My Brand New Website

I've got a brand new website! Check it out here. There's lots of new work, and more of my T-shirts, murals and screen prints. A huge thanks Shaun at Pictures & Writing for building the site to my specifications and designs, and improvements here and there!

Having a brand new site with an in-built blog means that this ol' thing of a blog will be coming to a close. But don't worry - I'll keep it up so as you still have something to look at whilst you're procrastinating at work - wouldn't want to deprive you of your lunchtime guffaws. Get your new fix here.

Overdue Robot Invasion

The automated juicers are coming! Here's a full-page illustration I did to accompany a finance publication's article about technological threats, robotic expectations, and the long-overdue robot slave takeover (predicted by the likes of Sarah Connor, Morpheus's gang, and various people wearing tin foil hats). I also did a couple of spot illustrations to be used throughout the article.

Wedding Crashers

Following on from some other wedding invitations I've done (for Tom & Alex and Avenue Litho) here are some wedding invitations I designed for some good friends of mine. Despite this - they still let me attend, and even be...an usher. I shirked most of my responsibilities you'll be pleased to hear.

The invitations were printed by the nice people at Stampa Brighton. Here's the table plans I designed too, in a suitcase!

If you're an advanced stalker you can lurk at some more pictures of the day, including signs and table settings, photographed by the awesome official photographer Emma Boileau here. Congrats to Pete & Nikki!

Mabboo Summer Pop Up Shop

Following on from the Christmas pop up shop, Mabboo have a new pop up store in The Galleries, Bristol. Another chance to see my Mabboo painting if you're about, and check out the Gromit outside.

For the record...

Here's a gift I made recently on someone's behalf to give to a friend. The personalised full-size record sleeve is full of references to their friendship, childhood memories, and plenty of in-jokes! It looks like a dream sequence from Lost to me...

Notting Hill Amber

Went out in the Big Smoke the other week and happened to come across some bottles of Moncada's Notting Hill Amber for sale. I worked on the design and illustration of the West London-based brewery's bottle labels, identity & website, as part of my role at Yardpartners, so was good to see it out in the real world! Needless to say we had a few.

One's Direction

I've been creating some illustrations for director Carl Prechezer's blog. He's the director & co-writer of cult classic surf film Blue Juice, starring Sean 'son of the third doctor' Pertwee, Catherine Zeta Jones (said in a Welsh accent - obviously) and the young Obi Wan Kenobi. Carl also directs a lot of commercials and promotional films. Check out Carl P's words of wisdom here on his blog.

The Sunday Express

Here is an illustration I created for a fiction piece in the Sunday Express' S Magazine last weekend.

Sweat Baby Sweat

You can now get a sweatshirt featuring my winning Brighton Skateboards Tee design. The two-colour design is on a grey marl crew neck sweater. Perfect for this barmy weather yeah? Order it here.

Postcards To Alphaville

I'm a big fan of the Postcards To Alphaville website, a site dedicated to illustrations of people's film character crushes. Some of my faves are Pris from Blade Runner, Bob from Lost in Translation, and Phil Seymour Hoffman's creepy guy from Happiness. Inspired by the site, I created this illustration of Enid from Ghost World. Don't judge me...

Brighton Skateboards Sticker & Packaging

Here's a deck sticker and package design I did for Brighton Skateboards. The 22" grip tape, deck sticker and spare wheel set combo now come free (for a limited time) with all the new boards ordered online via their site. Can't argue with that. They're now available - just in time for Christmas - right here! PS: watch out for me on my new board. I WILL crash into you if you don't move out of the way. Haven't nailed turning yet.

Movember portraits

Here are some of the portraits I've been doing to raise money for bloke cancer charities as part of Movember over at Gallery of Mo. There's still time to get your portrait done in exchange for a donation. Here's my page.

Eye Candy Festival

Here's my contribution to the 12 x 12 project for the Eye Candy Festival of visual culture in Birmingham. Different artists and illustrators from around the country were given a record sleeve to customise, based on an album cover by a Birmingham musician or band.

I chose Broadcast's Tender Buttons, featuring the late great Trish Keenan on the front. They're all being auctioned to raise money for charity Oxjam Brum, and are on display in Le Truc, Birmingham.

Gallery of MOvember

I'm one of about 100 artists taking part in the Gallery of Mo this year, an artist project running alongside the regular moustache-growing-competition-for-charity

We'll be drawing portraits of people, and adding facial hair where necessary, in return for donations to the related charities. It is my way of being able to raise charity without having to endure hormone replacement therapy to grow something that looks anything more than mere dirt along my top lip within 28 days.

So if you want to be drawn "be'tached" you know where to come. Check out my artist page here, and the other participating artists here.

Hanover Playgroup

Did this little poster for a friend recently - it can be seen all over Muesli Mountain. I'm gonna go one day, and make sure no-one's hogging all the Lego.

Vanity Project...?

Here's a poster I did for a group of DJs calling themselves "The Gentlemens Vanity Project" - with blank spaces for them to scrawl the line-up and venue of their next exciting instalment... Hopefully the Preacherman makes an appearance.

More Washing Up

Here's a decorative plate I painted recently to go on the wall of the Halsetown Inn, down near St Ives. Owed them a favour. Won't be doing them a whole dinner set though.

Buy Buy Buy

We've come to the last week of the Seaside Pop Up Shop in Rottingdean - come see our screenprints, T-shirts, peep boards, jewellery, furniture, greetings cards, hankerchiefs, tote bags, frames and more...before we close at 6pm on Sunday.

hellohead at Cargo

The hellohead exhibition is taking place at Cargo on the evening of Wednesday 22 August. You can see a portrait of me at my most crazy, and my portrait of Simon Tozer. Hope to see you there!

hellohead

Really enjoyed getting involved in hellohead earlier this year. Illustrators from across the UK have been paired up to draw one another, with an auction at the end to raise money for the National Autistic Society. See my portrait of Simon Tozer, and Simon Tozer's portrait of me on the hellohead site