Come on down to Cut&Paste tomorrow night!

Man, what a week this has been! I moved to a new home in Clapham on Wednesday, I turned 24 yesterday and spent the evening illustrating in Soho for Collage Club, and today I’m busy unpacking, catching up on work, and trying to find time to start practicing for tomorrow night’s Cut&Paste design competition… Hopefully I’ll get some ideas cemented before then!

If you want to come along to check it out tomorrow (April 4th), it’s all happening at the Coronet Theatre in Elephant & Castle from 7:30pm to midnight. Tickets are around a tenner from Amiando (for 10% off, use this code: DWDK707N), or about £15 on the door. I could do with a cheering section, so come on down!

Illustration Bliss at the Cut&Paste Tryout

Back on February 28th, I took part in the tryouts for the London Cut&Paste design competition in an attempt to get into the main event next month. It all went well, despite having to work on a Mac (something I’m just not used to); I met some cool people, and drank plenty of free Grolsch [...]

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How about a Nice Hot Cuppa?

Recently, I’ve been thinking that a change in branding would do my own freelance business some good — that having a ’studio’ name, rather than using my own, would help in gaining new custom. To that end, I’m happy to announce that Nice Hot Cuppa is now online.

OK, it’s just a holding page for the [...]

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Flexing my Design Muscles for Saturday’s Cut & Paste Tryout

What a great night! It’s now the early hours after Shrove Tuesday, and after a pleasant evening at my friend’s house getting full on pancakes, I returned home to find an email from Cut & Paste letting me know that I’ve been accepted for an audition to enter into the main London competition round!
For those [...]

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10 Free Valentine’s Day Vector Symbols

Yes, that time of the year’s coming up again — the day when all couples are nauseatingly lovey-dovey, and us singles are left at the bar, sobbing and slowly nursing a glass of whisky on the rocks. Or maybe I’ve watched too many movies… Either way, this year it’s time to embrace the love and [...]

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Rob Barrett Introduction