WATER COLOURS!

Here's my latest work that I had an absolute blast doing. It's been so long since I did some water colour work!
The client was Sydney's Child magazine, a free parenting magazine that also distributes in issues as Brisbane's, Melbourne's Child, etc.
The brief was to visually explore the challenges of children 'overcoming adversity' today, wether they have a disability, are gifted and so forth. (most of this is explained in bylines on the right, where the 'greenery' is.) The idea of a child being carried up a mountain was given to me by the art director, and so I ran with that. I hope you like it.

While I can't publish any actual work til it is released, I can publish my competition stuff. Here's a wine label (yes, the wine IS called TIGER BLOOD, and no, it's not Charlie Sheen's vineyard..) for the new wine label design comp site WINE COUTURE. Not a big fan of the name, but it challenge me to do something with a serious feel as opposed to a parody. Tiger's stripes are represented by a stylised circulatory system, and the tigers head was drawn in graphite and finished in photoshop. I hope you like it.

Of course, ANOTHER competetion entry! Hey, I got to stay productive when I don't have work on the table right?? This time it's for Threadless's 'Design a Temporary Tattoo' comp. Basically Threadless have a yearly meet-up of designers in Chicago. This year they want a temp tattoo for the event, winner gets flights to Chicago and accommodation . Their new tagline is 'MAKE GREAT TOGETHER', and I based some of the imagery on a handful of their chicken themed shirts. Keep your fingers crossed for me ok!!

SYMETRICWOLF, my favorite band.

Yet another tee shirt competition sub, this time at my old friends at DESIGN BY HUMANS. I wantes to do this idea a while ago for a tee sub but never got round to it. Was fun to do, and I've included some reference and progress above also. The original wolf drawing is half drawn, and flipped for perfect symmetry. SYMETRICWOLF is not a real band btw.

More competition work. These skatedeck concepts will be up for voting soon at INFECTIOUS.
Check out my previous winner HERE!

Here is my entry into the FOOTLOCKER ART PRIZE 2011. Long story short, it's a AUS$50,001 art prize, where your canvas is a sneaker. Various style are available, but you have to follow the template. My choice was the classic Chuck Taylor. I hope you like it.

My collaboration shirt is up for sale now, part of the high end SELECT range at Threadless.

The credit for the concept belongs entirely to my good friend Ross Zietz, who ask me to work some pencil magic on this illustration, part of the Select's Nautica themed range. I worked completely in reverse, using black heavy graphite where pure whites would be, and vice versa. When the artwork was printed in white ink on a blue shirt, you get the above result. I am stoked with how it turned out!