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Some photos I discovered from last bonfire night....BOOM

SAFARI

A few photos from a recent trip to the West Midlands Safari Park, it was amazing! I definately recommend it to anyone who has a spare afternoon- and with a free return pass after you buy the ticket - its pretty good for the money.

VICTORIA BALL

I LOVE THIS ILLUSTRATOR!

Victoria graduated from Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall, with a first class BA Hons in Illustration.
Having spent time illustrating in-house in London and Bath, she now works from her Gloucestershire based studio.

Victoria has produced artwork for a broad range of clients and markets both in the UK and Internationally. She continues to enjoy illustrating for magazines, merchandising, advertising and packaging. - illustrators' web.

CHRIS WARE

Ware's entry that has been nominated for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Show. The work shown doesn't showcase many works from the more commercial, mainstream design industry. It's not an accurate representation of the kind of work that the majority of graphic designers are engaged in every day – there is little packaging or commercial branding work for example. It's perhaps a more aspirational view of what design could (should?) be doing rather than what it is mostly doing right now. - Patrick Burgoyne

Australian born Philip Bishop has lived and worked in London since 1981 and uses watercolours, pen and ink to create his illustrations for editorials and advertising campaigns. Some of his clients include: The Times, Waitrose and the Wine Society.

What I enjoy most about Bishop's style of work is the rough, figurative aspects to his line and the use of colour and tone. They are intriguing to look at, are captivating and really lighten your mood when you look at them. Some of his more 'scratchy' drawings are a different take on his illustrative style, but the image above is one of the best ones on show at the illustration website available HERE

CUBE

CUBE is a team of talented illustrators, animators and designers.

Clients include:
Coca-Cola
Sony
LucasFilms Inc
Tussauds Group
Mars
Barclays Bank
MUFC
Liptons
Unilever
National Space Centre
Electronic Arts
Ford
Cadburys-Schweppes
Disney

Stuart Holmes

Stuart Holmes is a London based Graphic Designer who explores the use of vivid colour in his work - as shown above in his illustrative work. Stuart has been working as a freelance illustrator since 2000 and has worked on an array of advertising campaigns, editorial, fashion, corporate, packaging and publishing commissions. Stuart recently relocated from London UK to the other side of the world and currently lives and works in Melbourne Australia. I love the piece above, it is by far my favourite by this illustrator - as the use of colour and line is so clean, giving so much vibrancy to the work.

WE HEART IT

need inspiration? visit www.weheartit.com

500 Days of Summer

500 days of summer is a new take on the ‘Boy meets girl’ genre of film. Greetings card writer Tom ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is hopelessly unhappy in his job until , the boss’s new assistant, Summer (Zooey Deschanel) walks in and turns his world upside down. A seriously funny and touching script is delivered by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber - the movie spins a variation on Memento, shuffling through Tom’s 500 days with Summer in a random order that lets us see the fun times and the fault lines. Deschanel and Gordon- Levitt are star-crossed lovers to die for. They play it for real, with a grasp of subtlety and feeling that goes beyond the call of breezy duty. Overall – it is a great film, with outbursts of illustration and hits from the 80s making it one not to be missed.

GLEE

Glee is an new obsession of mine - it is definitely the most creative thing on tv right now - the visuals and combination of musical hits throughout each episode make it a really interesting watch...shown on e4 on Monday nights, or on c4 at the weekend - enjoy!