http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog The swanky blog of designer & illustrator Chris Spain Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:33:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/weird-wagon http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/weird-wagon#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:33:09 +0000 Chris Spain http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/?p=449 The latest As You’re Up strip is live! Had a lot of fun making things a little more Hanna-Barbera-ish — it was a little tricky getting the balance of styles right, without letting one really overshadow the other… but I’m happy with how it turned out!]]> http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/weird-wagon/feed 0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/book-cover-pr-4-0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/book-cover-pr-4-0#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:59:38 +0000 Chris Spain http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/?p=441 New book cover design for PR 4.0, a guide to utilizing social media to help optimize business publicity, by Edrea Davis.]]> http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/book-cover-pr-4-0/feed 0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-we-now-return-to-a-precarious-ledge http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-we-now-return-to-a-precarious-ledge#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:20:20 +0000 Chris Spain http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/?p=435 So yeah, this week’s punchline may be a little subtler than usual, but it’s there! I was originally intending this idea to be executed through live-action film, since the punchline was entirely visual, though the only potential outlet for that was Foone & Bumblescotch, and even then there wasn’t anywhere it could really go; I [...]]]> http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-we-now-return-to-a-precarious-ledge/feed 0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-s-m-r-t http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-s-m-r-t#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:52 +0000 Chris Spain http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/?p=429 Another quickie with just me! I’m so lonely in these comics these days… Anyway it’s time for me to go find something to eat. Because god<em>damn</em>.]]> http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-s-m-r-t/feed 0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-time-like-the-present http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-time-like-the-present#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:00:57 +0000 Chris Spain http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/?p=424 I wish I could say that this was in some way exaggerated, but, alas… It really can get a little too hard to keep track of the time when you’re immersed so deeply in your work! Brief comic this week, as I’ve been pretty busy illustrating, but have no fear—numerous comics have been scripted, each [...]]]> http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-time-like-the-present/feed 0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-inspireption http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-inspireption#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:20:48 +0000 Chris Spain http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/?p=420 Okay, I’m honestly guessing I won’t be the first to make a joke of this kind, but still I couldn’t resist! Went to see Inception the other day, and loved it. The visuals were just plain incredible, but they didn’t detract from the plot, which itself was superbly paced. (Excellent score too, which worked well [...]]]> http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-inspireption/feed 0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/nomination-domination http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/nomination-domination#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:00:59 +0000 Chris Spain http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/?p=415 Time for this week’s comic strip! So hey, As You’re Up has been nominated for two Smack Jeeves Awards, in the categories Best Gag-A-Day and Most Improved Artwork! Gotta say that was a very pleasant surprise! So to anyone and everyone who nominated us, thank you so much—this strip is officially dedicated to you folks [...]]]> http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/nomination-domination/feed 0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/bbbzzzzzzzzz http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/bbbzzzzzzzzz#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:30:12 +0000 Chris Spain http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/?p=409 This week’s comic revolves around that most wonderful and elegant of instruments, the Horn of a Thousand Angry Bees, the Vuvuzela! Well, I kinda feel like I’m jumping on the vuvuzela bandwagon with this, but given the amount of requests I got to do a vuvuzela-related comic I figured, why not? Then I drew it [...]]]> http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/bbbzzzzzzzzz/feed 0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-probably-not-his-given-name http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-probably-not-his-given-name#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:50:36 +0000 Chris Spain http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/?p=402 Whew, busy day today! Last week’s comic seemed to go down better than I’d expected, so I figured I needed to make the follow up at least a lil’ special; and what better way to do that than to say hello to a couple of Old Friends! Sidenote: no, I totally did not giggle like [...]]]> http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-probably-not-his-given-name/feed 0 http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-a-serious-case-of-helmet-hair http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-a-serious-case-of-helmet-hair#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:30:44 +0000 Chris Spain http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/?p=399 This comic illustrates one of the things that bothers me about having my hair this length… but I guess you know what they say; sith happens.]]> http://www.chris-spain.co.uk/blog/2010/as-youre-up-a-serious-case-of-helmet-hair/feed 0