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Hello, many apologies for the late desktop but it is here now! This month’s desktop is the result of many hours of mindless doodling, and inspired by a billion things going on in my life. When I’ve got heavy things on the mind I have my own version of meditating – obsessively tiny doodling. I’ve been so flat out I hadn’t really planned anything for this month’s desktop so I though using my doodlings would fairly accurately reflect where I’m at right now

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The other week Cristina asked me if she could include some of my artwork in her interior design 3D Studio Max class work and she has posted the result on her blog today. Such fantastic renders! I used to work for an architectural firm and found 3D rendering intriguing. I loved seeing how she incorporated my work into the styling of the room.

See the rest of her renders at her blog.

I haven’t really had time to work on any personal art in the last few months and I worry sometimes that if I don’t take time out for myself that I’ll forget about all the things I want to say and draw. Yesterday I took a day off to recover from some busy weeks (and yep, the holiday!) and thought I’d take my pen to the latest issue of frankie which has ample space for doodling facetious little things.

I read popular culture a lot more deeply these days, and while I avoid most of it, some things are still palatable – frankie being one of those things. It’s not without its problems, in particular I find it to be quite homogenous in the sort of people it represents (white and young and left-leaning and fairly financially comfortable). When I do my little snarky doodles I’m not mocking the models themselves, rather I’m asking questions of the branding and positioning of the magazine itself (and any other magazine I doodle on!) So I submit these doodles without comment for you to think about and perhaps discuss in the comments between yourselves

I think I was in a picnic mood while designing February’s desktop. Maybe I’ll make all my friends drive up to Mt Nebo where we can eat cupcakes, look out to the bay and pretend we live in the mountains and not in the city.

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Here we go, back at January. I can’t quite believe I’ve already done a year of these, but when I had to go and make a new folder for January it hit me quite shockingly. I have learnt a lot in the last year, and that’s exactly the way I like it. I hope next January finds me even further along in terms of my creative work and personally too, of course!

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I hope desktop number 12 finds you well, it’s the culmination of a whole year in my creative practice and a milestone of commitment for me. At the beginning of the year I had the idea to do monthly desktops on a whim but I’m really proud of myself for sticking with it because I have learnt so much and used the exercise as a way to explore my own visual language.

People have asked me if I’ll continue doing these desktops in 2010, and you know what? I probably will. I’ve thought about doing other regular and ongoing projects, but none of the ideas I’ve come up with have really been as practical and useful as monthly desktops! Thank you so much if you’ve used my desktops throughout the year, I always feel an odd mixture of pride and embarrassment when I see them on people’s computers and phones.

I have done a special limited release desktop for Blanket subscribers only this month. If you subscribe, I hope you enjoy it, however if you don’t subscribe go and grab December’s issue because there’s an interview with me in it!

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When Damien asked me to draw some lettering for the cover of the International Superheroes of Drawing, Illustration and World Domination book I was totally flat out but I really wanted to do it. I met quite a few awesome people, like Damien, on Red Bubble (where the International Superheroes HQ is) and I wanted to support my fellow (talented!) artists within the group.

Check out more info and where to buy it here!

The jacaranda trees are blooming here and they always remind me of being in primary school. We used to collect the least squished flowers from the ground, thread them on twigs and present purple wands to our teachers and mothers. I remember all my exercise books so fondly, and how I’d doodle in them all through high school and university (even now!) November’s desktop is just a little indulgence in childhood, really… and a reminder that everyone should doodle!

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Some smart, funny and good looking people (who will no doubt quibble over how I’ve linked them!) came up with the idea of lunch doodles over Twitter, and they’d been showing each other the funny drawings they’d done while eating lunch (or working, but don’t tell their bosses that!) I thought it was such a rad idea that I decided to make it an official “thing”, so now we have a @lunchdoodle twitter account and #lunchdoodle tumblr.

How can you lunchdoodle?

1. Follow lunchdoodle on Twitter and/ or tumblr.
2. A theme will be announced every day on Twitter (mid-morning Brisbane time). Doodle your response to the theme.
3. Submit your doodle to the tumblr here or post it via TwitPic as a reply to @lunchdoodle.
4. Profit (profits not guaranteed!)

My lunchdoodle for today’s theme “Behind the door”.

I’m really excited about lunchdoodling, because I think it’s a great way to exercise your brain and help you to express things. It doesn’t matter how well you can or can not draw, I’ve already seen some fantastic ideas being expressed that weren’t drawn by “proper artists” at all!

People are starting to believe that I am a trend whisperer. By people, I mean my friend Tee, who tweeted about doodles and fake tattoos at the Gaultier, Chanel and Rodarte shows. I can’t even remember what I said about doodling on people… but it might have been a flip comment in response to Drew Barrymore’s black lace and banana yellow dress at the Toronto International Film Festival. It looks like someone’s doodled on her, right?

So I’m just putting it out there… stylists, photographers and designers – this doodle is for hire.