DAILY AVENGERS

A couple of recent Sketch Dailies to marvel at (you get it). 

It's Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow and Ultron himself.

A pretty stellar hero, & a pretty stellar villain respectively.

Secret 7" 2015

You've heard of Secret 7" right?

Well for those of you who haven't, it's an annual event in which seven tracks by seven influential musicians are pressed to 7" vinyl 100 times. Each record is given a unique sleeve designed by one of 700 creatives.

Which creative designed each sleeve & what song it's for remains undisclosed until the record has been bought at the end of the exhibition on May 4th. The proceed go to Nordoff Robbins.

All I can tell you is that I designed one this year, but which one?

Right now it's a secret to everybody.

The exhibition is open right now! 

This year the record sleeves are on display at Somerset House. There's a bunch of extra activities going on whilst the exhibition is in full swing, including a chance to press your own music session to vinyl! Be sure to check it out! It's pretty much the weekend, so you know what to do.

...and so, the tracks.
You can have a listen to them here (with the help of Spotify):

#artonoursleeve

DAILY HEART, DAILY BLADE

Thought I'd post two recent Sketch Dailies this time:

Say hello to the incorrigible Queen of Hearts, and the Vampire hunter himself; Blade.

I hear they both have a penchant for cutting off heads.

Also, I'd imagine these two would be one of the odder 'ships of our time.

DAILY SPIDER-GWEN

...and another Sketch Daily. You've heard of Spider-Gwen right?
Oh that's right of course you have.
She's everywhere right now and that's certainly a good thing.

Also, her back totally looks like Judge Dredd's helmet...

DAILY POWER/RANGER

I keep forgetting to post these here when I post them elsewhere.
But you know the drill, a recent Sketch Daily.
It's Zach the Black Ranger.

You feel that? That's your childhood flooding back to you.
Remember, it's morphin time.

Buddy Fever: Cats or Dogs?

A couple of works in progress.

Letter jackets are my visual jam right now.

By that I mean there's a lot more where these came from.

So Mr. Ben...

“So Mr. Benn, which costume would you like to try today?”

Mr. Benn you ask? The guy in the suit and bowler hat! Oh ok, I’ll explain…

He was the title character of a British TV show in the early 70’s, but man that show had some staying power, they still showed it when I was a kid. Who know’s it’s probably still airing today!

It was about a normal guy who went on extraordinary adventures. He would always go to the same fancy dress shop, where a fez sporting shopkeeper would invite him to try on a costume. 

He’d then head through a magical door in the changing room, and find himself in a new world dictated by his costume!

I heard a rumour that a movie based on the show is back in the works, but I can’t for the life of me remember where I heard/read that rumour. In retrospect the optimistic part of me probably made it up. But hey if it’s not true, come on, we all know that that film is going to pop up some time soon.

I can see the trailer in my head, there’d be at least two explosions (because films), and would close with a back shot of Mr. Benn, standing in front of a wall of costumes. As he turns round the music stops, and the shopkeeper slowly says the first line of this post.

Yolanda

Happy New Year everyone! (Yes, I know it's February, but still) Here's a song!

Stumbled across this in late November, and kinda couldn't stop coming back to it throughout the rest of the year. It's part of a pretty delightful EP of duets by Thumpers
rather charmingly titled 'Together'.

Above is just the carefree, joy filled image that pops into my head whenever I hear it.

A stark contrast to what it's actually like in the UK at the moment.
Is drumming on a warm beach an odd thing to strive for?