This year me and one of my fellow illustration buddies headed off to the Leeds based illustration festival 'Thought Bubble'. This was my first year attending the convention and hadn't previously heard of it despite being only an hour away from it on the train back home. It was an overall awesome experience. There were so many illustrators and artists who's work I loved, all in one place! There was so much to look at it was hard to take everything in, and the urge to blow my entire student loan on zines, art books and other adorable, interesting and awe inspiring merchandise was hard to resist. It was lovely meeting and talking to a few of the illustrators at their stalls, and I was a little taken aback by the open armed approach most of these illustrators displayed; I guess unlike celebrities they still keep their feet very much on the ground despite their success in the industry. It was also lovely to see and speak to Matt Forsythe, I bought one of his zines and he did a small personalised doodle for me to say thanks. I'll definitely be going back again next year!
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