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(061011) ...ARTWORK FOR SALE...
The Gallery Launches this evening, if you're interested in buying any for the artwork then please get in touch with either or both of us, our details can be found here
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Draw the Line is all about a love of doodles. We are thinkers, we are dreamers, we are artists and we are everyone. We are you. For years now we've provided the means and materials for you to wanton sketch your whimsical musings which we've collected, trimmed and kept snug as a paper roll in a very big bug tube...
Due to hit the walls of our spiritual home Django's Riff is a collection of some of the highlights, the awe inspiring, the sought after and the damn right perverse imaginings of Joe Public... We invite you to come along, take it all in, take part and if you so please, buy some art, and who's to say it isn't just that?
GALLERY LAUNCH: THU 6TH OCTOBER - 8:30PM
Stay tuned on the Website Shop... We'll be posting the pieces up for sale soon online...
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SUPER EFFECTIVE SUNDAY returns at the end of this month with another SPECIAL EVENT for you retro gaming fans... you can expect to find a room full of chirping old consoles, a soundtrack of mind melting old game soundtracks, retro nick-nacks for sale, a bar to aid the enjoyment all topped off with a quiz (game related naturally) and a knock-out tournament on the CUC's Cinema Screen.... this time get warming up your combos as it's a Tekken 3 Tournament!
The winner of which, besides having the glory of being the Tekken Champ, will win an original piece of artwork provided by Draw the Line!
So for those of you with nothing better to do other than mash old school gaming pads whilst drinking hair of the dog attempting to doodle, fight, eat mushrooms and collect gold shiny things, then join us for a Super Effective Sunday 3.0!
More Details as follows:
SUPER EFFECTIVE SUNDAY 3.0
DATE: 31.07.11 - TIME: 12 noon til later.
WHERE? The Contemporary Urban Centre (CUC) / 41-51 Greenland St / Liverpool
TOURNAMENT: Tekken 3
CONSOLES: SNES, NES, Game Cube, XBox & many others + BYOC (bring your own console!)
QUIZ! / PRIZES! / FREE! / (Donations Welcome ;)
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Another SPECIAL EVENT for you retro gaming fans...
Draw
the Line has been invited to Tag Team partner Super Effective Sunday, a
new Retro Gaming event being held on Lazy Sundays at the CUC... So for
those of you with nothing better to do other than mash old school gaming
pads whilst drinking hair of the dog attempting to doodle, fight, eat
mushrooms and collect gold shiny things and win actual prizes, then this
is for you!
More Details as follows:
SUPER EFFECTIVE SUNDAY 2.0
DATE: 26.06.11 - TIME: 12 til later.
TOURNAMENT: Super Smash Bros. Melee
CONSOLES: SNES, NES, Game Cube, XBox & many others + BYOC (bring your own console!)
QUIZ: Awesome. Enough said.
PRIZES!
FREE!
(Donations Welcome ;)
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This coming Friday the 13th sees the return of Open Culture's Light Night and we've some treats in store for you. Draw the Line will be returning to JMU's Art & Design Academy for more public open-draw murals and will be joining forces with SparkleVFX for some cutting edge 3-D Modeling demos.
Their feature presentation will be two hours of in depth Zbrush training. Glen Southern takes the stage again for two one hour sessions taking a concept character sketch through to full Zbrush game character. Following the training Glen will take further in depth Q&A session.
To accompany the training session this time around SparkleVFX will be doing a digital surgery covering varying aspects of pre/post production to help out with any post/pre production/motion graphics problems you maybe facing. Several members of Sparkle* staff will be on hand for short one on one sessions covering: After Effects, Maya, Realflow, C4D & Tracking
They'll have hardware and software available on the evening but feel free to bring along your specific digital problems. As usual Draw the Line will be providing all the pens and paper, so all you need do is turn up and take part!
In addition to all that glory, we'll be selling artwork and there will be prizes (Limited Edition Prints and Software Licenses!)
Don't miss it!
http://www.lightnight.co.uk/liverpool.php
http://www.liverpool-ada.co.uk/
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Happy Valentine's Day 2011!
The Long Night Gallery and Arena Studios Gallery went down better than expected - Big thanks to all who came and made it what it was! It really was a landmark event to finally get all the past years worth of doodles out and up onto the walls for all to see - good work doodle-fans!
We're looking to frame up a few select pieces for a further more reduced gallery, where you'll be able to buy said scribblers.... stay tuned!
2010 became 2011 and we bought a new calendar onto which the recent Threshold Festival was marked down. Another fantastic event to add to the doodle chronicles - we began with one blank wall in the CUC's gallery space, and over the weekend managed to spill scribbles across the entire floor, some brilliant work, and then some not too PC stuff - but that's the joy of Joe Public!
More to come, onwards and upwards for 2011!
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Not long to go now till the Long Night... Robin and I have been going through the last 4 years worth of doodles... trying to pick out a worthy few for the gallery at JMU.... no mean feat I tell thee!
