Sheep by emma stott

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Welcome to the first magazine of Sheep for young creative individuals who don’t follow the crowd. The name came from a childhood memory of mine, when I have 7 years old. I was in a school play and everyone was told to bring in a Greek costume, obviously I miss heard my teacher and I brought in a sheep costume. I walked into the classroom on the day of the play, in my sheep costume and realised I had made a mistake. I did the play and just had to laugh about it afterwards. The message of the story is to not take yourself to seriously, to have fun in life and it’s ok to make mistakes . Don’t be a follower be yourself. I hope you enjoy reading this magazine as much as I did making it.

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Street fashion Music Film Interview Interview Interview Relationship Advice Money advice Fashion Health Food Art Blogs Travel Horoscope Games

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Manchester street style New releases this month What to see at the cinema Text book studio Adam Hayes Michelle Thompson How to make love last Make your money go further English Heritage Food that’s good for you Recipes Exhibitions / Books Design inspiration Berlin What your stars say Dot to dot/ Crossword

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Burgundy jumper £12.99 H and M

Black cropped jumper £25 River Island

Navy planet jumper £55 Topshop

Beige owl jumper £35 River Island

This season it’s all about the wooly jumper, especially with winter on it’s way, this is a must have in any wardrobe. Wear with skinny jeans or a pencil skirt jumpers will brighten up any winter day. With retro inspired knits making a huge comeback this year, you can cosy up without the worry of being out of style. We went on the hunt to find out the best jumpers out there on the high street.

Knitted studded jumper £48 Topshop

Turquoise 3/4 sleeved jumper £9.99 H and M

Navy beaded jumper £50 River Island

Pink lana del rey jumper £19.99 H and M

Red striped jumper £18 River Island

Black embellished jumper £35 Dorothy Perkins

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Jake Bugg Only 18 years old, this working class Nottingham lad debut album is definitely the best new comer to come out of 2012. With his acoustic guitar and inspiration from Hendrix and Dylan his sound is folk and blues rock. He writes catchy songs about masculine concerns. Listen if you like: Johnny Cash and Arctic Monkeys Look out for: Lightning Bolt

To Rome with love- Is a Woody Allen classic full of wit, humour and irony. Set in the gorgeous streets of Rome we follow several visitors and residents of this beautiful city. If you like Woody’s Midnight in Paris I’m sure you’ll enjoy this one. Woody Allen channels the spirit of Italy with four engaging tales of sex, celebrity and married life.

Frankenweenie (17th October) Stop motion animation from creative Tim Burton

Muse Fans have already gone mad over this album, due to its debut song Madness, Muse are better than ever. No one would ever have expected this anthem rock group would ever have gone dub step bass but it seems to work. The 2nd Law holds onto the best of what has gone before and builds in something new and exciting. Listen if you like: Queen, Led Zeppelin and Pet Shop Boys

Savages- This movie Wolf Alice Are the brand new band with a lot of buzz around them at the mo. Listen to ‘Leaving You’ and you’ll see why. The London trio make psycho freak pop rock with vocals from the stunning voice of Ellie Rowsell.

Spector Following on from support dates with Florence + the Machine, Irish Indie band Spector new song celestine is worth a download.

Skyfall (26th October) The third instalment in the mightily successful James Bond. Cloud Atlas (26th October ) An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future.

The xx For those who love the sad and romantic sound of the Mercurywinning band of 2009, now comes there second album Coexist. The band hasn’t changed its signature sound too much just grown in confidence taking on a fresh sound of there less is more tactic. Listen if you like: Radiohead, Bat for lashes and The Foals Look out for: Angels

Band’s to look out for

Coming out soon

shouts out Oliver Stone all over, with drug-fuelled thriller, violence and sexual encounters you won’t be disappointed. The adaptation of the best selling novel sees 2 California marajuna growers take on the ruthless drug-gang in Mexico, to get back the girl they love.

