Greek Mythology Book

Finally, After weeks of working on the latest brief, It's deadline day tomorrow. Hurrah. Celebrations,Going London at the end of the week.

Here's afew images.

This is the book, with its envelope that it will be sent out in, to prospective clients. The envelope is made of a page of Now magazine, this weeks issue is out now at a rather reasonable price of just £1.30

Spread for Dionysus

Peter 'Pete' Doherty is the Modern Day Greek God of mayhem and wine for his work in rehab. Doherty has also released four albums documenting the 'fun' he has had.

Spread for Ares

Modern day God's of Murder and Bloodshed, Tony Blair and George Bush are BFFL's (Best Friends For Life) Together they invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, killing thousands of people, as best friends do.

Just like to say a massive Thank You to Beyonce Knowles for getting me through this project, with the album "I Am...Sasha Fierce"

Window Finder

Modern Day Greek Gods Uni Brief

This is my version on the Greek Goddess Aphrodite, as everyones favourite lady Jordan or Katie Price (as she likes to be called).

Works progressing at some pace, not necessarily a fast one. Had a crit today and looks like I'm on the right path just got to choose the right bits of each image. As each God has a collage at A2 size it's just finding the right images for the book.

This is an image I have picked out for Apollo, the Greek God of Healing, Music and Prophecy.Who else but Bono & Geldof eh ?

In other news the 'Where The Wild Things Are' soundtrack is a fantastic album. Spotify it kids !!

TWO1000&TEN

Happy New Year, to whoever reads this poor excuse for a blog.

Works getting done. Slowly. But its New Years Resolution time. I've never done it before.

"The tradition of the New Year's Resolutions goes all the way back to 153 B.C. Janus, a mythical king of early Rome was placed at the head of the calendar. With two faces, Janus could look back on past events and forward to the future. Janus became the ancient symbol for resolutions and many Romans looked for forgiveness from their enemies and also exchanged gifts before the beginning of each year."

Apparently. So i thought it would be good to document my resolutions/aims for the year...So then i can come back and check how pathetic my attempt was.

1/// To Not Waste Time.

Wether it be looking at people on facebook i don't know but think are attractive or knobs or generally sat monged out watching clips of cats fixing printers on youtube.

2/// Be More Productive

With all this free time that i have gained from target one, i will do alot more work. WORK WORK WORK (Pub Club Sleep)

3/// Be Better With Money

I want to go weeks, maybe months without going into the bank to either challenge a charge or put some cash in to stop me going overdrawn.

4/// Not To Moan/Whine Or Bitch

So what if one of my best mates cripples me in football training ? he's a friend and so what if I'm his third best friend ?

5/// Go To At Least 5 Tottenham Games

Yes i support them. I argue till I'm blue in the face about how Assou-Ekotto is the most improved defender in the premiership.

6/// To Not Move Back Home After University

Yes sorry Mum but the quiet streets of Stourport-On-Severn are not for me. Manchester, London, Heck I'd prefer Stoke

7/// To Do Everything I Can Possibly Do For The Ecclesall Meerkats

Yes new boots and a new Ghanaian football this is the year the meerkats can take glory in the Barclays Sheffield Hallam Inter-Murial Trophy Vase.

8/// To Travel

Wether i go back and do Camp America and travel after or travel around Europe. I will answer the Kooks question "do you want to see the world?" Yes Kooks I do.

9/// To Record Music

Suka T & The Runcimans. On It. Big In 2010. Well within a flat above a gun shop.

..and the most important one..

10/// Get A Job As An Illustrator/General Graphic Man/Advertiser/Footballer

Self explanatory.

Busy Year Ahead

Christmas TV

After recently returning home from University, I found myself looking forward to sitting down and watching a fair bit of television this Christmas. I rarely watch television at Uni, well I stare at the television, but its almost definitely always on Sky Sports News, which is just tables and graphs and information on how many Man Utd defenders are injured. So with it being a while, I thought I might branch out, give good old terrestrial a go.

On arriving home, I opened the very special, iconic Radio Times to find the pages of great films and great television that I can remember being there when I was a kid had been removed and replaced by utter excrement. Probably human. Probably some big brother, on skates, in the jungle 'celeb' that got paid to fill up this tv 'guide' with his own crap. Thats how it read anyway.

So here are my christmas shitelights.

Wednesday 23rd

The Nolans: In the Mood for Dancing (8pm ITV1)

Yes lets welcome back the Nolans. Yes, its been four long, arduous years since they decided to call it a day so it's about time for the reunion. Coleen's got some new lyrics, yep you know the ad's. No silly, the songs from the Icleland ad's about cheesecake. not her fitness dvd, the cheesecake one.

