Drawing Jaz at The Roundabout Graffiti Studio, Plymouth

And here's the real time version :)

Mixcloud mix for Jaz and the Genesis!

https://www.mixcloud.com/BUZZSNAILMarjon/buzzsnail-jakspeedy-illustrator-cracked-pins-jaz-the-genesis-dedicated-mix-27815/

While continuing to finish the second part of Jaz & the Genesis, I've done so with a dedicated playlist which I've now made into a DJ Mix, encouraged by friends and family into trying it out. I've also kindly been allowed to post it on the University Radio page where I hosted a show for a little while....!
I hope this satiates while I gathering more drawing speed again. There's lots coming soon!

'COMMETH THE HOUR, COMMETH ABSENCE': Part One of CRACKED PINS: JAZ and THE GENESIS

It's finally here! Click the link below to read:

https://jakspeedyillustrator.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/1-cracked-pins-jaz-and-the-genesis-part-one-a5-online.pdf

Rating: Young Adult +
Contains strong language and fantasy gore

Close but no cigar! Jaz & the Genesis released tomorrow due to unexpected stuff.

With one minute to the midnight hour, it's safe to say I've missed the intended release date for Jaz & the Genesis due to postgraduate things of various sorts today - although I got damn close! I'm four pages away from finishing the final stage - turning my scribbled writing into legible font. So, safe to say, I will return to my task tomorrow after a good night's sleep and post it up over the weekend.

Lesson learnt - no more setting myself release dates, as I seem to be terrible at accommodating for the unexpected! It'll be progress updates from now on.

'Jaz & the Genesis' - nearly there...!

Currently pedalling away at final touches for 'Jaz & the Genesis', for which the first half is to be released free on my blog this Friday. Though I'd love to stop and chat, I'll leave you with this li'l teaser and come back with tea and biscuits for you when I've finished it...!

A bit of happiness-sharing! Portrait drawing...

On the way back from holidaying in Dublin I was sketching away when other travellers, some of them featured here, took a bit of interest in my drawing. So I decided to draw my captive audience instead! They seem pleased, and each of their drawings is contained in copies of Bakuman which they got to take home with them.

You'll also see a kind donation from one of my drawees, a fine-tasting chocolate bar, next to my current project, 'All Things Considered'. You'll hear more of that soon...!

My birthday present to YOU!

If you ever take the time to read my blog, I'd like to say a massive thank you for my birthday - you make each and every year awesome! As a more physical thank you, I've now uploaded my first two cartoon creations, FUDGE and MARTY (brand new!), for free and easy viewing online. You can check them out here:
https://jakspeedyillustrator.wordpress.com/the-speedycat-trilogy/

Love to you all <3

Jaz and the Genesis - obscure powers...!

A little image bank from the Jaz & Genesis trailer… introducing three of the imagined symbols influencing the characters in the plot! What inner power do they source, and what does it unleash….? (Imagined symbol concepts by William ‘Word’ Smith​ of The Word Whispers blog, when we reveal it!)

The mysterious eyes of an unknown monster follow… on a technical note, it’s a PNG file so you can see those lighter eyebrows in more relief if you click and drag…!

To be released 7th August! :)

behttps://thewordwhispers.wordpress.com/

Random Memorabilia!

Well look at this! I had the pleasure of going to the Funky Llama Festival in Plymouth (UK) yesterday and taking part in the FACEback initiative, which hands you a badge of a random person's face and asks you to try and meet them! Needless to say you do get your own face back when your counterpart finds you:

Probably the only bit of JakSpeedy memorabilia I own! Marvellous!

Check them out at ~  http://faceback.org.uk/ 

New work coming in July!

After a few months squirreling in the imaginary burrow, I'm pleased to announce that a new Cracked Pins book is being dug up soon! I'm also finding the best ways to make all my stuff available online quick as I can, too. More of it is being drawn this week so by next weekend I'll be primed with a release date ;)