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Publishing Challenge
Next Wednesday is an exhibition by MA Publishing students from LCC- a celebration of the all things printed and bound. As part of this will be the launch of the ABC Book Project which I was involved in earlier this year. I was one of 26 illustrators each contributing an illustration of a designated letter ...
LCC Degree Show + New Prints
The Private View was last night for the LCC Graphic & Media Design: Illustration degree show at LCC. It was packed out and I hope everyone enjoyed it! It runs until next Friday 8th July and a full post is to come on the show and about this new work. I’m exhibiting four different framed ...
New Schemes & Online Shop
I’ve hit a bit of a lull in terms of getting the content I’ve been making up here on SickManSick- but rest assured there are exciting projects in the pipeline. It’s been a very busy few months- I’ve recently finished up some client work with a Martial Arts company and I’ve just graduated from the ...
Jucapinga London Show
Last Friday I went down to the private view of Jucapinga’s first solo show in London, “Facing Kabu”. Set in the Old Police Station in New Cross, it is the perfect setting for Jucapinga’s work where we find ‘the relationship between good and evil, crime and order is presented sequentially and limited by frames’. From ...
Lyrics and Type Exhibition
Opening night THIS Thursday 8th April 2010: 6-9pm at East Gallery, 214 Brick Lane, London. Exhibition runs until 21st April 2010. “16 INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS VERSUS FAMOUS SONG LYRICS” It’s come around again all you music and type lovers! Welcome to LYRICS AND TYPE: VERSE 2 – another international typographic screenprint exhibition from the creator of ...
Interview with Keith Thompson
Keith Thompson is a freelance artist whose work features in everything from books and magazines to film, tv and videogames. You really need to explore his website to understand how great this guy is- incredible concepts and ideas with awe-inspiring style and execution to each and every piece. I hope it’s clear to see why ...
Animation Development
Having agreed on the look and theme for the animation here is some of my contribution for the visuals for one of the sky sequences. Some Paul Kidby/Discworld inspired references in there with the classic floating islands which always give a surreal feel to other-worldly environments; mixed with a continuation of some of the ideas ...
Interview with Skrilla
Skrilla is a Midlands-based Graphic Designer from the UK. He is well known for his atmospheric and striking album artwork as used on the ‘Adulthood’ Soundtrack and he has attracted the attention of many important Producers, Rappers and Emcee’s (Papoose, Million Dan, 10Shott, Joe Budden…his list of clients is endless) over recent years. A big ...
Gothic Treatment
I’m obsessed with Gothic and Olde-English style type and after sitting in some old Cornish pubs last week drinking Rattler, I decided to tweak some classic Sherwood and Blackletter type in my own way. I’m really inspired by some of the modern re-workings of this style of type by other designers and particularly some of ...