Hedkase Artist Series | 01.01.08
Custom paper toy for the wonderful collection of artist designed 'Hedkase' toys. Hedkase paper toys are designed and managed by awesome creator NiceBunny.
House & Garden | 07.12.07
Illustration for House & Garden magazine's 'Shortlist Menu' feature.
Livewire Magazine | 01.12.07
Cover artwork for British travel magazine 'Livewire', based on the train routes from Edinburgh to London, and everywhere in between.
Schwervon! | 12.11.07
New sleeve artwork for Schwervon's 'I Dream Of Teeth' album for it's Central European release.
Buy Ben The Illustrator! | 23.10.07
There's been a bit of a clean-up and refurbishment at the Buy Ben The Illustrator Shop!
As part of the seasonal refresh, we also have the 'Do Something Pretty While You Can' triptych (below) reduced in our Autumn/Winter sale!
Visit the Buy Ben The Illustrator Shop!
The Team Colours ! | 15.10.07
Having worked with an abundance of great artists on the Speakerdog Paper Toys, Fiona and I found that there were some very special people we shared a love with, the love of colour! So... we formed a team, The Team Colours!
Together, Ben the Illustrator, Drunk Park, Emily Glaubinger, Lorin Brown, Meni Tzima and Project Detonate will be exhibiting, producing products and prints, and playing with colour in a variety of other projects!
Check out our website, blog and store!
Our first product is a set of 'team' prints, mine below, now available from The Team Colours Store.
Snail Trail! | 10.10.07
An illustration for Snail Trail's website. Snail Trail refurbish, hire and sell the most beautiful fleet of classic VW campervans on the planet.
Click here to see the full illustration and enjoy the Snail Trail website.
Badges! | 08.10.07
There's a rather super set of badges now on sale at the Buy Ben The Illustrator Shop!
The Guardian | 29.09.07
A commission for The Guardian Weekend Magazine to accompany the relationships section 'Love By Numbers'.
The One Hundred Artists Project | 29.09.07
The One Hundred Artists Project is a fascinating project calling for illustrators and comic book artists from around the globe to become part of two publications. I am lucky enough to be one of the hundred and while the project is still coming together, project founder Ben Rollman interviewed me about my work, my projects and my Speakerdog!
Smart Cars and Vice Magazine | 29.07.07
Number five in the series of Smart Car double -page spreads in Vice Magazine (predominantly Germany and central Europe editions). The Smart ForTwo is out to spread some nice clean eco trails around this city!
Stay tuned for some more exciting projects with Ben the Illustrator and Smart Cars in the coming months!
Mac Format Magazine | 29.07.07
Issue 185 of Mac Format features me in the 'I Use My Mac For...' item, with an interview about me, my Mac, Speakerdog, commercial illustration and my life of daydreaming.
Charity Print For The MS Society | 25.06.07
This very special print is now on sale at the Buy Ben The Illustrator Shop in order to raise money for The Multiple Sclerosis Society. Entitled 'Hope Is Where The Heart Is', the print is £40 with all profits going to the charity.
Lovenskate Magazine | 23.06.07
Lovenskate is perhaps the most honest, down to earth skate magazine you will find, and it was a pleasure creating the illustration for this issue's silscreen printed cover.
Speakerdog Paper Toy | 18.06.07
Digital Arts Magazine's Sanchez Daisy character now appears on a Speakerdog Paper Toy!
Digital Arts Magazine | 18.06.07
This month's Digital Arts Magazine features a tutorial I have written on character design.
The Guardian | 19.05.07
A recent commission for The Guardian Weekend Magazine to accompany the relationships section.
Computer Arts | 10.04.07
Want to know how I go about creating some of my landscapes? This month's Computer Arts magazine features a four page tutorial when I explain just that! In this case I'm starting with photos rather than my own hand-drawn work, but still taking the process through in Adobe Illustrator to a finished dreamy cityscape.
To see the cityscape illustration in full, check out my portfolio page.
Computer Arts | 20.03.07
This month's brilliant-as-ever issue of Computer Arts Magazine includes an awesome feature on Urban Retro's project 'The Mouse Vs The Brush'. For the launch of the project I represented 'The Mouse' with a digital illustration of Speakerdog and Lou Pimental represented 'The Brush' with a beautiful paint and canvas piece.
Prints of both pieces, and accompanying badges, are on sale now, click here to do some shopping!
The Badgers! | 20.03.07
Sjors Trimbach is brilliant. Sjors Trimbach makes paper toys. Sjors Trimbach is Cardboy. Sjors Trimbach also makes Badgers!
The second series of Badgers has just been unleashed, and they really are sometihing special! There are awesome designs by Evan Dorkin, KOA, Andrew Bell, Phonetic Control, Playskewl and me! The Badgers are limited to just 25 per design and can be bought online from Toydigger.NL.
Plus! We have five of my Badgers to give away in a special competition! For further details click here!
Buy Ben the Illustrator! | 12.03.07
Finally, after many requests, my landscape prints are available to buy online. I have been busy creating a series of brand new landscapes solely for prints and 'Buy Ben the Illustrator' has launched!
