tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358502422024-03-08T00:42:10.425+00:00Jack DrawsJack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-42598410622293222712014-11-04T20:34:00.002+00:002014-11-04T20:34:58.188+00:00Moved<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm no longer blogging here. Now I'm doing it all at <a href="http://jackdraws.tumblr.com/">jackdraws.tumblr.com</a><br />
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Thanks!Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-73046523779905801702013-09-02T22:10:00.000+01:002013-09-02T22:11:34.242+01:00This is London and somewhere in ItalyThis is the view from the roof of Walker Books, which is where I work. I'm not sure if you're allowed on the roof.<br />
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This is the view from the roof of 153 Petherton Road. You're not allowed on the roof.<br />
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This is East Croydon train station. I was waiting there to meet Arron and Greg to cycle down to Brighton (they didn't fancy the "South London shit bits").<br />
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This is the logo from a packet of IODAL Fino, which is an Italian salt brand. This tells us we are now in Italy.<br />
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This is the inside of our hired Fiat 500. Look at this picture whilst listening to Taylor Swift's <i>Red</i> on MAX VOL for the full experience.<br />
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This is the same scene drawn on a much rockier road, giving everything a charming Quentin Blake style wibble.<br />
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So that's nice.Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-71463514651510551322013-08-31T19:53:00.003+01:002013-08-31T19:56:21.071+01:00Also: a TumblrAs well as this blog, I have a Tumblr. A Tumblr is a microblog which means very small posts of very limited interest. I'll still use this blog for words and pictures, but <a href="http://jackdraws.tumblr.com/">jackdraws.tumblr.com</a> is the place to go for scraps and previews of stuff of everything I'm working on - so a fair bit of stuff from my day job at Walker Books too, which is nice.<br />
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Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-22002174306096680832013-06-26T23:04:00.000+01:002013-06-26T23:04:26.404+01:00Those were the daysA while ago I did this drawing.<br />
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6-8 months later, this book arrived in the post.<br />
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So that was nice.<br />
<br />Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-39635488505450580592013-03-03T19:44:00.003+00:002013-03-03T19:44:56.163+00:00Press round-upJack Noel cross-media penetration went up from <i>zero</i> to <i>some</i> back in January when I featured not only on a website but also in the national press. I was interviewed about my job for the Reading Agency and then quoted talking about book design in The Independent. And if you read the former you'll soon see how ill-qualified I was to do the latter.<br />
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You can read the interview <a href="http://readingagency.org.uk/young-people/003-skills/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-book-designer.html">here</a>. Below is the original drawing. I have no idea if the back of my head actually looks like this, though I gather there's actually a lot less hair there than I've shown.<br />
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I'm buried in this short Independent article about the chick-lit-ish new cover for The Bell Jar.<br />
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Sadly my one "joke" was cut from the print edition, but somehow it did sneak in to <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/50th-anniversary-edition-of-the-bell-jar-sparks-anger-for-repackaging-it-as-chick-lit-8477810.html">the online version.</a><br />
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And, in case you still missed it, here's the punch line again. Because I may never see one of mine rendered in the proper press ever again.<br />
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Oh, go on then ... once more:<br />
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Eh? Eh? Geddit?Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-7026081458688441302013-01-13T16:04:00.000+00:002013-01-13T16:04:49.641+00:00Jazzy, mully, lightyhouseyI was reading in the Barbican Centre and I must have reached a racy bit as I was engrossed long enough for a Jazz festival to be assembled around me (which will happen if you stop still in the Barbican Centre for too long). I ended up watching this French trio, Triphase, which was nice.<br />
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Just before Christmas we hosted a pop-up Mullery in our flat. It was like one of the staid mulled wine soirées our parents attend but with an almost imperceptible layer of wry self-awareness and just enough of a nod to the relevant, bloggable North London alt-restaurant scene for us to continue believing we are "with it".<br />
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This is the Red Lion & Sun in Highgate which may or may not serve Doom Bar.<br />
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And for reference, this is a pint of Doom Bar.<br />
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More recently, we went and stayed in this fine once-lighthouse now <a href="http://www.belletout.co.uk/">super-charming bed & breakfast.</a><br />
Now that <i>was</i> nice.<br />
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<br />Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-87783533752528329482012-12-05T18:33:00.001+00:002012-12-05T18:33:09.201+00:00Sweet View: GreenwichAt long last, it has arrived: Sweet View print number 12!<br />
