Logo for Heron Films

I recently created this nifty little logo for friend and film maker Alec Heron. He wanted a fun and friendly logo that steered away from the cliched imagery... et Voila!

Publisher's Club Totummy Zine

I'm very pleased to have my work chosen for the Publisher's Club zine. Unfortunately I couldn't make the networking event in Manchester as I had got tickets for the Affordable Art fair that weekend, but you can see some a great time lapse video of the event here. If you would like to purchase a copy please click here and do your bit to support independent publishing!

ps incase you didn't realise my one's on the left ;) thanks to Dave @Ammo for the snap.

Madame Geisha Exhibition

For the Madame Geisha Spindle exhibition I decided to choose Life and Death as a theme to explore. The series of four each explore different metaphors and the juxtaposition of ideas.

Brighton Open House 2011

At this year's Brighton Open House festival I will be selling some of my wares alongside an array of fantastic artists and illustrators including Pinky, Jonny Hannah, and Snorkus at the At Open House. Please check out the website where you can sign up to the mailing list and see the blog for regular updates.

http://atopenhouse.co.uk/

new twitter background

To coincide with the new twitter I thought about time I created a new background. Using some doodles from my sketch that would otherwise be confined to those pages, I set about creating a repeating tiled image. Here's the tile, but head on over to my twitter page to see it in full repeating-tiled action http://twitter.com/#!/carlos_g_m

Yarn Fest 2011 Collaboration

I was asked as a member of the Soupa Creative Network to take part in this years Yarn Fest Illustrationnarium event at the Book Club, Shoreditch. I illustrated the wonderful words of storyteller Rachel Rose Reid whilst she recited her version of the ancient Greek myth of Persephone. I created 45 stills on acetate, some of which were then worked over as she was narrating. Here's a few pics of the event taken by the lovely folk at Yarn.

Gatekeeper co-lab

At the recent Inkygoodness show in Bristol I hooked up with an old school friend of mine Billy Scree AKA The Gatekeeper, and we decided that a collaboration was on the cards. He sent me some of his music which has inspired my art, which will in turn inspire his music. Music-imitates-art-imitates-music... or something like that. I'll be making a time lapse vid of me drawing which in turn he will write the score for. Here's an initial sketch of what came to mind when listening to his choons. To check his discography click here!

Promotional piece - customised poster tube

Here is a promotional piece which I produced for one of my fav magazines. Inside were two posters and a set of badges for them. Fingers crossed they like it.

Mambo jambo

You could help me become the next Mambo artist. Please vote for my design by joining the page and then liking my entry, it would make my day if you did ^_^ In return I will send good vibes your way whilst I'm busy doodling. http://on.fb.me/g4B2YS

Birdy for video

Blogger and musician Jonathan Shipley from Brighton has made a pledge to create a song a week throughout the whole of 2011! For one of the songs he's making a video that features birds drawn by lots of creatives. Here's the bird I have drawn for the video. To find out more about him and his project please click here

10:10 illustration

An illustration of mine was used for the Brighton and Hove 10:10 campaign website. If you want to find out more about ways in which you can cut your carbon click here

Middleboop feature

I'm featured on the Middleboop's amazingly amazing music and art blog! See it here http://middleboop.blogspot.com/2010/12/middle-boop-designer-of-week-carlos.html

dreamboat pieces

Here's a look at the Giclee print 'Star Gazer' and the 'Dreamboat in a bottle'. I'll be adding a photo diary of the dreamboat in a bottle soon. For such a small thing it took a long time to make, and was surprisingly challenging.

photos by Middleboop and Simon Hill

Inkygoodness Dreamboat exhibition

If you are in Bristol Friday the 10th of December then head on over to start the bus (on Baldwin Street) for a music and art extravaganza! Inkygoodness is holding another one of its group shows only this time in collaboration with Dreamboat records. I'm showing an A2 Giclee print 'Star Gazer' and a customised ship in a bottle! Which was challenging to say the least. ^_^ I hope you enjoy the show.

Full details here http://inkygoodness.com/exhibitions

Nixon Mciness mural update

Here's some more pics from the Nixon Mcinnes mural I'm doing as a Wet Paint Productions artist. They are such a great client, everyone in the office has been very friendly and chatty. Great bunch of people. ^_^

More Nixon Mciness mural pics

Mural for Nixon Mcinnes

Here's a sneak preview of a mural I'm creating for Nixon Mcinnes as one of Wet Paint Production artists. More pics to follow.

Photo by Ross Breadmore.

Digital Artist Tutorial Issue 13

I was commissioned by Digital Artist magazine to create a tutorial. A reader wrote in asking how to add surreal elements in to his illustration. I really enjoyed writing the text and creating the visuals. It was made even more fun as surrealism is my speciality.

can you draw the internet?

The internet is a place full of joy and danger in equal measure. Nowhere else could you find pirates, viruses, bots, boobs, worms, and cream pies! Here's my interpretation for the 'can you draw the internet?' project. Voting starts Friday 12th of November. If you like what I've done please vote here http://www.canyoudrawtheinternet.com/

I would be...

Here's my rather snazzy edition to the I would be... project. I've always had a geeky obsession with cosmology, and can be found on occasion gazing at the stars with my mouth open wondering what it might be like up there. To see the other submissions check out the flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/iwouldbe/pool/with/5140444724/