Dec 17, 2008
The good guys at Raw Design have let us know that the Christmas By Colour posters and wrapping paper are now available to buy. CBC is essentially a xmas-themed Pantone-swatch mashup, where Raw invited designers and illustrators to invent xmas colours, along with a pantone colour. As you can see above the final outcome looks ace, and would be a smart addition to any studio!
You can get yourself a poster and wrapping paper for £10 from the CBC shop, and to top it all off, all proceeds will be donated to C.A.L.M. So you’ll be doing something nice for xmas too!
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Nov 24, 2008
As mentioned in our Paper & Ink post back in July, the brilliant Kev Speck has decided to push his work in a whole new direction. Known for his layered, textured and striking digital illustrations, Kev has ditched the jpegs in preference for the felt tip and pencil. His Blind Drawings are based on small snippets of Kev’s life, be they personal thoughts or references to obscure lyrics from songs, and result in fascinating little doodles. There’s now a new Blind Drawings site as well where you can explore the images and also order prints… or even request a bespoke creation! Oh and 10% of all sales go to the RNIB.
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Nov 20, 2008
Matt W. Moore, the guy behind MWM Graphics, doesn’t shy away from a bold colour or two. In 2008 alone his distinctive, geometric designs have wrapped their way around Mountain Dew bottles, decorated Vodafone packaging, been plastered over snowboards and found their way into a Cadbury’s exhibition! And he’s just launched his 2009 Calendar Poster Set, which is 4 posters for the 4 seasons. They’re printed on extra-heavy poster stock and are extremely limited-edition (only 100 pieces), so if you want a slice of the geometric magic then get in their quick!
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Oct 27, 2008
Jeremyville is one of the most prolific and well-known illustrators around. A firm believer in the value of collaboration, he’s always taking part in projects and group shows around the globe, whilst also doing a whole bunch of work for the world’s top brands. We managed to catch up with him during his recent visit to New York and talk to him about monk’s robes, acoustic sketchbooks and the draw of the Big Apple.
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Sep 25, 2008
Ben The Illustrator wades his way back onto the TC shore with a new range of art prints entitled ‘Wish You Were Here‘. It’s a set of fifteen 13″ x 19″ giclee prints which has been the labour of love for Ben and his wife Fi for many months now. We thought about summing them up ourself but we thought to ourselves… why not get Ben to do it for us? So we did!
“So, Fi and I have been working on bringing this range of prints together for a long time now, really focusing on what goes in it, developing the variety, providing something for everyone and giving me all the time I need to get the artwork perfect. Fi (my wife, business partner and inspiration) is an interior design addict, and we’ve approached this set different to art prints we’ve done before, by creating prints that will appeal to different people, with different homes, different colour schemes and different styles. It was a really great way to work, a little more of a professional approach than a creative approach, more considered design than pure art. We’re really proud to have a set that is already being relished by design-conscious families as well, something for parents and children to enjoy in their homes.
The ‘Happy Together’ print
For me personally, creating these landscape-based art prints, is always an enjoyable exercise in taking my inspiration and excitement from nature, travels and our environment and putting it into artwork. In this series there are pieces which have direct links to my own interests in the outside world, ‘There Will Always Be’ is simply straight from the Cornish coast, where we live, anytime of day we can get down to the beach and the waves are there, moving back and forth, guaranteed; ‘There Was Magic, Then…’ is the Lake District views’ epic inspiration and ‘Happy Together’ popped into my head while we were watching ‘Pacific Abyss’ on TV! (If we’re not out in nature, we’ll find some on TV). We have ideas to take our ‘Wish You Were Here!’ project further, hopefully into illustrated homewares, so stay tuned for all that, ‘Ben the Illustrator Teapots’ pouring into a mug near you soon.”
You can buy the prints now at the Wish You Were Here shop. Should brighten up even the dreariest of houses!
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Sep 19, 2008
Hot on the heels of us posting about Andy Smith’s new typography prints, Andy was kind enough to send TC a copy of his book The Hi Tide by snail mail! It’s hand screenprinted and is a limited run of 100 copies. The way Andy makes illustrations using minimal colours and resources is really inspiring and his book is a perfect example. If you’d like to get yourself a copy then grab one from his shop before they’re all gone! Quick! Thanks Andy.
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Sep 15, 2008
There’s something about Andy Smith’s use of typography in his prints which is retro-tinged and very satisfying. These are two new examples which are available in Andy’s Shop. One of them was featured in the ‘Blisters on my Fingers’ show, which we mentioned in a previous inspiration post.
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