The woman replies, ‘No, its in my shoulder but I can’t wipe my arse’.

6. What’s your favourite comfort food?
I’m a savoury head, not into sweets too much so if i’m chilling in front of a movie a big plate of various cheeses and fruits.

7. Name a favourite teary song?
All Night Thing by Temple of the Dog. Temple of the Dog was an American rock band conceived by vocalist Chris Cornell of Soundgarden as a tribute to his friend, the late Andrew Wood, lead singer of Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. The line-up included Stone Gossard on rhythm guitar, Jeff Ament on bass guitar (both ex-members of Mother Love Bone), Mike McCready on lead guitar, Matt Cameron on drums and Eddie Vedder providing lead and backing vocals.

8. Name a favourite happy song?
The Fix, by Elbow, its on the Seldom Seen Kid Album.

9. Name one person & or something that inspires you?
Flicking through my old comic collection inspires me, especially any works by Brian Bolland or Art Adams and Simon Sherry inspires me as does Matthew Dunn.

10. What would you most like to achieve this month?
This month I would most like to achieve immortality, and perhaps next month world domination. If I don’t manage that then perhaps successfully completing these two covers I have been commissioned to illustrate for Nevermet Press will suffice.

 
Oct 25, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / spotlight artist of the week...quick fun interview with... master simon sherry!

here’s simon sherry check out his awesome works! :)

interview:

1. What’s your favourite colour?
Blue, although given most of my work people have seen, they’d probably think red ;o)

2. What do you prefer to drink: wine, spirits, beer?
Most definitely beer. I like a nice sweet white, or the odd shot of whisky, but a good beer can’t be beat.

3. If you could or can; would you do a cartwheels, headstand or handstand?
Can I vote for a handstand-to-cartwheel-with-a-headstand-finish (minus the broken neck)?

4. What’s your favourite art medium?
I’m a slave to the almighty wacom and Adobe Illustrator, so digital all the way!

5. What’s your best joke?
My hair minus product.

6. What’s your favourite comfort food?
Preferably something donut shaped.

7. Name a favourite teary song?
Oh god… probably bright eyes by Art Garfunkel and written for the film Watership Down

8. Name a favourite happy song?
Anything from the Muppet Movie soundtrack – especially Moving Right Along

9. Name one person & or something that inspires you?
I’ll give you two – my kids. They’re a never-ending well of imagination, laughter, wonder and fun.

10. What would you most like to achieve this month?
Sleep!

 
Sep 25, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / WINNER - AGONY OF WAIT CHALLENGE!!!

*CONGRATS TO jamie lee on her win!! :)

CONGRATULATIONS to the top ten also! :)

 
Sep 19, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / spotlight artist of the week...quick fun interview with... ms anita inverarity!

come check out anita inverarity’s art works

interview:

1. What’s your favourite colour?
Crimson Red

2. What do you prefer to drink: wine, spirits, beer?
Beer……..or Morgans Spiced Rum & Coke

3. If you could or can; would you do a cartwheels, headstand or handstand?
I used to do a mean cartwheel, but disability prevents me from doing that now (I’m doing cartwheels in my head)

4. What’s your favourite art medium?
I’m addicted to Ink

5. What’s your best joke?
What you call a man with a spade on his head…. Doug :)

6. What’s your favourite comfort food?
Macaroni Cheese

7. Name a favourite teary song?
“Will You” by Hazel O Connor

8. Name a favourite happy song?
“Groove is in the Heart” by Deee-lite

9. Name one person & or something that inspires you?
Arthur Rackham

10. What would you most like to achieve this month?
To finish my “Stories in the Snow” series for an expo in October and to regulate my eratic sleep patterns

 
Aug 4, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / back to usual features for now....

ok so so far, we’ve had 5 artists spotlighted, now i will go back to the regular features just to make sure everyone gets a chance, then i will do alternate spotlighted artists… :)

cheers
vv

 
Aug 2, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / spotlight artist of the week...quick fun interview with... mr ethan harris!

featured artist of the week ethan harris
please take some time to check out his portfolio! :)

interview:

1.) What’s your favourite colour?
blue, red, green, brown and at least 16 million others.

2.) What do you prefer to drink: wine, spirits, beer?
I like all three, and beer too.

3.) If you could or can; would you do a cartwheels, headstand or handstand?
cartwheels, but I’m too old to even think of such things w/o hurting myself

4.) What’s your favourite art medium?
I love paper and pencils. I’m a pencil fanatic.

5.) What’s your best joke?
Uh, something about the reason why they called Darth Vader, Lord Vader, being because Master Vader always sounded a bit rude.

6.) What’s your favourite comfort food?
Anything at 3 in the morning. So it’s more of a comfort time. I guess.

7.) Name a favourite teary song?
Fire and Rain by JT. Love it so much, I haven’t heard it in 10 years. On purpose.

8.) Name a favourite happy song?
No such thing. If it’s happy through out then it will be inherently missing something that would make it my favorite. So. Mathematically impossible. Or anything by Morphine.

9.) Name one person & or something that inspires you?
My kids. They’re the most beautiful things that I’ve collaborated on. I’ll never top that in my artistic endeavors so, pressure’s off. They make it all fun.

10.) What would you most like to achieve this month?
Ugh, I wanna put that tractor back together so I can get it out of the shop and actually get some bush hogging done this summer but it’s too damn hot to work in that oven. I’ll probably want to draw little as well.

 
Jul 25, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / spotlight artist of the week...quick fun interview with... monsieur lionel tosan!

featured artist of the week lionel tosan
please take some time to check out lionel’s portfolio! :)

interview:

1.) What’s your favourite colour?
No really favorite colour. I worked in the begining with only black, but after I tryed the blue, the dark red, dark green, and so. Some colours are easyer to use, and other, like red, purple and pink are more difficult.

2.) What do you prefer to drink: wine, spirits, beer?
I like the three, but I think it is wine that I prefer (eh, I live in France).

3.) If you could or can; would you do a cartwheels, headstand or handstand?
To old for this…

4.) What’s your favourite art medium?
Gouache. I’m also doing water colours, when it is to illustrate a story, or something else. It is paintings that I don’t put too much on RB. I’m also doing oil colours, sometimes, but it is long and more difficult.

5.) What’s your best joke?
Answering to every question begining by « where », by « in your ass ».

6.) What’s your favourite comfort food?
I think there is no english word to describle that. It is food made with porc, like sausage, salted jam, ears, tongue, nose… The french word is « charcuterie ». I love that, I can’t stop when I’m starting eating that. And I have always some in the fridge, that I can pick anytime during the day (or the night…).

7.) Name a favourite teary song?
Difficult to choose only one song. It changes everytime. Currently, it could be « Partir seule », from Dolly, or another one, « The price we pay », from The Rogue Traders.

8.) Name a favourite happy song?
Same thing, there’s a lot. Probably some punk…

9.) Name one person & or something that inspires you?
A lot of persons or things inspire me. Students, people at work, old legends… Everything can be an inspiration for the stories I’m writting. This year, I did a story using two colleagues at work, and an old legend talking about an antic civilization. Currently, I want to do something with Erzsebet Báthory. But it is hard, because this character is very complex, and deserved a very good work.

10.) What would you most like to achieve this month?
Before the end of the month… leaving on holidays and rest.

 
Jul 20, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / drawn winners in the latest challenge - pain!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DRAWN WINNERS OF THE PAIN CHALLENGE!!!

PAIN CHALLENGE

KEIT

__

JESSICA WALKER


CONGRATS TO THE TOP TEN ALSO, WELL DONE!

 
Jul 19, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / spotlight artist of the week...quick fun interview with...ms josephine pugh!

featured artist of the week josephine pugh
please take some time to check out josephine’s portfolio! :)

interview:

1.) What’s your favourite colour?
It would definitely be red; the colour of passion and excess! Just like your luscious lips ma’am…

2.) What do you prefer to drink: wine, spirits, beer?
Being a good British girl, I do like a cold cider.

3.) If you could or can; would you do a cartwheels, headstand or handstand?
I’d choose a headstand so I could really drink in the world from another perspective, but it’s a could rather than a can, sadly!

4.) What’s your favourite art medium?
I am passionate about photography, but also you can’t beat a good film. The best films are like beautiful photographs strung together and the
best photographs captivate you and tell a story like a good film.

5.) What’s your best joke?
Q: Why don’t cannibals eat clowns? A: Because they taste funny! Sorry!

6.) What’s your favourite comfort food?
I love Thai; any Thai but to really get me it’s got to be a Weeping Tiger.

7.) Name a favourite teary song?
Camille O’Sullivan, Song for Old Lovers.

8.) Name a favourite happy song?
I love Melanesian chants (too niche? I can’t help but smile though). I first came across them in the Terrence Malick film ‘The Thin Red Line’.

