New book, Process 1

I have started work on a new book, this has been the first stage of the process from writing the plot outline to the first rough layouts.

Granta Magazine

I was recently asked by Granta magazine to illustrate a page for Gish Jen's great short story "The third dumpster".

Young Colossus live show and poster

Young Colossus are pleased to announce a one off live show on the 5th of September at Corsica Studios in Elephant & Castle in London. Every ticket comes with a large limited edition Young Colossus poster designed by Rob Hunter to be picked up at the show. The poster is printed in the same three spot colours as the original book. Tickets are available exclusively from www.musicglue.com/youngcolossus

Nobrow 7

I was asked to contribute an image for Nobrow's seventh issue. The theme for this issue was "Another World". In my particular brief I was asked to create the artwork in two colours, Black and a second colour that would be choosen for me which was quite interesting. In the end im not sure how successful the narrative I designed was but it was still fun to take part in the project.

Collector

The Science of Illusion

A quick image for the New York Times sunday review. You can read the whole story for a brief amount of time here

Guinness

At the start of the year I was approached by Blinkart to be part of an interesting project for Guinness. The project involved collaborating with a number of talented illustrators, carvers and art directors. here is what Blink say about it. Blinkart was commissioned by Saatchi and Saatchi to create a physical piece to celebrate the history of Guinness from 1759 to the present day, as well as making an accompanying film to launch their new brand strategy “Made Of More”. In response we built a twelve foot, two ton sculptured plinth which depicts the story of Guinness in the round, conceived and designed by David Wilson. David Wilson selected illustrators Robert Hunter, Bradley Jay, Micah Lidberg, and design studio Village Green to each draw a section of the story which would then be hand carved into the solid sculpture, marrying their individual different styles and creating a rich texture and depth to the monument.

Editorial, HMMI Magazine

Curious Minds

The limited edition book "Curious Minds" has been released. I took part in this project by illustrating a description of an inspiring teacher written by Kevin McCloud. Curious Minds is one of ten ‘bridge’ organisations across the country, recently appointed by Arts Council England. The charity works in schools and other settings in the North West to make sure all children have access to quality arts and cultural learning activities. You can Purchase the book here www.curiousminds.org.uk

Young Colossus

Before christmas last year I was asked to work on a musical project by Orlando Weeks. He had produced 6 songs that told a story. He wanted the music to be released with a visual narrative and for me to illustrate it. The book Young Colossus is written by Orlando Weeks, produced by Nic Nell, additional vocals by Alessi Laurent-Marke (Alessi's Ark) and released on Fiction records. you can buy it here. www.youngcolossus.com

Picador Drawings

Drawings for two of the Picador 40th anniversary covers.

3d project

At the beginning of this year I worked on a project where my drawings have been translated into 3d objects. These characters where sculpted from my drawings by the very talented Alex Simpson. These characters are just one element of the project, so there is more to come.

New Ghost 2nd Edition

The book i produced for nobrow has gone to its second edition. The print finish is much nicer this time around and the colours truer to the origonal design.

Picador 40th Anniversary

Over the summer I was asked to design some of the covers for Picador's 40th anniversary series. The Brief was that every cover was to be designed only in solid black and white. Certain areas of the cover are printed in black ink and other areas are a glossy black foil. The process of the foil slightly de-bossing the paper and creating reflective area's creates shifts in tone and texture on the finished book.
Personally I was hoping for a classic typeface to run throughout the series to tie it all together, but this wasn't the case and I feel that some suffer from this like the cover for "Dirt Music".

Young Colossus plans

Before Christmas I worked on a book that is soon to be released, here are some of the plans and sketches I did along the way to make the book.

Young Colossus on press

Over the past couple of months I have been producing a book/cd packaging for a project with a singer. The project is called "YOung Colossus" and will be released in the new year. more to come.