I am @TomBishopp

Since coming back from University for the Christmas holidays I have been working on my cooking ability and skills within the kitchen. Seeing as I can only afford the very basics at university (beans, pasta, cheese and sausages), I have been cooking with the delights I found in my mothers fridge. As I’m not paying the bill I thought I would concoct some delicious culinary delights and share them on here…

First Attempt at a Bacon and Philadelphia bap with crusty bread:

The results were delicious but the recipe needs more refinement (more bacon).

Second Attempt:

More Bacon.

These worked much better than before, I cooked the bacon just right, with a soft supple flavour restrained in the meat and the rind almost burnt to a crisp. I chose to serve these in soft white buns with a hot tomato relish, creating perfect contrast between the cool flavours of the Philadelphia cream cheese.

All in all, a roaring success.

Today I went to the cover shoot for the next issue of bullet magazine, due out in January. As I had helped to organise the model (Bridget) whom I also live with. Organising the model needed to be as quick as possible due to the fact that I had only found out about the shoot from Sam Dowse several days ago. The shoot itself was a huge success, shot by my friend, course mate and talented photographer Christopher Algar.

Here are some behind the scenes shots I managed to take:

my handwriting has poor kerning. FUCK.

As part of our first module for Visual Expression we were given a brief to design the book cover for the novel “one flew over the cuckoo’s nest” by Ken Kesey. With this project I looked at how the characterisation of the main characters were portrayed in the novel, eventually settling on the idea that the main character R.P. McMurphy was a fish out of water. With some strong themes running through the book I wanted to create a stark cover giving an uneasy outcome through the style of image.

I created the image myself by taking a photo of a fish, I wanted to use screen-printing as an analogue technique, as this was my first time screen printing I am really happy with how the final prints turned out and they look great on my cover.

Hello again!

First things first, I’m really sorry for not blogging for such a long time! My life has been turned upside down over the past half year, through university workload, my home life, love life and even social life. I feel I’ve got everything sorted out now, back on track and ready to blast out my creative juices with Second year!

This summer I went on holiday with my now ex girlfriend, we took a long weekend in Paris. Just as tourists we saw some amazing sights and it truly was one of the best weeks of my life.

Throughout the summer I worked in a design agency, loving every second. I took part in live briefs, rebrands and even public sector artwork! So I pretty much had a whale of a time.

Also having celebrated my 20^th birthday over the summer I feel like my life now has a direction, I know where I want to go and what to do about getting there. I want to push myself much further this year, stretch myself and to break through my current limits.

Moving back to Lincoln was another point where I feel I grew up, moving away from first year, this year counts and I will do all I can to be at the top of the stack. My passion for design has done nothing but burn within me, I now have nothing holding me back but myself. The potential that grows within me is looking for a chance to prove to myself that I have got what it takes.

Second year, let’s go!