Jason Donavon must be thinking what the hell happened to Kylie.

After the success of Coleens 'slot' on Loose women it seems the other sisters want to cash in. They all want to be able to voice, their so valid opinions, just like Coleen, on issues like the state of the country and maybe within the same episode admit they have made a sex tape.

Christmas Eve

Celebrity Shock List 2009 (9pm Channel 5)

Countdown of the year's headline-grabbing celebrity incidents, featuring the likes of Katie Price and Peter Andre, Madonna and Kerry Katona. Fantastic. On the eve of what is supposedly Jesus' birth and what with Santa's visit immanent, Five produce this golden turd. This gives us a chance to read all the crap we've read again but this time with more insight. Expect aload of pointlessly employed people (Sharon Marshall) rabbiting on about people they have never met, but idolise, but also seem to love their very downfall.

Quickly followed by

Simon Cowell: Where Did It All Go Right? (11pm Channel 5)

Yes after over two hours of celeb bashing prior to this, Five feel the need to make sure to EVERYONE watching knows that its safe to stick our heads back up, and firmly into the celeb's arse's. This is a profile of the man with comments from numerous celebrities, also sticking there own ego-filled heads up Simon Cowell's already overflowing egotistical anus.

Slither (12am Channel 4)

A Channel 4 Premiere where "a meteorite crashes in a small rural town, infecting a local man with a virus that mutates him into a flesh-eating monster. The creature promptly spawns a swarm of alien parasites, which take over their victims and transform them into bloodthirsty zombies." Sounds fairly similar to what's on Five does it not ?

All abit too festive for me

Christmas Day

About A Boy (5pm ITV2)

If you missed this twice already this week on the same channel. Yes, great consistency from ITV2, 'if we put it on that much they will surely have to watch Hugh (The Typecast) Grant's soppy and pathetic portrayal of an 'english gent'.

Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special (7pm BBC1)

They-can't-seem-to-fit-anymore-words-in-there-can-they ? So they have dropped the vulgar word 'celebrity'. Hurrah. But alas, sadly every still knows the score. I just want this programme to die.Even the 'professional dancers' have become famous. Take that knob Brendan Cole. Over 60 Celebrities have taken part over 5 years. Depressingly Astonishing. Why O Why ?

Katie: My Beautiful Face (8pm Channel 4)

I imagine around 8pm I will start getting a bit peckish again after my Christmas dinner, so I'm glad Channel 4 have deemed it necessary to show the story of '24-year-old model and budding TV presenter' Katie Piper around now.The programme documents how Katie became the victim of an acid attack that disfigured her face. Is it just me or this programme not really right for Christmas day.

Prime time enjoyment eh ?

Apolgies for the rant. I could just not watch any TV i suppose but I think I'm more angered at the fact people will watch these shows.

By the way, I am on 'The Grumpy Guide to Christmas' on Christmas Eve with fellow mardy arse Bobby Davro.

I'll have some work up soon and what with nothing on the box I should get a fair bit done.

Merry Christmas

The Dog Days Are (Nearly) Over

Four thousand seven hundred and seventy three words into my dissertation. Somehow I have only managed to write Melanie Sykes' name three times.

Can you tell I'm all about writing the numbers nowadays,tha' knows it bumps up your word count.

Exotic Plug Sockets

Just Afew New Images n tings

Peggy Sue - Once We Were Strangers. Big Up !!!

Some Facts And That.

An Image From Egypt.

TRUST !!

Forget Frost/Nixon...

..Here's Ferguson/Casson.

A battle of wit,humor and sex appeal.

For my Learning Proposal I decided to stage a Television Interview.

Strongly influenced by Man to Man with Dean Learner and Bang Bang Reeves & Mortimer, I wanted it to be very low quality and humorous. Although, as with all things illustration it needed as much content as context.

Enjoy

Part I...

Part II....

Bonnie + Clyde

Apparently more than just a Beyonce and Jay-Z song...

..."Bonnie + Clyde were famous bank robbers. Little did these loverbirds know The Royal Bank of Scotland would never be the same again."

Spaghetti Western

"This is recognised as evidence of the first ever "blind date". Ironically between a Cowboy man and an Indian fellow. They ate spaghetti."

(Learning) Proposal Schmosal

We have to write a learning proposal 'that confirms the design issues I am addressing in Level 6'. Level 6 is the 3rd year of university not a level on Max Payne or some other Playstation game. I just want to have a laugh with my work and push it a far as possible, by blogging . So i guess i just produce as much work as possible...

Whatever happened to them guerilla gig's NME used to bum off ?

Translation : 3 people have escaped from prison

I miss me mum's Roast Dinners