The perks of being a wallflower- Is a coming of age movie about a lonely freshman who is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world. Anyone can identify with this film about love, loss, fear and hope and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.

Film to Rent/Buy: Moonrise Kingdom Represents the innocence of young love, about two twelve year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness.

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Textbook Studio

Textbook studio is a creative design studio based in Manchester. The three members blend hand-crafted techniques with modern software producing work that is individual and visually stimulating. Q: How did you get into this industry? The three of us all studied design at Stockport College, all worked at a design and educational venture based in Stockport College called LITFI for a year, then decided to set up on our own. A year and a half later and we’re still here doing work that we love. Q: What is your favourite thing about designing? One of our favourite things about design is helping people communicate. Obviously this can be used in negative ways by communicating things that aren’t necessarily that great, but that leads us the other thing that we love about design; that we’re self employed. This allows us to choose the kind of work we want to do, we can help communicate things that we’re passionate about and work for people who we think are doing some good. Q: Tell us about your average day? Get into the studio for 9, check my to-do list and start working through it. The list varies from day to day, sometimes it’s full of sending emails, sometimes designing, sometimes making/binding/letter pressing. Sometimes it’s empty (not very often) and I have to then find things to fill it with, which pretty much means looking for work or thinking about self initiated projects.

Q: Tell us about a project you’ve been particularly proud of ? Well we’re kind of proud of all our work in lots of different ways. We like Sounds From The Other City and Hyde Community Orchard because we got to see all the people at each event using them. We like our work for Doof because they’re a family run business that make great food and we think we made something that gets their personality across. We like the Help Japan Art Sale and the Age UK work because it was for a good cause and was raising attention to important issues. We like the Fourth Floor Film Night Posters because we have a great community of people who come along to the film nights and making those posters is a lot of fun. That’s perhaps a slightly evasive answer, but we’re proud of everything, just in different ways. Q: What advice would you give for any aspiring graphic designers? Make sure you’re happy. If you’re doing something and you’re not happy then you shouldn’t be doing it. I’m not saying quit design, just rethink what you’re doing as a designer. www.textbookstudio.co.uk

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MR A HAYES

Adam Hayes is a illustrator and designer based in London. Best known for hand-rendered typography Adam has built up a wide range of clients worldwide. Q: How did you get into this industry? I studied Graphic design at Buckinghamshire Chilterns Uni (now Bucks New uni) and after graduating I began to arrange meetings with designers I admired just to chat or show them my portfolio. I quickly realised I hadn’t got the projects I needed to get work, at that point so I decided to apply for some postgraduate study. I studied at the RCA where i concentrated on hand drawn typography projects, with the purpose of building up a new body of work which would hopefully lead to me being able to work as a freelancer designer/ illustrator. During this time I put all new work on my website and tried to promote it, I began

During this time I put all new work on my website and tried to promote it, I began gaining freelance work (which helped pay for my time at the RCA) and by the time I graduated, the transition to a full time freelance roll was a natural process. Q: What is your favourite thing about designing? I love to draw, and the best part of a design process is when I’m drawing up ideas in my sketchbook. All of my work begins as a pencil drawing in my sketchbooks, and it’s not until I have the finalised idea that I take it out and re-draw on a larger sheet of paper (usually A3). The energy and variety of ideas and thoughts in the sketchbooks is something I always try to get across in the final artworks, but this is not always that easy. Q: Tell us about your average day? I’ve just moved to the countryside, having lived in London for 7 years. So my average day has changed a little bit and I’m still adapting to a new routine.

