Modern Stars

Another trio for you folks!

What are they looking at?

Ever thought it might just be you?

DAILY 'MON

So I drew Charmander the other day for Sketch Dailies...

Then you know, nostalgia kicked in, and I had to draw the other original starter Pokemon;

Squirtle and Bubasaur.

The old Charmander was my original starter from 1999.

I always maintain, it was a tough yet right choice.

Hardball IV

Looks like it's a standoff.

I like that gif comics are a thing,

and this is just me trying out that thing.

Also, it was about time I made another gif wasn't it.

You know what they say, gifs are good. 

Now that's alliteration, despite what Steve Wilhite thinks.

Moomin 70

To celebrate 70 years of Tove Jansson's Moomin this year, I sketched a Moomin character every day for a week and posted them on instagram. Here they are, all together!

Now, why don't you have your own Moomin week?

Secret 7" 2015 Revealed

AKA 'Not so Secret 7" 2015'

Remember that exhibition I was going on about last month? Of course you do, and if you don't, simply scroll down a little.

Well sale day has passed, so I can reveal my record cover here!
The sleeve I designed was for the delightful track Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel:

The song's all about sex you see. It's filled with many creative innuendos that stick in your mind. The type you don't notice as a kid, but very much resonate with you as an adult
(well, that's what I found).

The song reminded me that once you discover something’s an innuendo,

it’s kinda hard to get out of that often amusing mindset, and that's what this cover's about.

Why a sea of aubergines?
Well, *ahem* they're the innuendo of today... trust me, they resemble a certain appendage.
Look up 'sexting' and 'aubergine/eggplant' and you'll know what I mean.
On second thoughts, don't do that.

For good measure here's the back of the record sleeve:

Ouch indeed!

If you haven't, you need to see the video for this song. It was extremely ahead of it's time:

Also, just so you know, the record was bought by this guy:

A photo posted by Secret 7" (@secret7s) on May 4, 2015 at 2:28am PDT

Thank you!

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.