Saturday, October 12, 2013

Linsey Levendall

Just came across the work of Linsey Levendall on the amazing blog booooooom.com.

While i'm a long-time admirer of his studio, Bison, it's my first time seeing his solo work, it's AMAZING. Such incredible detail, and it's all hand-drawn. He provides us with a really insightful bio on his Behance site:

Linsey is a self-developed multidisciplinary creative originally from the Cape Flats of Cape Town, South Africa but now living with his wife and two dogs in a small town in rural Saskatchewan, Canada. He works closely withThe Black Heart Gang and Shy The Sun as a conceptual designer on groundbreaking animation for both the local and international market. He also makes up one half of the duo Bison.

In his spare time, Linsey compulsively illustrates in various mediums for both business (on freelance projects) and pleasure. He says his intricately executed and seemingly disturbing work is driven by a need to be in sync with his subconscious thoughts and dreams.

Linsey defines his work as being engaging decadence ,mildly trippy and takes great joy in entertaining the viewer with obscure controlled chaotic worlds and strangely interesting and complex characters. While his skill lies in his versatility and ability to adapt to various styles, he finds himself mostly drawn to Cubism, Surrealism and Pop Surrealism. In his work he aims to stay open to evolving and preserving unconventional thinking.

He has some amazing photos on his Instagram as well.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

ATAI Conference 2013

I could only attend the Friday night of this years ATAI conference. The exhibition of student work was again really inspiring. The standard is incredible. Here are a few images from the evening.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Mural!

A lovely way to spend a bank holiday weekend, my friend Grace (a painter) & I spray-painted this mural at a friends house. Went through quite a few cans of spray paint and my hands now resemble claws, great fun though! I've been working long hours at Keyquests.com getting ready for our launch, so it was great to blow off a bit of creative steam doing this. I'd love to do it again!

Some more close-ups:

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Coppeen Heritage Society

My good friend Shane Cronin recently contacted me about designing a tourist map for his heritage society in Coppeen. Shane has been really active in Coppeen in promoting local heritage and tourism and this map is hoping to further boost public interest in Coppeen. I just recently finished the map which features illustrations from a local artist. The map will be installed on the 18th of August, hoping to make it down and see it in the flesh!