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Back in February I was given the fantastic opportunity of being in a music video for Senegalese musician Baaba Maal's track 'Gilli Men'. I'm only writing about it now as I was asked to hold off sharing anything until the video was finished and put out there, which happened a week ago.<br />
I heard about the opportunity through my friend Andy, also a musician and sound technician who forwarded me an email from Chief productions looking for artists to be in a video. I responded to the email straight away and they got back to me asking to see some of my work, which I did and they liked it a lot and put me on the short list to be in it.<br />
My initial contact was Daisy Brown, production assistant for the company. Very easy to talk to on the phone and told me they were all looking forward to shooting the video and seeing what kind of art I would produce live on the day. I also spoke to Nate Camponi, the director, about his ideas for the shoot and asked me about how I create my art. I explained that with most of my artwork, I just allow it to come out and don't really know what it will be until it arrives! He said that was perfect and he was looking forward to it also.<br />
A few days later I was in Manchester for the shoot. Daisy picked me up from the station and drove us to Brunswick Mill, literally round the corner from where some of my friends have studios in Wellington Mill, so it was good to recognise the area. <br />
We were up on the third floor I think it was, using one of those old fashioned lifts with the cage to get there! Interesting looking space, even if it was very dirty!<br />
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There was dark artwork painted on some of the walls which reminded me of something from a horror movie! I met the crew who were all busy setting up. There had been some delay because of the lift and getting some of the larger equipment in it. They were also still making the board I was going to be painting on, so I occupied myself with looking around the place, taking photos and trying to form some kind of loose plan in my head. As I said, I'd normally just let it come out naturally but I was thinking about how I'd never done anything like this before, so it might be better to have a loose idea.<br />
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I chatted to Nate for a bit about work he'd done in the past. He had some very interesting experiences to talk about and it was great to hear about them. He informed me it would be after lunch before we were ready to roll and I didn't need to hang around if I didn't want to, so I went round the corner to meet up with my artist friend Mike at his studio. We have a good laugh when we get together and he always has some creative things to show me that he's been up to, either drawing or with his new business with the laser cutter. I chilled there for an hour or so, then spoke to Daisy on the phone who said she was going to pick up lunch for everyone so I went to meet her and help get the fish and chips in!<br />
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With the crew almost ready to roll, everyone tucked into the food and Nate ran me through a few things. I'd arrived in my normal painting clothes and brought a couple of extra items as I was asked to. Nate asked me to change my jacket from the blue one I had on to a black one with paint splatter design on the back. (courtesy of my fellow artist pal Jay Sharples) This was all new to me. Being directed before I start painting! haha!<br />
So the idea was, they'd play the music track through speakers behind me as I painted and just film and let me do my thing. Pretty simple! The track Gilli Men is brilliant. I'd been listening to it for a few days anyway to get used to it and now I was there in the space looking at the 8 x 8 foot board they'd prepared for me, I thought 'ok, I'm just going to let the music dictate how I paint now.'<br />
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The board was nice and smooth, but it was still a slightly bit tacky from the white paint, so they got one of the crew to get the hair dryer on it! Nate explained that mostly they were just going to let me do my thing, but at points he'd ask me to stop so they could change angle or lense. All good with me!<br />
I was raring to go by now, but it was a good half hour after I had my mask on and spray can in hand before I actually started. they wanted to get everything just right. Henry Paisley, one of the crew, was taking photos on his camera as we went along. I have him to thank for sending me the images and I've used a few of them in this blog. <br />
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The track was playing on loop in the background and the more I listened to it, the easier it was to get a sense of direction for the artwork I was creating. I let the rhythm and the sounds of the instruments dictate my movement with the spray paint. I'd brought specific colours with me, which I'd discussed with Nate before hand. They were similar to the colours the dancers in the final video have painted on their bodies. Oh, I'll mention at this point as well, that there was a few separate shoots over a few days for the different artists and dancers that are in the video. We all never met together. We were given our days to shoot and it was all edited together later. <br />
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I got the first marks onto the board, giving Nate and the crew a basic idea of starting points and in which direction I would move next. It was a slow-ish process but I was loving it! All new to me, if a bit strange having to do little bits and then stop to let them alter cameras etc. I'd been a slightly bit nervous at first but that soon passed and was thoroughly enjoying the experience! The crew were all sound and very positive, giving me compliments about how it looked as we went along. <br />
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I think maybe in a normal circumstance of listening to a song over and over, you could get fed up of hearing it, but this wasn't the case here. You''l have to listen and watch the video yourselves (those who are reading this!) but I personally think it's a great track and it pulled me into its sound being in that space and situation. I was bobbing my head throughout and had a very positive feeling inside me.<br />
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I can only hope the other artists and dancers had the same great experience on their days of filming. I'm sure they did though. Their finished pieces look amazing in the video. As I don't know them to speak to and I wasn't there to take any photos of them, this blog feels a little self indulgent but it IS my own personal blog I guess! hahah!<br />
I used mostly spray paint for the piece I created, making big shapes of colour based on where the music took me in my head. However, I'm more proficient with paint pens so I wanted to use those on top of the shapes to add the detail, letting the camera man follow my big sweeping lines. <br />
That was funny actually, I remember him saying behind me as he filmed a particularly long line, 'Oh you're making me work for this one!' haha!<br />
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The crew were very pleased with the finished piece and the whole experience, as was I. As an artist, always critical of my own work, I looked at the piece and thought, it's not my best or favourite piece I've ever done, but as I mentioned, it was more about allowing the music to dictate how I worked on this particular project and the experience as a whole was like nothing I'd ever been through before.<br />
I'd almost forgot at the end that I was getting paid as well! hahah!<br />
Daisy drove me back to the station after and we said our goodbyes. An awesome day if somewhat exhausting, but very thankful for being asked to take part. Massive thanks to Nate, Daisy and the crew of Chief Productions for being super cool and so professional and of course to Baaba Maal for making such an amazing piece of music. The video looks awesome, but judge for yourselves. click the link below. Thank you for reading.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5IRSe2h8CY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5IRSe2h8CY</a><br />
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For the past few weeks I've been working on my biggest art project to date. A well paid job which, now it has been completed, will leave me financially secure for a little while, allow me to relax a bit and get on with personal projects and do things that I wouldn't normally have time to do if I was scrabbling for work to pay the bills! I'm not a money person, I just want to draw, paint, create and spend time with good people and live a happy life, so being given an opportunity like this is golden to me. It can be tough sometimes trying to make ends meet as an artist!<br />
So this project, initially began back in August when I was contacted by Wendy Barnes, the art teacher at Hawes Side Academy, which is only 20 minutes walk down the road from my house!<br />
We met up at the school before the kids came back in September, along with headmaster Mike Shepherd and discussed what they wanted me to do. <br />
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They have a 164 foot 'wall', made from wooden panels, which separates the playground from a building site which is actually where the new school is being built as I write this. The existing school will eventually be knocked down in around a years time, so they wanted a mural painting on the wall, something bright and colourful that the children can appreciate as they play in the yard. The idea was, using pastel drawings the children did in class based on Picasso's work, make a new design that looks almost like the children have done it themselves!<br />
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Now at first I thought, 'hmm, this isn't what I was expecting!'. Having to paint it like a child could be very difficult, especially using spray paint which I've only been using properly for a few years and still have a lot to learn about. Also, in my own work, I like to be very neat and tidy and when using spray paint, I tend to mask off straight edges and make big shapes and it can be time consuming, but I thought, oh well I like a challenge and with a nice chunk of funding money being offered, I couldn't afford not to try! <br />
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So I agreed to the project and on the 8th September, I went into the school and with Wendy introducing me, I did an assembly for the children, showing them examples of some of the work I've done over the years. Now if like me, as an artist, you've ever doubted yourself and questioned whether what you do is any good, I tell you now, children will make you forget about all of that!<br />
As I clicked through the images of my work on the projector screen, they were 'wowing' and cheering, even started clapping. it was quite overwhelming at times! When I left the school that day, I went away feeling very positive about the project. <br />
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Over the next week or so, I made stencil templates on the computer for the words that were going to be included in the mural (Community, Learning, Creativity, Harmony and Hawes Side Academy), I collected up hundreds of drawings from the children and went through them all at home to pick the ones I would use in the final design and by the 22nd September, I was given full use of the art room at the school to sit in and create the final design, made from the 12 drawings I'd chosen. (the wall is 41 panels wide, each panel is 7 foot tall and 4 foot wide, but I was only painting on 26 of them, 104 foot of mural!) I also used the room to cut the stencils which I'd had printed at Granthams. <br />
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Once I had the final design mapped out, I had to colour match the spray paint I was going to need using the colour chart on the Graff City website. Wendy asked that it be as true as possible to the pastel colours the children had used in their drawings. Then it was time to order the paint. I met with Chris Strange, the business manager for the school and put the order in, which arrived at the school the next day (25th September)<br />
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I know a lot of artists and friends will agree with me on this, it's almost like Christmas morning when a big paint order arrives! haha! And this was a nice order of paint, spray caps and new mask. A treat to open! <br />
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It was actually good fun trying to create the final design using the same pastels the kids had used in their drawings. A little bit messier than I would normally be comfortable with, but I just went with it and tried to free myself from my usual OCD tendencies!<br />
I hung the design up on the washing line in the art room and had Wendy and Mike take a look. they were very pleased with it and it was time to start the mural itself on the 29th September. (there had been some waiting involved anyway as the contractors on the site said the boards needed strengthening before i painted them, so I'd been getting on with other work in between designing the mural)<br />
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As I said before, I would normally use spray paint in my own work in a more controlled way, masking off and filling big shapes of colour and possibly adding details in freehand with Posca paint pens, so when I began painting this thing, I was a bit twitchy about going at it so freely! </div>
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Wendy assured me not to worry about making mistakes, about lines being neat and even about over spray or colours merging together. Just think like a child and crack on! (now this is quite a task in itself really, as little kids can't hold and spray with a can at the same time, as I discovered back in the days of Baseline studio when Catch22 brought his boys in and let them have a go)</div>
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One tiny gripe I could have was that the height and position of the wall meant I was always working in shadow and trying to take photos of it as I went along, the sun was facing me from over the wall as I faced it! Not a major problem, but when spraying in big areas of colour, I sometimes couldn't see until afterwards that I'd left streaks in places. (As I mentioned earlier though, I still have a lot to learn about using spray paint, including filling areas neatly, so I put some of it down to that fact and not just that I was working in shadow! plus, it didn't REALLY matter that much as I was painting it like a child! haha! Another reason why this was a good project for me to do. I was able to almost practise and experiment as I went along and then either leave it or go over it. )</div>
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Due to the nature of spray paint being very harmful, I couldn't have the children being around whilst I painted the mural and the teachers were all very accommodating in taking the children out at break times to other parts of the yard round the corners away from the wall. At 12.30 every day they had lunch and came out into the yard though and that's when I'd stop for an hour. The children were so positive about the project and I had many a comment said to me as I was finishing for lunch.</div>
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By the 2nd October I was more than half way done. I wasn't working on it at weekends so had time to rest and I have problems with my back anyway so I needed to take it easy. The weather has been great these past few weeks, but there were a couple of rainy days that I couldn't work on. </div>
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I'd actually made another drawing from my final design that incorporated the words into the mural a little better and helped me space the 12 images out over the 26 panels. Just realised I didn't take a photo of that drawing to include in this write up. When it came to actually painting the design onto the wall, I also realised that due to the size of the panels, the design changed again during the process and some of the faces had to be wider or smaller that the ones I'd drawn. Also, as well as the 12 drawings that I used, Wendy had given me some paintings that the key stage one children had done of Blackpool land marks like the Tower and the Big One and images of beach balls and buckets and spades that they wanted including in it as well. </div>
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On the 8th October I'd painted all the artwork on and it was time to get the stencils out and paint them in. Teaching assistant Matt Smith gave me a hand taping them all on and I got the thing finished just as the parents started arriving to pick up their kids.<br />
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It's been a great experience working on the project and even though it's not a true representation of my own work, I'm still quite proud to have completed it. Picasso has always been one of my favourite artists growing up and to have been chosen to come in and recreate some of his work in this way is a good thing. Big thanks to Wendy and Mike for getting me involved, all the staff for their patience and accommodating me while I worked and especially to all the children who were so receptive to the project, I've come away feeling very positive about it.</div>
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Nice little bonus in that there was a good chunk of unused paint left afterwards that they let me keep, so that will go to good use in my own work! Also, Wendy mentioned getting the newspaper people in to cover it so watch this space for that! </div>
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For the past few months, the Lab Rats (myself and good friend/fellow artist He Dreamt Mars) have been employed by Blackpool and The Fylde College to hold a number of art workshops at their Park Road Gateway campus, culminating in us painting a large 60 foot wall mural outside.<br />
For obvious reasons, we can't take pictures of the students in class, so what follows is documentation of the designs the students did during the workshop sessions (example above) and the resulting wall mural.<br />
A friend of mine Steve Stroud works for the college and it was he who initiated the project. (thank you Steve!)<br />
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They weren't sure at first if they wanted the final wall mural to be a collaboration between us and the students, but in the end, they decided they'd prefer it if we just painted it ourselves based on the designs the students gave us. (adding our own twist of course!)<br />
The designs were a mixed bunch of things they liked and depictions of activities and classes they hold at the college, such as travel and tourism, catering, fashion and hairdressing.<br />
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It took the students a little while to warm up in the art sessions, we felt we had our work cut out for us at first, but they soon started enjoying it and the designs started to come out. I guess it can be a little daunting having two professionals come in and try and get you to do something like this!<br />
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I often draw/paint triangles with eyes in them in my work (not Illuminati as people always try and tell me! I just like how they go together) so it was decided I would take on that design and also the very detailed wedding dress design drawn by a girl from Thailand. </div>
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Once we had all the designs in, we could work out what colours we would need and the paint order was put in at Graff City online shop and the wood we'd be painting onto was ordered also.</div>
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Opening it up was like Christmas morning! So many tins of paint and boxes of Posca paint pens. Big smiles all round! haha! </div>
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The day we were supposed to start painting, we got down there and saw that the guys were nailing the final bits of outdoor plywood to the wall. Big grins from both of us seeing that blank wall and once they brought out the white emulsion and brushes for us, we were keen to get crackin'! </div>
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It's definitely the longest wall either of us have ever painted, as a duo or as individual artists and we could probably complete a wall that size in a day if we had free reign on the design, but this wasn't one of those.</div>
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It was good to finally start putting spray paint on the freshly mulshed wall. As with a lot of our wall projects, we'd sketched out a few VERY rough plans of how we would piece the designs together.(not worth showing you those designs, they are just to make us laugh!)</div>
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At first we toyed with the idea of having 8 bold designs (to cover the 8 panels of wood) that stood alone side by side, but in the end, we went with an idea that tied them into each other. </div>
