Lineup, Architecture, Megatherium & Billboards.

Couple of things happened and another couple ongoing...

Firstly, I attended 'Illustrato.rs' Lineup Festival at the Mall Galleries on the weekend, thanks to all who came by my table, bought copies of 'Billboards' and generally made the day very enjoyable. This enjoyment was prolonged by reading Richard Bruton's review of the Between the Billboards saga so far, over at Forbidden Planet International. A great write up and so reassuring that people are out there 'getting it' and enjoying it too, thanks!

The ongoing projects at the moment are my architectural illustrations which you can view over at ANALOGUEVISION.COM and of course my next comic venture to be put out by Avery Hill; 'The Megatherium Club'.

Stay tuned for updates on everything as it happens and thanks for your patience if there are a few moments of internet hiatus, I am still here.

 

 

'Outerspace' Staff Profiles.

I was commissioned to draw staff profile images of the landscape and urban design practice 'Outerspace' who I have worked with for many years. Check out their brand new website complete with the full staff illustration line up [HERE]

Outside of landscape architecture, they are also a very talented bunch, so be sure to check out...

Lukasz Kowalski's photography.
Claire Symon's cakes.
Holly Dickenson's artwork.

 

Architectural Sister Site.

For those of you who are unaware, I also create architectural perspectives over at my other site ANALOGUE VISION which has recently been spruced up.

My National Theatre drawing was recently featured on The Architectural Review folio site.

Comiket 2013.

I will be at COMIKET on Saturday (20th April), which this year will be at Central Saint Martins (Kings Cross). It's free and easy to get to, what excuse could you possibly have?!

I will have issues I-IV of 'Between the Billboards' available and other bits of course. It would be great to meet you in person if you can make it down and don't just take my word for it regarding 'Billboards', check out these two recent reviews:

Reviewed by Andy Oliver (Broken Frontier) [read here]

Reviewed by Justin Giampaoli [read here]

Here's a spread from Pt.IV featuring Ebner's dark memory sequence to get you in the mood. 

Blade Runner Sketch.

Quick sketch exercise.

Reads 3: The Megatherium Club debut.

The third issue of Avery Hill's comic anthology 'Reads' is out! And as well as the usual plethora of fine young comic talent on display, you are treated to the first print outing of my latest project 'The Megatherium Club'.

It's a small taster of a larger, stand alone piece to come out soon. To get you in the mood, here's a sketch of one of the main characters; Edward Drinker Cope.

Photos of' 'Reads' courtesy of Avery Hill [go buy it HERE]

  

BOXPARK Pop-up.

I recently won a brief for Ideas Tap to stock copies of 'Between the Billboards' at their pop-up shop at the Shoreditch BOXPARK. 

There will be a whole range of designer's work on offer for the entirety of the week starting on the 25th of March. Parts I-IV of Billboards will be on sale so you can get yourself up to date with the story so far in readiness for the release of Part V soon. Which I can reveal is provisionally called 'The Nothing That You Know'.

Furthermore, I will be helping to man the stall personally on Tuesday 26th in the afternoon, so it would be great to meet any of you who would like to drop in and say 'hi'.

One weekend in March.

Enjoyed a weekend to myself and spent it wandering about London which actually turned out to be about 8 miles looking back at it. Love the fact you can photograph yourself with a Megatherium skeleton, sketch an actual 1958 sno-cat and stop off to take some photos for an architectural commission, all on the same city stroll. Had myself and coffee and pie too, well it was National Pie week apparently.

Returned home to read this fantastic review of my 'Between the Billboards' series by Justin Giampaoli [read here] Working in relative isolation makes response an unknown, so it's great to read that someone clearly 'gets' what it's all about.

Return to Life Drawing.

Due to one thing and another, I've been neglecting my life drawing recently.

Returned for the first time in a long time, and despite the freezing conditions (hence the fast and frantic line work!) it was nice to get back into it. Results are mixed and below...

 

 

 

Benson: 'Comedy Meat'

Cannes.

It wasn't all architecture this week, I also had to produce this invite for a business lunch on the beach in Cannes. Information has been removed, but here is the image they went with.

Benson's Hiatus.

If you are a regular visitor, you have probably noticed my 'weekly' piece 'Benson's Bar-Caffe' has not made an appearance for a while. Fear not, he is still cheery as ever and will return when my work load allows. In the meantime, do check out the back issues and I leave you with these friendly words from the man himself.

NB. If you are a publication and fancy having a misanthropic cafe owner grace your pages on a regular basis, do get in touch and I'll see what I can do.

Douglas Murphy.

Here is a graphic sketch of Douglas Murphy the architectural correspondent at Icon magazine.
He's also written the book 'The Architecture of Failure' and makes some interesting points on twitter if you're into the architectural scene.

Live/Work.

A small architecture/graphics 'mash-up', the possibilities are endless over at ANALOGUE VISION.

 

VM3.4 London Sketch Crawl.

I am a member of the Urban Sketchers network and recently braved the snow to attend one of their sketch crawls. Five hours spent sketching around the Tate modern was a nice way to spend a Saturday afternoon and below are the results.
The sketches feel a bit 'flat', but it's all good practice and there are a few drawings from the British Museum and elsewhere in there too.

Silent Treatment.

This is a four page comic I drew originally for the Observer Short Graphic Fiction Prize.

It's called 'Silent Treatment' and I'd love to know your thoughts, as it's a slightly different style to 'Billboards'.

 

 

The National Theatre.

To celebrate the new year, here is a fresh ANALOGUE VISION architectural illustration of Sir Denys Lasdun's masterpiece; The National Theatre.

If you need any illustrations such as this, or know a practice that does, do let me know and more examples can be found over at WWW.ANANLOGUEVISION.COM

By The Light Of The Kiosk.

This is not very festive, but here's a one-page comic I drew. Maybe consider it an early present?

Thought.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
I really hope not.

Christmas Card 2012.

I know you've all been waiting; here is the Christmas card design I shall be sending out this year!

This may ruin the surprise for those few of you who do actually receive a card from me, but in the spirit of giving, the rest of you can print off the template below to send to your loved ones. As normal, print it greyscale on stiff white card at approximately A5 size (folded to make it A6). The perfect solution if you've forgotten to buy one.

Furthermore, if you purchase anything from my shop in the run up until Christmas, I'll stick one of these cards in too (signed on the back). Hope you enjoy the festive approach.