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This time it's the turn of Greenwich Market. It also features some Sunday millers, a bit of the Cutty Sark, a lone pigeon and some bunting.<br />
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It's available to buy online <a href="http://sweetview.co.uk/greenwich.html">here</a>.<br />
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This is the last of our original set of a print for each of the 12 inner London boroughs (don't mention The City of London). It's been fun though so we probably won't stop. <br />
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I drew it perched outside Desperados, a Mexican restaurant. They brought me tea and then refused any payment out of a kind supporting-the-arts gesture. I felt like Pablo Picasso himself in that moment. Now let's all go to Desperados and join the ¡FIESTA! <br />
<a href="http://www.desperados-greenwich.com/">http://www.desperados-greenwich.com/</a><br />
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<b>**Special blog offer for blog people**</b><br />
Readers of this blog are hereby entitled to 20% off - on all our prints - between now and Christmas. Just email info@sweetview.co.uk with your order.<br />
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Here are some of those aforementioned details.<br />
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The Sunday millers:<br />
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The Cutty Sark:<br />
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The lone pigeon:<br />
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<br />Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-81457224087676908332012-11-22T14:05:00.002+00:002012-11-22T14:05:37.255+00:00Stupid drawing is stupid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdw70yM0ay1r5va70o1_1280.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="500" width="667" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdw70yM0ay1r5va70o1_1280.gif" /></a></div><br />
Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-77706283094599237672012-11-13T18:56:00.000+00:002012-11-13T18:56:53.302+00:00Oda Last weekend Charlotte and I celebrated our seven year anniversary by falling in a river and then getting chased by bulls (see <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_mmHXNEmXHA7ukHfJMzxsmvWI05Sadi_KAMzQrnKa4Xiho_YSb9JwoV9DObuvFLyrP5QlEIpOONGS7YI8ckBhSS6wJMggv_6iei5tuIv67IEjxNYHlF4yQ6cAuoiTVKWFW75bA/s1600/Photo+03-11-2012+14+23+13.jpg">this</a> and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitNi-v8guk7LP9_-LYa4_9kR7kZVZTVID6FCvsnIgPo3_kEBbln8u_ioxVCMSUCzlLiJF33x9HYl8rkM2843hfqxOgbsb_YeDr7V1ZWokozwxLSpNwad6pSoS0QRrkE55kFJNgdw/s1600/Photo+04-11-2012+14+54+28.jpg">this</a>).<br />
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In honour of the itchy milestone I wrote out the start to our favourite poem by our favourite Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda (well, top five at least). It's <i>Oda Al Tomate</i>, an ode to tomatoes.<br />
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The street<br />
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full of tomatoes<br />
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midday, summer<br />
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the light<br />
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is, um, halved ... like a tomato<br />
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it runs<br />
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in the street<br />
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the juice<br />
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Here it is in a frame on a wall.<br />
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Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-6655581790404385512012-11-05T13:37:00.003+00:002012-11-05T13:50:41.476+00:00Never Mind the B-LocksYesterday the Oberver <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/04/observer-graphic-short-story-2012-winner">announced</a> the winner and runner-up of this years Graphic Short Story prize. I entered and curiously wasn't mentioned, so I presume I came in third.<br />
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Congratulations to <a href="http://corbanwilkin.com/" target="_blank">Corban Wilkin </a> for his winner and to <a href="http://www.banalpig.com/blog/?p=2372" target="_blank">Steve Tillotson</a> for his perfectly-paced runner-up <i>I, Yeti </i> which captures, among other things, a melancholy foot-to-the-groin beautifully.<br />
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Here's mine. I wrote, inked, scanned and coloured the whole thing in one night after work ... and it shows, so I'm not too bitter about losing (read: still deeply bitter).<br />
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Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-82105482934607723772012-10-25T17:46:00.001+01:002012-10-25T17:46:47.481+01:00MoS: The Adventures of Ice Dragon and SallyThis morning I went to the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.ministryofstories.org/">Ministry of Stories</a> along with 20 kids from Vittoria Primary School. They wrote a story about an Ice Dragon (a dragon made out of ice that breathes ice instead of fire) and a lady turtle. I drew the pictures.<br />
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Once upon a time in a cold river lived an underwater creature called Ice Dragon and his friend called Sally, a sea turtle. Ice Dragon was very cold. Sally had a very difficult time finding Ice Dragon because he didn’t like anyone and Ice Dragon could blend into the colour of the water.<br />
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Sally said, “Ice Dragon Ice Dragon, where are you Ice Dragon?”<br />
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“I don’t have enough time, I need to swim back into the water,” said Ice Dragon. When they found each other they played together.<br />