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Ben and I know each other from way back in our skateboarding days as teenagers, but it's only in the last few years (partly through me running NW Baseline studio- R.I.P) that we have become firm friends. Our shared love of art, hip hop and science has brought us closer together and we always have fun wether we are on the job or just hanging out. </div>
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So with our ammo of Montana 94 cans and Posca paint pens, the maze was set and the Lab Rats were ready to roll once more! </div>
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Ben started off with the tree design on the left side of the wall and I opted to create an abstract of the Blackpool Tower round about the middle. Rather than complete full panels at a time however, we moved about, adding bits in here and there from each design so we could get an idea of how it would come together. </div>
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I've used the old TV test card screen motif in a design before (Brandalism project) and I decided to go with it again when recreating the triangle and technology design one of the students did. </div>
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Can I just at this point thank our friend Rob Draper AKA Bobby Boulders for taking some of the photos. Always keen to lend a hand that boy! </div>
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Failure to limber up beforehand left us both in agony (the height of the wall didn't help, we kept stooping to paint little bits here and there!) and I was unable to walk properly for a week afterwards. (I've done serious damage to mine before and I've never really recovered from that)</div>
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After going to see my friend Sarah, master of the Bowen Technique and being 'fixed', I was soon on the mend and ready to paint again, although as you will all know, the weather in Blackpool isn't great at the best of times, add to that the fact Ben also works full time at The Reptile Rooms, so we were playing it by ear a lot and going down there when we could. </div>
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There were a couple of times I had to go down there on my own. Keen to keep the momentum going and the tower design I'd started was time consuming. Looking at it now, there's probably too much detail on that one to be honest, but I've often found it hard to know when to stop and once I've started down a path, I want to see it through! </div>
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Ben had told me that he'd been holding off on the design featuring the lady with the coloured hair pattern, but once he decided on a colour scheme and felt it was time, it was fun to watch it come together. That blue and orange combo looks poppin' in the sunlight! </div>
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Round about this time, I decided to alter the olympic rings/flame motif I'd started on a panel further down. I wasn't happy with how the flames were looking. As I said earlier, we are still fairly new to spray painting and I felt I wasn't getting the look of the fire quite right, so I opted to paint over it and give it a flatter, more abstract feel. </div>
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As always with our art, we Lab Rats are keen to incorporate some kind of cosmic space element in whenever we can, so I jumped at the chance to throw in some planets and stars in the area underneath Bens' lady! These always go down well with people and on one of the days down there, I had a number of people comment on the big planet and one lady even had to stroke it, thinking that it was some kind of material stuck on to the wall! haha! </div>
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It was all coming together nicely toward the end of May and as the final payment was due to be paid into my bank, we were keen to get it finished. </div>
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Often when signing a piece, you wait until it's done and I think most people put it at the bottom, but over the years working on walls or boards that almost touch the floor, we've found it difficult to produce a decent logo having to crouch or even lie in awkward positions, so with this project we decided to put our logos up high and incorporate them into the piece.</div>
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(we are still working on a definitive logo for the Lab Rats, so went with our own individual logos this time)</div>
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My signature logo is Infected By Design hand drawn in dripping black ink and Lil' Ted is my copyrighted character logo I put and sell on clothing and often free art Friday drops.</div>
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Ben was saying he doesn't have a definitive way that he writes He Dreamt Mars, but his signature motifs are the angels and planets that feature in his personal work and sometimes in paid projects. </div>
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Overall the project has been fun, but hasn't always been plain sailing. The weather, snail trails, bird pooh, working to other peoples' designs and the boards slightly warping and coming off the wall, all came into play at some point and I think toward the end there was that feeling of just wanting to get finished. </div>
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On the busy days down there with loads of students about, it was sometimes hard to just crack on with it, being asked many questions and not wanting to spray when people are stood next to you or looking over your shoulder, but the staff at the college have been most helpful.</div>
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The Lab Rats are currently working on some collaboration prints and we are looking forward to the triumphant return of Sand, Sea & Spray event this year on the 10th, 11th and 12th July in Blackpool town when we get to paint alongside our friends and local artists Catch22, Lowdown, Seca One and Moz, plus a smorgasbord of artists from all over the world. </div>
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This weekend, the Homegrown Collective took it upon themselves to host a little paint jam in the car park at the bottom of Palatine Road. With no Sand, Sea & Spray event this year, people had started to ask if anything paint related was going on and not ones to disappoint, we decided we'd bring something together last minute!</div>
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Securing the space was the easy part. I'd already been down and met up with Howard the owner a few months before and saw that he'd already let people paint some of the walls, so he said we could have the other side of the car park which was totally blank and that when we wanted to paint, give him a days notice. He was most receptive to what we wanted to do and had the plaques removed from the walls and laid cones out to stop people parking there over night.</div>
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I've known Dom Carlysle for a long time, he's a writer, graffer, illustrator and creates super vibrant pieces using various techniques. He came down on the Friday to meet us and prepped his wall in the main car park with emulsion and rollers. </div>
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My original idea was supposed to be based on a doodle from my sketchbook, the intention being to paint the wall blue, spray the main shape in a lighter blue and work into it freehand with Black Posca paint pens, but I've come to realise I can't ever draw the same thing twice! 'It' won't allow me to! haha! </div>
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I'd also noticed the two shades of blue were a lot closer to each other than I'd like, so I chose a violet colour instead and as I looked at the wall, I saw an image of a digital wolf in my mind and started masking off really straight lines and shapes.</div>
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Lowdown worked up the lady's neck in his piece, but left the rest for Saturday. Catch 22 got his smaller piece finished and he and Lowdown went home for the day, Catch no doubt thinking of all the other pieces he had planned for the next day! (collaborations with Jay Sharples, whom I'll get to in a second!)</div>
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So that brings me to Saturday and whom we'd asked to come and paint! Over the past couple of years, we've made some good friends at the various painting events we've done, so we started contacting people. A bit short notice for some, but we knew we'd get some response! </div>
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Paste-up artist D7606 took the little wall next to Paw Ski and just round from him, HM Avenue (Raki), Sam Jayne Simpson and Rhianna had their own little paint corner going on! </div>
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Just up from He Dreamt Mars, more local boys Graham Morriss (Mos) and Christian Fenn (Seca) had big pieces going up. Mos with his big colourful freehand letters and Seca bustin' out a mean looking baby in his signature blue. </div>
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Our good friend Steve Lawrence ( bar manager at Underbar and head of Bloc Roc) had been informed of our intentions for the event and he showed up on Saturday morning with decks, mixer, speakers and table, plus, he'd pulled in Scott Rogan from the Shaolin Monekys to spin some tunes for us.</div>
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Having music was just the icing on the cake! The weather was perfect, the good vibes were building and everyone got into the spirit of the day! </div>
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The Sheffield boys were on fire! Paw Ski, Mars and Trik9's pieces were going up fast and furious! </div>
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Mars' big bold letters looked from afar as though they were coming out of the wall and the speed and accuracy with which he got them onto that wall was insane! </div>
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My good friend Inush took over for a little while, playing some nice dub reggae, then it was time for Bobby Boulders, AKA Shelfstacker to have a little go. </div>
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The lone soldier, Lowdown continued to work on his piece at the back of Barretts. It's a great spot to paint on there, as it can all be seen from the street and no doubt enticed people over to come and look all day.</div>
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This May Bank Holiday weekend, Sounds From The Other City- 'a celebration of new music and performance , uniting the cream of the national and international scene with some of the city's finest independent promoters, collectives and club nights'- celebrated it's 10th birthday in style along a string of venues on Chapel Street in Salford.</div>
