shut up and draw! (updated jan. 28th!)

**gutss** · February 16th, 2011, 05:00 PM

finally! comics! after this long, extended gutss related drought!

I've been making a lot of arts though. Hopefully I will try and update this thing once a week, to measure improvement and all that lark. Only a few months left of art college before I hopefully embark to university to study in that auspicious art of moving pictures

**Nemome** · February 16th, 2011, 05:03 PM

Your comic strips are looking good.
I like this "sketch" style, that they are not that accurate.
Keep them up.
Would love to see a small comic in color too.

Greetings, Sil

**Lav** · February 16th, 2011, 05:13 PM

I don't understand, do you realise how fantastic this sketchbook is?! I just want to eat your brains!! (and i mean that in the most positive way as possible)

***Rena*** · February 16th, 2011, 05:38 PM

I share your desire to give some smile thru your work totally.... and you can

Amazing sketchbook!

**gutss** · February 17th, 2011, 04:59 PM

Silwynar: yes! colour! I'll splash some on one day

Lav: You're the nicest zombie I've ever encountered!
*Rena*: Thank you! Here's to smiles

A little while ago I started up a project to do a hundred stories: one every day (or near enough! I've been delaying/skipping when I've been away). Here's the link!

Some of them are absolutely abysmal and some of them are okay. But it's a fun challenge! My next challenge is relative sugar abstinence. I am a sugar addict in rehab (someone please save my teeth...)

**Naidy** · February 17th, 2011, 05:08 PM

This.
Yes.

Every update is gollld. I particularly like the colours in the last ones there, nice and dream-like.
Oh, and the comics above were brilliant.

Keep up the good work mate, five stars from me.

**gutss** · February 20th, 2011, 06:42 PM

Naidy: Thank you for your marvellous kind words!

OH LOOK ANOTHER POST WHAT

An animation project from a couple of months ago. The main chunk of the project was making and articulating the characters (who I love! they sit on my desk at college and people come up to snuggle them) so I did me animation in an afternoon.

I was so excited about getting home to animate that afternoon that I lost my purse on the bus and was convinced I didn't have my key (so I had to break into my own house, using a long stick to hook a key through the letterbox. Only to get in and realise my key was in my bag).

**Taneli** · February 21st, 2011, 02:56 AM

The pic with the hunched over bird is GREAT, the best I've seen in this thread. I'd dump the flowers, they don't seem to be there for a reason, but for decoration. Other than that, very impressive!

**Jaytea** · February 21st, 2011, 01:13 PM

I love the crows on the line one oh man it's adorable!! n_______n

sorry I've been kind of dead aaaaaaa I still love your art that never stopped happening ;A;

**JakehC** · February 21st, 2011, 02:36 PM

hi there... i love you.

ok, bye

(please teach me how to work with color...)

**Lav** · February 21st, 2011, 03:49 PM

Haha, love that update, thank you for making my day!

**johanson** · February 25th, 2011, 01:11 AM

I'm with Taneli. The crow image is wonderful. You nailed a feeling with that one that I'm always trying to get but am always just missing.

On an animation side note I thought you'd dig this (if you haven't already seen it).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF9-sEbqDvU

**donalfall** · March 15th, 2011, 09:59 PM

What an amazing animation! Best friends forever! I'm also a sugar addict, and I don't have the strength for rehab. Good luck on that one.

I laughed so hard at the top comic. If I was a God, that's the main message I'ld send out.

**Mirre** · May 10th, 2011, 04:55 PM

It took me ages to go through your sketchbook and it was so worth it. You have some really neat and unique ideas. Subscribed!

**gutss** · July 4th, 2011, 04:43 AM

Thank you lovely people! Cheers johanson for the lovely animation link (I showed my whole class and they loved it!) and hello to you Mirre!

Rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated (I'm actually only a zombie!) I've got lots to show and tell.

**gutss** · November 4th, 2011, 02:58 PM

WOO! I'm ALIVE!

Hey guys, hope you're doing well. I'm currently studying animation in Bristol (I started a month and a half ago!), freelancing on the side and loving life. My tutors, course and classmates are stonking excellent and I'm hoping to keep on pushing myself.

Here's a random assortment of stuff in my folder to get going. I expect you all to tear my stuff to shreds and tell me what's up!

peace and love x

**walnut** · November 4th, 2011, 04:02 PM

I really liked those comics, very funny. And the last two in post 365, those i also really liked. And i really like the rest too.

**rumpenstiltzkin** · November 4th, 2011, 04:50 PM

really like this sketchbook, great stuff here!

**Lav** · November 7th, 2011, 07:41 AM

cool, you're doing animation as well?

I'm sure you're gonna rock at it, keep those updates coming please

**JailHouseRock2** · November 12th, 2011, 08:48 PM

Bethan! How you been hun? How you liking animation?

Fascinated to see your studying at Bristol, I was thinking of moving back to the UK to study there next year, unfortunately couldn't work out the cash flow:/

This books getting more wonderful by the second, adore all the work in the last post!
The very last piece is a truly gorgeous example of your style and development over the last few years, your really capturing a style and character, without sacrificing the flow, form and technical now how you've built up. It's only a small piece, but I love it

Keep sharing, and thanks yet again for the love in my sb, appreciated as always

Take care,
Matt

**Aragah** · November 12th, 2011, 09:17 PM

haha you got styleee!!!!

**gutss** · January 28th, 2012, 12:20 PM

WOAHNELLY, I said I'd update and then I don't post a lot! Some bits and bobs from sketchbooks.

Thanks for the kind words everyone

Animation is going awesomely Matt, Bristol is an incredible place to be studying and working in! I'm surrounded by super duper people.

... why does conceptart still not have a multifile uploader! more to come, I've just been staring at the computer too long. pushpushpush those drawings!