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Tagged 2013, advertising, arts, band posters, blogging, branding, colours, cool, creative, creativity, design, drawings, entertainment, Facebook, Facebook timeline, fun, gig posters, graphic design, ideas, illustration, Leonie Cumiskey, Matt Cliff, promotional posters, psychedelic, social media, surreal, The Black Angels, The Black Angels posters, The Black Angels tour, USA
Posted in Art, Brands, Culture, Design, Events, Film, Technology
Tagged 2013, animation, art, blogging, cool, creative, creativity, design, digital, film, film credits, Flash animation, fun, Google, Google Doodle, graphic design, iconic, illustration, internet, Leonie Cumiskey, media, Saul Bass, style, tribute, video
Wow. This song appears to be over a year old, but I’ve only just heard it and it’s brilliant. I was looking for the original Bauhaus version when I discovered this one and – without wanting to sound disdainful towards MGMT – I was pretty surprised at what a good job they’d done of covering it. Don’t get me wrong, I really like MGMT, but they’re not exactly the kind of band that you listen to and then think: “Yeah, I can tell they’re big fans of Bauhaus.”
Better still, this exquisite video by Ned Wenlock really complements the track and conveys the song’s melancholy lyrics.
Posted in Design, Film, Music, Writing
Tagged 2D, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Andrew VanWyngarden, animation, Bauhaus, Ben Goldwasser, bleak, blogging, cityscape, cool, cover, cover version, creative, creativity, cute, design, digital arts, factory, factory town, goth, illustration, indie, industrial, Leonie Cumiskey, media, MGMT, motion graphics, music, music and art, music video, Peter Murphy, SAD, snow, song, sweet, typography, UK, urban landscape, video, Vimeo
Whatever you think of Margaret Thatcher, you can’t deny that she was an inspirational woman. For me, she inspires a kind of hatred, but I’m not going to go into that because I’ve spent the past few days talking about The Iron Lady and – to be perfectly honest – I’m tired of hearing about her. Having said that, I do like these illustrations of olde ‘Maggie’ by various artist types, so I’m posting them as a cynical attempt to get more hits on my blog. Sorry if you have arrived here expecting political commentary and debate – perhaps you should read this excellent piece by Russell Brand for The Huffington Post instead? However, if you’re into pictures of former British Prime Ministers…then you’re in luck!
Tory Bachelor Wallpaper, by Matt Mclaren.
Margaret Thatcher, by Katelyn Lizardi.
Margaret Thatcher, by Riot Ink.
Margaret Thatcher, by Vinko Illustration.
The Iron Lady, by Matt Blease.
Posted in Art, Culture, Design, Politics, Social Media, Writing
Tagged 2013, art, artists, arts, cartoon, Conservative Part, creativity, death, design, Falklands War, first female prime minister, illustration, illustrators, inspirational, Katelyn Lizardi, Leonie Cumiskey, Maggie Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher, Matt Blease, Matt Mclaren, news, post-war Britain, Prime Minister, Riot Ink, Russell Brand, search engine, self-promotion, SEO, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Iron Lady, topical, Tories, Vinko Illustration, web traffic
AleXsandro Palombo’s blog, Humor Chic, documents the happenings in the fashion world and beyond. Palombo’s take on the fashion news is both bitchy and funny – think Perez Hilton, but without the irritating omnipresence and with added talent and relevance. His shockingly hilarious pop culture illustrations both celebrate and ridicule fashion’s major players; Hedi Slimane is portrayed digging his own grave as he takes over at Saint Laurent, Anna Wintour cosies up to Barack Obama, along with whole host of far more ludicrous scenarios too.
Donatella Versace, and John Galliano shortly after he drunkenly proclaimed his love for Hitler.
Creatives, musicians and celebrities feature heavily, with the occasional politician or member of the monarchy making sporadic appearances as well. It really seems like when it comes to mockery, Palombo is a man after my own heart – he likes to turn his attention to a bit of everything. Below, he has portrayed Kate Middleton as some kind of power-hungry femme fatale who beats her husband and wants to kill the Queen! I think I kind of prefer her to the real Kate Middleton, who is pretty much the definition of passive, well-behaved marriage material. So blaaah.
However, not all of his portraits are derisive or mean – here is quite a sweet drawing of the late Amy Winehouse that he posted the day after her death.
