Check out this lovely review of my book by Teoh of
Parka Blogs. For those of you who haven't yet got a copy it'll tell you all you need to know about the book. Apart from the bit about me being French. I'm not. I've just always wanted to be!
Thanks so much Teoh.
You can get hold of a copy of my book
HERE.
Sorry to have to pedal my wares here, guys. But, believe me, I have to.
A little while back I was asked why
my book was more expensive in
my shop as opposed to on Amazon. It is a good question. It is a fair question. I tried to answer it in an illustration. How else?
It is an issue that faces all of us that run a small business. There's no way of competing with the big guys, no way at all, there is no point in trying. But we do have an advantage over them and that is the service we give.
I am not making big bucks off my book, hell, I forgot to even mention, in this illustration, that I have to buy my book off my publisher in the first place - as well as the currency conversion and bank charges that that entails too. That's before the, above, process even begins. No, I'm just scraping by. Always just scraping by.
But when you do buy from a small business or independent seller/artist you are also supporting them in creating their work. Thank you for that. I really don't mind where people buy my book from. It is an honour that they do buy it at all.
I'm glad I was asked this question. It's an important one and it gave me the chance to try and answer it. Quite coincidentally, I was chatting with my publisher, whilst I was in the middle of this drawing, about the price issue when he said "in French we say 'le pot de terre contre le pot de fer'. It's a kind of David and Goliath" and that's how this drawing got the title.
I can only apologise, profusely, for what I'm about to do. I hate myself for doing it, but I am about to mention the C-word.
Yes, as soon as you know, Christmas will be upon us. Well, for once, I've been thinking ahead and I've put this bumper pack of AJ goodies together just in time. This includes my book, 3 zines, bag, badges, postcards, greetings cards & stickers.
You can get your little mits on it
HERE.
Sorry, again.
For those who have enquired, I have had another delivery of books from my publisher and so they are back in stock
HERE. Cheers.
Books for sale! Books for sale! Andrea's book for sale!!
Excuse me for peddling my wares, but you know, being a freelancer in the creative industry really is as reliable, financially, as it sounds and sometimes you just got to shout about what you do. Usually, when you've just got a couple of big bills in.
Anyway, you can get my book
HERE. It is full of drawings, thoughts, sketchbook pages and what have you, from the last eight years of my obsessional drawing.
I'll shut up now. Fangyou very much.
Stay tuned to find out. 'Citing!
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It's a paintbrush!
Give us a clue!
I'm looking forward to seeing what's in the box?
It's top secret, right now (not really). It's a massive step for me. One of those things I dreamt off when I started down this drawing road.
Cheers!