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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from the Mashu, who have been having all sorts of festive fun.


Sketch A Day!
So, my life has changed quite a bit since my last post! There was the continuing pandemic, I completed my Masters, I met my partner,

MA Illustration Update: I think I’m done…?
So, after two years and a surprise pandemic, I think I’ve actually come to the end of my MA in Illustration at the University of

An Update on A Question of Research
Well… Between my inability to keep a blog running, my battles with procrastination and executive dysfunction, and the breakdown of the entire world as we

Inktober 2020: Part 1 (I hope….)
So, I struggled a bit with Inktober this year… Covid Brain has affected my creativity levels somewhat, and once you miss one day its very

Exciting post this morning!
It’s the first Correspondent’s Club zine from Penfriend, aka, Laura Kidd, featuring a guest appearance from the Mashu! In fact, Laura and her husband Tim


Mashu-Making Masterclass
I got to run a mini Mashu-making workshop at uni this morning with the other University of Portsmouth MA Illustration students. I think it went

Research Reading
I have been doing a LOT of reading for my MA Question of Research project into subversion and humour, and tying into my main project

A Question of Research…
I’ve been struggling with this for over a month, but today it finally clicked! One of the modules for MA Illustration is called A Question

Inktober 2019 Week 5
And finished! I really enjoyed Inktober this year. It was (mostly) fun coming up with scenarios for the Mashu based on the prompt word list.