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Before getting into what this post content is about, first is a little self-reminder. Recently I decided to go back to read my first post on here,  and from it stemmed a new wave of motivation, reminding myself that this a place of posting freely - as first intended. Anway.  I’m writing this on here as by sharing this commitment I’m making,  it’s more likely that I’ll actually stick to it. So step one is to draw/photograph one thing every week or two, just to be a bit more realistic, and post it. (Edit from future me: so far this is not going so well!) Now that’s out the way, below are some photographs I took from a trip to Manchester two weekends ago. This was my first time visiting here properly, hence activating tourist mode and taking many pictures. New places are a chance to be re-inspired, and in the midst of a constant stream of people rushing about were some colorful street art and interesting city buildings. The notes section of my phone is u...

To start this new year post I tried finding a new year quote that wasn’t a cliché, over used one like “New year, new me” which 1. No one sticks to 2. No one believes and 3. Why should you start a year by putting so much pressure for drastic change in a space of only 365 days (just because the calander changed!). About 10 webpages later and all I was left with was questioning who’s responsible for deciding  “the best 29 new year quotes”, and why? Even if some are pretty funny, but still. Anyway, in a change of direction I then searched up bee quotes, to try and stay relevant to the bee illustration below. After only one 1 website (thank you bees), I found this: “Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still”. It turns  out that bee quotes make better quotes to think about at the start of a new year than any of these soul finding ones. I won’t analyse the quote because it will mean different things to different people, but I like it.  While still ...

This post is a little different to the others because there’s no actual illustration attached. Que the back story that wasn’t asked for, but the current situation I have includes a collection of unfinished drawings that I really want to finish and post, but my laptop is currently being fixed and I have stupidly left my illustration pen in uni. Therefore, for now here’s a bit of photography from a time we came across a field of hay bales and cute flowers on a walk near uni. I want to start doing quicker posts for when I have a bit of a creative mind block so maybe there’ll be more of these once I learn to work my camera a little better. Without any further rambling, (for now) please admire the hay. (Please overlook the lowered photo quality from uploading onto here). Photos taken near Heslington, York.