Junkie Lovers Boutique
Junkie Lovers Boutique is up and running! I designed the banner for Anouska and she was really happy with it!
Illustration
Norah Jones for Jazz and Draw
I can’t believe I never posted this up! Double failure!
This was my contribution to Jazz and Draw, a project about Jazz of course! Each artist has to select a jazz artist and a song to go along with their post. I chose Norah Jones and the song “Come Away With Me.” You can see the post here.
Africa Fashion Guide Book
Some rather exciting news folks. Jacqueline Shaw contacted me a few months ago about a rather exciting fashion illustration project. The project was to illustrate a few designers for a new fashion book called Africa Fashion Guide which she’s going to publish as part of her MA course. The aim of the book is to promote ethical designers and to show that the fashion industry can work in a sustainable way.
I produced a few illustrations and all will be revealed once the book is out (don’t want to spoil it for everyone!) There’s also a launch party to celebrate the book and there are also talks as well going on through the night. The launch party is on Friday 9th September and for more information check out this link for deets. And Natsuki Otani‘s beautiful illustration graces the flyer.
This morning I received a Puma top and a thank you note from Jacqueline. To my surprise the Puma top is a sample making it extra special.
Anyway I’m looking forward to Friday, it’s time to party!
You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter and she also has a blog which is http://www.maethicalfashion.blogspot.com/
Flamingo Arts Project
I can now reveal the illustration I did for Flamingo Magazine.… and here it is! It was for an article about the American artist Gordon Matta-Clark . To be fair I didn’t know who Matta- Clark was (yes my bad!) but I love doing editorial pieces because you get to do your own research into the subject matter and generate your own opinions and thoughts.
After reading about him I decided to do a self portrait of him and add lots of geometric and abstract shapes to mimic his enormous sculptures which often comprised of cut out walls and houses. These were often left in a raw state. Cutting through walls, leaving diagonal and horizontal shaped exteriors for the viewer to see the inside layers, this is what I wanted to show through the image. Matta- Clark would create these dramatic pieces of work which he often took man made structures, houses for instance, and completely changed their architectural function into art.
To read more about Matta-Clark check out this article about him.
You can also by an A3 Giclee Print via Flamingo Magazine’s shop. Nice.
New Illustration
I went to Boston a few weeks ago and so it feels odd not doing any illustrations. Plus I’ve started a new job which is from Monday to Friday so at the moment I’ve been getting into the swing of things. Now was the time to start earning dosh whilst doing illustration on the side, got sick of being skint all the time so makes sense to work.
Promise I’ll be doing more illustrations!