Art Education

At primary school sent a drawing to the British comic 2000 AD at the IPC media group HQ, the next week they published an editorial, saying they wishing to publish drawings but couldn't because some are in pencil and needed to be black ink for the publishing process.

invited to the Comic Book Studio's a short distance from primary school returning a number of times to meet the artists and shown inside the walk in Camera which transferred their oversized artwork into photo etched aluminum plates for print production.

IPC publishing had the fastest elevator I have ever experienced

The V&A Victoria and Albert Museum held a retrospective on the history of British graphic novel art of 2000AD In the year 2000.

Rebooted in film in 2012 with Dredd fighting a new drug menus in Mega City One with Judge Anderson (PSI decision in the comic)

First published in 1977 the comic has seen the modern illegal drug era, Since the films release there has been a large number overdoses of public personalities music talent from these illegal drugs and an increase in street violence and mental health disorders.

David Prowse, the frame (but not voice) of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars (1977-1983) movies, appears as the iconic Green Cross Code Man. Visited primary school to train the children of safely crossing the road.

Children today have to safety travois the internet highway.

In 2003 Life drawing at Goldsmiths’ College with Disney artists Max Carlos and the director of British animated children's television series, Roobarb and Custard Bob Godfrey.

My mentor Bobby Sharavich the head of the Art department studied with David Hockney OM CH RA at the Royal College of Art 1959-1962 Hockney an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s

Print industry training at the London College of Print at the Elephant and Castle, Photoshop illustrator for use with Quark express of publishing.

Attended Central St Martins where the likes of Jarvis Cocker front man of Britpop band Pulp ‘Common People’ and Helen Folasade Adu CBE lead singer of Soul/Jazz band Sade attended a couple years previous, and the music was full of positive Vibes,

The classes on the top floor of the Old Daily Mirror building at Back Hill, Clerkenwell where very small compared to today in Kings Cross, strict selection the year before their where 36 students on the foundation today the numbers are in the thousands, having been invited around the workshops recently ranked second in the World for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings® second only to the RCA Royal College of Art.

The London Art School traditionally seen a middle class finishing school for young ladies, I stood shoulder to should with disabled friend who faced financial, physical and mental health issues and discrimination from including slurred speech by elitist over privileged students, showing them by being another class of quality, out of the blue Many Years later was remembered and honored to be invited to his wedding.

The equivalent to a musician from the ghetto at the World’s top music school on the access course asked to preform to the graduating degree students and teach them.

At University I was the only male in the year, studied with international female students not dating any for three years, keeping professional respecting their creativity and intellect.

Guildhall uni treated people as adults and knew that they had lives and focused on self initiative and development in fact i was told by the prof it never checked or in-forced attendance, years later under its new name Metropolitan uni got in trouble with the Home Office because of that fact and stripped of its immigration statues.

1993 Worked at Glass sculpture Danny Lane, and furniture designer Tom Dixon Studio workshop at the Back of the Oval Cricket Grounds, famous for the Pylon Chair at the design museum, electrical Pylons carry high power electricity across country and are universally used with slight ventilations in each country,

always remember walking past the council flats over looking the Oval Cricket Grounds. Not that I have ever watch a rocket match never understood men’s obsession with car or football either.

Attended the first screening of AKIRA at the ICA institute of Contemporary Arts, and at the CURZON Cinema attended the screening of the final of Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

Japanese TV show Neon Genesis Evangelion, Director Kazuya Tsurumaki Robot animation with Christian symbolism, MANGA then invited onto the expert discussion panel on the future of robotics.

Following the upgrade of the Viper Si2 in 2003 most would recognise the term Viper II  from The 2004 reboot of Battle Star Galactica Viper MkII updated version of the Viper by McQuarrie model maker for Star Wars film.

Family member was part of the animated team who animated The Gruffalo a 2009 animated fantasy short television film based on the 1999 picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.

“Don’t simply work for others, I have used the creative arts to improve myself and benefit society”

Discovered that is also at the core of Marxism after discovering Carl Marx’s tomb in Highgate cemetery on afternoon walk.

Capitalism has long worked by exploiting creatives, in the past freelance artists where paid a low wage by the hour for work that went on to generate fortunes for the companies they did the work for.

Freelance artists have more legal rights today to the work they produce for corporations.