Posted in Art, Beauty, Brands, Comedy, Culture, Design, Events, Fashion, Lifestyle, Music, Politics, Writing
Tagged 2013, AleXsandro Palombo, Amy Winehouse, Andy Warhol, Anna Wintour, anorexia, art, bitchy, blogging, cartoon, celebrity, Chanel, cocaine, comedy, cool, creative, death, design, Donatella Versace, fashion, fashion news, Fendi, fun, funny, Hedi Slimane, hilarious, Hitler, Humor Chic, illustration, John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, Kate Middleton, Leonie Cumiskey, Madonna, media, news, opinion, parody, Perez Hilton, pop culture, Prince William, Queen Elizabeth, relevance, Saint Laurent, style, surreal, talent, Victoria Beckham, writing, Yves Saint Laurent
The Black Angels have a new album out next week, and the artwork that goes with it is all so fitting and perfect. The psychedelic line drawings evoke Wes Wilson’s classic ’60s gig posters, and the brown parcel paper texture really emphasises that beautiful hand-drawn aesthetic.
I’ve tried to find out who the illustrator is, but I’ve not had any luck. If anyone knows who the work is by, please feel free to comment and let me know. Thanks!
Edit: The work is by the very talented Matt Cliff, who unfortunately doesn’t have a website. Thanks for getting in touch, Matt!
Posted in Advertising, Art, Design, Music, PR, Writing
Tagged 60s nostalgia, 60s poster, album, album art, album promotion, arts, band tour, bands, blogging, cover art, gig poster, gig posters, gig promotion, hand-drawn, illustration, images, Indigo Meadow, Leonie Cumiskey, line drawing, media, music, music promotion, new album, new music, paper texture, psychedelia, psychedelic, psychedelic art, psychedelic rock, retro, The Black Angels, The Black Angels tour, tour poster, upcoming releases, USA, Wes Wilson, writing
Posted in Advertising, Art, Brands, Design, Lifestyle, Writing
Tagged 2013, advertising, berries, blogging, Bombay Sapphire, bottles, brand identity, branding, Brighton, Colmans Mustard, creative, creativity, drawing, food and drink, food art, fruit, Georgina Luck, Golden Syrup, Heinz, illustration, illustrator, jars, ketchup, Lee & Perrins, Leonie Cumiskey, magazine, Marmite, packaging, packaging design, painting, publishing, Saatchi & Saatchi, supermarket, Tate & Lyle, Tesco, The New York Times, vegetables, watercolour, writing
This print advert for Prime condoms by TBWA Buenos Aires is really funny. Click to enlarge the image – it’s a jism prison!
The illustration on this ad is by Marcus Santos.
Posted in Advertising, Brands, Comedy, Design, Writing
Tagged 2013, Argentina, birth control, cartoon, condom, condom advert, condom brand, contraception, contraceptives, creative, FMCGs, funny, funny advert, illustration, illustrator, Leonie Cumiskey, Marcos Santos, Marcus Santos, marketing contraception, marketing to teenagers, metaphor, Prime condoms, print, print advertising, silly, South America, sperm, sperm people, TBWA, TBWA Buenos Aires
Posted in Art, Design, Writing
Tagged 2013, amazing, art, arts, blogger, blogging, business cards, cool, creativity, design, exciting, hand made, idea, illustration, In Tind We Trust, ink, Leonie Cumiskey, personal brand, print, printing, promotion, psychedelic, random business cards, self-promotion, silkscreen, Tind, traditional processes, writer, writing
Well, I didn’t think I’d ever be so enthusiastic about getting some business cards made. Although, these are some pretty special business cards – they would make Patrick Bateman jealous. I found Tind‘s work over on Behance and I was really excited about it. He’s pretty much taken the Absolut Unique approach to printing business cards, meaning that you end up with crazy Hapshash-style psychedelic designs. Because of the traditional methods used, I haven’t seen anything like this before – the gradient style ones look so superior to ones that have been created digitally. The process is shown below and there are more photos on Behance and Tind’s Facebook page, too.
Tind inks up the plates, often using two or three colours, and sometimes adding swirls and lines – just experimenting with strange effects, really. In later print runs he’s started to layer up different colours, which is more time-consuming but can produce some amazing effects. The card Tind uses also varies in colour, weight and texture – meaning there are even more limitless combinations.
The cards are left to dry and then cut down to size.
I can’t wait to see how mine turn out! I’m going to scan my favourite designs and I will post the results when they’re ready. The only problem is, I’m not sure I’ll actually want to give my business cards away to people…
Posted in Advertising, Art, Brands, Business, Design, PR, Technology, Writing
Tagged 2013, amazing, art, arts, business cards, cool, creativity, design, exciting, hand made, idea, illustration, In Tind We Trust, ink, Leonie Cumiskey, personal brand, print, printing, promotion, psychedelic, random business cards, self-promotion, silkscreen, Tind, traditional processes
Gorgeous gig posters for The Black Angels – so many different variations for each location on the American tour. These are all by Matt Cliff, who got in touch with me after I originally posted about how much I liked the branding for the new album and The Black Angels’ Facebook cover.