Right now I like to get up early, as I know I work best in the mornings. Then, depending on how much work I have on I’ll either sit in the studio or go out for a bike ride or run. My average day in London would be a long day working in the studio, by moving to the countryside I’m hoping I will work a little less and have more time to work on projects which are not commercial. Q: What advice would you give for any aspiring graphic designers? There’s lots of advice I could give, and lots I’ve learned from making mistakes myself. I guess a big thing to remember is there’s lots of you - design and art graduates I mean - so you really have to stand out and be doing something unique and interesting. My old university tutor told me to ‘just keep drawing’, and that’s what I’ve done ever since. I think that’s pretty good advice.

www.mrahayes.co.uk

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New Scientist: The great seed Blitzrieg Michelle Thompson

“Red always red”

Michelle Thompson has been at the forefront of illustration since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1996. She has worked successfully in publishing, editorial and design. Her work includes mark making, collage and photography combined with digital processes. She works with found and created elements, figurative, abstract and typographic. Tell us about your art/ design background. How did you get into designing? After completing a MA at the Royal College of Art I worked in a gallery in South Kensington three days a week. This was enough to pay my bills and then gave me enough time to take my portfolio to agencies, publishers etc - which I did without fail every week. After a few years I left the gallery to teach at Loughborough two days a week, again giving me the regular money to pay bills but the time to work on commissions. During this time I began to get a regular client list. Then eight years ago I left teaching to work full time and to have children.

Tell us about a project your particularly proud of ? I’m proud of the fact that I worked on a big advertising campaign for Vaughan Oliver. They sent my portfolio to Italy without telling me then briefed me in the pub! I had to produce illustrations which they then added their photography onto, three images in a weekend. What inspires you the most? I hate to say it but money! Illustration is a job to me, I do it to make money. What are your main themes/style you use in your work? Red always red! Lots of texture and cut out heads, figures and hands. Few splashes and scribbles. How would you describe your creative process? A brief comes in, I make a list of elements and start looking for them. I have boxes of collages material which I’ve collected over the years. Takes a day to go through it all but I get a pile together and start working up the illustration by scanning the materials and working them in Photoshop. Then it’s a bit like a jigsaw. www.michelle-thompson.com

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Communicate

Spend quality time together

(tell them what your feeling)

(Take a walk, go out for dinner, do something that will create good memories).

Have your own friends someone you can talk to, get an outside view on things.

Trust

Say sorry when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made a mistake.

One another.

Support

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t avoid having

sex.

Think about what your really

fighting about.

one another.

Have time away from each other.

Appreciate

Remember why you fell in

love with them.

each other

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English heritage is one of the key trends this winter, with tweed jackets, chunky knits and leather boots being on everyones wishlist. Here is how to wear the trend, to dig out those countryside staples and embrace the outdoors. Model: Liberty Baxter-Cox Photographer and stylist: Emma Stott

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Bananas Baked Beans • • • • •

Lowers cholesterol High in protein and fibre Low in fat Fuller for longer Prevents over eating

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High in energy and fibre eat before or after exercise Prevent cramps Potassium rich helps lower blood pressure Protect cells in the body against damage Vitamin B6 for healthy skin and hair.

Carrots • • •

Loaded with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants Lower the risk of cancer Improve vision

Eggs •

Fat Free Yoghurt • • • • • •

Calcium Fights bacteria Boosts your immunity Aids healing after infections Source of protein

Recipe ideas Recipe ideas • •

Baked bean chilli

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Recipe ideas

Bannana bread Bannana cake Smoothies

Recipe ideas

Baked bean casserole

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Good for sight High in protein Prevents blood clots Brain power Vitamin D Healthy nails and hair

Carrot cake Carrot and coriander soup Carrot mash

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Omelette Pancakes Quiche Souffle

Smoothies Tzatziki Ice cream Curries

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Chicken Pie Ingredients

Directions

4 chicken breasts Knob of butter Spring onions 150g of leek 2 teaspoons of mustard 300ml chicken stock 1 sheet of pre-rolled puff pastry 1 egg

1. Slice the chicken into thin strips. 2. Put olive oil and butter into a large pan. 3. Add chicken and cook for 3 min. 4. Add spring onions and leeks. 5. Add the chicken stock and mustard. 6. Season and leave to simmer. 7. Tip the filling into a ovenproof dish. 8. Cover the filling with the puff pastry. 9. Beat an egg and brush it over the pie. 10. Put in the oven for 15 min, until golden. 11. Eat

