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John Welding
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Pen and ink drawing, comic strips and sketchbooks. Currently drawing the adventures of reanimated war robot Chuffin' Billy.

https://johnweldingdraws.blogspot.com/
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John Welding @johnwelding.bsky.social · Dec 14
FREE PDF Of my Mundane Diary (Jan-Jun 2024) in the link below.

It's a comic strip diary about walking the mundane outskirts of Wakefield, UK.

Download it now: (61mb)

drive.google.com/file/d/173xN...

#DiaryComic #FreePDF #MundaneDiary #ComicStrip #IndieComics #Wakefield
Photo shows the PDF montage cover to John Welding's Mundane Diary PDF superimposed over his work desk which contains a black and white drawing in his A5 sketchbook and the tools he used to create it which is a pencil, traditional dip pen and black Indian ink. Photo contains orange wording 'FREE PDF in the link below...'
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Dredd drawn by RM Guera and H Flint are two artists who capture the energy and imagination of those early Ezquerra and McMahon strips.

It's the kind of retro-future nostalgia meant for Saturday mornings that only comic shops can provide.

#SaturdayMorning #ComicInspirations #WakefieldComics616
February 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Here we go again. A huge redevelopment.

BBC News - Wakefield's Ridings Shopping Centre to be bulldozed - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wakefield's Ridings Shopping Centre to be bulldozed
The 1980s-built precinct and four tower blocks will be demolished to make way for a new development.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Mark making in the park before The Bone Temple.
Black and white brush pen drawing in a sketchbook of a tree in a park.
January 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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28 Years Later was my favourite film in a long time. The style and soundtrack won me over and the decision to not go with the 'manly man' version and give something different was refreshing.

It's with a certain trepidation that I am going to see The Bone Temple this afternoon.

#MomentoAmoris
January 16, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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I got hit by the giant in your face WIP that is the new Windows 11 Start Menu this week.

Luckily #Windhawk Windows 11 Start Menu Styler mod has a ‘Disable new start menu layout’ toggle, leave Theme set to None and you have the previous proportioned Start Menu back.

Windhawk.net
New butt ugly windows 11 start menu. Takes up way too much screen real estate and puts the search bar and icons further away. This is on a 23 inch monitor. Windows theme is set to light and transparency is off. Windhawk Windows 11 Start Menu Styler mod is disabled. Windhawk Windows 11 Start Menu Styler mod is enabled which returns the Start Menu to its original proportions. Theme is set to None. 'Disable the new start menu layout' is toggled on. The Search Bar menu is still huge if you search/Run/CMD etc but I can live with that. Why is modern software a process of turning new features OFF!
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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Bletchley Cinema was my #ChildhoodCinema
January 12, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Another night another panel done.
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Drawing outside on the way home from Asda somewhere Durkar Low Lane. 6°c and overcast. Gave up after 25 minutes. Hands and back seized up. Shuffled off home for black Redbush tea and a Snickers bar.
December 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Henry one of the few brands like tyrrells (crisps) and Sainsbury's (sausages) that I am happy to promote for free. Absolutely world class vacuum cleaner. Manoeuvrability is woeful, but my god, what a suck.
garius.bsky.social John Bull @garius.bsky.social · Dec 28
Amyway. Every memtion of tax-dodger supreme James Dyson is an excuse to remind everyone that Henry vaccuums are incredible AND made in the UK.

www.myhenry.com/henry-hvr160

Gonna get their pet hair one when our current machine dies.
Henry
<p>The nations best loved vacuum and chosen by millions for his reliability, high performance and of course, his cheeky smile. Henry is the UK’s best-selling vacuum. </p>
www.myhenry.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Panel drawn while watching Osgood Perkins's Keeper.

I really enjoyed the film and the drawing.
December 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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This morning. Drawing outside. Sandal Castle. Brush pen, watercolour, A5 sketchbook.
The photo shows a brush pen and watercolour drawing in an A5 sketchbook. The remains of Sandal Castle, West Yorkshire are in the background. Text reads ' visited Sandal Castle to meet a friend and collect my Christmas dinner from the castle Cafe. A stranger in the car park shouted that I 'needed to wear gloves in weather like this!'
December 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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This morning, drawing outside at Calder Wetlands.
Black ink. Brush pen drawing. Sketchbook. Old rope.
December 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
johnwelding.bsky.social
FREE PDF Of my Mundane Diary (Jan-Jun 2024) in the link below.

