Posted by: caliddle | June 30, 2009

“Guns dont kill people, sneakers do!”

DSC_0153So many things have been started and not finished so its not a surprise that I randomly wanted to illustrate guns and sneakers, hence the title “Guns don’t kill people, sneakers do”.  I must get round to finishing the other projects started in the last couple of months, but I find myself illustrating the most unrelated objects to my concepts that I set myself.  I’ve gone from dollar bills to guns & sneakers…  do these objects have any relation? probably not but I’ve enjoyed illustrating them and that’s all the matters right? In fact I’ll probably just end up blending them all into one concept. Colouring in book for children I’m thinking or even graphics for children’s wear. Sure both of these are slightly controversial but I like it.

Finally I’ve give into this whole Twitter malarkey so if you want to hear from me and read the most random daily quotes (most meaning absolutely nothing) twitter me!

Posted by: caliddle | May 28, 2009

CCAD Degree Show 09

degree show invite fGet down to the CCAD degree show on thursday 4th between 7-9 hosted at the Hartlepool Art Gallery. This does mean to say that it has been a whole year since graduating……. Crikey!

Further details of the event are on the invitation above.

Posted by: caliddle | May 8, 2009

No name.

With not much work on the go at the minute I’m just finding myself browsing through blog after blog for hours on end making the day go by quicker than really needed. Also I’ve been slowly adding to my online portfolio as I’m still awaiting positive replies from design jobs.SKULLNot forgetting that 3rd year Textiles & surface Design students have approached their final deadline of the course meaning the degree show is almost here. I shall post the dates and times in the my next post, but for now back to the job hunting and blog browsing.

Au revoir.

Posted by: caliddle | April 22, 2009

1.

caliddle-rgbYes! So already one whole year of blogging been and gone in what only feels like a matter of months. Also happy one year of blogging to Witchmountain (today) & Lyndsay McBean (for tomorrow I think?) I guess I’ll make some sort of resolution to take me into my second year which could be to update this thing more. Yuuuuuup! I guess this is like a second birthday… Except less exciting of course.

Anywhoooo, thank you for reading guys (whoever you may be) and keep checking back for what I hope will be more exciting things to come in the next year.

Au revoir.

Posted by: caliddle | March 26, 2009

OOOOH AAAAARGH!!

Here I am Illustrataring away at the computer and just deciding on what to do next. Im still just trying to play about with composition, shape and lots of colour. Heres what I’ve been working on throughout the day…. Oh and he’s called Augustus apparently, Sooo watch Augustus transform.new-skull-rgbFor some reason the colours of the design when uploaded seem to differ a little bit so I’ll get back onto that tomorrow, but now I think its time for carrot cake and a fresh brew yuuuuuuuup!

Posted by: caliddle | March 19, 2009

Lost & found.

Right! So I’m going through all these design websites lately while on the hunt for a design job (Yes still!) and while on the hunt I’m slowly starting to realise that I really need to get my sketch pad out again and start to do some real drawing for a change and mix things up a bit from all this flat illustrator work?.. marcus-crimbo-card4And so hunting for a spare sketchbook after thinking about the whole drawing stuff I came across this little illustration I was given. It’s actually a Christmas card that I received when I was staying in London back in December 06 (god how time flies) whilst working for a textile studio. I loved it at the time, still do but just didn’t know where the hell I had put it but it ended up being in the back of an old wallet.

On the topic of drawing and illustration look at these. Its a little series of illustrations by Laurie Rollitt who worked (or still does work?) for one of my favourite Uk based design studios Peagreen. Niiiiiiiiice!laurie-rollitt-illustration1

Posted by: caliddle | March 16, 2009

Cakes are not cakes, there Giant Muffins!

balticBack with another post and yet nothing to report apart from actually making it to the last day of Yoko Ono’s exhibition at the Baltic Museum. Although I wanted to see it so bad & not been able to get tickets to her lecture she gave to the public It wasn’t really what I was expecting from her; although some bits good and some bits bad I got round the installations rather quickly. There was one bit I did like BUT that was mainly thanks to the public who were able to write small notes about their mums and taping them to the wall. My favourite notes being “My mum has Rosy red cheeks like a slapped arse”  & ” My mammy is not open minded to Yoko’s art”…Maybe it was to someone else’s taste.

On the other hand I’m still trying to plod along with this new project and getting some rough sketches together ready to illustrate for some finals. Although the ideas are very clear in my head they don’t seem to go down onto paper very well or as good as I thought, but that’s always the case isn’t it?

P.S. Go over and look at my Online Portfolio if you haven’t already.

Posted by: caliddle | March 2, 2009

PortFoooolio.

As of this week I am revamping my whole portfolio including a new on line one which can be seen at this link. So most of my old work is in the process of being edited to bring it a little more up to date and also because I am slightly sick of seeing it the same old way, so a little editing here and there and CAPOOOOOW!! Done!

Keep checking back for more projects which are to be uploaded in the next couple of days & also alongside that I am beginning a new project which I will post about some time soon but all I will say is that it involves a whole lot of bling!….. I really cant get away with saying bling can I?…..

Posted by: caliddle | February 9, 2009

Me Like, You Like.

Here’s some awesome links to some of my top sites at the minute featuring some interesting interviews. I could quite easily spend my whole day clicking away through the endless list of links on featured artist & designers.

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Enjoy :D

Posted by: caliddle | February 8, 2009

BACK!!

february-winter2Soooo, thought I’d update otherwise my page would be saying “happy 2009 bloggers” for the rest of the year and we are already into February which to me is preeeeetty scary.

So the snows been this last week and gone all in the same day and its now falling again as I type this post, but I don’t think I’ll have any worries of being snowed in unlike our Kim who’s been bravely adventuring outside of her moorside cottage and finding random igloos and reading the moomins & of course producing lots of lovely work.  So at the minute I’ve been experimenting with a lot of cut work all due to not having adobe suite the last couple of weeks but its all good and now I have it back I can start experimenting with the both (cut work & illustrator/photoshop) and seeing what I can come up with

Now back to seeing whether my career really did burn away in Kim’s kitchen stove …???….

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