SPIN Magazine Illustration - Green day

I was asked to do an illustration of Green day to accompany the review of their new album for the June issue of Spin magazine. I got my copy through the post this morning, and I’m quite pleased with the result, included here are a few of the roughs I did and how it finally looks in magazine itself. Thanks to art director, Liz McFarlane, for letting me have pretty much free reign on this , but at the same time keeping me on the right track from the outset.

Reunited!

Gizza kiss

Alien Remake?

Rumour has it they are going to remake Alien! (It's 30 years old this year!!) Alien is one of my favourite films, and as far as I’m concerned should be left well alone! Ridley Scott is attached as producer and commercials director Carl Erik Rinsch has been touted to direct. I wasn’t familiar with Rinsch work, but checked it out, and was blown away with it! Perhaps to effects heavy, but ace none the less
Check out the Saturn: Evolution of Technology vid below.
Leave Alien alone and go make something something new, if it looks as good as the ads, it should look great.

District 9

The District 9 Teaser Trailer is now online. Check it out here

Which reminded my to go back and check out Alive in Joburg, the short Film Neill Blomkamp directed before he headed to District 9. Always loved Blomkamp’s short Films, even the Citroën ads with the dancing transformer were kinda cool!



It's story of aliens landing in South Africa and the prejudice they encounter!
Looks cool. so lets hope its got a good enough story to carry it off!

Wild things!

Please, please! Let this be as good as I know it should be.

Lake District

After a month or so in deadline hell, I managed to get a way for a few days last week.
Blew some cobwebs away up a few mountains in the Lake District.

Right...back to work

Bat for lashes

Still in deadline hell at the moment so nothing new to show! But came across an illustration I did of Bat for Lashes (Natasha Khan) almost a year ago now I think? Don’t why I didn’t post it at the time, but there you go.
And since me and my lass are going to one of her shows next month, It reminded me to post this !!

Check out Bat for lashes at
www.myspace.com/batforlashes

something for the weekend

Busy In deadline hell at the moment, so nothing much to show!
Been listening to a lot of Stephen Malkmus this week so here is a vid to point yer peepers at!!
Quite possibly the best video ever!