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For people into new music and having a splendid time, this little section of Salford was the place to be on Sunday afternoon! </div>
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Hosting the courtyard at Islington Mill, were the One Five Eight Collective, with Dj in a shed and live art-wall vibes!</div>
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With Mr. Breen at the helm, looking fresh and dressed to impress, the One Five Eight ship was ready to sail once more. </div>
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Joining him on the decks throughout the day were Judy Ward, Joe Smith and Sic Astley and providing the live art this time were Heather 'Face' Fitt, James Hayes, Dan Birbeck, Becki 'Moze' Miller, myself and He Dreamt Mars and Vanejulian, an artist from Castellon on the Spanish Mediterranean coast who now resides in Manchester. </div>
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We'd arrived early to set up and get our live art pieces planned out. Some of the collective had already been down the previous day as well and helped to build the structures that held the art walls up.</div>
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The idea we'd agreed on was to paint the acronym for the event, SFTOC and also OFE for One Five Eight. </div>
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5 artists with a letter each over two adjoining walls and myself and He Dreamt Mars collaborating on a separate wall for the OFE bit. </div>
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Dan Birbeck kicked things off by spraying the rough outline of the SFTOC letters, whilst myself and Mars deliberated over how we were going to play this one! </div>
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The event kicked off around 3 o'clock and as I peered out through the big iron gate onto the street, I could see a big line of festival goers, all dressed in crazy costumes bearing letters and huge eyes and various other weird and wonderful bits and bobs! </div>
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Word on the street was that if you made the effort and came in costume, you got in free and people certainly made the effort! </div>
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In, out and all around the Mill, became awash with vibrant colour and people having good times. </div>
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I don't have much coverage of what was going on inside the Mill, as I was busy painting all day, suffice to say it was bustling with activity and music, which was provided by our friends from local collectives Mind On Fire, Dub Smugglers and El Diablo's Social Club.</div>
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Back out in the courtyard, the music was flowing, the people were glowing and the good vibes were growing! </div>
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The smells of delicious food filled the air and the day was going off splendidly. </div>
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The artists were on good form and the SFTOC wall was shaping up nicely, with vibrant colour being the order of the day. Myself and He Dreamt Mars, having now collaborated at a fair few events, were getting into our usual flow, not saying much and just letting our Posca pens do the talking! </div>
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All the artists who painted at the event are illustrators at heart, but in the last few years have been picking up techniques in spray painting to help them go big at events such as this. </div>
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But that's not to say that we are in our own little circle unavailable to others. Our ethos is to get other artists and like minded people involved in what we do and it's been great getting my newer colleagues of the Homegrown Collective involved aswell. He Dreamt Mars has a great way about him and is always up for getting involved, especially when it means the two of us can join forces on a big piece. </div>
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And it's always great to meet new artists and work with them, VaneJulian being no acception. I recognised her style, but the penny never dropped until i looked at her website after the event and recognised one of her pieces I'd been looking at on the Saturday night on the wall at Font Bar.</div>
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At certain points throughout the day, my confidence wavered a little, like with what to do with the OFE letters. But Mars has always got my back and comes with bags of reassurance! </div>
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Upstairs, our good friends of 169a have their screen printing studio, where they create quality garms and prints. You can see some of Mark Jermyn's printing skills outside the building, in the form of detailed patterned wallpapers he created under the moniker 'Moderate Twat Kissa'</div>
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Over the weekend of the 16th and 17th August, it was time once again for two of the Homegrown Collective to join forces and hit another out of town paint jam. This time it was myself and Lowdown who were heading down to Peterborough for the Overground Live Arts Jam, held @ The Green Back Yard.<br />
It was a late entry for me, Lowdown had been on the rosta for a few weeks and said I should contact Process Smith, fellow artist and one of the event organisers and see if I could have a board to paint. I got in touch and Process, or Stuart as he is also known, was happy to let me come down and paint and asked what size board I preferred. I chose the 'random square' option and said I looked forward to the event.<br />
Our designated driver for the mission was Kane, Lowdown's close friend and film maker who was the icing on the cake for this particular outing. He was on the ball and had everything under control, where we were staying, where the event site was, very efficient.<br />
As I said, I was a late entry and as such hadn't had much time to research the event or the artists involved, so I didn't know what to expect.<br />
I was more than pleasantly surprised!<br />
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Randomly beautiful I thought and the ideal place for a live art jam. Lots of greenery everywhere and quirkiness in abundance! (I kept thinking to myself, 'The One Five Eight lot would love this place'!) </div>
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As our hotel was only round the corner, we got there quite early, Lowdown keen to get set up and start putting his layers down. We met a few nice people who were setting up stalls and the decks etc but it wasn't quite time to start painting! </div>
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I chose a board that was leaning against a fantastic dome like structure and set myself up ready. </div>
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I got chatting to Tony Nero, a fine artist with mad skills and a great way about him. He set up nearby on an easel he brought with him, another one keen to get started and why not?! </div>
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Soon, it was all underway and artists were starting to paint and Luke, Stuart's brother I believe, got the music kicked off with some funk, much to my delight! </div>
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Lowdown made a great start and had layers thrown up in no time. I think I was still in a daze, thoroughly enjoying my surroundings and realising who else was there to paint as I walked around and recognised some of the work going up. </div>
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The contrast of urban art in amongst all the greenery and flowers was a nice change of scene and there were lots of things that caught my eye, including a scarecrow type figure made from junk and bits and bobs, which to me looked like a George Clinton robot made by Station from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey! </div>
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Another good thing was that there were artists of all ages and disciplines painting together. I spoke to a few people who looked like they had been doing it a long time, but for them this was only their first or second event. Right behind me however were two masters of their craft, the brothers Idiom. </div>
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The lad painting next to Lowdown was Lee Mason, a graphic designer I believe. This was a second or third time for him painting big and he made it look easy! </div>
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Next to Lee was 'Spike Five foot 6', a tattooist and punk enthusiast. He was a good laugh and another one who had only 'gone big' recently, transferring his tattoo skills over to spray paint for events such as this. I also got chatting to Miss Wah, a fellow Posca wielder who also now uses spray paint for big pieces. Surprisingly shy at first, this lass got mad skills and a good way about her. (like most people I met that day!)</div>
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Lowdown was killing it with the most detailed figure I've ever seen him do. I still think the photo looks like Sean Connery in The Rock. Must be the beanie! </div>
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I'd decided not to go so tech on my piece this time and planned out a few possibilities in the hotel room the night before. I tried something new this time though- instead of putting a thick black outline round it, I left it white from masking off. Kieran, the young lad painting next to me said it looked better and that I should leave it. I agreed. But then later on, I just couldn't leave it alone and added in a thin black line round the white one! </div>
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We chatted to a few people as we waited for Spike to finish with Lowdown's ladder signing off his piece. What a great day. I'm glad I got down to paint at such a unique event. I will definitely go again. Big thanks to Process Smith and his family for putting on such a great day and to all the other artists and people involved. </div>
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Last weekend, Catch 22 and myself joined forces to paint at Roc Up, an event aimed at putting use to a venue called The Oracle, a place for young people to go and express themselves which hasn't until recently I'm told, been put to good use. <br />
The event was organised by Steve Lawrence, manager of Underbar and Bloc Roc, a man with drive and positivity in abundance!<br />
