Ed Firth
@edfirth.bsky.social
Art, graphic novels, portraits
Queer, trans ally. He/him
Edwardfirth.com
Queer, trans ally. He/him
Edwardfirth.com
Not my best work (again!) from last night with Louis. But there's always next week... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Not my best work (again!) from last night with Louis. But there's always next week... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
Rare colour pencil work from June session with Louis... He's back tomorrow at ELLD! typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Rare colour pencil work from June session with Louis... He's back tomorrow at ELLD! typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
Next week we draw Louis. This is one of mine from our session back in June. typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Next week we draw Louis. This is one of mine from our session back in June. typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
Speaking of delulu, last year I wrote to one of my comics artist idols, @ralfkoenig.bsky.social and asked if I could visit him in Köln, Germany. He said yes and we spent 3 days hanging out, sketching each other, looking at art. Here's the queer comics legend replying to emails. Make things happen!
November 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Speaking of delulu, last year I wrote to one of my comics artist idols, @ralfkoenig.bsky.social and asked if I could visit him in Köln, Germany. He said yes and we spent 3 days hanging out, sketching each other, looking at art. Here's the queer comics legend replying to emails. Make things happen!
Not my best work last night at East London Life Drawing, but passable. Next week, another new model! typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Not my best work last night at East London Life Drawing, but passable. Next week, another new model! typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
My drawings from this week's East London Life Drawing with Clay. Next Boo-sday things get a lil SPOOKY with our ghoulish garcon Matt... 🎃🎃🎃 typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My drawings from this week's East London Life Drawing with Clay. Next Boo-sday things get a lil SPOOKY with our ghoulish garcon Matt... 🎃🎃🎃 typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
Couple of my sketches from this week's East London Life Drawing. Next week a new model makes his debut... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
October 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Couple of my sketches from this week's East London Life Drawing. Next week a new model makes his debut... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
Some of my biro drawings from last night's East London Life Drawing. We're back same time next week... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
September 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Some of my biro drawings from last night's East London Life Drawing. We're back same time next week... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
Barista getting h-word on main. Brush pen and watercolour.
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Barista getting h-word on main. Brush pen and watercolour.
25 min sketch from a life drawing session on Friday.
September 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
25 min sketch from a life drawing session on Friday.
Some sketches (biro and brushpen) from my life drawing session last night. Amazingly, 2025 marks 10 years since the first East London Life Drawing...
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September 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Some sketches (biro and brushpen) from my life drawing session last night. Amazingly, 2025 marks 10 years since the first East London Life Drawing...
typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
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Next Tuesday we draw curator and model Todd! typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
I love running these sessions, there's so much queer joy and solidarity and a sense of a challenge voluntarily faced together. Plus a gorgeous diversity of art!
I love running these sessions, there's so much queer joy and solidarity and a sense of a challenge voluntarily faced together. Plus a gorgeous diversity of art!
August 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Next Tuesday we draw curator and model Todd! typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
I love running these sessions, there's so much queer joy and solidarity and a sense of a challenge voluntarily faced together. Plus a gorgeous diversity of art!
I love running these sessions, there's so much queer joy and solidarity and a sense of a challenge voluntarily faced together. Plus a gorgeous diversity of art!
Self publishing is great, you get personal contact with your readers, you get paid what you choose, and you don't answer to anyone!! It's still work, but for yourself. I think a lot of people fear the idea of independence. But artists have to be courageous and take risks. And maintain side hustles.
July 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Self publishing is great, you get personal contact with your readers, you get paid what you choose, and you don't answer to anyone!! It's still work, but for yourself. I think a lot of people fear the idea of independence. But artists have to be courageous and take risks. And maintain side hustles.
I self-published via @comicprintinguk.bsky.social, who prints all my work and keeps a copy for himself much like a serial killer keeps a trophy from each of his victims.... Fascinating chap. What would British comics be without him??? I shudder to think. Idk if anyone else would print H&H.
July 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I self-published via @comicprintinguk.bsky.social, who prints all my work and keeps a copy for himself much like a serial killer keeps a trophy from each of his victims.... Fascinating chap. What would British comics be without him??? I shudder to think. Idk if anyone else would print H&H.
And then one day the end was in sight... I was closer to the finish line than I was the start. It took 16 months to make this graphic novel, working almost exclusively on it from 2021-2022, including writing, editing, pencilling, inking with a brush pen and ink wash, scanning and typesetting.
