Oh New York

 

Hiya blog, 

A bit of an eclectic mix of stuff here. I was asked to help make a poster for a club night in Brisbane called New York. Basically a late night deal as an alternative to some of the madness that goes down in the Valley that time of night. Im yet to receive feed back on it, and Im not totally sure I've hit the tone they were want. I'll wait and see :) (1 colour print on coloured stock about 85cm tall)

This is a poster and a single cover for brisbane act Blonde on Blonde. As far as I know they are currently on the street.

Last week I got to head home to Rockhampton for the weekend. It was my little sister's 21st. I have a feeling it might be my last visit up there for quite a while, as my family is moving south. It was nice to take a step back from some of the work I've been doing the last few months and just chill. I spent a good portion of the Sunday drawing. This is a collection for studies and ideas-

Biggie Smalls

Hope you're all well!

Alex

Oh Ye Denver Birds Posters

Hi guys,
I've been working with some new clients a bit lately. They go by the name -"Golden District". A tidy little artist management company comprised of Maggie Collins and Alex Iveson. I will be posting a bunch of branding, illustration and design stuff Ive been doing with them over the next month or two, but in the mean time these are a few posters I've made for one of their bands- Oh Ye Denver Birds.

Poster inspired by a photo I took in paris last year. The headless saint Dennis over looks the entrance to the Notre Dame.
A Text based poster for a halloween party they are throwing.
This was another quick concept I did while I waited for feedback.

And some nekid ladies from life drawing. The first row are 5 minute ink gestures, the second row are 15-20 minute poses.

Hope you're all well,
Love
A.

Leaving that door open has let the cold in.

I think for a lot of people art is emotional communication. I've never really felt that way about my work. I look at drawing from a pretty rational standpoint and have a real problem with converting emotions into images or words.
The last 12 months has seen some pretty big ups and downs. You know, pretty standard human stuff. Nothing outrageous. But I do think I've got a lot of nervous energy, which looking back through my blog and sketchbooks has inevitably seeped in to my drawings. Im not sure how I feel about it. I dont think it's too obvious so maybe its ok. If my work starts to look sappy and a little bit "Year 12 art class" let me know ok? I cant think of anything worse.

Um anyway, the drawing above was something that came about while I was thinking of ways to redesign my website. I dont think it's right for that, but i still like it as an idea.

Some train/airport sketches
Oh! and my very talented friend Emily Nelson has just unvailed her new site. Its gorgeous, you should check it out!!!!
Hope you are well.
Love
Alex

SlangBang / New Tshirts / Splendour 2010

Heya blog
So a few months ago I started this Tshirt design, but only just got around to finishing it. Im not sure what the guys are going to be able to afford but hopefully they will be able to get both variations printed. I love the idea of having a story between two shirts.
Oh and this is the finished poster design for DZ's Upcoming tour. Typography isnt my strength, so its a shame that so much text got added to the brief after I designed it. I think it still turned out ok, there are a few hierarchy issues though. Next one will be better :)
On a more personal front, I just took a few weeks off to spend with friends and family in Queensland. Was really great to catch up with everybody!
Part of the trip involved a 4 Day camping adventure at Splendour in the Grass. Seriously one of the best weekends ever. Great weather, finest of company and so much music to lose your mind to. Musical highlights included- The Strokes, SUCH a phenomenal set from one of the bands that defined the last decade. Wall to wall hits. The Vines, Ive never seen these guys before and I know creatively they are a bit passed it. They were however THE band that changed my musical taste when I was 14 and in turn had a massive influence on my creative course. They have a terrible rep live which is why I've avoided them until now, but their splendour set was off the planet. LCD Sound System - Im so sad that I only started listening to LCD in the last 12 months, especially because they are breaking up after this tour. Their set at Splendour was a total party. James Murphy has to be one of the smartest guys in music. Yeasayer- Probably one of my favourite modern bands. They played plenty of old songs, which I loved but probably caught some people off guard. The build up of energy through their set was bliss. Passion Pit- This was just a crazy 30thousand person dance party. Some of the most surreal crowd participation I've ever seen- Everybody in the Amphitheatre stage making spazzy arm movements in the air creating a fleshy writhing pit of humanity for minutes at a time. Pixies- It was really good to see these guys after being mildly obsessed with them for years. Their set closed the festival, and while it didnt quite have the energy that some of the previous musicians did its hard to fault PIXIES. Definitely was a great way to end the festival.

