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Category Archives: Books
Neil and dogs in the sunshine. 5. Details.
And that’s the book. Hope you enjoyed it.
Neil and two dogs in the sunshine. 4. The finished work.
The whole family in paint.
Neil and two dogs in the sunshine. 2. Palette.
A second study from life. More tomorrow.
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Tagged artist, commission, life drawing, Painting, palette, portrait
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Neil and two dogs in the sunshine. 1. Beginnings.
This is a book that has been made into sections for this blog. More tomorrow…
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Tagged artist, commission, life drawing, Painting, portrait
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The book of the exhibition
The first look through a book you’ve designed is a special time. A mixture of trepidation ‘is there any mistakes in the printing, design or copy?’ and the joy of having a physical example of your work. Here’s a film … Continue reading
Photography book design.
I’ve been a friends with Jake for a long time. His eye is always good. It’s been a pleasure designing this book for him. All I had to do was let the work speak. Some nice sensitive typography.
Posted in Books, Design, Jake, Uncategorized
Tagged book design, Design, Photography book, Typography
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Claire portrait art book.
Here are some spreads of the book showing how the painting came into being.
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Tagged Art, artist, book, commission, londonart, Painting, portrait
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Hemingway 4. The book of the painting.
Being a designer as well as a painter I make books on my major paintings. This collates all the different strands that go into the work. I do like a show & tell. Here’s some of the spreads. Buy … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, book design, commission, Ernest Hemingway, fine art, Modern art, portrait
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Design week 2: Book design.
This type of work is very pleasurable. Instead of writing much about the rythmn, space and details, here’s the work. The cover. Some of the spreads.
InsideNGO Branding
This branding project took up autumn and winter of 2015. InsideNGO strengthen the operations and management of companies in the non-governmental organisation community. They are based in Washington, USA. The logo has the idea of reaching out of the normal NGO … Continue reading
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Tagged American brands, Brand guidelines, Branding, Design, Non Governmental Organisations, Typogrpahy
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Information/Expression Catalogue.
Here’s the catalogue of the exhibition. It’s a 32 page, A4 magazine. Available at http://www.blurb.com/b/6487524-information-expression-painting-from-life for £9.99. I’ll sign it if you put it under my nose… The front and back cover, showing the posters in situ. The title spread. A photographic … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Books, Catalogues, Design, life drawing, magazines, photographic record
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ERNEST SHACKLETON. A portrait.
This was a commission for the same great patron who wanted a portrait of Winston Churchill. The idea behind the portrait was to make his face show all the trials, pain and strength in the man’s amazing adventure in the … Continue reading
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Life Drawing book: Viewing / Making
Here’s some of the best spreads from the book. You can order a copy at blurb: http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/5433059-life-drawing I’m involved with Islington Exhibits in October. More information nearer the time.
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Tagged art books, book spreads, fine art, Islington Exhibits, life drawing
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Mr. Freedom book cover: 8 Final version.
After a few changes for the USA publishers… here’s the finished version. It’s all been worth it. Everyone is happy. I’ve had some really nice comments about it. I feel proud of it, a good feeling. Now. On to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1973, blue, book cover, Design, Mr Freedom book, shoes with cheeky ladies in them
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Mr Freedom book cover: 7 Colouring a Cheeky Lady
This photo is fantastic, very 70’s, very Mr. Freedom. But very black and white. So I thought I’d try and put some colour in her cheeks. Here’s a breakdown of what happened. If I had the time it would have … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's fashion, Cheeky lady, Jeans with holes in, Photoshop breakdown, retouching
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Mr. Freedom book cover: 6 nearly there… Cheeky!
Now lets’ take the boots with the lady and put them in context; the Mr.Freedom shop. Add a cheeky lady with a hole in her jeans and violá! Do a few variations on the theme… and put Tommy waving hello … Continue reading
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Tagged big shoes, cheeky, holes in jeans, Mr Freedom book
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Mr. Freedom book cover: 5 SHOES; big shoes
I always thought the winged shoes were the best image in the book. But how to make them really stand out? Make them 6 foot tall with a lady in super seventies clobber next to them. It looked a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged big shoes, Clobber, Mr Freedom book, winged shoes
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Mr. Freedom book cover: 4 Star Girl.
I’m trying to make images work that are not good enough quality on their own by turning them into quasi illustrations. Here’s an example of where I’m getting to. More next week. Tara!
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Tagged 1970's, illustrations, Mr Freedom book, stars
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