I Would Have LOVED to Get Postcards From Space When I Was a Kid
I listen to a couple of podcasts about independent publishing. One of them is the Self Publishing Show who recently interviewed Miles Hudson about his writing project, Postcards From Space. The idea is that actual photos from space (copyright free images from NASA and the European Space Agency) are sent out weekly from a fictional kid and their dog as they travel through space.
Junior astronaut Tanno, and their spacedog, Iguda
As a child I would have loved this. I adored reading about space and I was so excited when I received any kind of post. So I subscribed my niece and nephew to it and this is what my nephew thought:
He lives in London and it has been tough going through a year of on and off lockdown because of Covid. They are coming out of it now, but Postcards From Space are something fun to read whilst they are waiting to be able to go on their own trips.
Cartooning Workshop in Lyttelton Library for 7-12 Year Olds
I ran my first cartooning workshop in Lyttelton today (the last ones I did were in Spain). It was focussed on character design and the kids were super to work with. They were engaged, paid attention and developed some really great characters.
Lindsey the librarian was an enthusiastic supporter of the workshop
Working on character design using old school picture reference - books!
Some of the children already had their own styles
Hopefully, there will be more workshops to come, but for now I'm relieved to get back to work. Running workshops is a lot more demanding than cartooning!