Steve and Liam wait with us to get into the wine bar.

Laura Marling

Passion/Flesh Pit

SOOO much! DZ promo work, Game Art Direction, and Illustrations

My buddies DZ asked me to help out with some art for their upcoming Single Launch. I did about a million ideas but these are the two that we went with in the end. The first is the tour poster design (sans text), and the second is the single sleeve. You can hear the single hereThe guys have had a pretty massive 12 months. National Tours, much acclaim, EP releases ect. To give you an idea of what they are like, this is their last music video- Teeth'. Its pretty fantastic.


A personal illustration -

I spent the last few weeks helping out my friend Bill Northcott and studio I Love Biscuits with an up coming game release. Bill has produced some really successful flash games off his own back and with the amazing organisation/programming power of Biscuits things came together quite quickly.
I was asked to define the art direction and design the backgrounds and props. Bill took care of the character work and animation.
These are a few examples of frames from the very long back ground. (in game all layers paralax)

And these are a layout of some of the props that I designed
And last but not least- These are a few illustration/doodles that I played around with between projects as well

Anyway, thats a slice of what I've been up to in my downtime! Would love to hear some feed back on it, so let me know what you think :)

Hopeyoure all well
Alex.

Little Scout Poster and some Photos

Hi Blog

I was asked by my friends Little Scout to do a poster for their upcoming headline show in brisbane. I messed around with a few new ideas but in the end we decided to recycle an unused idea i did for them a while ago. I made it look prettier tho :)
This is the final design we went with.

And this is another idea i quickly sketched up for them. We were originally hoping to be able to screenprint the posters by hand, but the plan fell through at the end.
Also in other little scout news, I finally have a photo of the Tea Towels I designed for them last year


I know I mentioned earlier that I didnt want to turn this into a happy snap blog but I've been using a new camera lately and really enjoying it. Its a camera that I got a few months ago. It was my fathers when he was my age. I feel extremely lucky to be using it :)If you're interested you can check out some more here.

Hope you are all well!

Love
Alex

Tea Towel Designs for Little Scout

Heya blog,

A couple of weeks ago I was asked by the very cute kids in Little Scout to do a tea towel design for them.
Between starting my new job and finding a place to live I made these two ideas.
The first one won out. We might use the second for a gig poster or something later on.

I had a lot of fun making these, hope you like.

Love A.

DZ EP cover. Progress 01

Heya blog,

Im working with a band called DZ at the moment; trying to produce a CD jacket, as well as some branding and merch. I think I will keep some of my work in progress up here.



So this is the first colour sketch i sent through, kind of a concept for things more stuff. They liked it but didnt think it fit they're image. So back to the drawing board. I like it though. I hope you do too

GigPoster!

heya guys, havent done one of these for ages! for my friend's band Little Scout. and a couple of other kids i havent met. if your in the area, you should head down and check it out. im pretty sure it will be messy... when i get the chance i might post some of the drawings i did leading to this. ... maybe!
in other news my last wisdom tooth came out yesterday. so my face is a bit retarded at the moment. but im feeling pretty good. painkillers are the best!

also, if you have any opinions about my last animation, please let me know. would love to hear them before i rerender it and slot it into my demoreel!

much love!
A

FladaHohub

Hey guys not much of an update. So i offer you an alternative if my stuff is bland - SHIFT Found it today, japanese art world, in english. fressh




This is a fake gig poster I did for a band called Foals. It was an art jam over at Satellite Soda. still running if your interested! (Pretty much no time for this, so really more a challenge in time management and limmited colours (3 was the rule))


AAAnnd this was a present i did for the amazing people at Cut For You. My japanese family.

Love