Reminder that I have a wee portfolio I update periodically - you can check it out at if you fancy having a look! Greatly appreciative of any shares etc. 😊
Couldn't help but feel my face wanting to swallow itself at the sheer insensitivity of that Matterface monologue about what England "deserve" having apparently been the only country to suffer through the pandemic, and given the horror that Denmark faced a few weeks ago.
DID YOU KNOW: Finland's entrant for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest also has a successful career in football, having just signed for Scottish Premiership champions 'Glasgow Celtic'!
remember when Ian Wright said that any footballer who ducked out of international duty for England should be ordered to phone the parents of a solider who has died and tell them why
There's an issue when discussing racists in football of brushing them off with "they're not real fans". They are very real fans and that's the problem. It's on the rest of us to challenge them directly amongst our own or otherwise, and make sure the clubs see it, and report it.
Had a clear out of madebyfrankie HQ (a cabinet in my living room) and I have 3 of these limited edition bookmarks to give away, they are no longer available on my shop! If you'd like to win them, give this a wee retweet and I'll pick a random winner on Sunday night. 🍀
Here's yer May competiton - I'm not selling prints or anything of this anywhere else. A random retweeter picked in a few days will be the only person to have one! Get involved if you fancy it. 🤗
Hiya. Things are shite aren't they. Know what wasn't shite? That time Celtic smashed the fash in Rome + Olivier Ntcham did a big mad somersault celebration. I will give away a tee ft. the illustration I did of that celebration to a random retweeter of this post if you fancy it.🤗
Manchester United putting Ryan Giggs in the directors box today - who was charged with assaulting two women and coercive control last year - on top of the Ronaldo dramatics is quite enough for me. Allegations of abuse mean nothing to men with friends in high places.
The loudest voices in response to this are from fans I wouldn't feel comfortable sitting alongside at Celtic Park. Singing in support of the oppressed means nothing if you've aligned yourself with the same right-wing bigots we've seen bring harm to LQBTQ+ people for years. 🏳️🌈✊
It's only an actual World Cup semi-final, so of course, let's have a lengthy England segment at half time after they've been knocked out. Makes complete sense.
Some of the personally abusive, misogynistic comments I've seen today from Celtic fans plus others about a woman having the nerve to exist and voice her opinion on a public platform are disgusting. It won't stop until men start calling out their mates, we've got a long way to go.
He's a despicable, shameless cunt. If or when he goes, another despicable and shameless cunt will take his place, such is the nature of tory rule. This island is a disgrace.
Watching this BBC One Euros thing. A section on Cristiano Ronaldo there ongoing, about his career, his talent. We're told that sexual assault allegations ruin men's careers and lives, tarnishing their reputations forever. Sure fuckin seems like it.
Hiya. I know things are tense now and I don't have any actual ways to take the pressure off everyone, but if anyone likes a wee competition, I'll give away any size of one of my Celtic Change Kits posters to a random person who retweets this. Winner will be picked on Friday. 🍀
Mind when Joey Barton came into Scottish football giving it loads about himself and proceeded to be utter fuckin shite? Sometimes it's nice to reflect on how hilarious and satisfying that was.
Remember that Scotland is an institutionally racist country. Don't let anyone pass us off as somehow less culpable in the horrors which come from a deeply racist society. We are 100% complicit and we have to make each other do better, not just right now but every day, forever.
It is quite literally textbook sexism to ask the question if women as a collective are naturally bad at something by default of "biologically" being women.
I stand accused of “sexism” for this in The Times today.
It really is strange. I’ve come to really enjoy watching women’s football, and writing about it, but I do often see disastrous goalkeeping in the game.
Are you not allowed to criticise? That, to me, would be patronising.
Would anyone buy Celtic beer mats? Designed by me, that is. Maybe you'd buy them not designed by me, which is fine, but by me specifically, would anyone want such a thing? Just wondering. 👀
Please keep wearing masks in indoor public spaces. Wear them inside the stadium at the football. Scotland's cases are rising again and this is still a very real worry for those of us not adequately protected by the vaccine or who can't be vaccinated for clinical reasons.
