Illustration of the Day: 11th of March

 

 

The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku was a magnitude 9.03 (Mw) undersea megaearthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred on 11th of March 2011. It was the most powerful known earthquake ever to have hit Japan. The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that reached heights of up to 40.5 metres and which, in the Sendai area, travelled up to 10 km inland. The earthquake moved Honshu (the main island of Japan) 2.4 m east and shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm and 25 cm.

 

Belated March 4th illustration

An illustration about March 4th. The date which brought us the first recorded case of the 1918 Spanish flu, ushering in a global pandemic that killed 50-100 million people, the landslide election victory for Robert Mugabe in 1980 starting him on the not very long road to dictatorship and the 2001 bombing attempt of the BBC television center.

(Nice things did happen on the 4th of March too, like the US congress sitting for the first time, effectively putting the United States constitution into effect as well as the writing an proposition of the Bill of Rights and the first female member of the house of representatives is elected.)

Flotian Exhibition in Beijing

Some of the Hurdy Gurdy members would like to let you know they have work being exhibited in the first Flotian exhibition in Beijing that opens this week. If you happen to be in the area go check it out. There are loads of great artists involved. You can learn more about Flotian here. Above image by Alix Bigois-Jeambrun

One day, One event, One illustration: 25th February

On the 25th February 1841 Pierre Auguste Renoir was born. 

One of the most independent painters of his period famous most for paintings of female nude. 

Valentines Craft workshops, Valentine @ Late Museum of London

One Day, One Event, One Illustration: 18th Feb

Continuing our new online project I present to you the story of Elm Farm Ollie; the first cow to fly in an aircraft on the 18th February 1930! 
They milked her mid flight and parachuted cartons of fresh dairy goodness to the spectators below - no word of a lie.
In homage to Elm Farm Ollie (otherwise known as Sky Queen) here is my very own flying cow. 
I thought after the recent UK horse-instead-of-cow supermarket scandal it was only fair that cows have a bash at the 'mystical flying creature' niche market.

By the way guys - the Valentine's Workshop was a roaring success! Stay posted for pictures!

One day, one event, one illustration

Hello guys!
We are back with a new exciting illustration project!
Every Monday, one member of HG will illustrate an event or a birth that happened on that specific day!
Today, it is my turn, and here is what happened 36 years ago...

On 11th February 1977 was caught off in Nova Scotia, Canada,  the heaviest crustacean, a 20.2kg lobster!! This is the heaviest lobster that has been recorded since. Yes I know, that's massive and huge on your plate... Here is the illustration that goes with this crazy catch.

What do you think? Would you like to have a lobster pattern in your home like this one?

We also have another exciting event taking place at Museum of London. We will be running Valentine's workshops on 14th February! It is already sold out but stay around, we will share pictures with you!