I'm at the London MCM Comic Con This Weekend!

Con time is here again already! It seems like such a short time ago since I was last at a convention (London Super Comic Con in February). 

Now this weekend I shall be at the London MCM Comic Con at the ExCel Centre (Custom House, if anyone is wondering what train station is the closest!). 

I shall be in the Comic Village section of the con, along with a whole bunch of excellent artist buddies. I shall be giving them a feature in my next blog post, so stay tuned.

So to anyone who is interested, I shall be selling and showing off my comic 'Royal', preview samples of my upcoming comics, unveiling my new art book 'Hidden Beauties' and presenting a plethora of new and old prints (geek themed for the con lovers, and some original stuff too). 

I am based at table E8 in Comic Village, and will be manning the table along with my Fiancé Kayleigh Powis of blogs Pages and Panels (comics) and 8-Bit Girl (gaming). Please come on over and say hi. We don't bite!

I look forward to seeing a lot of you there.

Lewis 

I'm At The London Super Comic Con in Feb!

I'm pleased to announce that I will be taking a table in the Artist Alley section of the London Super Comic Convention on the 23rd and 24th of February 2013.

As well as displaying and selling a collection of my prints (some older pieces, some brand new), I'll also be showcasing my comic which I have been working on for the past few months.

The comic is due to be pressed early January, in time for the convention!

So if you can make it down, I'd really love you to swing by my stall to check out my art. 

Not only will I be manning the stall, but I'll be joined by 8-BitGirl, and some artist friends are also exhibiting-Jess Bradley, John-Paul Bove, Marisa Brook and Deakin Brook. 

Last years LSCC was brilliant, so I have no doubts that this will be another winner. Hope to see you all there!

Lewis

Entertainment Media Show Round-up!

As many of you will remember, I was at the Entertainment Media Show at Olympia, London this weekend. 

My stall was stocked with an abundance of 6x4 and A4 prints, and I felt impressed with it. Teaming up with my assistant, 8-Bit Girl, we switched the table around on Sunday so that all the A4 prints were in a large folder for all to flick through. It looked much better that way, but sadly we forgot to take photographs of that!

Even though the EMS was a very quiet convention for the whole of the weekend, I had plenty of people visiting the stall, picking up my prints, arranging commissions and generally giving me compliments. Thankfully, everyone who stopped to have a chat had something positive to say about my art! So I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of you who picked up a print, business card, or simply just stopped by to chat and take an interest in my art. It was a pleasure to talk to you all!

Thankfully we had the pleasure of sitting between some lovely people. To the left of us, our con neighbours were artist Sarah Childs and her mum, who proved to be wonderful company. On the right we were situated next to Deakin Brook of Inanimate Objectives, who again was great to chat to. Might I take this opportunity to also mention Paulina, an artist who's table was next to Sarah Child's. A great art style, and great company! 

Also, special thanks to Bleeding Cool for featuring the stall!

Check out the photographs below of the table and convention, and thank you for all of your support! 

I shall be updating this blog regularly so please keep checking back.

Lewis

The artist himself, 30 mins to go before doors open!

The giveaway sheet and some of the prints on the right hand side of the table.

Business cards, and some of the small and large prints!

Even more prints!

My Alien print in A4, along with plenty of others. 

Large prints were £5 each, or 3 for £10!

Small prints were £2 each, or 5 for £5!

A regular on my stall, the giveaway was open once again! By the end of the convention, we had quite a lot of entries! A winner will be announced soon. 

We were opposite the wrestlers. They proved to be entertaining and nice guys!

Dean Cain from Lois & Clarke.

The initial set-up at the beginning of the con. The table's layout changed somewhat by the second day!

The wrestlers with some cosplayers.

TNA wrestler with cosplayers.

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man!

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Come Visit My Stall at the Entertainment Media Show!

Hello all,

Well, all my prints and things are ready for my table tomorrow at the Entertainment Media Show at the Olympia Centre, London. 

I shall be selling my art in the artists corner/comic village all day Saturday and all day Sunday. If you are planning to make a trip down to the convention, then please swing by my stall, even just to check out my art and say hi! 

There is plenty of new art that I'll be selling, and much more than last time too. I've tried to give it all a bit of variety, so hopefully they'll be something that will take your interest.

So please, come on down and say hi! I'll be manning the stall with 8-Bit Girl, so if you cannot find me...look out for her instead.

Thanks,

Lewis

A Chance To Win My Art! (Gaming Giveaway)

Fancy winning some Twin Sword Trading stuff? Well, I'm giving some away on 8-Bit Girl until the 6th October. As the blog I'm featured on is a gaming blog, all the prizes will be gaming related.

All who enter will win a set of prints, some large stickers and a full 8-Bit Girl activity book, all drawn and designed by myself. Check out the prizes below.

As well as following 8-Bit Girl (as shown in the rules below), please follow me on my Twitter, Facebook, Blog, etc if you wish. The more people following me and giving me support, the better!

Thanks all, and best of luck in the giveaway!

What you can win:

11 prints drawn by me for 8-Bit Girl.blogspot.co.uk
Cole Phelps
Jansen Fried
Jill Valentine
Lara Croft
Link
Lu Bu
Solid Snake
Master Chief
Cole Train 
Sandshrew
Steve from Minecraft

You can also win:-

• A set of large stickers drawn by myself.
• A complete 8-Bit Girl activity book, drawn by myself for my charity blog, Favour In Fun. This book includes colouring sheets, word searches, dot to dots and more! 

How to enter: 

To keep it fair, it is one entry per person, so choose one of these options!

Either:

"Like" and/or comment on this Facebook post. You MUST have "liked"/become a fan/followed 8-Bit Girl's Facebook page for it to count!

or

RT this Twitter post. You MUST be following 8-Bit Girl for this to count!

or 

Email at kayleighjpowis@gmail.com with your name (Twitter handle if you want 8-Bit Girl to mention you if you're the winner). 


