Hello, my name is Bleu Hope,
and I'm a doodle addict. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Plus

Edinburgh-based creature of habit equipped with all kinds of methods to apply to his madnesses.

I specialize in collage, drawing, illustration, mixed media art, pen and ink.

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And into July we are, at last!

What Doesnt Kill You Only Makes Your Book Longer, June 2021.

New sketchbook time :)

Almost at the end of the current sketchbook… draw all the narwhals!!

Eyes meeting trees, and a hint of surveillance.

More world speculating again...

Nothing much to add here really (for now)...

I’m coming out of another one of those periods where I’ve drew or doodled very little (all the other projects on the go until now!), but as always I got my mojo back in the nick of time, it seems. :) Same old stuff here for now!

“Divorced By The End Of The Chorus”, March 2022.

Was initially going to try coffee painting with this one, but that clearly wasn’t happening... Hence the mentioning of divorce here, it being my expectations being split from the reality this time around. Still, things worked out in the end!

Final page in the current sketchbook… and that concludes things (for now)!

Many years back, I watched that documentary ‘The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off’ about a fellow called Jonny Kennedy who lived with the skin condition EB. There’s a bit in that film where he talks about what he hopes his afterlife would be like and, for whatever reason, a couple of coffees as I was re-reading the Wikipedia article about it triggered an idea I had to scribble down...

I know nothing of the actress of the same name (although I do need to watch The Spirit Of The Beehive someday), but the words alone had “drawing title” written all over them, so yeah!

Some folks in this world tend to get a kick out of their more negative impulses and for all sorts of trivial reasons. Had to crank out something in response to my thoughts on the matter here! On a lighter note, any excuse to draw an irrawaddy dolphin is a good one...:)

The David Bennent Effect, November 2021.

1979’s The Tin Drum is one of those films I’ve been itching to see for a long time, but haven’t got round to yet for some reason. The main character in that film’s played by a guy called David Bennent. Not a household name for most, but you’ve seen Ridley Scott’s Legend, you’ll recognise him when he played Honeythorn Gump, Tom Cruise/Jack’s elfin pal. Not sure why the idea to name this piece after D.B. occurred to me, but it did!

“(Pondering The Mystery Of) Gartis & Gytus”, February 2022.

Currently reading ‘Nina Simone’s Gum’ by Warren Ellis at long last. What a phenomenal bit of work this is, and inspiring to boot most importantly as you can see. Thanks for sharing your stories with us all Warren!