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The aim was to get young people in to watch and have a go at various urban activities which some of them may not have access to. On offer was a paint session with myself and Catch 22, watching us spray paint boards we set up and be on hand to advise with an open spray wall for them to have a go at.</div>
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There was a dance studio session with West Coast Dance Crew, extreme sports with Flow Skate and Lady's Rollers, free giveaways and competitions for them to enter and a whole host of musical talent supplying the tunage for the day, including local rookies Relic and Beach Club (Wil Craig and Chris Leahy), Dj Marshall Myth Of Unity, Sound Slaves, Forthkind and more. </div>
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It was an early and slow start to the day, but I knew it would be a good day with the banter of Catch 22 to keep me happy. The football was on at the stadium nearby so it was quiet for a while. We just got on with what we came to do. (Stretch out the impressive wingspans one might say!) </div>
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Catch 22 was trying out a design he'd used recently for a commission, but in a different colourway. Always a treat to watch him do his ting and listen to the commentary he brings along with it! </div>
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Also making an appearance (after his debut @ Rudimental, The Sugar House in Lancaster recently) was 'Lil' Ted', my character logo made big and realised in wood. Steve kicked me into gear the few days before he took the Reverb Soundsystem to the gig, saying I should have some presence at the events, even if I can't be there in person. So he gave me a jigsaw and I made a life size version of the little guy and spray painted it. I was quite impressed with myself having never really done something like that before. Not on that scale anyways. </div>
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Over the weekend of the 14th,15th and 16th June, 40 artists selected from four continents came together to paint the town red....yellow, green, blue and a whole number of amazing colours, as Robin Ross once again wowed the town with his 3rd annual installment of Sand,Sea & Spray.<br />
Still feeling the buzz from Upfest and painting on 'the big job' the week after, the Homegrown Collective were amped and ready for this huge event, both for the town and themselves as artists.<br />
Robin had already told us that myself, He Dreamt Mars, Catch-22, Lowdown and Danzig were all painting on the pier, the first four all on one cube (8 x 8ft panel each), so myself, Mars and Catch-22 decided to see if we could create a 3 man collaboration piece by tying in with each others' designs, as our work all shares elements of space, futurism and graphic styles.<br />
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The prospect of the four of us working together in one area at such a big event, surrounded by talented artists such as Julian Kimmings, Zina and Oliver Winconek, was exciting for us all and really made us step up our game. Each of us was trying new things in our work and attempting to bring those together over 3 of the panels was a new high for the collective. </div>
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More than happy with my space background, I got the shape of my alien city masked off and sprayed in. I used a bright yellowy-green colour as a base and spritzed a whole number of colours over the top to try and solve the issue of black Posca cracking over the top of yellow spray paint. (I got schooled with this at Upfest!) I then went round the side and gave He Dreamt Mars a hand with his, but he was already smashing it himself and bringing to life another cosmic storm of wonder! </div>
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Also on hand was our man from Nigeria, Kenny Salau AKA Kenny Wizzy. He's been working with us in the studio since his arrival on these shores and his keenness to learn and willingness to be on hand to help has been invaluable to the collective. He helped Lowdown in the preparation stages of his work, cutting stencils and being there to lift them onto the board on the day.</div>
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Answering questions to a crowd of enthusiasts, were Dale Grimshaw, now an owner of his own gallery, Guy Denning, a real character and big name in the scene, Kashink and Shai Dahan. I'd spoken to Shai previously outside the Old Rock Factory where we were all throwing up pieces for the Gazette to photograph. A really interesting guy, he's lived and worked in a number of places across the globe and his insight during the Q and A was an eye opener as an up and coming artist. </div>
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Round the corner at the staff entrance to the Winter Gardens, a new big piece had been painted by Idiom, whom I believe are two brothers from London. I think My Dog Sighs may have helped them on it as well, as I seem to recall seeing a photo of him adding into it. The 'games' had begun and the town was already starting to feel the buzz! Now it was back down to the pier to claim our handful of shells to get free drinks with all the other artists. This was a great opportunity to network and talk to some of the big names in the scene. I had a good old chat with Inkie, a well established free hand spray demon from London, who tells me he too has OCD! I met Zed 1 from Italy, who had to ask me to speak slower! I was getting excitable after a few drinks! He tells me it's easier to paint in Italy than you might think, legally or illegally and after telling him of my plans to do a Euro trip in September, I started realising that this night could possibly secure me some places to visit on my travels! </div>
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Catch-22 was throwing up paint and shapes like a bad man and got started on crossing over both mine and HDM's boards with shardy goodness! </div>
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More than happy with our space themed backgrounds, HDM and myself got to work adding in the details on our pieces with the idea in mind of adding onto each others later on.</div>
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I used spray paint this time to fill in big areas of black, rather than using the big Posca pen I've been used to in the past. I got comments all weekend from onlookers who were impressed with the straightness of my lines! </div>
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Working next to us on another cube were the fantastic 20/20 boys from London, Phil and Peter, who use bold colours and patterns with clean cut paste ups and big stencils to create fabulous imagery and statements. These boys were great to chat to and I can see us keeping in touch. Just round from them were SOR2 and REMAK from Bassque Country in the Spanish mountains. Another great pair of artists and cool characters, we had a good ol chat as they were very approachable and had a great outlook on life . SOR2 says when I'm on my Euro trip, I have a place at his to stay if I wish. Big smiles all round! </div>
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At the peak of day two on the pier,there was an influx of people coming round with sketchbooks asking for autographs and doodles,which was a nice feeling to be a part of, if not a little surreal. It did however give that sense that we were all part of something great and people wanted to remember that. </div>
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I tell you, there were some seriously talented artists around us that day! Quick too! Neil Ennui from Sheffield was on the panel round the side from Danzig and he smashed his piece out furiously! It changed colour often as he'd throw on another layer and the finished piece was a belter!</div>
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I'd always planned to finish off on the Sunday and He Dreamt Mars and Lowdown said the same, so we headed off to get cleaned up for a well deserved pint or 3 and a good ol' knees up! Catch-22 of course had finished his piece as he works like the wind itself! (More like the gust of a low flying 747!) </div>
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That Saturday night was a good 'un! a mixture of meeting up with my own friends and partying with our fellow artists! Catch-22 and HDM went home early as it was father's day in the morning leaving Lowdown and myself to carry on. </div>
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Scrooges was crazy! Hip Hop scratching and breakdancing on the first floor and deep groove house upstairs in the new room! Boss la! I sampled a bit of both before heading back to the Blueroom where a crazy game of pool was going on and a good chunk of artists getting involved in the frivolities! </div>
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The Homegrown Collective had thoroughly raised the bar I thought, if I do say so myself! </div>
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Zina, Oliver Winconek, Julian Kimmings and Agent Provocateur all killed it. AP told me he has recently designed labels for beer bottles on sale at a pub on one of the legs of the Tour De France! Madness! The man is ON IT! </div>
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He Dreamt Mars did it once again unleashing new skills and ideas,this time in the form of a gold brace on the teeth of one of his planets and I switched it up by Infecting his blimp basket and pulled out a blinder by creating a planet with a simple stencil for the first time ever. Fortune favours the brave! </div>
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Using walls recently painted over from last year, the car park opposite Rileys is an open air gallery of wonder! </div>
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Pieces by Zed 1, Krio, Akse. Lonac, Martin Whatson and Jay Sharples are there now for all to see and behold. Mad skills all round! </div>
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Smug had painted over his incredible piece from last year (woman with headphones) with an unbelievably real looking man in a top hat weaving magic! (I think it might be a self portrait, I've only seen one photo of Smug!) </div>
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And check out the Steve Buscemi piece by Akse- I swear the closer you get, the more it looks like its going to drip off the wall, the flesh looks real! </div>
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Wicked choice of colours! His freehand skills are legendary and his trademark swirls and lady face looked bold against the gold. I want to know how many cans that took to cover! </div>
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Sam Jayne (who also collabed with My Dog down the side of Winter Gardens) had done a sweet job painting the shutters and Kashink had thrown up a mighty piece using the brickwork as a guide! </div>
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Down the side of the Winter Gardens it was becoming crystal clear how much fun My Dog had this weekend! An Everyman in a doorway and a big wall piece collab with local artist Sam Jayne Simpson, he was firing on all cylinders. Amazing pieces by Dale Grimshaw, Remak and SOR2, Guy Denning and Foundry can be seen along here and some sic sic work from Eska, Fauna Graphic, Tank (not to be confused with Irek Tank Petrol) and Toasters Crew. </div>
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The work speaks for itself, Go check it out and ask yourself, is it vandalism? If the answer is yes you need to wake up and smell the spray paint! It's beautiful and it makes the town look amazing! (Not just my opinion!) </div>
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I'll finish off with a special piece by my man from Chile, Otto Shade, AKA Osch.</div>
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He threw up a piece a few days before the event down the side of the new Who shop. (He also did a piece near Robin's studio,but scaffolding stopped me getting a pic!) </div>
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Mad skills all round! Amazing to be part of it. I hope I get asked back next year! </div>
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Oh, I almost forgot, I heard a rumour Banksy had snuck into the town and threw up this cheeky wee piece! The real deal, or a copycat? You decide!</div>
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(* P.s- My information on the My Dog Sighs/Sam Jayne Simpson collab was incorrect. I believe it was James who helped on the piece down the side of the Winter Gardens. My apologies to the artists. 30.06.13)</div>
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The reason we had to drive back from Upfest the same day, was because we had another event on the day after. Alfresco featuring Mr Scruff. </div>
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I've been involved with Alfresco for a few years now, as I've known it's creator Mark 'Chinny' Davis since he ran Blue nightclub way back in 2003 and he's been kind enough to give me my own stall every year. An event aimed at entertaining kids whilst their mums n dads relax in the sun and listen to good music, Alfresco has been getting bigger every year. </div>
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The weather this May bank holiday was incredible, we couldn't have asked for any better and the Homegrown boys were in high spirits after painting at Upfest.</div>
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It was an early start to get all set up and there was lots to do. We were still chuckling from the hilarity of the coach journey home the night before, but we all mucked in and got our stall set up eventually. </div>
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Groups of my friends came over to watch us paint and chat and it was good for them to meet the Homegrown boys who are fast becoming firm friends themselves. </div>
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He Dreamt Mars and myself teamed up again to collab on a huge board. This is only our second outing as a duo and have been getting amazing feedback already. Fuelled by this and the blazing sunshine and summer vibes, we cracked on with a piece we are very happy with, mixing Mars' planets and Angel characters with my techy, pointy city scapes and our combined love of all things cosmic! </div>
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The highlight for me was when Mars turned to me and said "Are you ready for the blimp?!" and a few moments later I looked up to see he had turned one of his famous pink planets into a hot air balloon type craft, carrying two of his angel characters! Inspired! </div>
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All the music all day was excellent and the headline act Mr Scruff was on amazing form, accompanied by the legendary MC Kwasi, who was the icing on the cake for a lot of people I think! </div>
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Massive respect to Chinny and all the artists, musicians and everyone else who got involved and helped out to make it the biggest and best Alfresco yet. </div>
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A great family day out and another reason why Blackpool is gaining more exposure as a cultured town. </div>
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Over the bank holiday weekend at the end of May, the Homegrown Collective were very busy indeed!<br />
Myself, Catch-22, He Dreamt Mars, Lowdown and Danzig had all been picked to go and paint at Upfest, the biggest outdoor paint festival in Europe, held in Bristol city.<br />
Lowdown and Danzig had made their own arrangements for getting down and staying there, whilst myself, Catch-22 and He Dreamt Mars went down on the Saturday in a coach with a group of art lovers. It was an early start! We met at Baseline studio at 5am and set off on the long journey.<br />
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Registration was from 9am, where you go and tell them your name and pick up a little goodie bag which consisted of 3 cans of 94 spray paint, a Posca pen and a map of the site. We were all keen to get started as we had to drive back home later the same day, so had a smaller window of time than a lot of the other artists. </div>
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A little wooden Spongebob was the first thing I spotted in our area, bit different I thought! Catch-22 started getting worked up as we waited a long time for boards, both of us aware of the time frame we had, so when they started bringing them out, he dived on one like a man possessed and started painting immediately! </div>
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The skills on display were phenomenal! I'm still new to this scene really and don't know artists' names to go with some of the pieces so you'll have to forgive me! </div>
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I think the 3 eyed lion was by 'Brave 1'. A cool character indeed. His board unfortunately was obscured from view by a big skip, you had to walk round and take a peek from a funny angle, but I was glad I did! His skills are unreal. He was a friend of Pekoe, an awesome illustrator we got chatting to whilst waiting for our boards. Mad skills all round!<br />
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This piece (above) was one of my favourites, done by a lad with a crazy top-knot hairdo right next to Dank. I feel bad I don't know the names of all the artists, but as I say, I'm new to all this and got a bit overwhelmed with all the sweet artwork on show! </div>
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After a long wait for my board, I'd begun to get a bit anxious and worried about how much time I had to get my piece finished, plus the board itself had a slightly sketchy surface and as a couple of people told me,I was brave to choose yellow for a background. It didn't get as flat as I'd like, but after a slow start and waiting for paint to dry, I got into it and completed my piece with enough time to go and have a look around. </div>
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The piece above was my favourite overall I think, by an artist called 'Case1'. Great concept and application. Also portrays how I feel sometimes as both a person and an artist, but I won't get into THAT just now! </div>
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He's recently done a new piece on a wall in Blackpool and you can catch him at Sand, Sea & Spray over the 14/15/16th June. He's a real character! </div>
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After meeting back up with HDM once I'd finished, we went for a little walk and a beer and check out some of the other areas, including a beer garden where my pal Irek, AKA 'Tank Petrol' was painting his piece. Phenomenal attention to detail, my photo doesn't really do it justice. (see below) </div>
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Tank is flying at the minute, doing pieces all over the place and has his own solo show in Luxemburg very soon. </div>
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The piece above by Arts Anonymous crew was crazy! Paint and some kind of wallpaper paste up application were used to make the piece appear to be ripping through the wall! Skills! </div>
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After a long day in the sun painting, looking at incredible art and networking with great artists, we set off back home for Blackpool aboard the coach. Catch-22 and HDM were on top form throughout the journey, had me in stitches and all 3 of us had sore shwedes from laughing so hard! Even the driver Peter got involved! </div>
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All in all a great day trip and feel privileged to have been involved in such a great event. </div>
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Next year I'd like to go and stay for longer, spend more time looking at the other work on display and definitely enter the Posca competition. Myself and HDM have been in talks about doing a bigger board together. More on that later.....</div>
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At the end of last year, I was invited as an artist to come and use the space in NW Baseline studio in Blackpool town centre. A couple of other artists were already using the space and had put on an exhibition of their work. These artists were Catch-22 and Lowdown. An alliance was soon formed and we started talking about putting on another show. Before long, we brought in some more artists, He Dreamt Mars, Danzig and Robin Ross. The Homegrown Collective was born.<br />
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Catch-22 is Marc Atherton. A spray paint and stencil master, who creates futuristic pieces in bold, bright colours, often incorporating the faces of models into his work and uses masking and stencil techniques to bring in the techness! It's all about the shards! His main piece was the Reverb Soundsytsem, brought in and built up in the studio by the boys at Underbar. (see pic above)<br />
This was also used on the opening night of the show to deliver awesome sound courtesy of the dj's who all wanted to get involved. It has since been used in a music video and now sits proudly in Underbar, bringing quality sound to the various club nights they put on there.<br />
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Two weeks before the show, we exhibited some of our work in the Winter Gardens in the form of doors which we had painted. (See Catch-22's above) </div>
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These were attached together to make a freestanding piece that stood in the middle of the studio, adding extra dimension to the exhibition.</div>
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My body of work (as always) consisted of various different pieces, including the Snareophobe album cover artwork which I had finished just before the show, (see above) some skateboard pieces including my first longboard, my first ever screen print piece and a series of painted spray cans which were sold within two minutes of the show opening! </div>
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I'm always looking for different ways to show my work and Infect different surfaces and the cans were a new challenge for me. I'd painted a few single ones, but had wanted to do a series of them and the show gave me the perfect opportunity. This lot was the 'Alien Artifact' series, featuring made up hieroglyphics and star charts, painted over colours built up with layers of spray paint to make them look like 'deep space'. </div>
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The piece above was actually done a few years ago at my end of degree show in Manchester, but since it depicts two of my logos, I wanted to use it again and besides, most people won't have seen it anyway! </div>
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My set of four skateboards (entitled 'Chaos 2 Order') went down well and not long after the show, I sold them all to one couple.</div>
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This one (above) was a treat to paint! I've been a huge fan of the 1987 film 'Predator' for a while and found myself drawing its namesake character all the time. I felt it was time to paint a big piece and since I had been using spray paint a lot to build up that deep space look I mentioned before, it seemed only right to get on it. </div>
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I'd been looking at Danzig's work online and liked how dark his imagery was. A good contrast to the bright and colourful pieces myself and Catch-22 create, he uses stencil and Photoshop techniques to work his craft. They went down a treat on opening night and I think he sold a fair few on the spot! </div>
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Danzig also took part in the Apocalypse Exhibition in Weston Super Mare around the same time, meaning we didn't get to see much of him in the two months leading up to the show. A shame really, as the rest of us built up a strong relationship at Baseline, all helping each other to get things done. </div>
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Lowdown. The youngest of the Homegrown Collective, but don't let that fool you. This talented artist creates amazing pieces, built up using stencils and worked into with paintbrushes and his fingers. His subjects are people around him, or bold faces he finds images of on the internet, adding his own little twists. Pigeons feature a lot in his work (there are hundreds of them around us daily on the streets!) and since the show, myself and Lowdown have teamed up to collaborate on a series of one off pigeon pieces made to order. He uses a 3 layer stencil to create the pigeon, then I work over the top of them using bright Posca pens, often making them look digital somehow! (watch this space for pics)</div>
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I find his work dark yet beautiful and watching him create them in the studio is a real treat. Seeing what an artist 'goes through' to complete a piece gives you that sense of connection and this has led me to buy one of his pieces. </div>
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He Dreamt Mars. This guy is one of the coolest people you could ever hope to meet. His work he tells me, is based upon the notion that we as humans are pillaging and ruining our own planet and will one day be forced to seek out new places to live, such as Mars, or other planets where life could be sustained. This is represented in the teeth, planets and mad landscapes featured in his work, all overseen by his simple yet beautifully drawn 'Angel' character.</div>
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Since the show, myself and Mars have teamed up to collaborate on a big piece mixing our illustrative styles to create an insane landscape with techy buildings and looming planets. Watch this space for more of this. </div>
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Robin Ross is known around these parts for his past work as a radio presenter and for being the man responsible for Sand, Sea and Spray, now one of Blackpool's biggest events of the year, bringing artists together from around the world to paint various spots in the town and making the place look beautiful! He has his own screen printing studio situated in the Old Rock Factory and this is his craft. Taking images from past and present, he combines them with type and colour to make bold and striking imagery. His pieces went down so well at the show, especially his piece depicting a little girl, beautifully finished off with gold leaf and housed in a bright green ornate frame.</div>
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For the past month, I've been busy painting more spray cans to order and these are the results. Rather than take 'requests' and paint specific things on them for each person, I just painted whatever came out and sold them on a first come, first serve basis, making them more exclusive! </div>
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I was quite experimental when applying base colours to them, building up layers of colour with spray paint on some of them and using blending techniques on others. </div>
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It's hard to say which is my favourite, as I enjoyed Infecting them all, but I do like the ones with the metallic paint jobs. That effect is achieved by mixing whatever colours with chrome and black.</div>
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They've all gone to good homes though and that's the main thing! A mixture of friends and family make up the people who bought them, helping me spread the Infection over Blackpool, Chorley, Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow.</div>
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I think it's better to keep them quite exclusive and move onto the next object to paint! I'm sorting through all the stuff I've got lying around at home, trying to get rid of things, but have come across a few bits and pieces that would look much better with the Infected touch, like old vases or novelty shaped glass bottles. </div>
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It's been a while since I last Infected a skateboard of any kind, but this longboard had a shape and surface to die for! (Once I'd sprayed it anyway!) Love that black and yellow!<br />
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Commissioned by my pal Danny Rees, there was no particular brief, just free reign to do whatever I felt like with it.</div>
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I threw an homage to the OneFiveEight into the mix,as Danny was there in the beginning when OneFiveEight was just 158,a number on the door of one of the sickest party gaffs in our existence! </div>
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Not so long ago, it was old vinyl I was Infecting, but now the dish of the day is the empty spray can! Its cylindrical shape and tendency to roll a little when trying to draw on it have made it slightly challenging, forcing me to step my game up to produce the goods! </div>
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They are going down well with people though. I sold these two pretty quickly over the weekend at a party with a few other local artists and I'm currently working on 8 more to order. They'd make good Christmas presents, although you'd guess what it was straight away if you shook it! </div>
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We received £3000 funding from Youth Community Awards, through a bid that was co written by some of the older children. I've been given the responsibility of spending the money on art materials and holding workshops with the kids to undertake a project to brighten up Kensington House.</div>
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Since Lego is a big favourite of both the kids and myself (and nearly all the Lego men have disappeared from the boxes!), I decided we would build giant wooden Lego figures to stand around the house and bring some extra characters into the mix!</div>
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We wouldn't have been able to do the project without the help of a splendid chap called Ken, who is the father of one of our helpers. He sourced the wood for us and once I'd pencilled in the outlines for each character, he took them away and cut them out with a jigsaw. (Ken also built the music stage I mentioned earlier)</div>
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It truly was a huge project! The original image took over a week to illustrate and then, once it was scanned in, about a week to colour! (I had to have breaks inbetween, looking at all those lines and colours was boxin' my shwede! haha!)</div>
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I had great fun on this project, despite serious aches in my joints during and after its completion! (Too much doodling can kill you?!) But then, I wouldn't be Infected By Design if I didn't suffer a little for my efforts! </div>
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And what better way to recycle used spray cans than to spray the can itself and doodle on it, creating a piece of art from the thing that helps create pieces of art?! </div>
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I painted four and sold them within minutes of putting them on my stall at the Alfresco Cowbell Carnival last weekend, all of them to kids! </div>
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I've recently been working on designs for a range of products featuring an image of VW Beetles, camper vans and trucks in various locations. As the client hasn't decided on which ones they will use yet, I haven't posted the images up, but these two are designs I did just for fun, as I was itching to give them the Infected treatment! </div>
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I've been playing around a lot with Illustrator recently, looking at all the colour pallets and various patterns that are available, as you can see from the swirly body of the camper van!</div>
