David Sparshott has commenced a placement in the YCN studio, and will work on a number of illustration and image making projects. He'll keep a blog of his time here; and will strive to update it daily.
I was up at half six and at London Bridge for half seven. We had perfect weather for filming which was good fun, and I got to play with lots of dogs! Back up to London and in the studio again. I'll add some images tomorrow and looking forward to some sleep!

Alex, Hans, Guy, and I are off early tomorrow morning to film down on Reigate Hill for some exciting future activities that are taking part as part of YCN Live. Hopefully we'll get some nice weather.
My bike has been a big pain for the last few days. I got a punture by not doing a good enough job at avoiding a pot hole on the way into work on monday. So upon finally getting a new inner tube and attempting to fit it i managed to put a hole in it. So, it's more walking to and from work. It's my birthday tomorrow so fingers crossed i'll get a new inner tube and better luck!

This is Sand (http://www.thisissand.com/) is a website that Johanna Lundberg helped to develop alongside Jenna Sutela & Timo Koro. Have a play and waste some time at work!

We have finished at the New Designers. Thanks to everyone who was in over the weekend drawing portraits. I somehow managed not be dragged in which meant i could get out of the house. I went up to a street party in Hackney and had some nice spicy chicken which was cooked by local kids, thankfully i'm still standing.

Today is our final day drawing people at New Designers in Angel. The opening night was a bit crazy, 2 1/2 hours of solid portrait drawing. I was working with Samuel Bell yesterday (http://www.samuelbell.co.uk) and it was a little quieter. This afternoon it is Emily Robertson (http://www.seeplats.com) and myself, hopefully it should be a fun end to a busy week.

I've pulled a few lovely screen grabs together from the Becks Fusion videos. Great dancing from Stuart and Roland, Emily looks rather discused, and Alex looking very sweet!

The commended set of portraits have all been collated and are ready to be printed. It's been a long time coming!
Last night i popped into the White Cube to see the opening of Ernesto Caivano's show. His work is incredible, it's well worth having a look. http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/ernesto_caivano/
My friend Mark has just returned from a quick fire European tour with his band. If you love a bit of hardcore check them out. He's back home and back to veganism.
I like this video because it has lots of dogs flying in the air

We've devoured a chocolate log and lots of macaroons today. Surprisingly Tesco macaroons aren't as good as the ones Boyko brought back from Paris!

We're going to have a few manic days with lots of people coming into the studio to do their artwork for the Becks Fusion project. I think most of us are already sick of hearing the same song on repeat, so after it being played another 30 or so times from now until friday we'll all have to bring in ear-defenders!

We said goodbye to Isabelle on friday night in style. Apart from a slight Rugby ball incicdent all went well!

Came accross Julien Vallee's work again today. I'd seen it before on "Many Stuff". Some really lovely paper cut outs, enjoy!
http://www.jvallee.com/