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.

Ye Olde English Tees

Here are some T-shirts designs I've created recently.

The designs are part of a quirky Ye Olde English themed collection, and will hopefully be available later this year.

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!

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...

Another mural

Recently did another mural (I love the smell of emulsion FYI). Here's a couple of quick snaps - the more intelligent of you may very well see a theme emerging. Answers on a postcard please. Will post some better photos soon. Promise.

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.

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

How's My Grilling?

Coming to a festival near you this summer: the Blas Burgerworks Street van! The St Ives-based burger restaurant, revered for its organic ingredients, locally-sourced produce, sustainable credentials (and most-importantly tasty burgers) is going on the road this summer. They asked me to put together a design for the 'Blasmobile', which was unveiled last weekend at the Golowan Festival, Penzance, and the Quay Fair day. The design was very kindly artworked onto the van by the good people at Signs Express, Exeter. All this thinking about Blas Burgers is making me hungry. Cornish Blue Cheeseburger please. I wonder if they'll deliver to Brighton...(picks up phone)...

In their own words: 3.5 tonnes of burger love coming your way! Follow Marie, Sally, Lisa and the team's antics here, here and here ! Phew!

Phoenix Magazine

Here's an illustration I did for Phoenix Magazine this month, about eccentric British characters...in their underwear. You had to be there...

Doodle in front of the TV # 1

I completed my very first (and potentially last) marathon yesterday! As a mild asthmatic I wheezed my way round the Brighton Marathon on Sunday morning, accompanied by my standard unavoidable Darth Vader sound effects for 26.2 miles. My speed eased off a little as I toured the quite frankly inspiring Shoreham Industrial Estate... A massive thanks to absolutely anyone who cheered, shouted, swore (or moaned about a road being closed) as I straggled past. It was absolutely awesome to not be crouching over a computer for a morning.

I did it to raise money for NASS (the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society). You can sponsor me here. A huge thanks to everyone who has already sponsored me for NASS. Long may their work continue.

You Little Scamp

Some scamps I did for a project pitch for someone. Unfortunately not going anywhere but hey-ho - I've got Christmas dinners to be cooking.

Yardpartners Site

The new Yardpartners site is now live. Check it out here. You can see some of the work I've done for Unilever and Airwave in the portfolio.

I created portraits of the whole YP team for the site, even the dogs (although between you and me they're really not pulling their weight). I've been working closely with YP for a while, and made it into the hall of fame (am still trying to push through the employee of the month thing, with stars on name badges - yet to hear back. Hello, HR?)

James' Gymnasium

Birthday present for a friend's boyfriend. FYI he doesn't actually look like this...

Half Coke – Half Diet Coke

Ran in the Brighton Half Marathon again this year - completing it in 1 hour and 53 minutes - skimming an entire three minutes off of last year's time. Mad good improvement...

It explains the lack of posts recently (James) - sorry! Thanks for all the shouts of "Go on Mabboo Bamboo" from the ravers in the crowd, and to the over-friendly baggage attendants. And to Aiko - proprietor of Choc in 神戸市 for the running candy (?).

Answers on a Postcard please

Had some postcards printed by the awesome Avenue Litho recently. Use them. Tell them I sent you... Want some printed work samples? Do email me.

Legs Eleven

Deepest Apologies

Normal service will be resumed shortly...

Farewell...

Dom's leaving card (sob sob). We will miss him. But he was really militant about the tea-making - not that I adhered to his strict regime, despite the threats. Props to the copywriters.