I had a stall at a local craft fair last weekend and had more than a few people ask about cycling prints. So here's something I worked up yesterday. Might print off a little run next week. What do you think? Bike Nuts & Fixie Fans – I need your feedback
An exercise in getting stuff done quickly – each of these illustrations took 8 hours to complete. I was going to print these off just for my little boy's room, but I ended up finishing a printrun of 50 for each design. Based on old 70s Fisher Price playsets, I know a lot of you will know recognise these from your childhood. They're only £20.00 each and are available on the HDC Store right now.
Well, we're officially on holiday this week, taking a break to visit old pals in Sheffield. The Hand Drawn Creative Etsy store is on vacation mode, but don't forget you can now also buy any of my prints from Brough & Ready's website too. Here's a taster of some new prints for sale there. See you next week...
Hey everyone. Just dropping in to announce an exciting new print venture between Hand Drawn Creative and Brough and Ready. Brough and Ready are a UK based team of experienced Illustrators, Designers and printers producing high quality cards and art prints aimed at the interiors market (you may know them from recent promotional campaigns through sites like ACHICA and FAB).
I approached Brough and Ready at the start of summer to discuss a possible collaboration, The guys at B&R were really interested – especially in my series of Stone Roses print ideas celebrating the legendary band's return to the stage this summer.
I've been working steadily all through July to get a bunch of great designs together, which I hope you'll really like. The main reason for teaming up with B&R is quality and size. Now you'll be able to order Hand Drawn Creative prints at large format sizes on gallery quality stock at prices I just couldn't match if I was working alone.
A lot going on this month, but hopefully these new print designs will be up for sale soon. My Wife and I travelled down to Dublin for the Phoenix Park show early this month and we were both profundly moved to see a band playing together that have been the soundtrack to our lives (and dare I say our childrens' lives). We both agreed, it was the best concert either of us had attended. So I've been beavering away at these commemorative poster designs (Mani & Reni will follow shortly). Each print will refer to one of the Stone Roses' landmark comeback gigs. If you were in attendance, what better way would there be to remember one of the best nights of your life?
I've been scribbling away with brush pens recently. I'm just getting the hang of it, but it's always nice work with new tools
Thanks to Pinterest, I've been asked to reprint a few out of stock artprints, namely Sneakerfreak and Ulysses. So if you missed out the first time, or are looking for an original Father's Day gift, why not drop by the HDC Store.
Here's the first of a new series of illustrations I'm calling Indie Crush. I'm harking back to those days when playing in an indie band was the coolest job in the world and a long sleeved tee, crumpled pack of Marlboro lights, black jeans & a pair of Doc Martens were standard issue. Ah, the early 90s were a blast, weren't they? Now who remembers Miki from Lush?
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.