I was approached by Calum the chap that was running the event through my links to Thought Bubble and accepted his invite as I felt this would be a great networking oppertunity. He was interested in me running a portrait booth where people sit and get a quick drawing of themselves. Additionally to this I was asked to take part in a comic strip drawing exercise, however my role in that was more limited as it was made predominantly for the visitors of the event.
I found the evening to be very enjoyable and the portrait drawing was an excellent exercise in quick facial studies. It also reminded me that I can indeed draw with a pen (as opposed to digital), very well in fact. I also took several of my zines to the event and received good feedback from those that read them, with many people asking if a had more zines and such (which I don't have at the moment, unfortunately). Finally, I had a few conversations with Calum throughout the evening and let him know that I would be more than happy to participate in any events such as this again should he need an illustrator. He also informed me that the owners of the Clock Cafe love hosting events so theres the possibility that something like this could be organised by myself or the college in the future.
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