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Someone went fishing and there were chips and a banana in the water.<br />
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Sally swam up to the top and grabbed onto the food. The fisherman reeled the banana up and Sally suddenly got pulled out of the water and struggled to breathe.<br />
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Ice Dragon said “I’ll save you Sally!”...Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-50143800856147359652012-10-15T13:40:00.002+01:002012-10-15T13:40:36.389+01:00Bobs and bits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbsgykeqLa1r5va70o1_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbsgykeqLa1r5va70o1_400.gif" /></a></div><br />
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Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-58974156732712578312012-10-10T14:02:00.000+01:002012-10-10T14:02:12.397+01:00Graphic Diner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://graphicdiner.tumblr.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXVRK1N7lOJp1-S8mpHKfFU3vnpxQdFQx7SX6rM-vCF2kWK57nJSjoBmd61aGp8GgR029Us6qhN4BMF2WW24V-WzprpZ6yf7rvye7ZgVgGWVkqssc5nLwuo3aAAwfmuqN8GW-vw/s400/graphicdiner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://graphicdiner.tumblr.com/">Graphic Diner</a> is a new venture from me: an illustrated restaurant review blog. I guess I'm just at that point in life where you start a food blog. It's one of those inescapable milestones we all face up to eventually like learning to drive or realising you're not a good singer.<br />
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So far I've reviewed two eateries:<br />
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<a href="http://graphicdiner.tumblr.com/post/27785114146/duck-soup">Duck Soup</a> in Soho.<br />
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<a href="http://graphicdiner.tumblr.com/post/32454132716/tramshed">Tramshed</a> in Shoreditch<br />
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And here is a Fruit Ninja inspired chicken picture from the latter.<br />
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Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-71577490843663572232012-08-28T13:44:00.003+01:002012-08-28T13:44:40.156+01:00Valerio'sLast week I went to that great balsamic boot, Italy.<br />
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Specifically I was back in the Marche region, in the medieval mountain town of San Ginesio. I suspect it's usually a sleepy place but it never is in August when everyone dresses like old paintings and marches back and forth drumming furiously for a month solid like renaissance Duracell bunnies.<br />
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One day we went for a cut-throat shave at Valerio's on the piaza. It was just like one of those old gangster movies where someone goes for a shave.<br />
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Otherwise it was mainly cooking and crosswords and cross words. You know, the usual family stuff. (Not my family, mind.)<br />
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It takes you all the way through from looking at bikes online...<br />
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... To cycling around London ...<br />
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... To talking incessantly about bikes in bike themed bike cafes ...<br />
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... Right up to when you become one of these guys. Mamils, they call them apparently. Or Mawils, I guess.<br />
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I'm currently somewhere between stage two and stage three.<br />
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See a preview of the book for free <a href="http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/london-cyclist-handbook/">here.</a>Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-26614067733965780462012-07-08T23:38:00.004+01:002012-07-08T23:38:57.274+01:00Hello, KittyThis is Kitty Princess, that cat that has it all.<br />
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I went with 5 friends. <br />
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And whilst they all read and bathed and chatted and lolled I sat away from the group in the shadows, drawing. I did a little spread for each day, look:<br />
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As part of the process I also made an interactive digital cover for use online which may or may not be the first ever such cover. <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/interactive-digital-book-cover-changes-at-your-touch_b41861">People</a> <a href="http://litreactor.com/news/the-new-digital-frontier-interactive-covers">seemed</a> <a href="http://www.butifandthat.com/a-future-face-to-book-covers/">to</a> <a href="http://www.readersentertainment.com/blog/2011/books-alive/">like it</a>, which was nice.<br />
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The interactive cover/countdown clock:<br />
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The joke is that, in poker, any hand is a gamble. That's kind of the point.Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-53090713778443462502012-05-09T18:52:00.001+01:002012-05-09T19:56:14.508+01:00Cat on record<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="591" width="472" src="http://m.uploadedit.com/bal/1336589712433.gif" /></div><br />Jack Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933301967826924047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35850242.post-58075567463709860972012-05-05T14:40:00.002+01:002012-05-05T14:40:55.847+01:00f•r•i•e•n•d•sThis situation-comedy is going to be big. Come back soon for more piping-hot culture scoops!<br />
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