I've been being held hostage by a dog

hence the lack of pictures. I wish i was joking.

Here is something from a while ago. It was an attempt to draw people (nooooooooo) and to use something that isn't a fine line pen (noooooooo) that wasn't black (noooooooooo)




I am not very good at teeth, there just ended up looking like there was millions of teeth that didn't really fit in the mouth. I know how to solve this though - don't draw open mouths

I can think of a few reasons why you would watch football...

I think this was inspired by hand balls..

I dedicate this day to drawings of less than respectable people

These 2 drawings were quick doodles and were heavily influenced by things around me. The first drawing is of a taxi driver. He looked kind of seedy and maybe like he taxi'd other things around too *wink wink nudge nudge* I quite like it as a drawing, i think i got his face just right for a change.

The second however can only be described as a monstrosity. Albeit one i am quite proud of. I overheard these two men talking on the number 5 bus just before christmas. The man i drew was saying about how he was buying his children their christmas presents and then went on to tell the other man about his friend, "the plastic gangster" who was all mouth and wouldn't do anything. He then went on to say he couldnt do anything because he couldn't end up in prison this close to christmas. I felt like a reporter as i snooped in on their conversation. The drawing is awful though, i was trying to show he had lots of wrinkles, greased back hair, was carrying several stones too many in weight and had these big eyes like a frog. I think in reality it looks more like Andrew Lloyd Webber <3

I have more drawings from buses with anecdotal stories to go with them which i'm very fond of. Maybe if i applied the same level of concentration and eagerness to everything as i have done other peoples conversations i would be more successful. Sigh

A public service announcement

A helpful and informative leaflet about what causes Sophie Roakes face to go red. A nation wide dispatch is imminent.

I hate old people and public transport

Ok, i don't hate all old people, i like my big Nan, she brought me drumstick lollies every Wednesday after school. But every other one...grrrr.

And i don't hate all public transport, trains are fun sometimes, and buses are even funner especially if it's a double decker and you are at the front. I like to pretend i am driving it (not improving the opinion of people who think im simple)

But in this instance, i hate them both, for these are two evil old ladies who did something outrageous (so outrageous i can't remember it now!) and it made me so bitter i drew this very quickly on a bus, i even used colour, this is almost unheard of.

Lets not point out the flaws with this picture, i am aware there are many. But my intention was to capture the meanness of these jowly, misanthropic grumps

Exhibit A in the series entitled "Why Sophie does not use colour"

An old page of trainer drawings. Ok they get repetitive and to be fair even i am tired of drawing them like this and yes i suppose i shouldnt say i don't do colour in any form because then that would suck even more. So rather than stick to a niche of liney trainer drawings in monochrome i thought i would add colour.

Today i added photoshop colour. Verdict- "hello liney trainer drawings in monochrome niche" Seriously awful. Reasons i feel this way (rather than just say everything is crap like normal!) are because the colours used are all wrong and i just am not that great at photoshop yet.

I plan on colouring each trainer in a different way each day, tomorrow fine line pen...

Exhibit A: