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 of the alphabet with a short written paragraph/poem to accompany it.

Really excited to see the finished article so please come down to The Book Club and check out the event!

From the LCC website:

Date: Wednesday 20 July 2011
Time: 6.30pm onwards
Venue: The Book Club, 100 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4RH

Are you a designer, illustrator, photographer or photojournalist who has created a book or magazine?

If so, LCC MA Publishing students – the New Publishers 2011 group – invite you to participate in an exhibition and Pecha Kucha night to celebrate new self-published printed books and magazines.

If you’d like to take part contact newpublishers2011@gmail.com or visit www.publishingchallenge.com for more info.

Rich.

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 pieces including a new illustration print.
Here is a preview of that new one, packed full of detail and referencing dreams, nightmares, western and eastern mythology and folk tales. I have produced a limited number for sale in the original black and white and four other colourways; orange, pink, green and blue on heavyweight 250gsm Parchmarque paper.

Thank you to those who picked up a print last night-

A new online store is in the works and hopefully will be ready to go soon, in the mean time drop me an email- rich@sickmansick.co.uk for more info about the show and the prints.

Rich.

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 London College of Communication on the BA (Hons) Graphic & Media Design course and so I’m busy preparing for the final degree exhibition- the private view is on June 30th 2011 at LCC in Elephant & Castle. I’ll create a separate post advertising this.

In the down time I’ve been working on some new logos and mini schemes.

- you can follow me @Rich_Sheehan

I am also in the process of setting up an online store where all being well you can purchase some original artwork, prints and cool creative things in the future through the site, although I’m still working on the themes and schemes in the mean time-

I hope to have it up and running in the next couple of weeks.

Until then, I have to get back to preparing for the final show…!

Rich.

‘The Obdurate King’

Indigo Print

Heavyweight 250gsm Parch Marque Brite White paper

420 x 300mm

Prints available to purchase, contact-     rich@sickmansick.co.uk

Rich.

I have just finished university and our final deadline was last Monday.
Here is the first of a series of prints I completed as part of one of the projects.

The image is made up of skull lollipops interconnected and supporting each other to create a complex but fragile structure.

‘Obelion Structure’, Indigo Print on Heavyweight 250gsm Parch Marque Brite White paper, 420 x 300mm

I hope to set up an online shop soon to sell the limited run of prints I have, (5 of each) so check back soon.

Here’s a little snap of the print framed amongst some of the other work- full post on that to come.

Email rich@sickmansick.co.uk if interested in picking up a print.

Rich.

The Magic Lantern – Somebody Told Me

Here are some stills from the animation music video for The Magic Lantern’s ‘Somebody Told Me’.

This was my third time animating and my first ever time using After Effects so was a very difficult process against a very short deadline! The first version of the animation is online now but I hope to rectify several mistakes before releasing the official version (we had to meet a uni deadline so we were very rushed).

Working as a group of six and we had lots of ideas and different styles merging together with some Paul Kidby and ‘The Little Prince’ references thrown in.

Worked with a fine group of other young illustrators- check out our future work as part of GLASS: Gotlib, Liu and Schwarz, Sheehan.

Rich.