Vote for Carlos Threadless t-shirt design. It rocks!
Click here to vote for Carols Garde-Martin's new Threadless design POPsicle.
Ooh new banner today! Thanks to Harriet Gray
Thanks Harriet for designing the new banner for Soupa! Looks very lovely, don't you think!
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Yes it's f*cking political
In the words of Skunk Anansie, illustrator Luke Waller's work is well...political. And it seems he's got a lot to get off his chest which is why we're delighted to see the fruits of his frustrations – manifested into beautiful illustrations.His latest pieces, Battle Scarred and Toxic tackle two of the most prominent issues today – war and global warming and whilst, as Luke says: 'they are not intended to scare', the themes will surely provoke a reaction. On a lighter note, Luke has also tackled a beast – namely the king of the jungle with his work entitled Liondry. And talking of kings, he's also recently produced Comedic Kings which celebrates his love of comedy. See Luke's page to view all his work in its glory.
Where the wild things are
If you go down to the woods today, you might just bump into illustrator, Adam Higton whose work you might have seen in Anorak (our fave children's magazine) inspired by his woodland surrounding.
Ok-Jo loved it so much, she wanted to know more about him so she tracked him down and here's what he had to say:
"The Yule Bringer Saga is an ongoing and evergrowing collection of artworks by me. Inspired by animistic folklore, 1970s rock, folk and psychedelic music as well as my own personal spiritual experiences; The Yule Bringer Saga was designed as a way for me to share with you my tales of mysticism, merriment and jollification...creating a village sized collection of Woodland Folk characters, Yule Bringer is a combination of biro drawings, 2D and 3D felt works, music and video pieces also."
In 2009, Adam formed the Jovial Woods Collection of Artists Books – a non-profit publishing project featuring over twenty international artists, illustrators and musicians. For more information on this, please visit the blog, www.jovialwoods.blogspot.com
Keep your eyes peeled for information about all of Adam's projects here.
Let's fix you up with a discount shall we?
Soupa-dwelling illustrator, Elissa Elwick has just got herself a bigcartel shop and has introduced a smorgasbord of exciting new goodies. She sure likes to keep busy! We're loving this get well card 'cause if the thought of a giant needle doesn't get you better in a hurry, nothing will! To celebrate her new online shop, you can get a HUGE 40% off her cards – just enter the code:
TWITSGET40 when you visit the shop here.
Amelia's Magazine new look website
We at Soupa are loving the new look site from Amelia's Magazine.. Very pretty indeed.
Holly Wales Illustration
Holly Wales has relaunched her Illustration portfolio - go see! http://www.eatjapanesefood.co.uk
New Banner! Thanks to Mark Richardson at Superfried!
Thanks Mark for designing this months banner for Soupa. Loving the bold colours and inquisitive characters. Check out more of his work at http://www.superfried.com/ or on his Soupa page - he also has some very nice t-shirt designs at Spreadshirt. I especially like this green mountain number! >
You Are Beautiful new site!
Kerry Roper aka You are Beautiful has a new site online with some exciting new work - check it out at http://www.youarebeautiful.co.uk/ . He even has free iPhone wallpapers you can download - nice one!
It's Nice That Issue #2
Pre order a copy of It's Nice That second edition and receive a free Rob Ryan Screen print! Now that's a tempting offer if ever I saw one. The edition is only a tenner and documents the content they have featured on their site over the past six months in depth. Also head down to the launch on at the The Dock, 21 September – 25 September which is part of the London Design Festival.
Welcome new Soupa member Veronica Wood
Veronica Wood is the newest member of Soupa Creative - check out her humorous illustration work on her page here. Our particular favourites are the Amy Wino interpretation and the very funny teenage comb over.
Tea and Make at Brockley Rise
Craft fairs too cliche?... fetes to dowdy?.. well Tea and Make was a very nice combination of the two with a friendly local atmosphere accompanied by some very talented makers. Whilst wandering around the stalls outside St Saviours Church in Brockley - South East London we stumbled across some very cute screen prints by Hannah Waldron - which we recognised from Anorak magazine, none the less. On the stall next to Hannah were some very cool acrylic jewelery makers Cup of Sea who's rings we just had to try on - yes every one - just to see what they would look like. Check out their sites!
August Blog Banner - Jamie Littler
Thank you to Jamie Littler for designing a new banner for Soupa - having just traveled around Europe with a backpack, Jamie has got straight back into the swing of things by drawing this banner for Soupa, nice work and thank you for taking part in the ongoing blog banner project!! Go and see some of his sketches from his trip on his blog.
Mark Howe - new site, new site!
Soupa Illustrator Mark Howe has recently launched his new portfolio site which is a pleasant combination of room to breath, clean lines and intriguing colour filled imagery - it is a good reminder for creatives the work should shine when making any sort of portfolio. He has also been featured on Form Fifty Five! Nice one Mark!
Big Antidote
Help tell a story - one illustrator draws a section of a comic - then the baton is passed to someone else to continue the story... repeat. Once Cure Studio have 10 stories (told by 100 illustrators) they will put on the most interesting exhibition of 2010.
They need someone to start - what will be - an amazing adventure.
If you would like to find out more, including details about how to put your hand up to play - then have a look at www.bigantidote.com
If you would like to start the story then complete this form before 9pm on wednesday (22 July) and we will start the story telling on thursday (23 July).
If you know anyone else who would be perfect for this - then please do forward this on.
D&AD New Blood 2009... How was it for you?
We’re always on the lookout for your feedback and love hearing about the events you’ve been to and New Blood is no exception which is why we’ve asked a couple of people who went, what they thought of it.
Tom Northey - 'senior lecturer in BA Graphic Communication at UCA, Farnham
How did you find atmosphere of New Blood? A really good atmosphere, the buzz was electric, the venue was the best yet. Did you feel it encompassed all areas of design or leaned toward a certain area? I think its safe to say that it encompassed all ar
eas of graphic design and beyond, it was great to see some great photography there too. Did any of your students get approached from industry professionals? Yes and no. Most students were doing the work. The students were getting out there chatting – not many got approached. Did you and your students have fun? We did have fun, it was great to see what other courses are doing too. One of the best stands was Lincoln.
Carlos Garde-Martin
How about you Carlos, what did you make of the show? Being part of this years New Blood, for me, was a fantastic experience. The Private view was a great success, my name got drawn out of a hat so i got to go in two hours earlier. It was bustling with people enjoying the free beer and wine, perhaps a little more so because of the unbearable heat that day. Aside from the private view there did not 'appear' to be as many art directors as I had hoped, that said it's not always obvious as to who's who. I was pleased to see some great work there by fellow students, however the way in which some universities chose to showcase their students work, I feel really let them down. I can think of one example where they had covered the entire walls of their stall in brown paper. Thankfully this was not the norm.
What did you think to the venue?
The venue was the right size for the amount of exhibitors, however the upstairs space could have been used more effectively. Giant bean bags littered around the ground floor provided a great place to relax, and exchange ideas. Especially if you had been on your feet all day. The four main areas being represented were highlighted by giant banners hanging from the ceiling, handy if you lost your bearings in and amongst the stands.
"Giant bean bags littered around the ground floor provided a great place to exchange ideas"
Did you go to any workshops? I attended a workshop on the second day. One of the Senior Directors of Blurb.com gave an interesting talk on what services they provide and how you can get into 'Indie Publishing'. I must say if you haven't checked them out already, you should. They are able to print professional standard, one off books for next to nothing. There are certain limitations with formats, but that's what keeps the costs down.
Finally I caught the D&AD's training and advice sessions held on the 2nd of July in Nottinghill. I have to say that although not totally relevant to me because I am an illustrator, all the speakers were very engaging and full of helpful suggestions. They went through various subjects such as; how to make your mark in such a competitive industry, setting up a business, and going freelance. The speakers also made themselves available to answer additional questions at the end of their talks. I would highly recommend attending future D&AD talks because they are such good value for money and it's a great place to network. However if you are an illustrator, be aware that the Association of Illustrators talks may be more geared towards your specific industry.
- © Carlos Garde-Martin
Been there, done that
but have you got the T-shirt? As you all know, Ok-Jo loves nothing more than a good doodle and has put this to good use to design a T-shirt for Chimpogo – an online company who run competitions throughout the year. Ok-Jo's design bears the legend 'Copy Paste' in green with a blue background.To see Ok-Jo's design and to vote for it to be printed as a T-shirt, visit http://www.chimpogo.com/design/2367/copy-and-paste-v2 Why don't you enter too? It doesn't take long and imagine how cool it would be to see someone walking down the street in something you created?
You don't have to take your clothes off...
...to have a good time, oh no! But you can pay the Peepshow Collective a visit and see them expose themselves – in a purely hypothetical way at least.The Collective's latest exhibition Inbetween focuses on their own personal investigations and includes work from Luke Best, Jenny Bowers, Miles Donovan, Matthew Hawkins, Adrian Johnson, Chrissie Macdonald, Marie O Connor, Andrew Rae, Elliot Thoburn, Lucy Vigrass and Spencer Wilson. Inbetween takes place at Dreamspace Gallery, 1-3 Dufferin Street, London, EC1Y 8NA and runs from 17th June to 15th July (Monday to Friday) and it's free admission. Sounds like the cheapest peepshow you're ever likely to see.
For more information, visit: http://peepshowcollective.blogspot.com/2009/05/inbetween-exhibition-by-peepshow.html
