Our Silent and Colourless Land

And here at last is the start of my new musical project - a video i have been working on for a loooong time (with help from friends). Twitch & Shout is no more, and i have created a new Thing which i imaginatively call 'Elspeth Anne'. because its my name. and because its pretty damn difficult to think of a band name that doesn't sound hipster pretentious and/or a bad pun.
i'm starting recording an EP (which will include the track from the video) real soon. i also have a facebook page for this musical horror right here: Elspeth Anne Facebook, which has upcoming shows, interesting links, free sweets (mostly lies).

Winter Wonderland

                                                                                                

 i made some cards recently for chrrristmass but i reckon they'd be good as regular cardy cards as well. you know, those cardy cards. made of card an' shiz. also did some present tags, bags, wrapping paper...i've tried to just put the exciting-to-look-at pictures here but there's more pictures here (and if perchance you wish to purchase you may do so also here) : Elspeths Etsy Shop
also these etsy shops are worth a look at if you like illustration:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/PSGSummers
http://www.etsy.com/shop/HarrietThielker

i did some christmas fairs with Harriet in bristol which was pretty fun, although not a big money-maker. PSG summers is an awesome illustrator currently based in herefordshire.
uuurggh not much else to say (to you, dearest imaginary friends)...apart from i'm starting a new music-based project which will be emerging (from the swamp) within the next few months. oooohooo.

also did this little piece of artwork for Tobion's supercool song 'Those We Remembered'. its a brand new shiny recording of it as well, done all by the man himself. He describes his music thus: "Intimate, experimental freak folk. Imagine Leonard Cohen and Jan Švankmajer around a log fire in a mountain tavern, playing Incredible string band songs." i'd just like to take this opportunity to thank my sponsor, Bandcamp.com ohoho.

If Music Be The Food Of Love, You're Not Listening Properly

In the world of Music Things That I Have Done Recently:

Exhibit A: Twitch & Shout - Happy Clown Song (Live) video by Harry Rook.

Exhibit B: i've been making bandcamp pages for past recordings, got two Milkteeth (ma first baaand) albums up to listen to/buy. Also an EP i made quite a few years back. Both are available as proper CDs which is the exciting option cos they all have supercooooool artwork. plus you get the downloads anyway. so go HERE if that sounds interesting, it will look tempting and beautiful like so:

i've been playing with with FII-YA, trying to embed the bandcamp player in this post but its been acting like a PLAYA and not playing ball but OHO i just figured it out! no more playing puns, i have disPLAYed some songs below for your listening pleasure.

Autumn-ness.....

........or Isn't It Grand When Other People Are Great at Stuff? Pretty much all of Rosie Anne's photos are amazing but i've been looking at these two recently because they're so autumny and luuuush.
The apple-head photo makes me laugh at the same time as being creeeeeepy which i think is one of the best combinations in art of all sorts.
i strongly urge you (Naaaan) to check out her other work:
her website
...& facebook
....& Flickr!
Both photos in this post © 2012 Rosie Anne Prosser.

i've been listening to The Great Parks new album 'Good and Gone' which is also rather autumnal (is that how you spell it?) you can listen to and purchase it on bandcamp.com HERE. god, its like i'm flipping sponsored by bandcamp isn't it? sickening. seriously though you guuuys, it is the best place for buying independent music online. and listening to it. and enjoying the 'name your price' downloads that alot of artists do.
aneeee-way, The Great Park is a singer/songwriter based in Berlin, who seems to be playing a gig all the time. other information about him is secret- you have to join a club- its called the click the link and all will be revealed club. ahahaaaa i don't know how i live with myself i'm so darn funny!

IM NOT A GANGA ROOOOAAReh!

i've been making some attempt to do a 365 project to keep my awesome visual creativeness SLICK (i.e.  it'll mean i hopefully won't get stuck in a rut or forget how to hold a pencil). i find creativity is like a muscle - it gets weak when you don't exercise it regularly - and as with any sort of exercise, it has to be interesting and challenging. sooooo...in case you didn't know (you? they? STOP THIS), art-based 365 projects are fairly popular, especially with photographers and the idea is to make an image per day. for a year. without giving up. pretty fat meaty slug of a challenge. akin to wrestling giant pigs in the lost forests of the western hemisphere perhaps? so i've been trying since september, taking photos or drawing or painting. i've almost got through a month and its bloody hard but i've got to grips with the camera i've had for a while so there's results already. most of the images i've done aren't worth looking at but there's the occasional picture (such as the one above) that i'm real darn excited about. also just discovered doppelganger translates as 'double goer'. other fun picture fact: i stepped on a massive slug after taking this photo; don't ever do that, they squidge between your toes. gross.

Sight for Sore Ears

just finished a small project for singer/songwriter/musician Tobion, which was to make a logo/banner thing for his web pages - so far its looking awesome on facebook, specifically to match his awesome music. which you (you? they? NAAN? GRAY? WHO's THERE?) should go and listen to because it is totally WIZARD. actually no, don't go, i'll put a video of it (filmed by rosie prosser, in a bothy no less) right here:

Pink Is The Colour Of My True Loves Eyes

i think i might have put this link up already but NOT WITH A PICTURE! now you can see how sickeningly pretty the Twitch & Shout bandcamp page is and it'll make you feel sick and also maybe want to listen to the music. so Go Forth for Musicness! Toby and Henry (the other band members, not just random names) did the recording and mixing and i did the artwork. and made the page all pink and shit. we've got some new recordings on the way too, should be up and about within the next few weeks. And a video at some point very soon. like, this year.