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This A2 canvas is one I created a few days ago in response to being asked to make an 'artistic donation' for the next Alfresco Family Event on 2nd September at Blackpool Cricket Club. As well as good music, food, stalls and activities for the kids, there will be an art auction to raise money for the charities 'Woodlands School', 'Brian's House', 'Blue Butterfly' and 'Donna's Dream House'<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">. </span></span></div>
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After I'd finished painting it, I stopped and had a thought that the latest Infection is quite often a by product of the last one, since I end up using the same colour Posca pens to create it. If you look at the last two posts, you'll see I used black and apple green on lisa's car and then again on the piece I did for her and Tony. The Infection really does spread quickly! </div>
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This is a good example of one of those pieces that portrays different things for different people, depending on how they look at it that first time. For example, my girlfriend saw a bird when she looked the first time, but the only idea I had in mind upon starting it, was 'insectoid'! </div>
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For information on the Alfresco Cowbell Carnival on the 2nd September and possibly give yourself a chance to buy the canvas shown above and others by local artists, follow the link below.</div>
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infected by designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13555853790971502072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943666769909360775.post-12561851746460713562012-08-23T02:28:00.001-07:002012-08-23T02:28:46.579-07:00Little Dabs Of Paint Make It All Ok<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On one of my trips down to Dabs Tattoo studio to paint Lisa's car, when the weather restricted me from doing what I went to do, I ended up painting this piece for Lisa and Tony in their house. Done on an A2 piece of brown card I had in my folder, it was one of those times I just had to get something out of me! I'd had a little bout of anxiety trying to reach my destination by train and bus and when I finally got there and the rain stopped me from painting the car, I just needed to sit down quietly somewhere and paint the shit out of something to make me feel better! </div>
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Ever since I was given the opportunity to Infect the fibre glass mini, I've been waiting for a chance to put my mark on a real car. Recently, I was given that chance! </div>
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In exchange for being 'marked' myself, (fresh tattoo ink at the hands of Inky Bear once again) Lisa, the owner of Dabs Tattoo in Southport, asked me to Infect the bonnet and side panel of her car. </div>
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We arranged a day for me to go down to Southport to paint and get inked all in one afternoon, but once again, I was at the mercy of British weather! It was raining when I arrived and after Karl worked his tattoo magic on my arm, it still hadn't stopped so we arranged for me to come down another day. </div>
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Between my busy workload, finding time to go down to Southport and the constantly unpredictable weather, I ended up making a few trips down there before I was able to spray and paint the bonnet in optimum conditions! </div>
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I made stencils for the main shapes of the designs (my own interpretations of their bear logo for the studio) and spray painted them on using white Montana spray paint. </div>
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I wasn't sure how the paint would take to Lisa's metallic orange car, but the apple green looks really vibrant! </div>
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I will say, if you're thinking of painting your own car in this way, it isn't the best way to go about it, as sometimes with the Posca pens, especially black as I've found, the paint can dry and you get tiny white crack lines. In some parts though, it's actually quite effective and with this project, I spray coated the design once I'd finished with Plasti-kote Krystal Clear to seal it and protect against the weather. </div>
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It was a real treat getting to paint an actual car that people will see as it's driven about! Massive thanks to Lisa for making the project a reality and to Inky Bear for more sweet ink! </div>
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Not long after the paint had dried on Chris' canvas, I was commissioned by another good friend of mine to create this piece based on an image of Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart. It felt good to have another project to do so soon after the last one, keeping the momentum going and I found myself once again going back to the ol' red and black colour scheme that has served me so well in the past! </div>
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Harry just sent me the image (a great photo of the two musicians) and said I had free reign to create whatever I saw fit on an A1 canvas. The only thing he insisted I should incorporate into the piece was the deer from Captain Beefheart's 'Bluejeans and Moonbeams' album cover. The rest I decided on myself, which ended up being an homage to Frank Zappa's 'Civilization Phaze III' album cover and the Rolling Stones logo mixed with some random Infected goodness! </div>
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I received great feedback from this piece. Harry tells me everyone in his family loves it and he said it's the best money he has ever spent! </div>
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This canvas commission was quite a personal project, not just because the client is a close friend of mine, but due to the nature of its creation and meaning.</div>
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I hadn't seen Chris properly for a while, so it was good to catch up and reminisce about when we were teenagers, growing up as skateboarders and remembering all the funny stories and sayings we used to band about! </div>
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I won't go into detail describing its meanings, as they are personal to Chris, but I will say that it was created to symbolize a period of change in his life, and as a reminder of the past. </div>
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I took great pleasure in painting it and he is more than happy with the finished piece. This was the first time I painted a canvas that was already black when I bought it. </div>
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Back in January, I was given the opportunity to Infect another piano. This time, for a friend of a friend of a friend! The owner had seen Chris Martin's painted piano online and with that in mind, along with a list of bands and artwork to go off, asked me to paint his upright piano. </div>
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Go to the link below and click the 'Just had my piano painted' link. </div>
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<br />infected by designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13555853790971502072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943666769909360775.post-84990890088338392012012-07-24T09:03:00.001-07:002012-08-04T05:52:52.487-07:00Brandalism. Advertise THIS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"With great power, comes great responsibility". Wise words. (Thanks Stan Lee!) </div>
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The 'power' i'm talking about, is the power of design. The ability to create a striking image or piece of typography that makes people stop and think. </div>
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I was asked to call upon this power recently and use it to take part in the Brandalism project along with 25 other artists. </div>
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If you live in either Manchester, Bristol, London, Leeds or Birmingham, you may have seen some of our work up on billboards in the last couple of weeks? The Independent Online ran an article about it the other day. I'll leave you with links to the Brandalism site and the Independent article underneath this post so you can see for yourself what went into the project and it's effect on the public and the government, but first, here's what I wrote to accompany the piece.....</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Television. Sucking you in since day one. Endless days of people </span><span style="background-color: white;">sat gazing at its sickly facade, destroying braincells and turning </span><span style="background-color: white;">millions of people into zombies. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Adverts. Television’s own personal weapons grade ammunition.</span></div>
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Fired at us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in billions of homes <span style="background-color: white;">across the world. They tell us what to eat, what to wear, how to </span><span style="background-color: white;">LIVE.......?! Robots! That’s what it’s creating. </span></div>
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Individuality fights to break free in the strong willed and creative minds, <span style="background-color: white;">but in a world controlled through the media, a huge percent of the population are </span><span style="background-color: white;">affected by what they tune into day in, day out.</span></div>
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My image for the project may well be a little obvious,<span style="background-color: white;">but I believe </span><span style="background-color: white;">the message to be clear. I wanted to create something a lot simpler </span><span style="background-color: white;">than my usual Infections and I’ve been using Lego a lot recently, both </span><span style="background-color: white;">in my personal design work and building things with the children at my </span><span style="background-color: white;">job with Aspired Futures.</span></div>
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It was indeed an honour to be asked to take part in the project with so <span style="background-color: white;">many great artists on board. I hope the end results inspire something </span><span style="background-color: white;">in the people who see them. </span></div>
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