Do It Your Mole! | 12.03.07
International graphic designers DGPH are not the only people who love paper toys, I do too! That's why I've joined in with their 'Do It Your Mole' paper toy project and given them this design, a little chap I call 'Sunrise Mole'.
Click here to check out more moles!
Blowback Magazine | 26.02.07
The current issue of Blowback Magazine is a corker! Featuring an awesome cover by eBoy and artwork by Kevin Summers,Kris Kendal and Ange Robinson. There is also a brilliant DJ Yoda feature, accompanied by a special DJ Yoda landscape of my own creation.
Turn some more pages and you'll also find an exclusive Twisted Fifties lady taking care of a page!
Computer Arts | 01.02.07
This month's Computer Arts Magazine includes a priceless 'freelance survival guide' offering information and tips for the aspiring creative designer and illustrator. It includes gems of wisdom from a variety of experts, including me! There's also images and words from the likes of Nick Deakin, Nathan Fletcher and Ric Stultz. Have yourself a look and enjoy the Speakerdog illustration while you're there!
This issue is also well worth a good look for work by Skwak, Peskimo, Andrew 'imakethings' Groves and The Boy Fitz Hammond.
Smart Cars and Vice Magazine | 26.01.07
2006 ended in grand style for me with the fourth in the series of Smart Cars advertisements in Vice Magazine. Our beautiful bubbly cars have now hit Berlin in the first ad to feature a specific city.
Pecha Kucha at The ICA | 19.12.06
The Japanese term 'Pecha Kucha' roughly translates as 'chit-chat.' Across the world Pecha Kucha nights are held giving creatives a chance to 'chit-chat' about their work to an audience of creatives from across the board.
Last night I was a speaker at Pecha Kucha at The ICA and I just wanted to thank all involved for an awesome evening! There was a whole bunch of great speakers from Digit Magazine to D-Fuse, and Roger Arquer to MC Chickaboo. I treated/bored the audience with a series of Twisted Fifties Ladies, some sneaky peaks into my scrapbooks and a whole load of landscapes and Speakerdog illustrations.
It was a pleasure to speak at the event, thanks all, see you in February!
DRDB annual report | 06.12.06
I recently got hold of the DRDB annual report which I illustrated earlier this year, and as ever it looks great! This was the fourth year now working with May Creation on the publication that goes out to every business working in the DAB digital radio industry, from retailers and manufacturers, to broadcasters and transmitters.
Pecha Kucha at The ICA | 05.12.06
The Japanese term 'Pecha Kucha' roughly translates as 'chit-chat.' Across the world Pecha Kucha nights are held giving creatives a chance to 'chit-chat' about their work to an audience of creatives from across the board.
I will be talking about my own work at London's next Pecha Kucha night at The ICA on December 18th. The event has already sold out I'm afraid to say, but if you have yourself a ticket, then I hope you enjoy my presentation and I'll see you there!
Click here to see the full list of speakers for the London event.
ISM Magazine | 09.11.06
Tell your friends, the Autumn Issue of .ISM Magazine is out, and they've flattered me super in an article on me and my work. Described as 'life glued together almost like a magazine' and 'upperclass underground' ISM comes out of Califonia USA and unleashes an unbeatable array of art and music on the world. Huge thanks to Mike Martin and Kevin Staniec for featuring me in the magazine.
The Magazine is available in the US, Canada and Australia, or you can click here for online orders.
Mercy Magazine | 17.10.06
The latest superb issue of Mercy Magazine is out now, themed 'Outdoors' and including this scene of mine. It was great to give the full colour pallettes a rest and just use the two tones for this screenprinted publication. Mercy Magazine can be picked up for free across London, Manchester and Liverpool.
Email me for exact details on where to get the magazine.
Smart Cars and Vice Magazine| 26.07.06
The creative greats at Vice Magazine and I recently completed the third illustration in our ongoing campaign for Smart Cars. In this part of the great adventure, a little Smart Fortwo nips through the city spreading love, beauty and colour as only those cars can. As luck would have it, the ad has been used in The Photo Issue, which is somewhat bigger than your average magazine, and the full double-page spread looks awesome.
Blowback Magazine | 18.07.06
The June/July issue of Blowback Magazine includes a feature article on Tim Leary, which I had the pleasure of artworking. It was enjoyable taking my usual style and heading into the world of psychedlia with it. The current issue also features articles on graffiti artists Pure Evil, the legendary Hacienda club and a neat fashion shoot with The Rockettes, plus there's illustration work by Miss Maki, D.Joel and K.Kendal.
Click here to check out the Blowback site.
DRDB annual report | 21.06.06
I've just completed my annual pleasure of illustrating the annual report for the DRDB (the Digital Radio Development Bureau). For 4 years now I have been working closely with Maycreation to create the annual report that goes out to broadcasters, manufacturers and retailers in the digital radio industry. It's always an enjoyable job and this year we've got together a great set of designs and illustrations that match with the ever-blossoming great digital radio market.
On my desk | 21.06.06
On my desk is a fascinating new blog featuring posts by many varied creatives from around the world, sharing details of what is on their desks. It was set-up by super illustrator Linzie Hunter and I was totally pleased to be asked to post details of my own work-space.
Click here to check out mine and many other creative desks.