It's a comic strip diary about walking the mundane outskirts of Wakefield, UK.

Download it now: (61mb)

drive.google.com/file/d/173xN...

#DiaryComic #FreePDF #MundaneDiary #ComicStrip #IndieComics #Wakefield
Photo shows the PDF montage cover to John Welding's Mundane Diary PDF superimposed over his work desk which contains a black and white drawing in his A5 sketchbook and the tools he used to create it which is a pencil, traditional dip pen and black Indian ink. Photo contains orange wording 'FREE PDF in the link below...'
December 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Designing a little character in the latest Chuffin' Billy comic strip.

The angry little left overs that are Chuffin' Willy.
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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'Jones goes for a walk'. Drawing from February 2015.

I thought this was lost long ago. Found it tucked away while looking for something else in the sketchbook graveyard.
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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WIP Back working in the real world with brush pen on A3 paper.
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Watching the excellent Catweazle season 1 on YouTube. Kids and magic TV series from 1970.
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Chancellor Reeves November pre budget speech.

Why does it all sound so familiar?
Cartoon by John Welding from 2017 based on the film Frankenstein (1931) showing the then Prime Minister May standing over the living corpse of Great Britain declaring, "It's alive... and strong... and stable!" mocking the Tory slogan of the day.
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Did a little impromptu paper and ink performance for someone's special day this morning.

(I've replaced the original birthday wishes with some inane babbling from the internet!)
November 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Watched 'Protein' the other night and really enjoyed it (my only real complaint is the lead character is too stoic!).

The 'Ken Loach' meets vigilante serial killer angle worked for me as did the similarity to 1999's (eat to live) Ravenous.
Black and white brush pen drawing and notes with a grey scale textured overlay (from the artist's own photo library). He watched the film 'Protein' the other night and quite enjoyed it. Enough to draw characters from memory at least.
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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It's been a weird year for my drawing.

It kind of peaked using a computer and I wasn't able to sustain or replicate the results I was getting.

With all the Ai shenanigans going on at the minute, my response is to go back to basics and draw freehand with a brush pen.

Drawing direct.
Photo shows an A4 page of drawing and notes of vegetation and a robot using a black Pental Colour Brush Pen. I am trying to get back to basics. It's been a weird year for my drawing. It kind of peaked using a computer and I wasn't able to sustain or replicate the results I was getting. With all the Ai shenanigans going on at the minute, my response is to go back to basics and draw freehand with a brush pen. Drawing direct. Using as little guidance from artificial means like a light box or computer software to edit the image. Close up of the previous Photo showing an A4 page of drawing and notes of vegetation, trees and a robot using a black Pental Colour Brush Pen. I am trying to get back to basics. It's been a weird year for my drawing. It kind of peaked using a computer and I wasn't able to sustain or replicate the results I was getting. With all the Ai shenanigans going on at the minute, my response is to go back to basics and draw freehand with a brush pen. Drawing direct. Using as little guidance from artificial means like a light box or computer software to edit the image. Close up of the previous Photo showing an A4 page of drawing and notes of vegetation, trees and a robot using a black Pental Colour Brush Pen. I am trying to get back to basics. It's been a weird year for my drawing. It kind of peaked using a computer and I wasn't able to sustain or replicate the results I was getting. With all the Ai shenanigans going on at the minute, my response is to go back to basics and draw with a brush pen. Drawing direct. Using as little guidance from artificial means, like a light box or computer software, to edit the image.
October 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I work part time in recruitment (admin, min wage) so know the amount of checks already in place.

Digital ID has nothing to do with controlling migration and everything to do with pandering to the elusive far right vote.

#LaboursLibDemMoment Vote Green in future.
Black and white sketch of a futuristic fascist Mega City Judge threatening consequences for the crime...of not having ID.
September 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Been awhile.

Mark making outside.
September 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Notes on refilling a Pental Colour Brush Pen - refilling never really worked for me, it loses the hairline/bold mark making quality I love it for.

However I recently discovered, dipping the brush in water and gently squeezing dilutes the ink enough to restore it's gorgeous inky qualities.
August 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM