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Bob Staake is something of an illustration veteran, with 42 books to his name and over 25 years experience in the industry. He’s worked for clients as diverse as TIME Magazine, Nickelodeon and The Ren and Stimpy Show.
Way back in January of this year, we here at Thunder Chunky decided that it was about time we ventured into the realm of print. After much throwing-around of ideas and a lot of umming and ahhing, we finally decided that our first project should be nice and simple. Our plan was to produce a set of prints which was evocative of what TC is all about… showcasing great artists, and getting an insight into how they think.
So we got six great illustrators and designers on board (shown below) and asked them to produce a piece of artwork featuring the words “Thunder Chunky” and also to document the process involved in creating the work to go on the back of their print.
TC Print Project Vol.1 contributors
From that point it has taken us a while to get here, but we’re finally in a position to unleash them on the world. They’re a limited edition of 250, and we’ll never be doing a re-run, so get them while they’re hot. They’re printed full-colour double-side on 350gsm card, with a semi-gloss finish to them and they come in their very own screen-printed plastic sleeve.
Thanks to all the artists for contributing to the project and thanks to everyone who chipped in and helped out with their print expertise. Hopefully this will be the first of many TC products, so go and buy them in our nice new SHOP!
Be sure to check out more of the work of the contributors to this project: Ben The Illustrator, Jon Burgerman, Kev Speck, Jeremyville, The Boy Fitz Hammond and McFaul.
After the success of the 2006 xmas project, how could be resist bringing it back for 2007? This time we’re keeping up with the cool kids and have asked all the participants to create their xmas images in a format suitable for the brand-spanking-new iPhones. Each day we’ll be releasing a new image which you can use as a wallpaper on your phone (that’s all phones, not just iPhones) or you can simply come to the site each day to admire the great artwork.
There’s a dedicated site to the project HERE and there’s also a mobile version of the site.
We can even send you email every day to tell you about each new image, just sign up for our email updates.
Merry (early) xmas to you all!
PARTICIPANTS: Christian Lindemann, Andy Smith, Kev Speck, McFaul, Keaton Henson, Ingi Erlingsson, Sam Gilbey, Jeremyville, Yupyland, Ben Schlitter, Jon Burgerman, Christian Zebitz, Luke Feldman, John Allison, Pascal Campion, Stephen Chan, Peskimo, Matt Johnstone, Ben The Illustrator, The Boy Fitz Hammond, Graphic Airlines, Brett Wilkinson.
London-based illustrator Rod Hunt has been creating all sorts of retro-tinged landscapes and characters for a number of years now. He’s a prominent member of the AOI and is frequently featured in high profile publications. We stole a bit of his time to ask him a bunch of questions.
California-based illustrator and designer Chris Lee has been busy of late, doing all manner of projects right across the design spectrum. But he was able to spare us some time to answer some questions and shed some light on the mind inside The Beast.
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