Jason Heeley
@jaseheeley.bsky.social
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Intermittent illustrator and cat treat administrator. Sumptuously upholstered.
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Don't mind me, I'm just reposting some art so I can make it my pinned post...
My illustration for the cover of BEASTS IN THE CELLAR, detailing the film career of Tony Tenser, founder of the legendary Tigon British Film Productions. Written by John Hamilton and published by FAB Press, this was a true delight to work on. Mostly painted in Procreate and tweaked in Photoshop. My cover illustration for the personal memoir of legendary director and Master of Horror, Stuart Gordon. Published by FAB Press. This one was not only a treat to work on, but an honour. Made with Procreate on an iPad. A mock 1970s U.K. children's annual I created, based on the work of the government's Central Office of Information, whose notorious and often terrifying Public Information Films remain permanently imprinted on the minds of so many 20th century British kids. Painted in Procreate, with text and graphics added in Affinity Designer and Photoshop. Various bits and pieces I've been lucky enough to have the opportunity to create over the years for Bob Fischer's wonderful Haunted Generation project. All vectors created with Affinity Designer and other tinkering done in Photoshop.
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Like a stray Scampi Fry that's been trapped in one of the seams since 1994.
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Bet a scampi costume has a very specific fug inside it though.
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I’m bloody annoyed to discover from that link that a book was released a few years ago and I can’t find a copy online! *Wails inconsolably*
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Well, he is an irredeemable c*nt too.
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There is that, yes. Affinity Photo does pretty much everything I’ll ever need it for so as long as OS changes don’t break it, it should be fine.
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And?!? How else do you conduct important meetings?
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Excuse me, but no. Cats should also be involved.
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Meanwhile, after ditching Adobe again, I'm concerned that Affinity might be going down the pan after it's acquisition by Canva. I could be entirely wrong of course, but these sorts of overly-vague announcements rarely seem to imply anything good for an application's end users.
Screengrab of a Facebook post from Affinity (Serif), announcing that: "Creative freedom is coming".
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I have a very particular frown reserved for anyone who doesn't have an unappeasable appetite for 20th century illustration.
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The Nastyene Consciousness.

That's all I've got, sorry.
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I binned Photoshop off (again) last week, after they e-mailed to say they were raising the cost of the basic 'Photo' plan from a tenner a month to just under £22. I don't need Lightroom or their cloud storage and I'm certainly not paying for all the shitty gen-AI they're pushing.
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I should probably advertise more often. You can buy prints from me, commission pictures, make 3d models, animation, come up with excellent ideas, all sorts. tell your mates. cheers.
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Sorry to hear it mate, that's rotten.
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It won't explain the charging problem, but might explain the crashes.
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Hyperbollocks, more like.