9.) Name one person & or something that inspires you?
I am inspired by abandonment, in many forms but especially hidden places and possessions left to wither! I am passionate about Urbex photography.

10.) What would you most like to achieve this month?
A balance.

 
Jul 11, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / spotlight artist of the week...quick fun interview with...mr Matteo Pontonutti!

featured artist of the week Matteo Pontonutti
please take some time to check out matt’s portfolio! :)

interview:

1.) What’s your favourite colour?
I’d have to say Orange, just because i like the feeling of warmth

2.) What do you prefer to drink: wine, spirits, beer?
Is that a trick question? I’m still underage so i think i’ll leave this one :P

3.) If you could or can; would you do a cartwheels, headstand or handstand?
If i could i think i’d always be doing headstands

4.) What’s your favourite art medium?
I love typography when it’s done well and i also love sculptures.. neither of those things i could do but they still fascinate me.

5.) What’s your best joke?
It would be far too inappropriate for Redbubble :L

6.) What’s your favourite comfort food?
Anything Thai i would honestly eat it every day.

7.) Name a favourite teary song?
Fake Plastic Tree – Radiohead <3

8.) Name a favourite happy song?
On Melancholy Hill – Gorillaz

9.) Name one person & or something that inspires you?
I’m inspired by everyone around me.. and there’s certainly no lack of inspiration here on Redbubble.

10.) What would you most like to achieve this month?
I haven’t really thought that far ahead.. i’d like to get good exam results though i’m not sure what to expect.

 
Jul 7, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / spotlight artist of the week...quick fun interview with...mr scott black!

please check out scott’s awesome portfolio: scott black

interview:

1) What’s your favourite colour? Red

2) What do you prefer to drink: wine, spirits, beer? spirits/JD

3) If you could or can; would you do a cartwheels, headstand or handstand? Umm cartwheels ;)

4) What’s your favourite art medium? photoshop oils & guitar

5) What’s your best joke? I dont know any jokes. Im not really a joke sort of person sorry ;(

6) What’s your favourite comfort food? Hot chips with tomato sauce mmm

7) Name a favourite teary song? pyramid song by radiohead

8) Name a favourite happy song? hello i love by the doors

9) Name one person & or something that inspires you? Music is a big inspiration for emotional work radiohead for dark work slipknot.

10) What would you most like to achieve this month? Selling our house and moving back to australia..Can’t wait.

 
Jun 8, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / ***get ready for it!....single artist features coming in future....maybe even interviews!***

i am going to start doing some massive features on one artist every week, trying to show case as much of their stuff as i love….may even start including interview also. get ready guys, start submitting groups of works so i can find them easily when choosing artists to feature! ;D hehe. :)

cheers
VV

 
May 30, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / WINNER - MAGIC CHALLENGE!!!

SCOTT BLACK
won the magic challenge with this entry:

congrats mate!

congrats to the top ten, great work well done!
top ten

 
Apr 28, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / Game of Kings BRAND NEW COMPETITION

here is a heads up for the latest competition by game of kings …see below & why not have a go!!! :)

Game of Kings BRAND NEW COMPETITION

 
Apr 17, 2011
Belinda Leopold Belinda Leopold 229 posts

Topic: Group News / SELF HARM CHALLENGE WINNER!!

Fabulous!!

 
Apr 14, 2011
Anita Inverarity Anita Inverarity 4256 posts

Topic: Group News / SELF HARM CHALLENGE WINNER!!

Well Done- Such a great image :))

 
Apr 14, 2011
BriGt BriGt 5 posts

Topic: Group News / SELF HARM CHALLENGE WINNER!!

Well done Matthew !!
looove this pic !! (giving me ideas for some pics :)

 
Apr 14, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / SELF HARM CHALLENGE WINNER!!

I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MATTHEW PUGH

FOR HIS IMAGE:

FOR WINNING THE SELF HARM CHALLENGE!!
please take the time to check out his portfolio of work.

congratulations also to the top ten!! well done guys! :)

 
Apr 6, 2011
BriGt BriGt 5 posts

Topic: Group News / features - 230311

Thank you, it means the world to me :)

 
Mar 24, 2011
coppertrees coppertrees 2234 posts

Topic: Group News / features - 230311

Congratulations to all the Artists

 
Mar 23, 2011
vampvamp vampvamp 1307 posts

Topic: Group News / features - 230311

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE FEATURED THIS WEEK !!
WAY TO GO KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK! ;)

cheers
VV
&
MW