I have recently seen a very wonderful music video from the band Justice. Directed, illustrated and animated by French designer So Me. The video follows two people walking through halls with animated t-shirts. The second video was a viewing recommendation from fellow Betley blogger Ash. The band is Sh*tdisco with their song Ok. The majority of the video is done using a pop-up book containing pictures of the band playing and singing, it is a great video. It uses a idea which I’m sure every young designer has been tempted to use for a project, but they execute it really well.

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“With the help of a GPS device and DHL, I have drawn a self portrait on our planet. My pen was a briefcase containing the GPS device, being sent around the world. The paths the briefcase took around the globe became the strokes of the drawing.”
Eric Nordenankar - Biggest drawing in the World

This may be a couple of years old now but it’s still a great piece of animation. It was created by Alan Becker in 2006 and has now been updated with smoother graphics.

Click on the image, or the following link to view the animation, then click play and sit back and enjoy a piece of creative brilliance.

Animator vs. Animation

Alan has created version 2 of the animation which can be seen on his DeviantArt website: alanbecker.deviantart.com

We worked closely with the Guernsey Dairy to produce new branding and packaging for their existing product range, as well as new product launches.

We updated the brand with more modern, sophisticated image; products such as the Dairy’s ice cream were given a contemporary feel helping them sit comfortably on the shelve alongside international brands. A new website, range of print adverts and TV advert were designed to maximise consumer awareness of what is regarded as some of the finest milk in the world.

View our work for the Guernsey Dairy.

Whilst at the Bristol Artists Book Event in 2007 at the Arnolfini I stumbled (not literally) across a very nice lady and her very nice typewriter. This was the illustrator Nadine Faye James, She was creating these amazing typed portraits. No photo was required, I sat for a couple of minutes and my letter-head was created.

I am incredibly happy with my portrait and its surprisingly cheap cost, a fantastic £1. It came in a little brown envelope which, also included a card with the text ‘Available for Weddings and Bar Mitzvahs’. So if you would like to add a bit of illustration and fun to your big day get in contact with Nadine Faye James.

Nadine is working as an illustrator and her clients include Random House, Bloomsbury and The Guardian. I recently saw a write up on her in Januarys Grafik magazine which was the review of the year issue, so I’m sure she is doing all the right things.

The Readerswives Collective have just moved into their new headquarters, The Centrefold Gallery. To celebrate they are putting on a two week exhibition called ‘Paperview - the more you buy the more you see’. The work on display is from many great local artists including Choobi, Ster, Rostone, Decal, Melon, Kitten Soft and Vinyl Matt.

All the framed pieces on display are selling at a drop down bargain price of ten earth pounds. As each piece is brought and taken down a collaborative wall painting is revealed like a reverse jigsaw. Read more

If you’re a bit of a t-shirt fan like myself you’ll enjoy the Threadless T-Shirts site. It’s got a great range of cool tees for you to purchase, and even though they come all the way from the US of A they’re not too expensive and don’t take long to arrive.

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During my time at university I had the pleasure to meet some great contemporary illustrators. I am pleased to announce that a fantastic selection of these are putting on their very first exhibition. These gents are Tom Ashton-Booth, Ed Boyles, Huw Devine, Patrick Gildersleeves and Ben Summers better known as “Danger! Fun Boys”.

So if you like danger, fun, boys, grammatical inclusion and illustration then go along to the Centerspace Gallery in Bristol between 18th - 24th January 2008. The Gallery will be open from 10.00am - 18.00pm

Here’s a taster

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