more tropics bizniz

Some more bits for Tropical Waste. having a weird technique crisis where I feel like I've lost all ability to draw well, but hopefully have reigned it in now. For some reason have spent the last few weeks actively trying to draw more 'sloppy' with horrible disasterous results. Think it's indicative of the wider trend of me losing my mind but i'm tightening up again, have been doing more and better stuff that won't see the light of day yet but it's all good. see you in 2011 please when I am hopefully not as dead broke as I feel now financially and psychologically. that's enough of that, this isn't livejournal.

ANYWAY, HERE'S THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE I DREW FOR TROPICAL WASTE:


and also the follow up to their Lewisham soundsystem post, an interview with Les Black you can read here and features some more of my drawings which make me cringe (but as Kanye would say ITS A PROCESS)

blogzzz

last week was a busy week. in addition to the iphone wallpaper, other stuff of mine hit the interweb: first was an amazing piece by Seb Wheeler over at the great blog Tropical Waste with an article about Lewisham sound-systems of yore.
Read it and see another of my drawings here.

Then on the same day, Nothing Bad magazine asked me to do a quick drawing of David E Sugar to accompany his interview.

see it with your eyes here.

that's all for now, but more soon! here's to seeing the back of 2010 and blindly stumbling into 2011

iphone background

Just Us are doing a series of winter-themed iphone wallpapers, and the first release is mine. Just download the image above and whack it on. Not sure if there's anything specific cos i've not got an iphone. ENJOY. should be posting blog stuff, covers and a computer desktop SHORTLY. Oh also I'm in the E-Spam zine for sale on the just us site too.

graduating into unemployment

apologies for the lack of updates, I wish I could say it's because I've been super busy making loads of work, getting paid and living a great life, but unfortunately no. Still working (seemingly endlessly) on my migration comic project, got a few other exciting drawing work coming up which will post as soon as they're done. here is a comic I did quickly and roughly (but thats the point babes) about what i've been doing since I graduated with a 2:1 in illustration. i.e -lots of long baths, walks, job apps and rejection emails. Might be printed in a new zine on the subject of graduating into unemployment, but will naturally keep you posted. ENJOY

Dysophia

I've been working on the new issue of Dysophia, a green anarchist journal that publishes themed issues, this new one being about Migration, Population and Climate Change, and the inter-connectedness of these in a capitalist society. Above is my original cover illustration, later revised as it could be construed that 'migration' is a negative when lumped in with nationalism, capitalism and climate change. Which it definitely isn't. So with the death of Jimmy Mubenga, we changed this for 'authoritarianism'

I also did a series of internal illustrations

And these, migrants blinded by the use of the word "illegal"

The finished zine should be out for the Anarchist Bookfair this saturday so I'll post some photo's when it's printed, and probably get some for the distro

Phoenix mag

Just briefly, I've a brief interview in the new issue of Phoenix Magazine talking about my Great Anarchists zine. It's part of a whole article on british zines at the minute and features my boyzz Edd and Jimi and despite containing the horrible sentence "Zines are print version of Facebook status updates", it's a pretty good piece. Here's a phote of my interview.

and here are some omg celebs holding it! Not sure who that other woman is, but Keisha, if you just email me I'll send you a copy for free.

DEEP END

Me and a bunch of fellow Camberwellian's (and a few Goldsmith's too) are commandeering the 3rd floor of The Macbeth in Hoxton this week for an exhibition to coincide with the macbeth's film night. They are showing the great 1970 film 'Deep End', and we have all created new work based on the film. Above is a flyer by Ella, the private view is this tuesday the 5th (please ignore the dates on the flyer), and if you RSVP here, it'll be free to get in.
Here is my piece, come and see it bigger and better and in real life on Tuesday, then watch the film. Or watch the film and then come, feeling this multi platform format -will the film be enhanced as you've seen the film or vice versa. Interesting.

an update

Here's a drawing I did for the banner of Australian music blog tune the proletariat for their recent redesign headed by my pal Jordan. Here's what it looks like in action:

And be sure to visit the website to see the other rotations from great guys Chie and Katie.

