Classic Rock Little Angels.
It's taken a long time to get around to these folks, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. The Little Angels project is ongoing.
Bond (slight return).
Recently I turned the Goldfinger book cover in to a poster for a screening by The Flicker Club in London. The club raises funds for the Make a Difference Trust; established to support people facing hardship as a result of HIV and AIDS in Africa. Honor Blackman, Miss Pussy galore herself, was the guest of errr.. honour.
FEMMY.
This is for an upcoming charity auction in aid of Movember supporting prostate cancer. I'll post the details soon.
I have the ear of one of Lemmy's people, and I asked him to show it to Mister Kilminster. He thought he'd take it the wrong way however, which is a shame because it was all done with love. The Ace of Spades was the first single I ever owned.
It's Nice That #2 Interview.
Here's some chit & chat from a great new publication. You can view more here
It's produced by a couple of diamond designers whom I first met when they were students at Brighton. They are a real force of nature and are creating interesting work with a lot of passion.
The Secret History.
This years Penguin books student competition was to design a new cover for The Secret History. I saw the winners on a blog and very nice they were too. I love this book, and it got me thinking what I'd have done. Here's the idea which popped up in the shower.
Adebayor portrait.
Ade in the Arndale! - Video - Manchester City FC
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The largest thing dimensionally I've ever done.
New meedja.
A portrait of actress Carrey Mulligan- star of "An Education". Drawn in chalks on a chalkboard, a first for me. Ultimately the job ended up going a more tried and tested route, but I enjoyed the challenge of this solution.
The second version will be the cover of the next Little White Lies publication. This UK independent film magazine is really beautifully produced and well worth seeking.
Lolita
Drawn in charcoal pencil- clutched real tight. This was done for Penguin via Pentagram in the U.K. Ultimately it will be for the regular rather than annotated version.
Other Scenes
I've been designing some characters for a charity website, these were deemed a little too abstract.
Bitten By Wolves
This is a work in progress for a great band from my homeland-
The Keys. Their new album will be called Bitten by Wolves.
Barack Rock
This is for the Barack rock site, please visit it here. It provides free exclusive songs with individual art to inspire donations to the Obama campaign.
Side 2
I stumbled across this in a box of old printed work, I'd completely forgotten doing it. The record was for a band called Young Heart Attack. From 2003.
Must be something in the water
After experimenting around with these, I thought about Rick Griffin and bought a great new-ish monograph - Heart & Torch. I first saw his work back in Wales when I was 13 and my mynde was newly poured cement. Reading the book, I found that at the height of his poster period he lived and worked 2 streets away from where I made these.
Beastie Boys animation
Made for the Beastie Boys some time back, but has only recently surfaced on ol' you tube. I drew every last line of this sucker. A slightly crisper version can be seen if you double click on it, and select "watch in high quality" in the bottom right hand corner.
UPDATE. In HD here
ZOO
A Deco-dent identity for a friend's film production company, based slap in the middle of Hollywood.
Another dimension
This is from a book my agent has just published- Beat #4 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Each artist in Heart tag teams the poem. It's very lovingly curated/created. My piece comes right at the start. Pop-Turner.
Festival Spirit
This is a rock poster for a Swiss festival done some months ago, it's actually the pitch visual, but I prefer it to the finished piece.
I love Lucifer
This was done for an upcoming exhibition, details here
I love the original Pete & Dud Bedazzled, it's the one 60's film I can watch over and over again, Faustian pacts are eternal, so it's still relevant. Stanley Donen's direction is deft as hell- it all looks great, and has a handsome Bo' Dudley soundtrack. Dudley's Welsh intellectual is a rare treat - not so often you see Welsh and intellectual in the same sandwich. My forgery is based on the Ready steady go section."you fill me with inertia....."
out on dvd.
With The Beatles, 2964
I believe that The Beatles will eventually be cloned and sent out as goodwill ambassadors to far off galaxies.
The Maharaja of Synthi
This was done last summer for the Beck album The Information.
I'd like to hear him.
Rock me I'm a Deus part 1
This was done a year or so back. It's based on Norma-Jean Wofford- "The Duchess", Bo Diddley's guitar player in the early 60's.
"I think a lot of Norma-Jean," Diddley said. "She stayed with me until 1966, but then she got married and went to live in Florida. She was, like, a very honest person to be in the group. I mean totally honest, you know. She used to be my bank. I used to tell her to keep all my money, and stuff like this, and she would do this for me. The Duchess came from a very good family. They were very nice to me, and they were like a big family, you know. When I met them, they immediately accepted me as a friend, and not just somebody that was famous. Her mother treated me as if I was one of hers. It was just like being home. It was really great: they were beautiful people. I think I made a good choice because she did shine a light on the Bo Diddley aggregation."
Other scenes
After a hard days heavy realism, plonked down in front of some bad t.v. I sometimes do some detox doodling. These pictures I sort of hallucinate on to the page, with no plan of action. So far all I want to draw in this manner are imaginary bands.
The Ballad of Joko part 3
This was the first off the pencil of the 3, they are all quite large drawings. They were inspired by reading "John Lennon in America". The book doesn't paint the most glorious picture of Mr & Mrs Peace. Whatever she was, he certainly seemed to need her.
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