The Hand Drawn Creative Blog

I gotta million ideas I ain't even rocked yet…

New print alert! This is one that's been knocking about my brain for years. Based on an inspirational lyric from The Beastie Boys 1991 album "Check Your Head" I've played with the Duke & Lavendria typefaces from Lost Type to create this print I'd originally designed to hang in my own workspace as a confidence boosting piece to inspire me through mental blocks.

I've hand pulled only 20 of these 500x700mm(19.5" x 27.5") prints on Lambeth cartridge 350gsm and all prints are signed and numbered by myself. Each print costs only £25.00 ($40.00).

These prints are available now at the Hand Drawn Creative Store

 

Yer in the North now Lad

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...

Reni

Get ready (Size Matters)

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.

 

I guess You had to be there…

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? 

Sketching...

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

Couple of other Reprints

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.

Long Time No See…

It's been a crazy year chaps – so much so that I haven't been printing or blogging or really anything much at all, because business has picked up so much. Client work means I've been drawing more than ever before. Unfortunately, due to the confidential nature of much of the work, I can't really write about much of it.

Nevertheless, I've got lots of other little things I've been busy with. Firstly, Pigstock! The Pigstock festival took place in the wilds of County Down's lush countryside this weekend. Myself and a handful of other creative professionals were invited to create poster artwork to support this young, growing music festival, which we displayed and sold alongside an excellent livepaint session by the main stage. Lots of fun was had by all (apart from Baby Jack, who thought the PA system was just a little too loud for his liking). Still, a cracking start to the summer. Here's my effort (which will soon be available to buy on the HDC Store btw)

Dermy lets rip with the spraycans…

As does My Tarpit

New Prints are out there…

You just have to look in the right places. Namely my Etsy Page. Pop along to http://www.etsy.com/shop/handdrawncreative to see all that's on offer.

 

What it's all about…

Keeping grounded and remembering how lucky I am to work at home & watch my kids grow. Jack is 8 months old today. Happy almost birthday little guy.