Rules/Judging/Etc:

Kayleigh will email the winner for their postal address once the competition has ended. Anyone can enter, as they will be shipped/posted anywhere!

Contest closes on the 6th October 2012. She will probably announce the winner later that day, or the day after!

I hope a lot of you will enter the giveaway, and I look forward to seeing who is the winner!

Lewis

LFCC Roundup Post!

Hey all,

I had a fantastic weekend at the London Film & Comic Con. The stall was a great success, I received so many positive comments and plenty of people loved the prints. The big sellers included Red Queen, Pac-Man, Stormtroopet, Hello From Japan, Ever Dance With The Devil In The Pale Moonlight.

Day 1: Table pretty much ready, and waiting for opening time!

Kayleigh (aka 8-Bit Girl) manning my stall!

People seemed to love my style, and the "masked women", such as Stormtroopet generated a lot of laughs, so they'll be plenty more in this series (look out for a Minecraft Creeper soon)! Check out some of the photos I took below.

I was selling a whole frame of prints for £30. The buyer could choose the prints for the frame.

Another of my frames. 

The third and final frame!

Toucan, Dredd, Lucky Kitty and Dalek stickers were being sold. Goodie bag winners also got one of these!

Some of the small prints on sale. These got a lot of attention! :)

The folder full of all my A4 prints that I was selling. 

Kayleigh (8-Bit Girl) with a brilliant Jack Sparrow!

Kevin Sorbo

The LFCC from above. The stall was on the left hand side towards the back of the shot.

Thank you for all the support throughout the weekend, it was great to hear so much positive feedback. The winner of the print giveaway which was running throughout the LFCC weekend on my stall will be announced in a few days via a random selection. Keep checking out the blog for the winner, and many more updates!

Lewis

FREE Goodie Bag, LFCC...GO!

All my prints and clear wallets have arrived, and I've spent several hours packaging them up, ready for the London Film & Comic Con. Business cards are done, things are packed up and ready (well...almost), and I've got a fun little freebie lined up for some of you who pay a visit to my stall! I'll also be joined by Kayleigh Powis, AKA 8-Bit Girl, who will be helping me man the stall. 


Free Goodie Bags!
Take a look at these:

There's 20 of them all packaged up and ready to give out to twenty of you! I'll be giving away 10 on Saturday, and 10 on Sunday. To qualify for a freebie, please print out the coupon below (either Saturday or Sunday's one...depending on what day you're going!) and present it to me at my stall!


Please note that this is a first come, first served thing...so make sure to get there early! 


Go ahead and print out one of these coupons. It's one per person, and if you're going to both weekend days, you're allowed to try again on the Sunday, but only if I have not already awarded you a goodie bag...as that's just greedy (plus they're all pretty much identical).

So what's in these bags? Sorry, but that's a surprise! You'll find out if you manage to grab one! If you're really wanting to know what is in them...I'm sure I can reveal it once the con is over.


Sign up for a free print giveaway!
Everyone who visits my stall over the weekend and purchases a print (or two...or three!) is eligible to enter my LFCC print giveaway. I've got a form printed out where you can jot down your name and email address. If you would like to do this, then please let me know! No doubt I'll be asking you anyway. :)


The giveaway will end after Sunday's LFCC has closed, and a winner will be picked at random within the next few days after. An email will be sent to the winner and it'll be announced on the blog. As for what you can win...I've not entirely decided that yet, but it'll be a bunch of my prints regardless!


Bargain Prices!
I'll be selling my prints from as little as £2 each. They are all packaged in clear wallets, so you'll be sure there are no grease marks on them or grime from any handsy browsers. 


Also, make sure you ask me about commissions!


So make sure you swing by to say hello, browse and perhaps take a print home if you like what I've drawn! I'm really looking forward to it, so see you there if you're going!


Lewis 

8-Bit Girl Game Art Giveaway!

The lovely 8-Bit Girl is currently giving away 13 of my prints in her giveaway!


Up for grabs are a selection of my gaming related prints, including art inspired by Skyrim, Gears of War, Resident Evil, Zelda, Metroid and others.

Here's what you could win:

Pac Man!

Leon S. Kennedy

Clayton Carmine

Oh, To Be Wed In Skyrim

Mistress Chief

Sexy Samus

Skull Girl

Krauser

Resident Evil 4

Jill Valentine

The Fate of the SS Anne (Pokemon)

Pop Art Link

And an EXCLUSIVE print just for this giveaway!

That's a whopping 13 pieces of art...for free!

Here is an example of one of the prints below...(in this case, it's Clayton Carmine):

HOW TO ENTER

• This will be a Facebook competition. Visit her Facebook page, like and comment on THIS POST, and you'll automatically be entered! (of course...an actual "like" of her Facebook page would be great too if you wish!)

• All entries will be added into a random number generator online, where the randomly chosen number will be declared the winner.

• Once the winner has been chosen, the winner will be declared via 8-Bit Girl's blog, Twitter and Facebook (using the Facebook winners name). The winner should then email her so I can get their postal address!

RULES

• One entry per person. Comments to 8-Bit Girl's Twitter, this current blog entry or 8-Bit Girl's giveaway blog entry will not count (although of course feel free to comment here anyway if you have something to say!), so get on Facebook!

• I'll ship these anywhere, so overseas people...feel free to enter!

• The giveaway will end on the 2nd June 2012. All entries after this time will be invalid.

• Although not required, please "like" Twin Sword Trading on Facebook, and follow on my Twitter page! The more on here, the merrier!

I'd love it if everyone can help promote this. Spread the word on all of those social networking sites, tell your friends, etc! Good luck, and enjoy!