It's all coming together, I've just finished putting together this collaborative design which will be available to buy on the night... a limited edition A2 hand pulled Screen-print... don't miss out! You'll be able to win one on the night... just turn up to find out how!
Don't forget we're also at Arena Studios this coming weekend as well for a 2nd chance to see the work...
See you there, full details on the home page!
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Well the Students are slowly trickling back into the city, meaning there'll be a bunch of fresh back to school pens attending DTL events - Bring em on! Good news, We'll be hosting a couple of special events in the coming months - as promised the Biennial looms and we've teamed up with Arena Studios & Gallery to host a weekend long, daytime DTL where we'll be hanging a selection of past works on the gallery walls.... more details can be found on the homepage wall. It'll be a good opportunity to scribble and venture out to places in the city you may never have been - The Baltic Triangle!
We're also planning big things for the Long Night - hopefully in a partnership with JMU... again details are sounding exciting, but in an ideas stage so I'll keep a lid on it till we know more!
Check out the "Artwork of the Month" section/addition to the home page. Basically, if we deem your doodle as the best from an event, it gets showcased there... so it adds a bit of extra excitement to the night and boosts competitive drawing (and hopefully more hits to the website ;)
If it's your work and you're not credited... send us an email with the necessaries via the contact page and we'll sort you out. Best of luck scribblers!
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We're still making plans to get a gallery of sorts put together to exhibit some of this fantastic work the scribblers of Liverpool have produced over the years... there's a lot of it! We may have something in the pipeline for the biennial... We'll keep you posted :)
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Been a while since the last news update... we've been doodling pretty much all the time since the last post... plenty more events under the belt. We've returned to Mello Mello and have begun hosting nights with Bands / DJs to bring you a complete Draw the Line package. If you're a band and interested in playing at a gig for us get in touch (see contact page).
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We've made it into the Echo Newspaper! (sound of Champagne cork popping)
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Draw the Online is One Year Old! If you wish to send us a present (maybe that fat brick of cash you have collecting dust) get in touch and we'll happily treat ourselves/you to some new shiny pens!
See you in Djangos on the 6th! (Drinks are accepted as presents also ;)
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We've just begun a pilot series of events under the guide of Arts for Health in the Liverpool Royal Hospital, engaging patients to pass their waiting time with creative outbursts... The first session went really well and brightened the often ominous mood of waiting rooms, resulting in some happy faces and some unexpected secret artists! Lets hope we can continue to spread the love of doodles at future events....(010410)
Up for Arts and the Beer Mat campaign have now come to a celebrated close. We hosted a gig at FACT for their end of project conference which went down a treat. Robin and I would like to personally thank Laura Naylor (left) for all her hard work in managing the project and inviting us to get involved, and Jill Hargreaves (right) from Voluntary Arts England for her enthusiasm and commitment to the project. It was a great project - and a lot of time spent scanning Beer Mats - a worthy cause! (See some of the highlights in our Beer Mat Gallery)
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Draw the Line reaches it's 2nd K milestone - Over 2000 visitors have paid their respects to the house of doodles.
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Here's a sneaky look at a few select beer mats.... there's still
time to doodle on more before the month's over. Find them in Django's
Riff, 3345, Keith's Wine Bar, Host, The Grapes and there's even a few
kicking around in Leaf.....Power to the Pencil!
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Halfway through the month and a few events down, we're gathering quite a pile of superb beer mats with your doodles lovingly rendered upon them.... Still Keith's Wine bar to go and there's plenty more mats to be decorated available at Django's Riff, 3345, Keith's and even in the Grapes and Host on Hope St if you're getting your noodle doodle on.....
Catch you soon....
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Latest Flyer designs featuring work from Robin Peters, Ja Wyn and Mike Snowdon:
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Here's a little article about Draw the Line on the Up for Arts website....
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The beginning of a busy and high profile month for Draw the Line sees us unleash a little re-brand.
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Microcosm T-Shirts now on sale over at Wasted Heroes Clothing. Quote "MICROCOSM" to get a cheeky discount code. Cheers to Russel Reid for putting them together. Buy Buy Buy!
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Here's a sneaky peak at a proposed Chester Rhino design based on existing material from past events. If you see some of your work on there, either be proud it's been selected or perhaps outraged. This is only an impression to try and win the bid, and not a final design, so hold off those on those "intellectual copyright perversion" emails scribblers. No work will be used without the artist's consent. Finger's crossed though!
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Big thanks to Laura Naylor and all involved at the "Up for Arts" BBC Radio Merseyside event, Draw the Line had a fantastic time. See the gallery section for some pictures from the event...
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Hot off the press, Amber Tan of "Purple Revolver" has featured us on
her "Click Liverpool" website. Thank you Amber for helping to get the
word out, we owe you one!
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Well we said we were going to try and get another January session on the cards and one actually came to us. "Up for Arts" is a collaborative venture between Voluntary Arts England and BBC Radio Merseyside which celebrates arts and creativity across the whole of Liverpool. They're hosting a weekend of events on the 30-31st and have kindly invited Draw the Line to get involved! If you want to come and have a doodle, whilst maybe having a go at some printmaking or crochet, get involved!
