Nov 20, 2009
We’re still slightly early, but everyone is gearing up for the Christmas shopping sprees and you don’t get much more festive than the animated xmas window displays at Saks Fifth Avenue, New York. This year Saks approached Roger Chouinard, co-founder of Duck Studios to bring his creativity to the displays, and also, as shown here, the xmas book too. The outcome is pretty darn ace! Now all we need is a few Liverpool-to-New-York flight tickets to go see the display!! If you’re in New York this December though, it will be well worth a look! You can get more info over on the Trust Collective site.
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Nov 16, 2009
Andy Smith is back with some of his indelible typography, this time in the form of a silkscreened book called ‘Blue Inks’. As you may have guessed, the book is printed entirely in shades of blue, and tells the story of the day-to-day life of a colour, including the daily struggle with long-standing enemies such as the yellows and the magentas! The books are hand-printed by Andy himself and we’re lucky enough to have to book+poster sets to give away!! Here’s what you have to do…
“Tell us what you would do with a load of #blueinks”
In order to enter this competition send any tweet to @thunderchunkyuk but remember to use the following hashtag – #blueinks
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Nov 12, 2009
If you’re a fan of 50s cartoons and illustration then you’ll definitely enjoy the work of London-based illustrator and animator Ben Mounsey (aka Green Glasses). With his rockin’ retro-tinged style it’s no surprise that he’s got Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon’s feathers in his cap! We particularly like his wide-eyed characters!
In true creative form, Ben created a set of trading-card-style business cards featuring a range of his characters. Surely the bus stop card is a chase one!
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Nov 6, 2009
It’s always a treat when you stumble upon something truly great on a Friday morning! Having been listening to the Paulo Nutini track ‘Pencil Full of Lead’ I decided to look up who’d done the brilliant cover art, and it turned out to be Marq Spusta. And I was amazed by how much great work he’s done! He’s done illustrations for Paulo Nutini, Tom Petty, The Black Crowes, Sigur Ros AND… Tennage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Summat for everyone!! There tons of artwork to admire, over on his site.
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Nov 5, 2009
Brighton-based illustrator Matt Taylor has a brand-spanking new site that you all should go check out! He’s done work for some clients we’d all love to have on our cv, including the likes of Orange, Penguin Books, Computer Arts and the brilliant Gallery 1988. But our favourite has to be his piece for Little White Lies magazine, pictured above. Having been given the brief of a ‘great escape’ from film history, he came up with this awesome interpretation of Jim Carrey’s escape from the Truman Show. In movie speak…. two thumbs up!!
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Nov 5, 2009
UK-based illustrator Matt Lyon (aka C86) isn’t afraid to use colour! Browsing through his portfolio is bound to brighten even the dullest, rainy autumn day, and to make it even better he’s just updated his C86 site, with a bunch of new work as well as downloadable freebies (in the shopping section). We’ve picked out a couple of his final pieces, but there’s drawings on his site as well, featuring a stack of his ace geometric patterns.
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Nov 3, 2009
I was lucky enough to win a Society6 Grant for a Feature / Interview on the inspiring character blog, I Like Characters by Steve Rack. This is my first interview, and I do wonder how many people actually want to know about me. I hope it doesn’t bored you all to death, and I will try my best to produce more decent, fun, happy work. Thank you.
“…Etched with slick vector lines, his chaotic characters and cinematic scenery bring to us infectious imagery that is hard to resist. This month Liverpool (UK) based illustrator Stephen Chan gets grilled by ILikeCharacters.com. This is Stephen’s very first interview feature, and in it Stephen tells us about his creative journey so far, including his winning image for a Don’t Panic competition, his (now) not so top secret paper toy plans and his desire to grow more arms!…”
Read my INTERVIEW here.
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