Inspired by the Taoist concept of WU WEI – the act non-doing or striving for non-striving. The internet describes it as… ‘the cultivation of a state of being in which our actions are quite effortlessly in alignment with the ebb and flow of the elemental cycles of the natural world.’
Basically ‘Doing nothing is doing something.’
I’m still attempting to understand it all a bit more through the scribbles in my sketchbook.
I’ve been busy working on my new little picture book – a collection of short poems that i’ve been scribbling and writing and re-writing overt the last couple of years (some actually date back over five years which is bonkers).
I’ve always wanted to do a little anthology ever since I read the Tim Burton book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories .
AND I recently re-discovered an amazing book from my childhood when I was back at home called ’Theres an awful lot of weirdos in our neighbourhood.’ by Colin McNaughton. It’s described as ’A book of rather silly verse and pictures.’ which I really love. I remember loving it back then so maybe the idea has been floating around in my head for longer than I thought…
Anyways, below are some of my work-in-progress illustrations.
Seven sunny days in the French countryside inspired a smattering of summery doodles.
Words and pictures by darren j turner
Work has a started in piecing together the weekend's scribbles for the video, all starting to come together.
Storyboards are now all there - looks like we've got quite a bit to do.
With the prep doodles completed on Saturday, I made a start on the Brewdog bar beer mural this Sunday. Had to wait for the bar to get quiet enough to start (around half 9) but still managed to get 3 hours done.
Concept illustration
Shhhhhh TOP SECRET
Concept illustration for Music Matters film about Bernard Butler
i created this for a recent short film project, rather like my Carl Barât