July 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And then one day the end was in sight... I was closer to the finish line than I was the start. It took 16 months to make this graphic novel, working almost exclusively on it from 2021-2022, including writing, editing, pencilling, inking with a brush pen and ink wash, scanning and typesetting.
The work seemed to keep growing, a mountain of small and large tasks requiring research, trial and error, technical precision, creative energy, consideration, time. It would simply never be finished, it was too much work for even a huge team of people to accomplish in a lifetime! Page count: 71...
July 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The work seemed to keep growing, a mountain of small and large tasks requiring research, trial and error, technical precision, creative energy, consideration, time. It would simply never be finished, it was too much work for even a huge team of people to accomplish in a lifetime! Page count: 71...
I wanted to make a greyscale comic, because I hadn't yet. Colouring doesn't come naturally to me. It's the one step of comics I would happily hand over to someone else. But the mood of this story suited a grisaille pallette.
July 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I wanted to make a greyscale comic, because I hadn't yet. Colouring doesn't come naturally to me. It's the one step of comics I would happily hand over to someone else. But the mood of this story suited a grisaille pallette.
I felt vol 1 just scratched the surface, and there was a mood I wanted to explore deeper, the hungry pursuit of satisfaction, a craving to transgress beyond acceptable limits. In my 20s getting messy with friends, I used to get this feeling like "this isn't it". Isn't what? Idk... But it's not this.
July 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I felt vol 1 just scratched the surface, and there was a mood I wanted to explore deeper, the hungry pursuit of satisfaction, a craving to transgress beyond acceptable limits. In my 20s getting messy with friends, I used to get this feeling like "this isn't it". Isn't what? Idk... But it's not this.
Let me tell you, that makes everything longer! You can't gloss over events with an aside, you have to demonstrate each moment in images and speech. But that was the challenge I set myself. I also wanted to explore group dynamics more, trouble brewing amongst characters with differing motivations.
July 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Let me tell you, that makes everything longer! You can't gloss over events with an aside, you have to demonstrate each moment in images and speech. But that was the challenge I set myself. I also wanted to explore group dynamics more, trouble brewing amongst characters with differing motivations.
The 3rd printing of Horny & High vol 2 is here! It's for adults so if you're not one of those, stop reading.
After vol 1 was out, I got started on a longer story. I envisioned maybe 50 pages. But I decided this story would only be told thru dialogue, no narrator framing device. tinyurl.com/5amy354b
After vol 1 was out, I got started on a longer story. I envisioned maybe 50 pages. But I decided this story would only be told thru dialogue, no narrator framing device. tinyurl.com/5amy354b
July 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The 3rd printing of Horny & High vol 2 is here! It's for adults so if you're not one of those, stop reading.
After vol 1 was out, I got started on a longer story. I envisioned maybe 50 pages. But I decided this story would only be told thru dialogue, no narrator framing device. tinyurl.com/5amy354b
After vol 1 was out, I got started on a longer story. I envisioned maybe 50 pages. But I decided this story would only be told thru dialogue, no narrator framing device. tinyurl.com/5amy354b
Next week at East London Life Drawing we draw adult entertainment icon Amadeus! Chek out uncensored pics and book here: typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
July 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Next week at East London Life Drawing we draw adult entertainment icon Amadeus! Chek out uncensored pics and book here: typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
Added some new photos to the product page for my hardback art book... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/poun...
July 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Added some new photos to the product page for my hardback art book... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/poun...
Next week's East London Life Drawing model is taking the Eurostar from Paris for the day just to pose for us... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
July 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Next week's East London Life Drawing model is taking the Eurostar from Paris for the day just to pose for us... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
Archers assemble! Drop some 🏹 bows 🏹
This is an exclusive first peek at the comic I've been working on since I got back from LA...
This is an exclusive first peek at the comic I've been working on since I got back from LA...
June 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Archers assemble! Drop some 🏹 bows 🏹
This is an exclusive first peek at the comic I've been working on since I got back from LA...
This is an exclusive first peek at the comic I've been working on since I got back from LA...
Just found this snapshot from Glasto 2023 by photographer Joshua Lawrence. Sexy bear for scale.
June 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Just found this snapshot from Glasto 2023 by photographer Joshua Lawrence. Sexy bear for scale.