Since starting my own design company – Nice and Ripe Ltd – back in April it’s been hectic to say the least. We had our second baby only a month before and with a steady stream of work coming in I’ve been burning the midnight oil and drinking loads of coffee!
I had every intention of running Nice and Ripe as a web and graphic design agency and having this site as an outlet for my personal, more artistic productions, but it became apparent very quickly that work was coming in off the back of my personal work showcased around the internet. As a result, I’m going to be merging the two sites and using Nice and Ripe as the outlet for all my creative output – not only art, design and creative direction, but also my music production and DJing.
I’m going to be moving into a new art studio over the next few weeks and I’ll be buying a 4 colour screen printing press so I can produce my own limited prints and t-shirts that I’ll be selling on the new website.
I’ve also been invited to paint at a couple of festivals this year including the Secret Garden Party next week which I’m particularly buzzing about. It’s 25 years this year since I did my first piece of graffiti art as a teenager and the smell of paint brings the memories flooding back. :)
Yesterday one of my new fonts was made available on DaFont.com – Tidy Hand is a clean and tidy hand-written font and comes in a full European character set.
For those who love my Hand Of Sean font there’s now Sean’s Other Hand font – a lighter, more natural version of my own handwriting, but with some similar characteristics of the original Hand Of Sean font. Sean’s Other Hand is currently only available for download from this site.
I recently bought a couple of model train carriages to paint up with graffiti as a little fun side project and whilst doing a bit of research I found this video on YouTube. It’s been filmed really well and looks pretty realistic in places. When I’m done I might try and hijack Pop’s train set to take some photos!
The legend that is Keith Haring sadly passed away 20 years ago to the day, aged only 31! He worked with a number of New York graffiti artists during the 80s and gave a different take on street art culture.
He was a massive inspiration for me – much love! Rest in peace.
“Exit through The Gift Shop” is the first ever street art disaster movie featuring the man himself plus other artists including Shepard Fairey (Obey). Can’t wait for this.
When I was 15 I bought a book that changed my life. It was the first real opportunity I had to study this new urban artform in any great detail and it inspired me to go out and do it. This new special edition copy has 70 additional photos and some fresh words from the authors.
More inspiring sketchbook work this time from Paul Heaston, a self-confessed, compulsive sketchbooker. I love the detail in his sketches and the precision of his cross-hatching. I’d love to have the chance to thumb through his sketchbooks for real, but will have to settle for the next best thing – his sketchbook sets on Flickr.
I particularly love how the colours jump off the recycled, buff coloured paper in the Cachet Earthbound sketchbooks – might have to treat myself to one of those!
A while back I stumbled across the work of Mattias Adolfsson, an illustrator from Sweden. He creates an amazing world of wierdness with his intricately detailed illustrations in pen & ink and watercolour.
Many thanks to Mattias for the kind use of these images.
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