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House of Harley
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Purveyors of comics to amuse and confuse since 1987. Home of the annual anthology UGLY MUG, along with a growing range of art books. Member of Mystery Dick and Pestrepeller bands. Tried and failed to join The Fall. https://houseofharley.net
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Going crackers: part 2 of our festive mini-series. Things are getting a little abstract as the big day approaches...
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#art #drawing #sketchbooks #Christmas #Xmas #SantaClaus
December 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Crackers: a revised and expanded sketchbook post from Christmas past... the first of a festive mini-series...
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#art #drawings #sketchbooks #santaclaus
December 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Stumble and struggle (part 2): our heroine picks herself up and rediscovers a sense of purpose, only to be faced with new worries...
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#art #drawing #movement #nude #figuredrawing #motion
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Trifling: some enlarged sketchbook drawings in colours that reminded the HoH team of a certain English layered dessert.
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#art #drawing #sketchbooks #trifles #desserts
December 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Folderol: a long-haired lady with a flower in her hair, getting ready to sing a merry olde English tune for Christmas.
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#art #drawings #nudes #women
December 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Kelly Green: an illustrated mini-review of this bumper collection from Classic Comics Press. Five beautifully drawn tales about KG whose job as 'go-between' leads to daily dealings with the criminal underworld.
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#comics #standrake #leonardstarr #crimefiction #crime
December 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Marie meets Maria: some tender scenes from a Jess Franco movie. See our new Patreon gallery...
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#art #drawing #faces #women
December 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Stumble and struggle (part 1): problems overcome in the latest post to our digital boudoir...
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#art #drawing #nudes #women #movement #motion #action
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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See what I mean? This July 2020 sketchbook post has now been expanded in our Patreon Digital Gallery. An example of the HoH preoccupation with vision, and some of the drawings here ended up being repurposed for Ugly Mug.
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#art #drawing #sketchbooks #faces #sight
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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No ifs some butts: elegantly minimal, slightly ghostly nudes in blue. An expanded version of a blog post from September 2020 now available in our Patreon boudoir.
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#art #drawing #nudes #minimalism #sketchbooks
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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As well as posting regular new drawings to our Patreon clubs, we're going to be sharing enhanced versions of old posts and giving the drawings that populate our notoriously busy sketchbook spreads the opportunity to breathe.
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#art #drawing #sketchbooks #faces #people
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Look what I just saw in a bookshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania @acmedarryl.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Stand still, comedians! The HoH pays tribute in pencil sketch form to a daft and irresponsible social media phenomenon. See our 18+ Patreon boudoir...
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#art #drawing #pencildrawing #comedy #socialmedia
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Stand and stir: enlarged from a page of dance and movement studies. For more, join our new Patreon club, for a paltry £2 a month.
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#art #drawing #movement #dancing #motion #figurestudies
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The House of Harley, like any building of military significance, has a 24-hour security detail prowling its perimeter day and night. To see them strutting their stuff, sign up to our new Patreon club.
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#art #drawing #guards #security #uniform
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Bewitched and bothered: see the link below for a full page of facial expression studies in pencil. Inspired by a certain beloved '60s sitcom actress... although not in any sort of accurate-likeness-type way.
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#art #drawing #people #faces #women #elizabethmontgomery
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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The Bugle features comic strips in a vintage northern British vein. The creation of small-press artists John Bagnall and Phil Bartle, with guests Ed Pinsent, Marc Baines & a new HoH character, Lady Backenforth. Don’t be frugal, buy the Bugle!
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#comics #Britishcomics
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Take out: a tribute to all those who have their food delivered. See our latest blog post: houseofharley.net/take-out/
#art #figuredrawing #food #takeaways #movement #nudes #elegance
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Don't be frugle, buy The Bugle! Chuffed to have a story in 'Slackdale's Super Comic for Grown-Up Boys and Girls'. It will be available at Thought Bubble and launches with live music and original art next Friday (14th Nov) at Consett Heart Heritage & Arts Centre.
#britishcomics #comics #thebugle
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Playing the field: the House of Harley will be back in 2026 with a new issue of Ugly Mug and lots more art goodies. In the meantime, enjoy a kickabout. Full view of the pitch at...
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#art #drawing #sketchbooks #football #sport #action #movement #men
September 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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That cat won't jump: a portrait from a recent train journey in London. See the full set on the blog.
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#art #drawing #people #urbansketching #faces #LondonUnderground #travel #commuters
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Stretching a point: I filled 3 pages with pen & ink studies of Mia Valentine posing for a life drawing session. Each 2-3 inches high. Here's two from the last page.
See houseofharley.net/stretching-a... for the whole set. #art #drawing #figuredrawing #nudes #women #penandink #movement #poses
September 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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TODAY (Sunday 21st Sept) - don't miss out, it's your last chance to order our comics UGLY MUG and NAKED KNOWLEDGE before our Etsy shop shuts down for a few months.
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#comics #comix #independentcomics #Britishcomics #undergroundcomics #humour #satire #UglyMug
September 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Midnight this Sunday (21st Sept) is your last chance to order these eye-bending, pulse-raising art books from our Etsy shop before we head off to roam the interstellar highways for who knows how long. Don't miss out!
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#art #artists #artbooks #lifedrawing #forsale
September 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Turnaround: the catwalk is curved in our latest fashion-inspired sketchbook update.
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#art #drawing #sketchbooks #fashion #clothes #fashionillustration #women
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM