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MA WAS RIGHT...I DO HAVE A PROBLEM!

2011-12-11T09:11:00.001-08:00

OCD dilemma...do I order them by brand or by colour? Went for brand with this current selection. And yes I need help...

MY TOP TEN MUST HAVE MUSICAL NUGGETS 2011

2011-11-20T13:37:00.000-08:00

So here are my Top 10 musical moments of 2011...had to give it up to Mr Brown for a monster album of hypnotic beats & hilarious rhymes...man is one of a kind!

01. Danny Brown – XXX LP - Fool's Gold Records
02. Africa HiTech – 93 Million Miles LP - Warp Records
03. Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx – We're New Here LP - Young Turks/XL
04. Hudson Mohawke – Satin Panthers EP - Warp Records
05. FaltyDL – Hip Love 12" - Ramp Recordings
06. SBTRKT – SBTRKT LP - Young Turks
07. KOAN Sound – Max Out EP - Inspected
08. Omar And Zed Bias – Dancing 12" - Tru Thoughts
09. Pritch & Trim – Stereotype 12" - Planet Mu
10. Adele – Rolling In The Deep (Jamie XX Shuffle) - XL Recordings

I bought all of these releases on vinyl and/or MP3. Just copy and past any of these titles into I-tunes or wherever you buy your music from and support these artists!

NEW PUMA TEES

2011-11-20T13:34:00.001-08:00

A couple of Tees I did when I first started at Puma. These are now available to buy, if you see them anywhere please grab me one of each in XL!

PARIS JULY 2011

2011-07-30T12:25:00.000-07:00

SUN UP TO SUN DOWN

2011-06-15T14:01:00.000-07:00

wake up in one country, fall asleep in another

CHRISTMAS DINNER

2011-06-15T13:57:00.001-07:00

Lunch in Gullyford, drinks in Boston...

MILITANT DISCOVERIES...

2011-06-15T13:43:00.000-07:00

AMSTERDAM FEBRUARY 2011

2011-06-15T13:37:00.000-07:00

BERLIN JUNE 2011

2011-06-15T13:30:00.000-07:00

Puma Tees...so far

2010-09-05T13:59:00.000-07:00

Some tees I designed for the PUMA Retail stores, please note these are the original designs I submitted and not what has ended up in store...

Goooooooood day sir!

2010-06-07T00:27:00.001-07:00

Best shoes I shot at Crooked...

2010-03-12T17:13:00.000-08:00

Some samples of shoes I had the pleasure of photographing for Crooked Tongues in the last few months. These are probably my two favourites out of the stupid amouint I ended up shooting. First up its the Nike Special Forces Boot...what can I say apart from SICK SICK SICK! Second is the The Pro Keds x Stussy x Haze colab, camo and canvas in equal measures.

School of Hard Knocks - 3 colour print...

2010-03-12T17:05:00.001-08:00

Updated 3 colour version of the Bear tee, more colourways to come...

Atticus x Madina Lake SMU Tour Tee

2010-03-12T16:57:00.000-08:00

Mock-up of the T-shirt I just did for the upcoming Madina Lake tour...don't really know their music, but the brief was interesting. Went for an art deco meets the undead theme, feedback is all good so far. I'll post pics of the finished tee when I get a sample.

Crooked Vice Advert April '10

2010-03-04T15:56:00.000-08:00

Business card holder spray job...

2010-03-04T15:53:00.000-08:00

Crooked Vice Advert Jan '10

2010-03-04T15:51:00.000-08:00

my alcove of knowledge

2010-02-07T16:20:00.000-08:00

my plaids and checks

2010-02-07T16:19:00.001-08:00

Lowlife x West49 Skatepack SMUs

2010-02-07T16:16:00.001-08:00

Mock-ups of some Lowlife x West49 Skatepack SMUs I have recently finished. These are in proto at the moment, will get some samples asap to photograph.

Medium 3rd Birthday flyer

2010-02-06T15:30:00.000-08:00

Design for the next Medium at Plastic People, should be a banger!

Crooked Tongues Vice Magazine advert

2010-01-02T16:32:00.000-08:00

Photographed the latest adidas Your City: London shoe for Crooked Tongues recently. Set up in a local pub one Sunday evening and, along with strange looks from the locals, I got some pretty good shots. I will post a couple more of them soon. This is the artwork for the latest issue of Vice (out January 2010) that uses one of the carpet shots.

Onitsuka x Azita banner & photography

2010-01-02T16:28:00.000-08:00

So I am currently working for Crooked Tongues up in town, doing web graphics and artwork. Here is a sample of a banner I did for an Onitsuka sneakers campaign, I took the photos too.

Atticus Competitions Newsletter

2010-01-02T16:27:00.001-08:00

Atticus Xmas Party Invite

2010-01-02T16:23:00.001-08:00

Apologies it's been so long since I updated this...here is the Atticus Clothing Xmas Party invite I designed last month. First 10 out of 10 the boss has ever given out apparently! Does that mean I can charge more?!

School of Hard Knocks Tee

2009-10-28T13:39:00.000-07:00

New t-shirt design I am working on at the moment. Will update this post with a new photo very soon, as I did a re-draw of the bear last night.

Medium Flyer - November 09

2009-10-28T13:37:00.001-07:00

Medium returns for the Autumn with a heavy line-up including the mighty Spectrasoul headlining, big up Dave & Jack...see you there!

Atticus October Newsletter

2009-10-28T13:32:00.000-07:00

Win a trip to LA with Atticus and Play.com....you wot mate? Shame I couldn't enter this myself. If you fancy entering go to play.com/atticus and click on the competition banner. Designed and coded this last week and sent out to 55K database.

Phylum November Flyer

2009-10-28T13:30:00.000-07:00

Atticus Product Stands

2009-10-28T13:26:00.000-07:00

Retail product stands I am developing with Atticus at the moment. This is just an overview showing a basic 3D shopfloor layout. Hope to get some shots of the finished product up here in the New year.

Atticus Boardmasters Flyer

2009-10-28T13:24:00.000-07:00

Flyer I designed for Atticus in time for this years Boardmasters in Newquay. Thanks to Solopress for the super quick printing.

Lowlife Drink Bottles

2009-10-28T13:22:00.001-07:00

Some re-usable drink bottles I am developing for Lowlife, prototypes in production at the moment. Hopefully I'll get some samples I can photograph soon.

KaneFM myspace design

2009-10-28T12:09:00.000-07:00

Custom myspace layour for the KaneFM boys...used the new CSS based layout options and its easier than ever.

Sooooooopa Busy!

2009-08-24T06:27:00.000-07:00

Just an update to anyone that does look at this blog...sorry I've been so slack lately.

Been choka-blok with work, festivals & tax returns etc...This does of course mean I'll have loads of new stuff to put up in the next few weeks OR when I can find the time.

Just got a DJ booking for September 11th...is this a good thing?! Planning to get the bus to this gig instead of taking my plane, don't want anyone to get paranoid!

see you on the other side...hopefully not with David Gray!

August Medium flyer design

2009-07-16T16:28:00.000-07:00

Medium lands once again on Wednesday 12th August...line-up looks awesome! I went for a bubble gum pallette on this repeat pattern, think it came out pretty good.

Atticus E-flyer Design

2009-07-16T16:18:00.000-07:00

Atticus e-flyer design collabo with Play.com. Click on the image to view it larger, can't get enough of the m-m-m-montage!

Brap to the future!

2009-06-13T10:43:00.001-07:00

Another one of those pesky t-shirt designs. Hey...I may not know karate, but I do know karazy!

Steamroller Gig photos

2009-06-13T10:39:00.001-07:00

A small selection of my favourite shots from the Steamroller reunion gig. Quite happy with the results considering I haven't done any gig photography for years. Thank the gods for Sony SLR cameras!!!

Steamroller Reunion Gig - Poster artwork

2009-05-20T11:07:00.000-07:00

Ok so it looks a bit like the Phylum flyer I just did...I know! Got asked to put this together at very short notice for a member of my family, to help promote an upcoming gig. Some proper 60's blues in the lovely old Oxford.

Medium @ Cable flyer

2009-05-20T10:45:00.000-07:00

Just finished this A5 flyer for the next Medium event. Click on the image for a close-up view. This Medium event is at Cable, a new venue just off London Bridge. I will hopefully see some of you there!

New Phylum Flyer

2009-05-06T10:16:00.000-07:00

So I am back on the Phylum firm once again, designing the flyers and spinning at the night as well. We went with a proper old skool brief on this, straight outta 1978! So I dug out my shell-toes and a fat gold chain, and popped this nugget out on the way!

MC Lowqui sticker

2009-05-06T10:13:00.001-07:00

Sticker I was asked to put together for MC Lowqui. Pretty hectic design and full of the usual splats and shapes. Bit of a tight budget so I threw this together, pretty pleased with the outcome. I will post a photo of the final printed version when I get a few samples. See you down under Che!

Medium May Flyer

2009-05-06T10:08:00.000-07:00

Here is the flyer for the next Medium event at Plastic People. Look out for the banners knocking about on the wegaweb...should be a heavy night! Dunno where the design idea came from for this, but its gone down well with everyone.

Another PartBear T-shirt

2009-04-14T16:55:00.001-07:00

Another design mock-up for the clothing brand I am slowly piecing together. This is a front panel print on turquoise. You can't beat a forage in the woods.

Cohesion Event Flyer

2009-04-14T16:50:00.000-07:00

Flyer I designed for upcoming night at Bar Bloc Peterborough. Props to Freddie@Medium for getting this one. Should be a good night if you like bleeps, squeaks and bass!

Coney Island Tee

2009-04-06T14:47:00.001-07:00

One advantage of working from home is you get more spare time. So I am slowly piecing together a collection of t-shirt designs that I aim to put into production over the summer. This one uses a photo I took in Coney Island NY back in 2000...pretty simple but I like it a lot.

I'll be posting a selection of the initial designs on this blog over the next few weeks, Haven't decided on a name for the brand yet...working title is PartBear.

New Medium t-shirt

2009-03-24T17:33:00.000-07:00

Mock-up design for the new Medium t-shirt. Collage uses shots from the past 2 years of events. Not decided on colours for the print run yet. I'll post some pics of the finished product when its done.

Medium Second Birthday

2009-01-28T14:59:00.001-08:00

This is the rejected artwork for the Medium Second Birthday flyer. I think it's awesome considering its for free. Oh well...they never choose the one you like!

2 years of flyer design for Medium

2009-01-28T05:58:00.000-08:00

Jazz T 'All City Kings' LP labels

2009-01-28T05:53:00.000-08:00

Shot of the LP labels I did for the Jazz T album. I think I like these the more than the robot CD cover artwork. Really pleased with the typography on this and I also nailed the black on black repeat background.

Susie Clarke Acoustic EP artwork

2009-01-28T05:50:00.001-08:00

Jewel case CD artwork for my friend Susie's 4 track EP. Biscuit colours and a bit of texture...where's the tea?

Metal business card from way back...

2009-01-28T05:44:00.000-08:00

Steel business card with etched and dissolved graphics/typography. I designed this for a client a few years ago, dug a sample out when I moved house and thought it was about time to show it off. These cards aren't cheap and can't even be taken on a plane, but they look awesome!

Atticus Spring Summer '09 Catalogue

2009-01-26T09:13:00.000-08:00

Atticus Spring Summer '09 catalogue with gold pantone print cover. Hopefully this collection is dropping in the shops next month. Just worked on the Lowlife AW'09 catalogue...will post pics of this as soon as I get a copy.

Home&Dry Tees - first run

2009-01-15T10:26:00.000-08:00

Here are detail shots of the first four designs that got printed. Colourways were changed from the original scheme I advised...oh well, you can't win them all.

December Condition Flyer

2008-12-10T11:14:00.000-08:00

What? its not like it's really gonna happen to London! I'm playing a short DJ set at this night too.

'Fat-Cap' Tees in time for Christmas

2008-12-04T13:26:00.000-08:00

First ideas for T-shirt using an old the spraycan fat-caps image I've had for years. More ideas to come for this, its been a busy November!

Diamond Head T-shirts

2008-10-28T14:44:00.001-07:00

Digital T-shirt prints I designed using the classic Diamond Head surfers image. Probably got loads of copyright issues, so they wont ever see the light of day. Just got a couple for my own personal wardrobe.

The tips of the teeth

2008-10-28T14:41:00.000-07:00

Medium t-shirts soon to go into production. Will post up the final product as soon as I get some.

New Medium flyer

2008-10-20T09:29:00.001-07:00

Next flyer for Medium @ Plastic People. Leafy...beefy...square...part bear.

Lowlife proto skate decks

2008-09-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

Skate decks for Lowlife that never got made. I'd thrash around on one any day. Scabby knees all round...

The finished article

2008-09-24T16:51:00.001-07:00

Final printed sample of the Atticus SS'09 hangtag. Spot UV layer with Gold Pantone print. So luxurious and only 2.5 cents each!

Lowlife advert for Japan

2008-09-24T16:43:00.001-07:00

Print advert for Lowlife Japan. Gotta love a m-m-m-montage with a sick narrative.

I love magazines more than beer

2008-09-14T13:46:00.000-07:00

Some magazine adverts I designed that made it to press. Spot the new Atticus campaign (bottom left), gold typography and sepia photos...mmm..nice & shiny.

I actually won something

2008-09-14T13:44:00.001-07:00

Dusty Crates and Broken Plates

2008-09-14T09:08:00.000-07:00

Logo for The Last Skeptik's radio show on the megaweb. Just realised i've still not been paid for this. Eh Corin...sort it out or i'll sort you out son!

!!!UPDATE!!! Corin phoned me the next day to settle up. So this means 1) Some money for the rent, and 2) Someone actually did look at this blog. In a rather sad 'I spend too much time on computers' way thats really made me happy.

All Aboard!!

2008-09-14T09:02:00.000-07:00

Train ticket flyer for a gig last year. Client couldn't afford to die-cut the corners, but I was still happy with my clone job.

In a bad way!!!

2008-09-14T08:59:00.001-07:00

Jazz T album launch parties begin...the local leg is here. Skinny DL flyer, magically printed by Senator Press...can they do no wrong?! Be there or I'll set the robots on you , and they play Vanilla Ice!!!

Hanging out with the bird

2008-09-14T08:56:00.001-07:00

Atticus SS'09 Hangtag artwork. Some gold pantone and gloss layer action on this one. Add some string and a safety pin...everyone's a winner!

Neon Powered

2008-09-14T08:50:00.000-07:00

T-shirt for new brand HomeAndDry. Using slogans from AA 12 steps program. This one was briefed to look like a neon sign. Put a gradient print on there for added zang!

Another one bites the dust

2008-08-24T08:02:00.001-07:00

Uncle Shrub in full effect!

2008-08-17T13:36:00.001-07:00

This is my nephew Bobby, makes me feel like a toasted sandwich, all cheesy and warm inside.

Foiled plans

2008-08-17T13:31:00.000-07:00

RnB client gets the gold treatment. Nice logo, even nicer in gold foil print. Sexy RnB is living strong in the sticks. God bless girls in hotpants.

Jazz T CD cover artwork

2008-08-17T13:28:00.000-07:00

CD artwork for the Jazz T album on Boot Records. Not bad for free I thought. Seems to have gone down well. Click for larger image. What you sayin mate...its a metaphoar innit.

Medium flyer

2008-08-17T13:26:00.001-07:00

Latest flyer for drum&bass night Medium. I saw stars, she saw the whole of the moon.

Percekusion 7" vinyl design

2008-08-17T13:07:00.000-07:00

Latest artwork for Boot Records. Jazz T album sample 7", the mighty Percee P remix. Thanks to Sam for the graf. Its all about the purps!!!

Star Pattern Skate Decks

2008-07-28T13:40:00.000-07:00

Some skate decks using a star repeat pattern. I skate...like an old man. But it keeps me one step ahead of the scumbag rollerbladers. Die rollerblader die!