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It’s about time for some festive drawing, so I thought it would be fun to Christmas-up Bumblebee Cat! He’s one of my favourite characters, and here he is looking super cute. I drew him first by hand with watercolour and pesky ink and brush (I will get the hang of it one day!) before I did the final vector version.

NEO awards are organised by NEO magazine and sponsored by MCM Expo, to award readers’ favourite anime, manga, movies and games from throughout the year. We’re super-excited and proud to be nominated for the Best Specialist Company award!!! NEO magazine is a fantastic UK magazine, covering anime, manga, Asian movies, music and cosplay. The winners are the nominees with the

We had a fantastic time at Hyper Japan this weekend at Earl’s Court in London! Thank you to everyone who came along to the stall, it was really lovely to meet you all, and amazing that some people already knew us from the previous Hyper Japan, Facebook or MCM! There was a huge traffic jam on the motorway so we

Thought Bubble 2012 This weekend was my first stall at Thought Bubble comic art festival in Leeds. It’s a really friendly event, with lots of independent self-published artists and DIY comics. This makes for a huge range of art styles and it’s a great opportunity to pick up artwork and prints. There are two halls full of tables, as well

Thought Bubble Comic Con My next event will be Thought Bubble, on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th November in Leeds at the Royal Armouries. It’s known as the most-loved comic con in the UK, especially for small press comics and art. I went as a visitor last year and it was a really friendly event – I went home with

Never-ending Supply of Cakes T-Shirt Our new Never-ending Supply of Cakes t-shirt is now available online in the shop! The new design was launched at MCM Expo London at the end of October 2012, along with a new art print to celebrate one year of Cakes with Faces t-shirts. The new design features retro style typography and (of course) cute

I went to a super-fun doodling workshop with Jon Burgerman at the Southbank Centre. He’s definitely somewhere on my list of artist idols so it was great to meet him and hear him talk about his work. There were pens and paper for everyone and free drinks (what more do you need?!). Jon had put together a slideshow of hundreds

I’m just back from MCM Expo, where Cakes with Faces celebrated its 1st birthday – one year of t-shirts and cons! I had a great time, and as always it was lovely to meet some of you and chat about drawings, Japan, cakes and angry croissants. This time the comic con was larger than ever before, taking up an extra

Yep, it happened: I was super-lucky to meet my no 1 art idol Simone Legno! Tokidoki has long been my favourite – I love the artwork style and the cute characters, especially the cactus friends and the new cactus rocker. I was visiting a trade show in London, plotting how Cakes with Faces can take over the world, and I

I painted a record sleeve as part of Fused Magazine’s 12x 12 art project in aid of Oxjam Brum. Fused sent out blank record sleeves to paint or draw on, and re-imagine the record cover of a midlands artist. The artworks will be displayed in Birmingham as part of the Eye Candy festival, then auctioned to raise money for Oxjam.

We’ve teamed up with Keep it Secret to offer a special discount to Kawaii Club members! Kawaii Club is a new subscription service from Keep it Secret, a supplier of Japanese and Asian sweets and gifts. Every month, members receive a surprise parcel full of cuteness, including items not available through the online shop. Kawaii Club members can get a

A new drawing for everyone who loves ladybirds, ladybird pattern, the colour red or spots. This lady loves ladybird pattern a bit too much…

My next event will be MCM Expo London at ExCel on 26-28th October 2012 at ExCel. It’s a special event for Cakes with Faces as it’ll be the first birthday of the t-shirts and prints, and the one year anniversary of CWF’s first comic con! Although I’ve been drawing for a lot longer, and this site’s been going for several

LondonEdge 2012 Cakes with Faces’ first time at a fashion show! LondonEdge is an alternative fashion trade show at Olympia in London. It was like a large indoor version of Camden, with stands exhibiting gothic dresses, funky jewellery, punk style clothing, all kinds of black clothes with chains, colourful t-shirts and amazing boots and shoes. There were several stands with

My next event will be LondonEdge, an alternative fashion show in London at Olympia on Sunday 2nd – Tuesday 4th September. It’s a trade show so not open to the public, sorry! But if you know anyone who has a shop or is in the business, tell them to come and say hello. I’ll be near the back of the

Bee Cat T-Shirt UPDATE: Bumblebee Cat T-Shirts are now also available in grey! After it’s debut at MCM Expo Manchester, my super-cute new bumblebee cat t-shirt design is now available in the shop! Miaowzzz! He’s looking great on a summery kiwi green tee, available in ladies’ skinny-fit sizes small to XL, and standard sizes small to XL, which are good

MCM Expo Manchester 2012 Thank you to everyone who came along to MCM Expo Manchester 2012! It was the first time I’ve had a stall there and we’ll definitely be back next year. It was really busy – with over 11,300 people! It seemed like a lot more people had early entry tickets, as there were more people there early

If you’ve been following my artwork you’ll know that I’m addicted to toast (8 Slices a Day…). So here’s a quick drawing I did this evening on the subject: UPDATE: If you love toast you can get this design on a t-shirt! Mens and ladies sizes available in the shop.

Manchester MCM Expo 2012 My next con will be Manchester MCM Expo on Saturday 21st July at Manchester Central. MCM came to Manchester for the first time last year and over 7000 people turned up, so they’re doing it again this year. It’s great that people in the north and the midlands can go to a large con without having

Friday night is art night, here’s what I drew this week….