Lily-Rose Beardshaw
Hello! I'm a 23-year-old Illustration graduate based in the UK. I draw comics and other art/illustration.
Hello hello, Woolves! I’m pleased to report we did a very brisk trade at London MCM Expo, and we’ve funded some future tables! We also sold out of the Spring 2013 issue, so we’ll be doing a second print run.
It’s also time for submissions for the Summer 2013 issue!…
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Hi dude! I like your drawings too :) Ok, err mostly by teaming up with some friends who like to make stuff too, e.g. the ‘zine called What’s The Time Mrs. Woolf is literally something a friend of mine runs up on a photocopier. Another friend co-ordinates the Inspired Comics Collective Anthologies, although she pays to have them printed through a printing service. Both friends I met in my illustration class at uni. GEEKED magazine was put together with a little crowd funding by some girls at the bookshop where I work - and the GEEKED exhibition followed the recent debut issue of the magazine simply because Foyles bookshop has a gallery and are very supportive of their employees, most of whom are writers, creatives, students or academics. Both publications are open to submissions, there should be links to their pages on my blog :) The Londonprintstudio Comics Collective was an internship I took part in, resulting in a printed anthology and exhibition which we mostly put together ourselves, it was funded by charity because we were teaching local youths about drawing comics and exhibiting their work, too. None of these were paid, I graduated in 2011 but until I can develop the discipline of a professional I’m still an amateur taking it one bite at a time! A handful of my classmates were at a professional level by the time they graduated, but everybody has their own pace. I’ve still got lots to learn! :) If you’re a student at the moment you will probably be making friendships/connections as you go along that will lead to print and exhibitions, even if they’re DIY affairs you knock up for yourselves. Small press fairs (see: comic conventions, which are getting more arty and illustration-y all the time, if you visit the right ones), are a good place to meet like minds with ‘zines and anthologies they want contributors for, too! Ok these are my experiences, I hope that was all not totally obvious knowledge that you knew already?
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Oh hey dude! Sorry for the belated response! No worries, thanks for watching and liking my stuff at all! :) It’s nice to hear from you :) xxxx
Pics! My work is currently being exhibited alongside other contributors to GEEKED! magazine in the Geeked About Art exhibition in the gallery on the third floor of Foyles Charing Cross Road until the end of January.
Cover illustration for issue 4 of the illustrated indie feminist ‘zine What’s The Time Mrs. Woolf? . Thanks to Sarah for the photo :) The ‘zinewoolves are currently accepting submissions for issue 8 until the end of January (see this post).
This illustration is currently also on display in the Geeked About Art exhibition in the gallery on the 3rd floor of Foyles Charing Cross Road until the end of the month, alongside my work for the first issue of GEEKED!, another feminist magazine.
Draft of an article illustration for the first issue of GEEKED! magazine (alternative design).
The other design was the one featured in the magazine, but this draft is on show in the Geeked About Art exhibition on the third floor of Foyles Charing Cross Road until the end of the month.
Article illustration for issue 1 of GEEKED! magazine.
The illustration is currently on display in the Geeked About Art exhibition in the gallery on the 3rd floor of Foyles Charing Cross Road until the end of the month.
What’s the Time, Mrs Woolf is once again looking for submissions! The deadline for the Jan/Feb issue is provisionally set at January 31st, so you have lots of time!
We don’t have a theme for this issue, but as it’s the January/February issue if you want to do something related to New Year or Valentine’s Day then that’s fine. As usual we’re looking for articles, illustrations, comics and questions for Poppet. (Especially articles! We also accept short stories, poetry and reviews.) However we’re NOT looking for a cover this month, as Meg Guindon has already volunteered one.
submission guidelines are as follows:the zine is printed A5, black and white
all files should be 300dpi, preferably jpegs or tiffs
we recommend leaving a 5mm safety margin within the A5 page
WTTMW is currently by women, for women
please email submissions to whatsthetimemrswoolf@gmail.com, or to myself or Lilywoolf directly.
P.S. Lilywoolf and I assess suitability on a case-by-case basis, but in general try to keep it PG-13 as far as violence or nudity goes.
The theme of the first issue of Abe and Shamisa’s ‘zine, Sing, Unicorn. Dance! was “Royale With Cheese”. This was the comic I did for it, I think you will agree it is my greatest achievement to date.
FREE MINIATURE ZINE LIBRARY at Manchester MCM Expo <- click here to read about the bundle content and links to projects they come from.
Webcomic update will be online shortly.
(That’s Sammy’s webcomic, Jumping The Shark!)
My cover art on the What’s The Time Mrs. Woolf? minizine (plus two articles I wrote!), available as part of the Free Miniature ‘Zine Library bundle, at Inspired Comics Collective’s table today at Manchester MCM Expo! Thanks as usual to Sarah K Fogg and Sammy Borras for their tireless printing and distribution! Sorry I didn’t make it to this one.
I have a big catch-up post to do for What’s The Time Mrs. Woolf? ‘zine…More on that later. :)
The postcard design that made an appearance in my previous post…It is supposed to be a reference to Yoshitomo Nara. :)
A lot of people don’t realise this, but the violet-faced, big-chinned character in this drawing is actually me. It was originally drawn for Valentine’s day for my partner and was inspired by this song.
Just sold my first commission for £40! The drawing is about 12cm tall, but has been all mounted as a 21x21cm square. This one was a couple-portrait in pencils, ink and watercolours for a gentleman named Teo and his girlfriend Sarah. If you want to commission a portrait, you will get it presented in a nice package…(see above).
If you don’t know, I am best/quickest at small cartoon figures like so - you can probably spot other examples around my blog. But, if you have other ideas and some pennies you want to throw at them, by all means get in touch.
As I have mentioned my friend Abe and I have been working on a zine.
We’d like it to be underground (i.e. unknown by the general public or any one else for that matter), but see I am addicted to gifs and social media. So I am not letting that happen!
Here is a gif of our contributors and the compelling message to BUY THE ZINE.
Pre-order by emailing me or singunicorndance@gmail.com. £3,5 or €4,5
Aw and the tumblr is all pretty with animated gifs and everything! Thanks to our ‘ZineMomma and ‘ZinePapa…
…& the comic as it appears printed in the new anthology :)
Thanks to Sammy Borras for the photo, for all her hard work putting the anthologies together, and for my copy which you sent me!
Rough version of “The Butcher and the Tattooist”, in French. The original was gonna be in acrylic and pastels, but I wasn’t sure how that would show up in black-and-white - so I reworked it in pencil and ink for printing in the anthology.
