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    The Graphic Artists’ Advent Calendar: Day 2

    “On the second day of Christmas…” Welcome back, everyone! Thanks to all of you who Dugg and Stumbled yesterday’s opening post. I’ve had some great illustrators get in touch today for later in the month, but for now let’s open our next window!

    Oh, if you’re a fan of The Hobbit, make sure to check out Justin’s blog (link below)…

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    Day Two: Justin Gerard (Portland Studios)

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    Justin Gerard

    Justin is a nomad in the Greenville area — he rarely lives in the same house for longer than 1.5 months. He spends his days imagining he is Napoleon Bonaparte and drawing pictures informed by the works of NC Wyeth, Carravaggio, Peter de Seve and Carter Goodrich. His fans regard him as “the Chuck Norris of illustration.” One day, when he grows up, he wants to be a truck driver — at least for a while. Justin is the Chief Creative Officer of Portland Studios.

    Websites:
    www.portlandstudios.com
    quickhidehere.blogspot.com

    The places are starting to fill up, but I’ve still got plenty of blank windows — if you want to spread some Christmas cheer and show off your Christmas illustrations, get in touch!

    The Graphic Artists’ Advent Calendar: Day 1

    Pinch, punch, first of the month! December is suddenly upon us, and only 24* shopping days left until Christmas Day!
    Join me every day in the run-up to the big day in revealing a fantastic designer or illustrator in each window of my advent calendar…
    * Yes, ok, 23… I had some Illustrator problems earlier, so this [...]

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    Call for Designers’ Advent Calendar Illustrations

    I’m planning to make an online advent calendar for December, and I was thinking it would be a good chance to provide a showcase of illustrators’ and designers’ talents.
    Basically, the first 24 people to commit to this (I’m having spot #25!) will have their image displayed on the calendar, along with their bio and contact [...]

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    6 Steps to the Perfect Cup of Tea

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    Thanks to my friend Anca Foster, I was up until 3am this morning discussing my ideal method for making a cup of English Breakfast tea, so in between explaining my method and theory behind it to her over Twitter, I sketched out this informative panel to help all of you wannabes …and those weirdos out [...]

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    IE6 drinks petrol for breakfast

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    I’ve seen quite a lot of IE6-bashing on Twitter today, including calls for web designer to boycott the browser completely, and as I was thinking about it during this morning’s shower, I came up with the following analogy.
    Say Internet Explorer 6 is your standard petrol-run car, and Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc, are shiny new LPG-run [...]

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