How stupid do I look?

I wouldn't normally post stuff like this but this really made me chuckle. I mean honestly, how stupid do I look?:

Dear Beloved,

May the peace of the Lord always be with you .
My name is Rev Sis Joyce Emanuela. I am 79 years old now and I have been
bedridden for the past 5years. Now I believe that my time has come to join
my ancestors in heaven.

I got your email address from the Internet as the spirit of Almighty God
directed me to contact you for this charitable work.
I have $8,000,000.00 deposited in a safe location which I want you to have
on my behalf for an important charitable project. I choose to hand over
this money to you for this charitable work which I know you have desired
for people in need. I hope you will honestly do this for me, if yes please
forward to me your particulars and your contact information like private
phone and fax numbers so that I will send it to the Finance firm
immediately for claims.

Finally, I will like you to inform me what you do for a living so that I
can be able to know if your work is going to allow you to handle this
project that I am committing into your hands to the glory of God. Get back
to me as soon as possible.

Thanking you and remain blessed in the Lord.

Rev. Sis Joyce Emanuela

Boneshaker "Crossed Cranks" T-Shirts

The newest range of Boneshaker's "Crossed Cranks" T-Shirts (created by myself and the guys at Boneshaker) are now on sale through the Boneshaker website for just £15. Get em whilst they're hot as they're flying off the shelves fast. More to come very soon...

Postcard giveaway

I created a some postcards to give away at the Inkygoodness show and decided to use my image from the A Beautiful Machine show I took part in last year. Really happy with how these have come out and managed to shift all those that I took dow to the show.

Postcard packs

I put together some postcard packs for the Inkygoodness show. Each pack contains 3 postcards of images from the show, digitally printed and wrapped in a cellophane bag. I'v still got some spare so if you'd like a pack then please get in touch.

AMMO Magazine

Got my copy of AMMO through in the post over the weekend and it looks tip-top. I am proud to be involved with such a great little publication and a big thanks to the creative director Dave for having me involved. Hopefully we can work together again sometime soon. 

Inkygoodness show

The opening night of the Inkygoodness show at the East Gallery in London came and went with a bang. After opening the doors at 6pm the show saw 1000+ people pass through the doors before it eventually closed at 11pm. The whole evening was a massive success with a great time had by all those involved and some truly great artists exhibiting. Here are a few pictures from my set up at the show, just for your little peepers. Enjoi!

 

Inkygoodness 4 show work...

Here is the first image in a series of three that I have designed, prepared and framed for the Inkygoodness 4 show coming up next week. This was an adaption of a piece created for Ammo Magazine (see previous post), trying out some new techniques with gradient meshes and opacity gradients. This one, as well as two others will be on show at the East Gallery from the 2nd September and available to buy online from my shop. All limited edition and all quality prints on German Etching paper.

Movember T-Shirt design

Movember a charity aimed at raising money by asking people to grow a moustache in the month of November have asked a few illustrators to come up with T-Shirt designs based on the moustache. This one was a quick turn-around and so was kept rather simple. It's a big moustache made up of lots of little moustaches! Just in case you couldn't tell! 

We find out in a few weeks whether the design goes to print so will keep you up-to-date.

Ammo Magazine

Here is a sneaky preview of my recent submission to AMMO Magazines upcoming fourth publication entitled PLAY. The launch will coincide with the Inkygoodness 4 exhibition launch of the same name. Really looking forward to seeing this one in print. 

Mash-Up Club night flyer

New flyer design for The Bunker's weekly Mash-Up night. The client wanted a Japanese styling for this one with characters and bright colours. When thinking of a Japanese style mash-up I instantly thought of a giant DJing octopus spewing guts! 

Boneshaker Magazine

Boneshaker Magazine is a new quarterly publication celebrating all things bicycle. Currently in its second issue the guys at Boneshaker got in touch and asked if I could come up with a design for some stickers and badges they were getting printed for the forthcoming Bristol Bike Festival. Collaborating with John Coe we came up with this very simple but effective design. Must say I am really happy with how this has come out and look forward to seeing it on T-Shirts very soon...

Inkygoodness 4 show only 2 weeks away...

Two weeks today see's the launch of the Inkygoodness 4 show entitled "Play". The show is taking place at the East Gallery off Brick Lane, London with the launch night on the 2nd September. It features a whole host of very talented artists including McBess, Simon Wild, Docvek and many many more. Hosted by the lovely Ms Lisa Hassell and Michelle Turton the night promises to be very special indeed. If you're in the area, make sure you pop down.

