Turnip Starfish

22/12/2025

everyone! We hope you have a lovely festive break!

12/12/2025

Final workshops of 2025!!! Animation and manga drawing in the Christmas holidays, and even one on the 2nd of Jan - perfect Christmas gift? 🎁

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Manga Drawing Workshop in Easter with Turnip Starfish

12/12/2025

04/11/2025

Lexy had been drawing anime, manga and cartoons for years. She has working in the animation industry for over 20 years and been teaching young people how to draw for most of that time as well! Check out her latest sketchbook. Give us a like and subscribe! You can join her at one of her workshops at www.turnipstarfish.co.uk

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03/11/2025

Recently the creator of One Piece, Eiichiro Oda, became ill and was unable to complete his weekly chapter of One Piece for publication in Weekly Shonen Jump. I started to wonder about Oda’s work schedule, so I investigated a bit...

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01/11/2025

Join our Warhammer club on Fridays afterschool. You do not need anything, we have all the figure and we will teach you how to play! Go to our website to find our more www.turnipstarfish.co.uk

17/10/2025

Kappa, a type of yokai (Japanese spirit). They have wells of water on their heads and have a love of cucumber! Over this October half term we will be looking at different yokai and illustrating what we think they’d look like with a human form!!
We run anime & cartoon drawing workshops as well as animation & digital workshops too! Check out the website to find out more details!
www.turnipstarfish.co.uk (link in bio)

13/10/2025

I’ve always been a big tank girl fan! I’m really enjoying looking at and recreating Jamie Hewlett’s artwork, as well as using my col-erase pencils again. Looking forward to creating more!
This weekend Turnip Starfish is at Comic Con in Cardiff. If you are there then come and say hello!
Want to find out more about what we do? Go to turnipstarfish.co.uk (link in bio) and find out about our drawing and animation classes plus lots more!!

09/10/2025

A panel I recreated from Eiichiro Oda‘s One Piece.
This took me ages and then recently I read an article about how much manga artists have to do to get their work published on time. From what I read Oda never really has time off, hardly sleeps and misses meals. I think I’ll write a blog on this soon. He’s amazing. I can’t believe I casually spent an hour or two on this image, when he would’ve spent much less time. Big respect!
If you want to draw characters like Luffy join us in our drawing workshops! Go to turnipstarfish.co.uk (link in bio) to see info and dates!

08/10/2025

We are super excited to announce after a long hiatus, that we are back at Cardiff Comic Con! We are looking forward to a fun weekend where you can browse the many trader stalls, get those hard to find items, meet the stars, geek out and enjoy the cosplay, a must for all fans of pop culture!

Oh! and remember to come and say hi! And pick up your freebee!

Film & Comic Con Cardiff returns on 18th & 19th October 2025 at the Utilita Arena Cardiff!

07/10/2025

We've had an awesome month working with our young animators in our Saturday and afterschool animation workshops in Cardiff. The young people have been exploring anticipation, cushioning, follow through and drag, Several of the principals of animation. Join us at www.turnipstarfish.co.uk