Over the course of this season, I've been making cassette card-inspired designs for all of Celtic's league fixtures, and ahead of trophy day tomorrow, the collage is now complete! This poster is LIMITED EDITION and can be purchased from my shop at 💚 (1/2)
New work for
@ManUtd
🔴 Loved creating this feature design celebrating knockout football as United look ahead to FA Cup ties for the men and women, the Carabao Cup final, and that massive Europa League tie with Barcelona coming up - all in the new issue of Inside United out now!
Depression is hard, man. Ruthless. Doesn't give a shit what else you've already got going on and just forces itself on you anyway. Makes you wonder where certain things end and where that begins, struggling to process and differentiate feelings and situations properly. A mess.
Football fans are so weirdly subservient sometimes man. We give clubs *our* money and *our* support, we keep them relevant, yet many seem feart to hold them to account for anything. Doing so doesn't mean you don't support the team. What a one-sided relationship otherwise.
Nice one evdy with their mass gatherings today. A massive fuck you to every vulnerable high risk person still shielding as per their 12 week NHS letter because covid could be a case of life + death. As a potential result of that carelesness, who knows when that 12 weeks will end.
Please spare me all this inevitable Simeone masterclass nonsense. There’s nothing genius about putting 11 top class footballers behind the ball. Liverpool absolutely pumped them throughout.
Thanks so much for the love re: my artwork featured in the absolutely brilliant
@thesefootytimes
Celtic issue, particularly the Naka illustration I created exclusively for it. It's a proud moment to have been involved in a project like this on the club I've supported all my life.
Wanting someone who (in their 50s!) mocked black and disabled people to be stripped of their role in a public health campaign isn't misogynistic. Fuckin hell we do not have to defend every woman in the name of sisterhood when they expose themselves like she did.
It'll soon be time for Celtic to start playing games again, which means I'm back on my BS messing around with shapes. Repurposed an old Kyogo illo I did because it worked for what I was going for with this Celtic/Yokohama F. Marinos promo poster. 👇
"Those days are passed now, and in the past they must remain." -
@ScotlandNT
are in the actual European Championships, and I'm still mucking about with shapes and that. 👇
Folks, my shop is now LIVE! Please have a look, and any retweets, shares and likes are of course much appreciated. I want to continue to create unique fan artwork in a style I hope you will enjoy, and I'll be updating with new designs going forward! (1/?)
This Nakamura vs Man Utd free kick print is one of the best sellers on my shop - let's do a wee giveaway for one. Retweet if you'd like to win and I'll randomly select a winner on Sunday! 🤗
In my latest official match artwork for
@NYCosmos
I wanted to go for a more simplistic retro feel in the player illustration style. I'm fascinated by the design of old football programmes - but still wanted it to be bold. Hope you like!
The comments. Clinically vulnerable people have been branded as all sorts over the last 2 years - I'll never understand how fear of a disease is framed as cowardly by those who've never faced the struggle of chronic illness every day and believe they're braver for it.
I'm really chuffed with the artwork I created over the past year, and the style I've found myself settling into. I'm always pretty rubbish at the self-promo game, so in an effort to change that, here is a wee thread of some pieces that stick out to me on reflection. ✍⬇️
The actual adult women of Celtic Twitter who've decided to appoint themselves as the Most Legitimate Fans Of All based on some mad made up purity rules are so weird. If you can post your own hoachin opinions then maybe just live and let live! I promise you'll be absolutely fine!
An old Batigol drawing I did a while back. I have the original of this somewhere - if/when I find it I'll fire it up on my new shop when it goes live if anyone would fancy it. 🤙
Fucking cowards
@CelticFC
- never have I felt further from the belief that my club is willing to stand up for what's right. This is despicable. Solidarity with the people of Palestine, always.