Also, continuing a familiar theme (perhaps the start of 'More Anarchists'?), here is a drawing I made of Herbert Read, for the Anti-Design Festivals workshop entitled "Anarchy or Apathy?". The event is organised by Research Studios and runs on Sunday 26th of September.

sketchy

few sketches and odds and ends from the last few projects i've been working on

E SPAM II

Here's my revised submission for the Just Us E-spam book. Last one was terrible. Been getting a lot of spam about needing gold mining equipment so did a piece on that.

In other news the Snakes show was rad, i'll post a photo soon. The "Take Away" show wasn't as good but whatever, was happy with the work I made for it. Up next is Deep End! Our show at the Macbeth. Also hopefully a few other bits before then. I'll post some sketches and stuff this week too.

cheap chinese

Here is a drawing I will be showing/giving away at the previously mentioned Take Away show at The Outside World gallery this friday. The Brief was 'the outside world' and I decided to make an editorial illustration about an article I recently read originally published in Mute Magazine.The perilous and exploitative employment of economic migrants, despire the public outcry against it, is an essential component of capitalist productivity. Concentrating on the structural insecurity of Chinese workers both in the UK and mainland China, John Barker moves from the contextless media coverage of specific deaths to the macroeconomic picture that caused them, full article here

Here's the oddly-long flier:

celebrations

did this thing for creative orchestra/diageo to make an image for "celebrate life everyday everywhere" with a 'responsibly' added at the end because they're a drinks company. it's for a charity auction and to be displayed in their box at old trafford so the whole thing was to be completed in 90 minutes. this was way harder than i first thought. Here's my first attempt:

got this far and went wayyyyy over the 90 mins. So scaled down and tried this one:

and got that far in an hour but wasn't feeling great about it. So had a late-night panic and did this instead:

green-haired woman is terrible but oh well. need to get quick with drawing man, yikes!

EXHIBITIONS

This is pointless as it ended today but my zine One Nil was part of the Paper Exchange exhibition at the To & For gallery in Holloway. I couldn't even manage to go so feeling super shit about it, but I've heard from friends that it was rad, there's info about the gallery here: To and For Gallery

BUT this weekend 13th, 14th and 15th I'm in an exhibition at The Outside World gallery, 44 Redchurch Street, Bethnal Green, E2 7DP. It's called TAKE AWAY and all the work is displayed in pizza boxes. I think. There's no website or anything but it should be good?

AND ALSO on Monday the 16th I'm in another rad show called SNAKES at the former alliance gallery on sumner road in Peckham. here's the event on facey & here's a logo:

featuring work by; Rosie Carr, Ele Cockerill, Ellen Cummins, Ian Daniell, Charlie Froud, Jermaine Gallacher, Murray O'Grady, Lily Keal, Will Kemp, Sean Kirwin, Robyn Minogue, Matilda Moors, Rosie Ridgway, Hannah Stearn, Debbie Stone, Lucia Quevedo, Emily Vickery, Mark Walker and me. It'll be good.

Great Anarchists II

So finally, over a year since I put out the original photocopied zine, I've got some properly printed, quality copies of my zine Great Anarchists. 20 portraits of historically important anarchists each accompanied by a brief quote. With 2 colour cover, all printed on a heavy stock on a risograph. They are £1.50 each, with I guess 50p if you are paypalling. My paypal address is deadtreesanddye@hotmail.com. Here are a few spreads.

e-spam

the first project we are all doing over at Just Us is a series about e-spam. I was struggling to think of what to do, was getting a lot about gold mining and stuff like that til this great one came through saying i could "be the champion of pleasure in bed" if i only bought some sketchy pills. more about the outcome soon (to the project, nothing else)

Rolling Sea #1

Was asked by course-mates Joe Kessler and Tom Pearson to contribute to the first edition of their print set/riso business, Rolling Sea. 25 different illustrators each submitted a colour print which they then printed on their risograph and compiled in this super nice package. here are some pictures of the inside, and my contribution. Check them out at their website ROLLING SEA.

oscar's lookin' good there on the top

mine

detail

world cup

MAXHO #1

did this zine too, collecting my drawings about Nestor Makhno and the black army into a narrative. I did about ten or so with colour covers on brown card for the London Zine Symposium, and have just done a bunch more like this, rugged and diy. if you want one they are £1, just email me: deadtreesanddye@hotmail.com.