A little about G87″:
Born in Birmingham, UK. I have been interested in art and design from a young age. always picking up a pen and doodling on anything in my path. Inspired by anything that catches my eye. The name comes from a shortened nickname “Ginge” and the 87 is the year i was born. I create G Type’s that i paint/stick/slap/draw anywhere i go. Always carrying cans and pens in my van finding new spots to get up. Now the G has become my thing. Apart from hitting the streets with my work, recently I have been creating 3D prints which are available at my shop.
He set up a Tumblr pretty recently but also has plenty of stuff on Flickr to take a look at too.
The show is a series of 12 paintings inspired by Ghostpoet’s debut album Peanut Butter Jam & Melancholy Blues.
Some of Lee Crutchley‘s work is now up at Brewsmiths. I’m not sure how long for though.
Lewes Herriot has updated his portfolio. I like his work a lot, especially some of the promo stuff for This Is TMRW, and have just noticed he sells bargain-priced prints. Go have a look.
Pointe Blank and Fake Magazine are doing a thing at 6/8 Kafe on Saturday from 2pm. Inkygoodness will be there with their Beermat Character Competition too. I reckon I’ll be popping down for this one, so maybe see you there.
On Monday I went to the launch of the latest Pointe Blank project which featured illustrators creating posters in response to Birmingham Royal Ballet‘s latest production, Hobson’s Choice. You can tell I was there because I took a horribly grainy pic with my phone. That’s journalism, that is.
It’s the second time they’ve done this (last time it was Coppelia) and the folks behind it are Claire Hartley (who works at Substrakt and is largely responsible for the look of CiB) and Rob Lindsay who works at BRB.
It’s really impressive how they’ve managed to pull together work from some of the best illustrators in Birmingham – the collection’s worth seeing and is available in all it’s glory online at pointeblank.co.uk. Please go check it out.
I’m always surprised that there’s so little in Birmingham that brings illustrators and graphic designers together. There’s some great talent around. Something should be done about it, I reckon.
The archives tell me that Newtasty was last mentioned on here by Pete nearly four years ago. I’ve just spent a few minutes flipping through his Facebook Page and there’s some good stuff on his blog too.
I’d come across Advice To Sink In Slowly once or twice:
an ongoing series of posters designed by graduates for the purpose of passing on advice and inspiration to first year students
but I’m not sure I’d twigged that there are a few contributors from around Birmingham, including Ben Javens, Jonny Costello (whose poster is below), Lee Basford and Luke Tonge.
Simon Peplow and Yee Ting Kuit both studied in Birmingham too. Let me know if I’ve missed anyone.
(Spotted by Helga Henry)
Fast Food Dreams is an exhibition by Kristian Jones. You can see it at 6/8 Kafe today.
His work has also recently been featured all over Common, my favourite Mancunian bar.
UPDATE: Fused Magazine points out that the exhibition is on for the next six weeks.
Leanne Jones is a freelance artist and illustrator, currently with work being shown at Urban Outfitters on Corporation Street.
You may recall the name from that Sandford Jr post from a few weeks back.
Nicole Scribble (@nicolescribble) is an artist, photographer and DJ. She’s looking for a wall to paint. If anyone has a spare wall then give her a shout.
Stina Jones is a West Mids-based artist/illustrator/graphic designer/etc whose work can be seen in both the Rose Villa Tavern (above) and The Victoria (courtesy of interior designers Davindi).
(Via Fake Magazine)
Lee Crutchley is a graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for quotes. His Quoteskine blog of illustrated quotes has travelled far and wide and soon his first book Quoteskine Volume One will be available to buy.
You can see more of Lee’s work on his flickr account or by visiting his website. Thanks go to the FAKE magazine blog where we noticed this.
Meanwhile, FAKE magaine‘s crowdfunding campaign to produce its second issue has just been extended until 13 October. You can donate to help them get it made on their Crowdfunder campaign page.
Natalie Lines, according to her bio, is:
a self-taught illustrator based in the Midlands. Her recent projects have been for Dorothy Perkins, House of Fraser and Lady Gaga for V magazine.
Natalie’s on Twitter and has a profile on Behance.
