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Total! badged up job

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Mike Roberts

For a couple of years in the early 90s I created pixelly ‘sprite’ illustrations for Total! magazine, dedicated to computer gaming. Here’s the free badge that came with one issue, featuring the constantly bemused Andy and Steve. The artwork was … Continue reading →

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Cartoon stereotype

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Mike Roberts

Just Amazing. TV Times 1984. More art from the miketoons dusty archives. An illustration to accompany programme details in TV Times. Apparently the man featured in the programme ate bottles, bicycles and even a light aircraft. Cartoon stereotype of a … Continue reading →

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Moth planes. Or plane moths.

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Mike Roberts

Someone left the window open this evening

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Exhibition sketchbook: Ronald Searle ‘What? Already?!’, 90th year exhibition, Wilhelm Busch Museum, Hannover

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Mike Roberts

Exhibition sketchbook: Ronald Searle – self portrait, originally uploaded by mike(toons). 2010 has been a year of rediscovery for me. And the greatest of these has been of Ronald Searle’s work, made possible by exhibitions in London and Hannover in … Continue reading →

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Roger Frames buys Budjit Games

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Mike Roberts

I’ve been scanning in old art commissioned by Commodore Format magazine in the early 1990s. At the time, Future Publishing was probably my best client and I was producing artwork for many of its magazines. The regular project that I … Continue reading →

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Quick Brown Fox

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Mike Roberts

…and Lazy Dog. Scraperboard illustration in a woodcut style which was used as the logo for Quick Brown Fox (typesetters and pre-press company in Manchester, UK). It was based on a colour painting by another artist, whose name I don’t … Continue reading →

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Assassination of the pretender

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Mike Roberts

Assassination of the pretender. 25cm x 21cm. Sketchbook work. Some time free from the clutches of the Digital Life. Using inks which I’ve had for over 15 years. And they still work. Playtime with the materials… slowly evolving from the … Continue reading →

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Roger Frames and his dog Debit watch the Chancellor’s Speech

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Mike Roberts

This is a blast from the past. An ink and wash illustration commissioned by Commodore Format magazine in the early 1990s. I illustrated many “Roger Frames buys Budjit Games” for the magazine involving the penny-pinching antics of Roger, who acted … Continue reading →

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Real materials versus computer software

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Mike Roberts

Salisbury Plain (from memory), ink and watercolour August Bank Holiday I spent some time playing with ink and watercolours in my sketchbook. Doodles really. Playing with the medium. Simply enjoying myself. But the first time for absolutely ages. I had … Continue reading →

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60s Liverpool | Adrian Henri

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Mike Roberts

Last night I spent a couple of nostalgic hours scanning in old transparencies taken in the 60s in Liverpool. That’s where (and when) I spent my student days at the College of Art, studying Pre-Diploma (now called Foundation) and Diploma … Continue reading →

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