March 12, 2008


meet the flockers: Wil Freeborn

Peasant Bicycle chic
I’m going to keep this intro really short, I’m not too good at writing being more of a visual kind. I’m a designer working in Glasgow, Scotland. I’m looking forward to Spring so I can get out and about and draw more. At the moment there’s a lot of gales (90mph winds) which makes drawing outside a bit tricky.

Hopefully I’ll put a sketch up here every week.

You can find stuff I do over at ghostschool.

posted by Wil Freeborn in Meet the Flockers, sketch 

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23 Responses to “meet the flockers: Wil Freeborn”

  1. Mary Jeys on March 12th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

    welcome wil, enjoy the flock.

  2. Cindy Scroggins on March 12th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    Welcome, Wil! I look forward to seeing your drawings here.

  3. Wil Freeborn on March 12th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

    Thanks for the welcome!

  4. Deron Bauman on March 12th, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    hey, Wil, great to see you! thanks so much for gracing us with your drawings. I stumbled on Wil’s site sometime a week or so ago and loved his drawings.

  5. Amy Mabli on March 12th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Welcome, Wil. Some of us flockers love all things Scottish, so you should feel right at home.

  6. Sheila Ryan on March 12th, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    I look forward to your posts, Wil.

    Ah, March in Glasgow.

  7. Andrew Simone on March 12th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

    Welcome, Wil. I got you all linked up on both the flockers and links page.

  8. Kathy Hilen-Smith on March 12th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    Welcome Wil~ I’m looking forward to seeing more of your work.

  9. Michael Smith on March 12th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    Welcome, Wil, I’m enjoying your work thus far.

  10. Michael Grant Smith on March 12th, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    Hi Wil, welcome to clusterflock. 90 mph doesn’t sound so bad, please use heavier paper.

  11. Jeff Ventura on March 12th, 2008 at 7:04 pm

    Welcome, Wil!

  12. India on March 12th, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    Hey, awesome! I’ve been subscribing to Ghostschool’s feed for maybe a year or two, but now you’re, like, family.

    So, do you have a couch, bro? Because I’ve been really wanting to visit Scotland . . .

  13. Rick Neece on March 12th, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Welcome Wil. I’m waiting for spring, too–for the first evening I can sit out on the patio and ‘flock in shorts and flip-flops. Won’t be long now.

  14. Deron Bauman on March 12th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    “So, do you have a couch, bro? Because I’ve been really wanting to visit Scotland . . .”

    That settles it, we’re all meeting at Wil’s Memorial Day 2009.

  15. Michael Smith on March 12th, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    As long as there aren’t any 90 MPH winds.

  16. Alek Lindus on March 13th, 2008 at 12:08 am

    hello Wil, i loved the west coast of Scotland bar the weather that is, spent a time in a place called Wemyss Bay. nice to meet you and your sketches

  17. haggis basher on March 13th, 2008 at 3:27 am

    A’ ye wha live by sowps o’ drink,
    A’ ye wha live by crambo-clink,
    A’ ye wha live and never think,
    Come, mourn wi’ me!
    Our billie ’s gien us a’ a jink,
    An’ owre the sea!

    Lament him a’ ye rantin core,
    Wha dearly like a random splore;
    Nae mair he’ll join the merry roar;
    In social key;
    For now he’s taen anither shore.
    An’ owre the sea!

    The bonie lasses weel may wiss him,
    And in their dear petitions place him:
    The widows, wives, an’ a’ may bless him
    Wi’ tearfu’ e’e;
    For weel I wat they’ll sairly miss him
    That’s owre the sea!

    *Well this wee Highland laddie has long since left the country of his birth, never to return to yonder shore. Give me the sun and palm tree’s any day over a chill wind blowing up my kilt*

  18. Wil Freeborn on March 13th, 2008 at 7:08 am

    Yes, my couch is free in my wee attic flat overlooking the water.

    Wemyss bay is just round the corner.

    haggis basher sun and palm trees sound good are you sure you don’t miss tower blocks and rain

  19. India on March 13th, 2008 at 8:03 am

    Fabulous. I love attic flats. In fact, I think I love any apartment that’s referred to as a “flat”; it sounds so much more fun than “apartment.”

    I’ll call from the airport. Should I bring bagels?

  20. Cooper Renner on March 13th, 2008 at 9:26 am

    Beautiful work.

  21. haggis basher on March 13th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

    Wil,

    I’m originally from Kinlochleven so no tower block’s just life at the bottom of a very narrow and dark valley. Rain and killer midges were the order of the day along with the fact that it was dark by 3PM in winter. What a miserable God forsaken place, its no wonder Patrick MacGill named his book Children of the Dead End. I’m a child of that Dead End!

    So I’ll stick with the Palm tree’s, sun downers on the terrace at 5PM and a maid running after me.

  22. Sheila Ryan on March 13th, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    Mike (originally of Kinlochleven), I thought that your local (tropical) custom was getting drunk at two in the afternoon. (Wait, they do that in Glasgow, too, don’t they?)

  23. Amy Mabli on March 13th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    I wouldn’t mind the fierce gales for a while. The best music and single malt scotch is there, as well as kilts and lovely melodic accents. So far all the Scottish people I’ve met (mostly through the internet) are extremely friendly.

    Anyone been to Falkirk? I love Arab Strap and currently Malcolm Middleton. King Creosote is from I’m not sure where, but he makes some beautiful music too.

    Move over India, I want a space on that sofa too.

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