THE BANAL PIG

'Tis the season to be drawy!

What's it all about? I've decided to do something positive and use my drawing skills to raise money for some charities i'm passionate about. So, on Sunday 2nd December i'm taking on the challenge of producing twenty 20-minute drawing commissions in one day, with all the proceeds going to charity. I'll be asking for a minimum donation of £10 (plus £1 for UK p&p) for each commission, so if I can fill all the slots that will mean at least £200 raised!

What do you get? An A5-sized original and unique drawing on good quality paper made with archival artist's materials (probably coloured pencils or pen and ink) like this festive Banal Pig.

The drawing will be based on your suggestion, so I'll ask you for a theme or idea when you make a pledge.

I'll be posting all the commissions on Monday 3rd December, so you'll receive the artwork well in time for Christmas if you want to give it as a gift.

You'll also get a warm and satisfying feeling of helping some really good causes.

How can you get involved? I'm taking orders in advance, first come, first served (limited to one commission per person), so If you'd like one please register your interest on this form: tinyurl.com/stexmasdraw I'll be sharing my progress throughout the day on twitter.com/banalpig and www.facebook.com/banalpig so you can see how I'm getting on with your commission and check out all the others.

You could also get involved by donating to the below charities, or a charity of your choice, because it's a nice thing to do.

What are the charities? I'm going to split the funds raised between four chosen charities:

The Trussell Trust (Foodbanks)

Bradford Metropolitan Foodbank

RSPCA

Dogs Trust

Who am I? I'm Steve Tillotson, I've got a Master's in Fine Art from the Royal College of Art, I've been making comics since 2005 and my first full length graphic novel Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure from Avery Hill Publishing came out in 2016.

See more from the banal pig archives here: banalpigarchive.wordpress.com/

Thank you

Yep, it’s been a busy week or so for UAEA in the build up to its release at Thought Bubble next week. Here’s a recap of the coverage it’s had so far...

Articles

Broken Frontier’s Small Press Inside Look: where i talk about some choice pages from the book and how I made them

Reviews

Pipedream Comics

The Pullbox

Slings & Arrows

Podcasts

The Paul List- preview towards the end

Awesome Comics Podcast- where I’m a guest and chat about the process of making the book amongst other subjects.

There you go, much more than enough information to formulate an opinion! And don’t forget, you can preorder now to get an exclusive bookplate.

Here’s the limited edition bookplate that you get if you order Untitled Ape’s Epic Adventure directly from Avery Hill Publishing. Pre-order now: http://averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/product/untitled-ape-s-epic-adventure-by-steve-tillotson

This is the first new page from Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure for like two and a half years, but I'm back on with it for now.

I might not publish the whole thing as a webcomic, because I've started to alter the story from the beginning and add stuff in with the intention of it being a book, so it might start to not make sense, but you can have this one for now.

Could 2015 be the year i finally finish Unititled Ape's Epic Adventure? I hope so, and with this in mind I've gone back and started to make Ape look less clunky in the early pages, as well as improving some of the colouring.

There's more information about how I started to 'Lucas' (i.e. retrospectively change stuff that's been published, after George Lucas obviously) here.