The Hand Drawn Creative Blog

Sold Out…

Massive thanks to all customers who bought my first of three Kinks screenprints in August. It sold out in only a few days. There must be a lot of Kinks fans out there (like myself). Print #2 is on its way at this week

Two New Prints

I am determined to decorate your home with my latest digital prints. Check out my Etsy Store for more info.

 

Like to draw? You'll love this…

Isn't it great to see good old fashioned drawing skills join with new technology so seamlessly? The new Wacom Inkling works on the premise that your best illustrations always start with a simple sketch or doodle. This great new illustration tool from Wacom promises to be affordably priced (approx. £150.00). The neatest feature for me has to be the sketch to vector export. Pretty impressive stuff – if (like me) you carry a sketchbook everywhere you go, this is one Wacom gadget definitely worth further investigation.

 

 

Dan Dare to the Rescue!

The Kinks prints from my last post sold really well (sold out in fact) and I've been beavering away on some new print designs to release by the end of summer. This one is actually for Planet Pulp's August submission (the theme is fictional travel posters). I've researched my old, childhood favourite Dan Dare and created a Space Cruise Poster based on an old Frank Hampson strip from the 50s called Terra Nova. I've not printed it yet – I'll let you know when it's available though

God save screenprinting…

So it's August and it's time to step on the gas and get some new work up and out of the new studio. This is a new 50x70cm (19.5x27.5 inches) print I've produced at my local printworks, printed on Fabriano cream 220gsm. This typographic study using Avant Garde and Trade Gothic is inspired by an old design/slogan used in USA promotion for the Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society LP. I've been a big Kinks fan all my life (I even moved to Muswell Hill on the strength of Ray Davies coming from there). I'm releasing 15 of these prints at £30 each in the next few weeks (just waiting for a delivery of postal tubes). Each one is hand pulled by myself, and as such, no one print is visually perfect, but that's what I love about screenprinting – all the little shifts and imperfections make each print a true original.