Yusuke Nagano

Yusuke Nagano

I am delighted to share the work of Yusuke Nagano, a Japanese born Illustrator and Art Director who has lived and worked for much of his life in Sweden. He’s one of my favourite illustrators working today and I was fortunate to briefly speak with a busy Yusuke during his recent and very successful exhibition at ...

Zoey Hardwick

Zoey Hardwick

Zoey Hardwick

Digital Drawing + Simple Colour Methods

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Digital Drawing + Simple Colour Methods

  In my first tutorial I’d like to share some of the techniques I use when creating a basic digital illustration in Photoshop. I hope what follows gives you a glimpse of my process and although quite straightforward you may find something useful. “You should be doing this in Illustrator!”, I hear you moan… I ...

Kyle Platts: Illustrator

Kyle Platts: Illustrator

My name is Kyle Platts and i’m an illustrator based in South London. My influences are anthropology, hot rods, nature, bad skin and psychedelia. In an effort to keep busy, I do a weekly comic for mint magazine. This is a constant exercise for me as it forces me to think about text and image ...

ABC Book Launch

ABC Book Launch

I went down to the MA Publishing student’s exhibition at The Book Club in East London last Wednesday- ‘Publishing Challenge’ showcased new self-published books and magazines from the students at LCC. The work on display was excellent and the night also coincided with the launch of the ABC Book Project. There were some very interesting ...

LCC Degree Show Private View

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LCC Degree Show Private View

It’s my degree show private view this Thursday! The exhibition goes on for a about a week but please come to check out the great work from all the different pathways. The uni is right by the island in Elephant & Castle- if you come out of the Shopping Centre Tube Station it’s opposite- you ...

Emily-Jane Robinson

Emily-Jane Robinson

Introducing an extremely talented artist/photographer… ‘Emily-Jane Robinson’ We are very lucky in that she will be posting here on SICKMANSICK. Her work is extremely emotive, which is a product of trying to understand the mechanics at work that dictate our complex emotions. In her own words she writes: “The work itself has acted as a ...

Obelion Structure

Obelion Structure

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 ...

cormacmcgloin.com

cormacmcgloin.com

I have launched my brand new website cormacmcgloin.com Designed by yours truly. Bookmark it and check back regularly for updates on my work. There is also a blog section to that site for general musings in addition to the galleries. I hope that you enjoy it. Any comments or problems with the site then please ...

Jucapinga London Show

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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 ...