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.

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!

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/

more madame geisha pics

Ape On The Moon feature

There's a rather nifty interview with myself on the ape on the moon website, which you can read here
http://apeonthemoon.com/2010/10/21/rich-pop-surrealism-by-carlos-garde-martin/
Incidentally they also did a lovely write up about the recent Glug event where I was painting a porcelain skull, along with some other talented illustrators. http://apeonthemoon.com/2010/10/16/painted-skulls-at-glug/

Madame Geisha mural in progress

Here's a few behind the scenes snaps of a mural I'm doing for Madame Geisha bar in Brighton. More to follow...

October's Rack n Ruin poster

Here's this month's Rack n Ruin poster. It's held at Madame Geisha bi monthly. Notice this month's theme has a strong Halloween feel to it. No prizes for guessing where the inspiration came from for his skeleton suit.

Glug skull painting finished

Here is the finished skull, now it's just up to the lovely folk at the pottery cafe to do the glazing, and firing. I can't wait to see how vibrant the colours will be! Expect another update about it very soon and details on how you'll be able to purchase my skull along with the other artists in a special charity auction.

Glug 8th of October

This coming Friday the 8th of October I will be customising one of these rather fetching porcelain skulls with a rather spooky Halloween theme. It's for charity, and alongside mine there will be 14 other talented folks works which will be auctioned off to a good cause. You can attend the event by signing up to the Glug meetup page, please clicking here. I hope to see you there!