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A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you from the Draw the Line folk. We've made some good strides in the past 2 years and have grown 10-fold. Lets see how we can up our game in 2010!
Thank you to all for your continued support, without you it just wouldn't be the same!
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Christmas looms and here's a present come early - the next Draw the
Line flyer and event details, lovingly rendered by the hand of Glen
Southern http://www.southerngfx.co.uk/
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1000 people have stumbled their way onto the site! Draw the Line is proud to be hit into it's 1st K-milestone!
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Thanks to everyone for coming along to the posh docks and laying
some top notch doodles down. Those CG folks gave us Draw the Liners a
run for our money! A thousand thank yous to Ant and Glen for putting on
such a great night, we'd love to be involved with the CGTweetup chaps
again for the next one!
Cheers to Ian & Minako from Art in Liverpool for posting about
us on their website and for coming down despite the late notice we gave
them - true art troopers!
Check out the photos section (gallery 2) for some select shots of the eve, or go to either the facebook group or myspace page for the full set (see contact page for links).
Here's our shout out from Art in Liverpool:
See you next time :)
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Glen Southern's flyer for the Circo event:
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Robin Peters' flyer for the Circo event:
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Well the Eat your Greens event has now passed us by and some interesting drawings were produced... people certainly were buzzing! Sadly most of our brand new Posca pens were half-inched and used to decorate the rest of the Masque, so apologies to the Masque's powers-that-be for that one :(
Keep looking out for the next event, DTL teams up with CGTweetUP,
and if all goes to plan it will be bigger and more arty than Neil
Buchanan's sock drawer!
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Draw the Line comes at you like a left over Halloween pumpkin this November, all decorated and glowing with goodies! First off we have Django's on the traditional 1st Thursday, so once you've been down to the docks, parks, Cathedrals or back alleys for your Firework fix then drop in and grab a pen and beer. The marvelous Glen Southern has generously provided us with a wealth of artistic software DVDs to give away to some lucky guests (disclaimer: 100% legal and legit! Photoshop tutorials into 3-d modeling territory FYI)
Next up we get to add another venue to the growing list of places most doodled on the freaky Friday the 13th! Lots of horror Film monster drawings please as we put pen to paper in the Masque on Seel St, thank you to "Eat your Greens" for the invite: www.myspace.com/eatyourgreens
Check out Alex Panda's marvelous flyer for more info below!
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Draw the Line seems to be moving up in the world! We've picked up a
couple of exciting new regulars in the form of Ja Wyn and Katie Tull,
graffiti / stickering duo, bringing a fun new dimension to the mix.
Expert CG artist / Character Designer / Master of all Glen Southern has
also been down with the intent of showing his face again and perhaps
bringing some goodies for people to win! Tune in next time!
Check out his work here:
...and he made a little shout out to Draw the Line on his blog here:
http://southerngfxblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/draw-line-at-djangos-riff-in-liverpool.html
Cheers all for adding to and keeping the doodle revolution alive!
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Another successful Django's Riff session scribbled away and rolled up into tubes, next on the agenda shall be another SPECIAL EVENT to be held in 3345 Parr St. We'll be joining forces with ANOTHER MEDIA
again after the success of their ABOVE THE BEATEN TRACK event and have
been granted the doodle space of 3345's board room! There shall be a GALLERY of various artists work and a few select Draw the Line doodle pages on display from previous sessions. DON'T MISS IT!
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It's Alive! Mike Snowdon slaps his design website into the waking world:
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Above the Beaten Track is coming up very soon - 22nd of August in
case anyone has forgotten - and Stan Ambrose of BBC Radio / Folkscene
- has kindly featured the festival on his Radio Merseyside show. Listen here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p003s3md/Folkscene_23_07_2009/
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Screen-grab from the View Two Gallery's website:
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Here's the latest Flyer produced by Ian Alexander
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Christopher Brown has featured Draw the Line in the Liverpool Metro's blog.... here's the link:
http://liverpoolblog.metro.co.uk/2009/06/draw-the-line.html
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Another successful session in Django's Riff last night, thanks to all who came :) We had the honor of being joined by Ian & Minako Jackson of ArtinLiverpool and they have kindly written a blog about the night which you can have a gander at here - http://www.artinliverpool.
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From the talented pen of one Sarah Adie, journalist of MADE
Magazine, comes this spiffy little article she's written about the
scribbles that go on at Draw the Line - http://journalism.cf.ac.uk
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Draw the Line goes online! Thanks to Myspace and Facebook for being our adoptive parents for the past few years, but it's time to leave the nest..... well, we'll keep a toe is shall we, it'd be rude not to!
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Draw the Line is invited to host an event at the Bluecoat's launch night for their new illustration exhibition "The End of the Line." Special thanks to Rachael Eades for making it happen!
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We set up the tables in FACT as part of their "Climate for Change" exhibitions. Thank you to Andrea Lee and a pat on the back to Dan Postlethwaite for their support and efforts.
