Britt Coxon - Artist, illustrator, web and graphic designer.
On 25th July I m teaming up with Discover Jesmond 1888 and Heritage History Her for an event in St. George s Church, Jesmond. Jesmond? Want to make your mark in history? Come to St George s Church Hall on Saturday 25th July to make a community heritage zine with me and Discover Jesmond 1888. Share your story [ ]
This is actually only one of two sketchbooks I filled during April and May. The other one has a lot more pages so may take a little longer to scan in. I then have two full sketchbooks for June and July so far, I ve started another and it s only just over half way through the [ ]
A collection of links found around the web. This time we have three sections, inspiration to do things things that have inspired me to do something, visual niceness things that I enjoyed looking at, and creative play things that remind us that we re human. Inspiration to Do Things Make Believe by Robin [ ]
Back in February the Paper Jam Comics Collective launched Growing up and that. I thought it was about time I shared the comic I made for it. This comic is about how being a grown up means taking responsibility for something but it doesn t have to mean doing it on your own. You re always part [ ]
Good links I have collected recently. Metro Pretzel M is for… Metro (Calvert typeface and the Nexus Tyne and Wear public transport visual identity), this blog is a lovely treasure trove of transport facts. This particular post focuses on Margaret Calvert s type design for the Metro and how concepts from it were later extended to [ ]
This post was inspired by Juhis IndieWeb Carnival theme for May, A love letter. This is a love letter to creative spaces, community centres, libraries and anywhere that is welcoming to the big table full of slightly chaotic artists who might make a mess of their carpet from time to time. When I was a [ ]
My garden is full of happy bees. No such thing as a weed.
So my sketchbook was almost exclusively sketchnotes during January. But what did I do in next? 30/30 Pretty weird to hold a 30 day challenge in a 28 day month, but that s what happened in February. I ve already shared some of the pieces I contributed to 30/30, flight, Derwentwater, but I decided to use the [ ]
Back in January (I know it s May now, I ve been in a doing rather than documenting kind of mood for the last few months I honestly thought I d already made this blog post) I joined in with World Sketchnote Week. I really enjoyed getting into sketching my thoughts and ideas, noting down interesting details [ ]
I have a lot of cardboard, I enjoyed making this ripped piece into art. I used a combination of different paint markers for this. I bought some super cheap ones from a discount shop so that I wouldn t worry about destroying the nibs. I need to do more.