After waiting for Andy to get back from one of his holidays, I finally got an answer from him on the latest development on the tapestry work. So he's told me on which tapestry set he would like me to do and how do I get it done this year.

The tapestry chosen for this year...:

Before I got started on the final tapestry set, Andy has asked to try make to colour a little more darker, and similar to the previous tapestry set (by that he means get some shades of colour the same instead of going for a different shade) in Kendal Calling.

​Photos of Progress:

As soon as I got the work drawn, I took it straight onto photoshop and started colouring the set.

​Colouring in progress:

Finally when that was all finished, I waited till Andy was free to meet up and and to show him the effort I made in the final set. When I showed him the work and the original set, he said the work I made was close to get it right but has the best effort possible and the composition set in better than he can hope.

Very soon Andy will be getting someone to improve the colours a bit and get set on display, for this year's Kendal Calling which I'm looking forward to seeing this year.

Shortly after waiting for an answer on the first set of ideas for Kendal Calling, my friend Andy Smith has decided on 2 out 4 ideas he likes better for the next development and got to work on them very quickly, this time there is a little more detail and activity in them.

Second Set of Ideas for Kendal Calling:

Andy was away on holiday when I send some pictures to show him, it wasn't till the next day I got a text from him saying he likes the top idea better, it's got more of the squid people gathering around one of the singers in the picture.

With this idea confirmed for the as the main tapestry design, I get to work with more developments and details on this idea. There are one or two things I took from the other idea to go with the nest design.

The First Development:

Andy was still away on holiday, but has told to try and get some colours similar to the other tapestries that are on display. I wasn't sure at first, but then I realised there is an alternative to try, what I did was get a few copies of the picture and each one of the copies (including the original) in several colour, some of them are similar in lighter or darker shade of colour.

First Developments (in Colour):

Andy also suggested on trying this on computer to make the colours more bolder and not showing any signs of pen or pencil markings in the design. When I to work in the final development (which is a little bit bigger in paper size) and much better detail and activity I went to give this a try on photoshop.

The Final Development (Original):

I have just send them to Andy, to see if any changes in detail and colour before I get to work on the final tapestry design...

After last year's event at Kendal Calling, I have waited for a long while for new ideas for this year's event. I was getting a little anxious but still determined on getting the work done, and finally last weekend I've been given this year's tapestry idea.

Tapestry design Idea:

From seeing this idea set and what needs to be written on there I get to work on some rough ideas and quickly got to the first ideas through the rest of the weekend.

Rough Ideas:

Last week, I was free from work and everything else to spent time with my family to go to Kendal Calling.

Photos of the Event:

I was a good week off, to go there to see some of the events, shows, food and drinks. My family and I definitely dressing up towards the end, but what I was really happy about was seeing the artwork I was asked last year...

Final Tapestry Design:

As soon as I saw my artwork, I notice a slight change in adjustments and composition yet I am happy to see on display with all the spare I could from everything else and I hope to see it again next year and the year after, and so on..., because this is one of the best work I've done.

I was final able to get Jamie make his final decision on which idea he likes best for his movie tapestry designs for Kendal Calling. When the decision was made I got straight to work on some developments and this time, I've added in some colour this time.

After each drawing that I've done I checked with Jamie to ask if there were any changes in words, composition or colour needs.

First developments:

Poseidon-

No changes needed except one or two shades of blue to make the composition of the drawing a little brighter and clearer to see the design and the writing.

No changes needed for this drawing.

Jamie says the writing should say, "Kendal Calling should join Captain Nemo's crew and explore, the wonders of life under the sea".

No changes needed for this drawing.

For the writing at the bottom of the drawing, Jamie says instead of putting the word "And," it should just say "I'm gonna make this thing Bleed!"

No changes needed for this drawing.

No changes needed for this drawing.

No changes needed for this drawing.

Jamie says the writing should say, "SS Kendal Calling must help the pirates fight against... !The Black Pearl!"

With these drawings looked through and the changes suggested to Jamie, I get on the final developments before I get to work on the final designs. But as I was going through next set I may have made slight changes in the them.

Final Developments:

Poseidon-

No Changes for this drawing.

For the writing at the bottom of the drawing, instead of putting the word "Join," twice I put in "You can join... Miss Piggy's tribe or John Silver's crew?!"

I accidentally forgot to put in a for "captain", in the writing, but that is a lesson learned.

No changes needed for the drawing.

No changes needed for this drawing.

I accidentally to put in "Against" with the writing on top of the drawing, that way it would have said, "All of Greece has united against the... !!!Persian Army!!!" Another lesson learned.

No changes needed for this drawing.

No changes needed for this drawing.

No changes needed for this drawing.

With these final developments, I double-checked with Jamie one last time if there were still any changes needed for the final drawings, yet so far he was happy to see the progress I made and no changes were needed so I got work on finishing the task before the end of May.

The other week I was feeling able to meet-up with Jamie in Arnside after work and in a anxious and desperate set (because I haven't got any answers from and I really busy with work), I was finally able to get some answers from each movie, on 2 out of 4 are the best ideas he likes and immediately got started on them.

First Movie Ideas:

This week I will be getting to meet with Jamie, where he has to make a decision from each movie, which one he'll like for the final tapestry design for this year's Kendal Calling.

While waiting to either meet with Jamie or get a phone call from, I went to meet with his brother Andy. I went to meet him at his home in Arnside and final handed in the final drawing of tapestry designs of Kendal Calling, both space theme and the previous years 2019, 2022 and 2023.

As he was looking through each drawing I've done, he was amazed at how much effort and spare-time I made to get them drawn. What he has told is that the drawings in the previous year (2019, 2022 and 2023) will soon be on display for this year. 

The space theme drawings will be on display years later, because we have discussed it before when I showed him the developments before drawing the final set, which is fine, I look forward to see them on display as soon as possible. And I definitely am looking to see the drawings of the previous years on display for this year's Kendal Calling. 

Think got a little more challenging for me to with, as soon as I was finished with drawings both the space theme for this year and the design for the previous years for Andy Smith, I immediately got started on working on some new tapestry designs for his brother, Jamie. This time, it's a movie sea theme. Every year at Kendal Calling from every theme event there is always a big tent where people (both men, women and children) can go and watch a movie and in that event there'll always be rota or timesheet on what's on: 

It was a little difficult to watch any of them that are of sea world back at home, because the wi-fi is cut and me and my parents can't do much about it until it is sorted. So with some that I'm familiar with because I watch them loads of times and others not so much, I had videos clips on YouTube or if they're able watch them on Netflix and one movie to the other create some rough ideas each set as a Kendal Calling design...