Fused magazine, as part of Eyecandy Festival, are helping out the Oxjam charity this year by calling for submissions for a 12×12 visual interpretation of your favourite record sleeve. They will be giving artists a blank 12″ record sleeve for them to ‘re-imagine’ a new cover for their favourite album by a Midlands artist/ or maybe write/design their favourite song lyrics … [Read more…]
As part of the Eye Candy Festival, an oh so tasty Birmingham celebration of graphic design and illustration, the grand folk of Inkygoodness have announced the details of their open event, entitled SKETCH Brum. Looking to get canvas dressers of all sorts together, this will be a chance for you come down with your pencils and … [Read more…]
Lee Crutchley is a graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for quotes. His Quoteskine blog of illustrated quotes has travelled far and wide and soon his first book Quoteskine Volume One will be available to buy. You can see more of Lee’s work on his flickr account or by visiting his website. Thanks go to the FAKE magazine blog where we noticed this. … [Read more…]
West Midlands based photographer and filmmaker Stephen Vernon Clarke, focuses on simple portraiture and landscape photography, with a polished finish. Take a look at his portfolio on his shiny new website www.vernonclarke.com, the result of a re brand from Liberty Creative.
Highstreet stores may be filling their shelves with mass produced Christmas cards at the moment, but some of our favourite Birmingham based designers have been busy bees making their own festive designs. Claire Hartley‘s hand illustrated cards are priced at £6 for a pack of three different designs. Abigail Borg‘s letterpress cards – ‘Daphne’s Pinecone’ … [Read more…]
Darren John designs these quirky illustrations, and is based in Birmingham. He’s also on Flickr, where you can take a look at some of his more recent work.