30 min

Easy Chocolate Brownies Ingredients

Directions

175g margarine 350g caster sugar 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence 100g plain flour 1 teaspoon of baking powder 75g cocoa powder 175g of dark chocolate

1. Heat oven to 180 C 2. Melt margarine in a pan 3. Put in a large bowl over the sugar and mix together. 4. Mix the eggs in a separate bowl and add to the bowl, then add the vanilla essence. 5. Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Mix all together 6. Add the smashed up dark chocolate 7. Put baking paper in the baking tray and pour in the mixture. 8. Put in the oven for 40 minutes until they have risen. 9. Let them cool down, then cut them into squares. 10. Eat

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Sarah Lucas: Ordinary Things In her new exhibition, Ordinary things, former YBA Sarah Lucas transforms objects with humour an sexuality, finding beauty in the common place.

Other exhibitions to go and see this month: Reincarnation (London Print Studio Gallery) An exhibition featuring artists who breathe new life into old styles, creating identities in graphic art. Lines (Strand Gallery) Aims to provide a platform for emerging artistic talent. Showcasing photography, sculpture, illustrations, graphic design, fine art, crafts and installations.

www.behance.net

wwwbeautifultype.com

www.graphic-exchange.com

www.itsnicethat.com

www.weandthecolor.com

How to be an explorer of the world by keri Smith Is a exercise book to develop a productive and creative mind set. Making you more aware of inspiration in the most unlikely places.

Cutting edge: Contemporary collages Documents the new era of collage in current art This book is an inspiring collection of contemporary collage, that is totally worth adding to your library.

The Modernist The Modernist is a collection of work in graphic design and illustration that is created with minimal intrusions, showing new talent without the domination of digital.

Los Logos 5 Like its predecessors, the fifth edition offers a definitive overview of current developments and advancements in logo design with the high-quality selection of up-to-the-minute work that readers have come to expect.

www.grainedit.com

www.eighthourday.com

www.designspiration.net

www.thedsgnblog.tumblr.com

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What to do

Where to eat

A: Reichstag (German Parliament) B: Brandenberg gate C: Holocaust memorial D: Topography of terror E: Checkpoint charlie F: Berliner dom (church) G: Alexandraplatz H: East Side gallery (art)

Burgermeister U Bahn: Schlesisches Tor

( Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s also the Tiergarten park to chill out and have a picnic)

Where to stay Leonardo hotel Berlin 40 euros a night for a spacious double and en-suite. Ubahn: Bismarckstrasse

Shop kurfustendamm U Bahn: Adenauerplatz

Berlin is a energetic and welcoming city, where the speed of change in the past few years has been astounding.

Hamy Thai U Bahn: Hermannplatz (all meals under 8 euros )

How to get there Fly with Easy jet return: ÂŁ113 from Manchester Ja = Yes Nein = No Bitte = Please Danke = Thank you Sprechen sie Englisch = Do you speak English?

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Cross word

Aries

Organisation and self-discipline will make the harder tasks a lot easier.

Cancer

Have faith in your talent and you’ll fell much stronger.

Libra

Unresolved issues in a relationship become bigger, but don’t panic.

Capricorn

You have key goals at work don’t let someone close to you distract.

Taurus

Your feelings of a love interest come stronger, time to commit.

Leo

Welcome new choices and experiences, they will pay off in long-term.

Scorpio

Trust is the key to this month, be as open as possible.

Aquarius

Bring new ideas into work, keep pushing them and you’ll succeed.

Gemini

Focus on what you feel rather than what everyone else is thinking.

Virgo

Alternative options actually prove much better than expected.

Dot to Dot

Sagittarius

Even though this month will be busy make time for loved ones.

Pisces

A social event adds great possibility and new connections.

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