Thinking Caps

Recently been asked by Jen Harrison of the Thinking Caps project to take part in their forthcoming event. Thinking Caps is an exhibition which will showcase 100 cycling cap designs by 100 different artists/illustrators as part of the Bristol Bike Festival in September. I'm really quite excited about this one as its going to be a real hoot designing for a cycling cap which in turn will be hand sewn and sold at auction for charity. Sweet!

NHS Illustration

The guys at Scriberia got in touch at the end of last week and asked if I would be interested in submitting an image for a pitch they were doing for work with the NHS. Obviously I accepted and knocked up this image over the weekend. The brief was to create an illustration about an old man with dimentia looking rather worried in a doctors surgery. A difficult topic to cover but I was happy with the end result which will hopefully lead onto more work further down the line.

Doodling for Spunky at Glastonbury 2010

The kind folks at Spunky Clothing asked if I would like to come along and do some painting for their Spunky tent at Glastonbury. An offer to good to refuse. Blazing sun, drinks and an awesome backdrop made for a rather enjoyable few hours of painting. Further pictures and a real-time video to follow.

Bedroom commission from way back...

Dug up some old photos from a bedroom piece that myself and Mr Raven did back in the day. Nice clean walls with some even nicer colour combinations!

Business cards

Recent business card designs for www.bensteers.com, knocked up for last weekends Upfest illustration event along with a number of illustrated Giclee A3 prints. Photos of prints to follow.

Upfest 2010

Saturday 5th June 2010 was the third annual Upfest urban paint festival @ The Tobacco Factory in Bristol. Myself, Simon Mills and Dave Bain took to the boards representing Drawn Recordings in a mammoth 6 hour paint off. Hot hot work but well worthwhile when the final result looks like this...

Further pieces from the Beautiful Machine show

Here are some of the best entrants from the Beautiful Machine show that took place at the end of March. Artists involved included 45RPM, Hellomatt, Matt Taylor, Melbs & Simon Wild whos work, including shots from the opening night can be seen here...

A Beautiful Machine piece auctioned for Save the Children

I recently found out that the piece I created for the Beautiful Machine show back in March was sold at an online auction to raise money for Save the Children Haiti appeal. The piece entitled "Victorian Tall Bike" was sold for £92, the highest priced piece from the show which included work from artists including 45rpm, Adrian Johnson and ilovedust, so really chuffed about that. All-in-all the auction raised over £1500 for the charity. Good news all round! 

Revised Common Sense Logo designs

Due to certain complications I had to slightly revise my original design's for the Common Sense set of logo's. Here are the finalised logos in all their glory. The client is highly satisfied with the results and they will feature on website and any printed material. 

Property of Bristol Live draw

Last night myself and Mr Raven were invited down to the Property of Bristol night. A live radio show broadcast on the internet accompanied by some live drawing by myself, Nick & Tim and Iain of Property of Bristol. The whole thing is done from a living room in Bedminster, Bristol and was great fun to do. The order of the day was robots and monsters and we were all really happy with how they came out. Hopefully this will be the start of a regular thing, with Rich and Tim putting on regular nights and talks of t-shirt designs. 

Big thanks to the POB boys for a very enjoyable and their generous hospitality.

Spunky T-Shirt design

My design for Spunky's summer collection is finally here. "The Only way is UP" is a 4 colour design printed organically on a choice of purple or charcoal grey t-shirt. They are currently being sold through the Spunky website and through various distributors around the country for £24.99. For more info and pictures, visit the Spunky website on the following link:

http://www.spunky.co.uk/shop/p/onlyway/mens-organic-fairtrade-cotton-t-shirt/charcoal

 

Enjoi!

Ink Dot piece

This is the image I created for the Ink Dot show taking place at the Howies store, Bristol in June. The theme for the show is Escape and there was a simple 8 colour palette to work with including black & white. 

I wanted to create something graphically simple and striking. Hopefully I'v achieved that and I'll sell a few prints on the launch night. 

Live Illustration Draw line-up

Here is the latest line-up for the Live Illustration Draw taking place at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol as part of the annual Up-Fest event on the 5th June. I will be painting with the talents of Dave Bain and Simon Mills at the all day draw event. If you're in the area, make sure you pop down.