April 2012
38 posts
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Laura Gee
Specialising in Illustration and 3D Design, Laura Gee is a london based designer who graduated from Manchester School Of Art .
Laura is certainly no stranger when it comes to working within the industry. Her live drawing which was for Flamingo Magazine was showcased at Pick Me Up.
If that was not enough, Laura has also exhibited at KKoulet for the W project. Some publications that Laura has been...
March 2012
12 posts
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Rebecca Rumble
East London based Art Director, Rebecca Rumble is currently employed by Vice.
Rebecca studied at Ravensbourne College, where there she picked up a degree in Broadcast New Media.
Specialising in Motion Design, Rebecca gathers a lot of inspiration from reviewing various designers on tumblr. Her main source of inspiration, as an up and coming designer, came from the works of Tobias Jones & Kate...
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Studio UCA: Textiles - Jennifer Seddon
When first walking into the studio, you are hit with a buzz of creativity. The department is separated into weaving and print, with first second and third year all mucking in together. There is a sense of innovation and play, the variety of processes is inspiring. Each of students learn and develop every process so that it is unique to them, dying their own fabric and thread to the finishing...
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Alice Potter
Graduating from Chelsea College of Art and Design, Alice Potter is a designer and illustrator who currently lives and works in London.
With a strong passion for hand drawings and anything graphic based, Alice has produced some beautiful illustrations based on the natural world. From landscape designs to geometric patterns.
You cant help but get a warm feeling just by simply looking at...
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Giving up the day job - Nick Reading
Giving up the day job.
I first tried to write this late at night in my room at the Southampton Novotel during an unexpected and unwelcome three day stay on work-related business. This attempt to wrestle 40 minutes of worthwhile creative activity away from the delirious fatigue induced by the previous 14 hours of drudgery proved to be misguided and futile, and unable to focus I drank a beer and...
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Hope Aylen
Currently in her third year of Graphic Communication at UCA Farnham, Hope Aylen is definitely one to look out for.
Hope Specialises in Typography, Graphic Design and Branding.
As creative designers, we all know that self promotion can be a difficult task, however Hope has certainly got it spot on with her handcrafted CD case and business cards. The design displays a beautifully embossed image of...
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Pick Me Up
Pick Me Up | Contemporary Graphic Art Fair at Somerset House
22 March - 1 April 2012, daily from 11am -8pm
Calling all illustrators, graphic novelists, cartoonists, and graphic designers, Pick Me Up, the UK’s first annual contemporary graphic art fair and festival returns this spring, for it biggest edition yet.
If you haven’t visited Pick Me Up before, I would certainly recommend....
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Mr H Illustration - The Caravan Manual
Lovely little project from Mark, an Illustration student from South Devon. The work is a book that Mark illustrated and produced for a negotiated project. Inspired by a 1956 edition of The Caravan Manual. Below are a few detail shots, check out the full project over at www.mrhillustration.tumblr.com
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Anna C Hunt, Stirring the Swarm - Anneka French
Anna Collette Hunt, Stirring the Swarm
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery
8 October 2011– 29 January 2012
Stirring the Swarm was a large scale installation sited in the imposing south stairwell of Nottingham Castle. This was the first solo exhibition by Anna Collette Hunt, who was awarded the 2010 Nottingham Open grand prize. Stumbling across the installation, I found it at first...
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Issue 4 out now!
We told you it was coming soon, and we weren’t kidding! Issue 4 is now available on our shop and you’ll notice a few things have changed. This is a special edition as we have teamed up with a good mate of ours at LiveFresh to deliver you some limited edition prints.
Since our last issue we’ve managed to retail nationwide, even on the shelves of Selfridges WhSmiths, which is a big...
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Josh Fletcher
We love a well developed stop motion. So when we saw this particular video, all eyes were certainly on the screen. Josh Fletcher is the brains behind this amazing piece of stop motion. Having studied at WSA in Graphic arts, Josh now specialises in motion graphics.
What I first viewed this video, my inital thoughts were how everything featured, flows perfectly. From the way the notes form various...
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Music + Sound Awards 2012
I was lucky enough to attend the Music + Sound Awards last week. The event was the first and only awards ceremony to focus entirely on music and sound design in the media. The awards have been launched to recognise and celebrate outstanding music and sound design used to enhance visual media, with entries from advertising agencies, production companies, film makers, programme makers, composers and...
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Issue 4 Out 06-03-12
We said it was coming soon…
Issue 4 will be available from Tuesday 6th March in many shops, galleries, and of course online. There have been a few changes in the new issue and I’m looking forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts on it.
We owe our kind printers ExWhyZed for taking some snaps of the mag during the print process, and yes this means we’ve shown you a small...
February 2012
16 posts
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Nicholas Darby
Since graduating from University College Falmouth in 2010, Nicholas Darby scooped up a BA (Hons) in Illustration, and its certainly no mystery as to how.
We all know that the world is full of young, up and coming Illustrators, but one main important factor that will allow you to stand out from the crowd, is your style. Nicolas certainly has a unique one, which I found evident throughout his...
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Kimberley Rumble
I’m not sure where to start. Kimberley Rumble is certainly a bright spark for the future.
Picking up a Graphic Design degree, at Kingston University in June last year, Kimberley has certainly gained a lot of experience. Certainly more than your average graphic student.
The Times, Blueprint magazine, FX magazine, and Fashion 156 are just a handful of places where Kimberley has...
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Sarah Clark
Sarah Clark shows plog a brilliant short film that investigates the construction of gender.
What is great about Sarah’s video, is the thought and planning behind it. 15 people were interviewed by Sarah and from this she was able to get their viewpoints and experiences on gender acquisition.
Sarah is currently in her third year at the University of Brighton, studying a BA Hons...
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Raja Saleem Akhtar
“If your not making mistakes then your not learning, and thats a big mistake” - This is a quote by the man himself, Raja Akhtar.
Raja is now a freelance digtial artist, who has had a number of commissions, from designing album covers to tattoo designs.
I am a personal friend of Raja, and I know he is 100% dedicated to his work. Since studying at Southampton Solent uni, Raja’s...
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Rhiannon Saunders
Creating layouts for magazines is what Rhiannon Saunders does best.
Graduating from Kingston University in 2011, Rhiannon picked up a degree in Graphic Design.
At the moment, Rhiannon is currently doing an internship at New Scientist Magazine, where there she helps to create layouts for the magazine within the art department.
One thing that really caught my eye about Rhiannon’s layout...
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Studio UCA: Graphic Communication - Jennifer...
It’s the start of the Final Major Project for the Graphic Communication third years at Farnham UCA, the hardest thing to do is to start, and so our tutor came up with a solution. Shoes off get on your hands and knees and scribble on a big roll of paper. He wanted to know what gets us going, what do we do when were completely stuck for ideas, all these things can help start us of on our journey.
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Sandra Dickmann
Sandra Dickmann is a very talented freelance illustrator from East London.
Deer Lady was commissioned for 3petitspoints, a French magazine. Creating beautiful illustration in various mediums is what Sandra does best. Not only does her work depict a very unique style, but I found that most of her designs almost tells a story through the images used.
In 2010 she devised three illustration projects...
