Just wrapping up the G-Force team portraits with Tiny here. Although it's not all over just yet. I'll be working on a Zoltar illustraion before completing a full Battle of the Planets team poster later in early spring.
Tiny & Keyop will be printed next week with any luck. I'll keep you posted.
Been pretty busy, but I'm finally making some progress…
I've been toying with the idea of a new online store for a long time now. My Etsy page has done me proud over the last couple of years, but I've struggled with the lack of control I have over the page structure and overall design.
When appearing at London's Go Global Conference late last year, I was impressed by Mary Tan White's talk about her company moonfruit as an alternative to Etsy. As a result, I've spent the first week of this year designing my own fledgling online store The Hand Drawn Creative Shop (keep it simple). Now I have all my stock on offer in a clean, HDC branded environment (great!)
You may have missed this first time around, but I've printed a new batch, up for sale right now at the Hand Drawn Creative Store for a mere £20.
These illustrations have been on sale before in postcard format, but I've gathered them all here on this colourful little print to celebrate some of my favourite cars.
The Vintage Automobiles print makes a great gift for father or son and will look right at home in either the nursery or the study (My framed copy currently resides in my baby boy's nursery). Each of the cars featured the print are around the size of a Matchbox or Hot Wheels car.
Take a closer look at the Hand Drawn Creative Store
It was great to speak on the "I did it my way" panel at the Go Global conference last week. Contacts were made and new lessons were learned from some great speakers from Moonfruit and moo.com amongst others. Always good to be in London again too (the conference was on London's South Bank, allowing me to cross the Millenium bridge to get there.) Thanks again to Emma Jones & Simon Wicks. Thanks also to Emma Cattell for the press shots you see here.
I've contributed this piece Brave Sir Robin to the travelling Elemental Birds exhibition, curated by my good friends Andy & Inga Hamilton (AKA MyTarPit & Rockpoolcandy)
Bearing in mind the brief's call for positivity, I drew upon my own recent life experiences (starting a new career as a freelance Illustrator in the depths of a recession). It can sometimes feel like it's "you against the world" – but when you manage to pull it off against overwhelming odds, there's no feeling quite like it. I've transferred this sense of "positive defiance" into my piece "Brave Sir Robin, which was inspired by actual events.
PYRAMID ATLANTIC, Silver Spring, MD. USA. 26th September - 3rd October 2011
http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/...
USA Show:- RICHARD F. BRUSH GALLERY, Canton, NY. USA 23rd October – 9th December 2011
http://www.stlawu.edu/gallery/
NI Show:-R-SPACE GALLERY, Lisburn, Northern Ireland. UK dates tbc 2012
http://linenroomslisburn.com/
NZ Show:- Warepuke Print Studio, Bay of Islands, North Island, NZ dates tbc. Xmas 2012/early 2013
http://www.nontoxic-printmaking.co.nz/...
I seem to popping up everywhere these days. This interview was published a few weeks back in the Belfast Telegraph's Business section. Nice to be asked – and finally a bit of local exposure. Props to Chris Harrison for the PR here.
I've recently hooked up with a small, exclusive menswear brand nineteenthirty to create some new illustrations. Here's the first illustration I've created for their new range of 4oz. eco cotton backpacks.
Nineteenthirty's Bronagh also kitted me out with this swish new shirt (for when I finally find the time to go out somewhere nice). I'll also be helping to dress the walls of Nineteenthirty's new retail venture on Belfast's Lisburn Road this December – pictures to come.
