Metallic Prints

Have printed up my first illustrator drawings using Metallic inks which I mixed myself using powders, instead of the normal pre mixed acrylic, for a proper glistening finish, also printed them up on Somerset Black Velvet paper which has to be my new favourite paper!

New (ish) Work!

Been meaning to post up these pics of my latest pieces for a while - although now they are not my latest bits of work.....but they were one.....! 

Used really transparent inks to get the different layers to overlap creating colours within colours (note to self avoid writing blog posts when hung over - you are making little sense)

My first attempts at using Illustrator!

Had a stab at using illustrator today...these are the results! Going to turn these into prints for the opening of Art in the Underbelly's SHOP at the Rumsey Wells

Norwich Magazine Illustrations!

Was chuffed to bits (and pretty terrified at first!) to be asked to illustrate the cover and a feature in Norwich Magazine's January / February Green issue. The cover reflects all the different Green issues covered in the magazine and the feature is all about new initiatives at the UEA. I really enjoyed a walk round the campus taking pictures of the buildings for the illustrations although I think the students thought I was a bit wierd! Here are the illustrations on their own and in situ in the magazine and on their website. Big thank you for having me on board Norwich Mag!

To find out more about the magazine and where you can buy it visit their website.

Fever Fever

Recently did some cd covers for local band Fever Fever. This has to have been one of my favouritest print jobs I have done ever (sorry other people I have done print jobs for - no offence!) Just because the design was so nice (done by the band) and I got to do four colour separation printing or 'four colour penetration printing' as Rosie from the band put it! For those of you wanting to know what in the world four colour separation printing is..... 

Take your design (above) and in Photoshop spilt it into the four colour channels C, M, Y and K and make a screen out of each channel....

Print the Cyan channel first

Then the Magenta one over the top

Then the Yellow over the top of them

And finally the Key (black) layer over the top of them

Ta - Dah!

Cds selling on the band's merch table. Find out more about the band here and listen to them here. Do it - your ears will thank you

Norwich Magazine Article

Thank you very much to Norwich Magazine for doing this article on Stew for their Nov / Dec issue (its out now - go and grab yourselves a copy!!!!)

Manchester Modernist Society

So I went up to Manchester a couple of weeks ago to deliver my work to the Modernist Society - never been to Manchester before and absolutely loved it especially the Northern Quarter! Anywho here are more details about the exhibition so if you happen to be in Manchester....click here for more details of the event.

Merry Meshmas!

Some pics of us Meshians getting ready for our show at the Playhouse

Sweet Oblivion

Have been doing some printing for Billy Thorpe who runs a nice little blog and clothing company which you can find more out about here. I really enjoyed printing up this project as the designs we really well executed and a screen printers dream to print - if you really like them you can buy them here 

Olympian Owl Tees!!

Well its taken a while (due to the t-shirt supplier not having the correct shade of 'Steel' blue in stock) but have finally got the Owl print I did for the Olympians on T-shirts if you want one - grab one quick from their shop as only 20 got printed up!!