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Exhibiting at the Melbourne Festival Arts Trail this weekend!

By On September 15, 2011 In Art, Dead Good Kids, Exhibitions, Illustration, Printmaking, The Visitors, Uncategorized With No Comments Permanent Link to Exhibiting at the Melbourne Festival Arts Trail this weekend!Permalink

I am exhibiting a selection of my art & illustration work this weekend at the Melbourne Festival Arts & Architecture Trail. There will be lots of bargains to be had, as I am taking the opportunity to have a studio clearance. So expect massive discounts on framed Dead Good Kids art prints, t-shirts & greetings cards, framed and unframed mono prints, and lots lots more!

I am exhibiting at ‘The One Off’ on Derby Road in Melbourne, along with 6 or 7 other artists. So come along and bag yourself a bargain Martin Hyde artwork!

The Melbourne Festival Arts & Architecture runs on Sat 17th & Sun 18th Sept 2011. For more information see: http://www.melbournefestival.co.uk/index.html

Images 35 – Artwork Selected for publication in the ultimate jury-selected sourcebook for illustration in the UK

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By On February 14, 2011 In Art Talk, Illustration With No Comments Permanent Link to Images 35 – Artwork Selected for publication in the ultimate jury-selected sourcebook for illustration in the UKPermalink

The illustration work I did for the Derby Greyhound swinging sign has been selected for the Association of Illustrators Images 35 book. The book is sold worldwide is distributed to 4000 targeted commissioners in the UK and Europe  and online at the http://www.theaoi.com/ .

The book is a real big deal and I have been the proud owner of previous books.The book is coming out later in the year.

The Greyhound

The Greyhound

 

Check out our new Dead Good Kids t-shirts

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By On November 26, 2010 In Art Talk, Character Art, Dead Good Kids, Illustration, Merchandise With No Comments Permanent Link to Check out our new Dead Good Kids t-shirtsPermalink

We have been working on ideas for Dead Good Kids t-shirts for a while now, but can finally reveal our first two t-shirt designs! They feature two of the Dead Good pets, Mervin the elephant and Percival the cat. Both designs are hand screen-printed on high quality Fruit of the Loom t-shirts, and come in chocolate brown or charcoal grey. The t-shirts are available in small, medium, large and extra large sizes. Both designs are available to buy for just £17 (inc p&p) from our on-line shop at: http://www.deadgoodkids.com/13-t-shirts

There are more designs in progress, so watch this space for previews of more Dead Good Kids t-shirt designs. Click on the images to view large screen

New lino print versions of the Kids

By On October 28, 2010 In Character Art, Dead Good Kids, Illustration With No Comments Permanent Link to New lino print versions of the KidsPermalink

Percival Lino Print

I am a regular the Green Door Print Making Studio in Derby, and have been doing etching there for a while now. This week I decided to try out some lino printing for a change, and thought one of the Dead Good Kids characters would be fun to do. So here it is, Percival the Cat as a lino print!

Halloween Special Offer – 40 percent off limited edition prints!

By On October 17, 2010 In Character Art, Dead Good Kids, Illustration With No Comments Permanent Link to Halloween Special Offer – 40 percent off limited edition prints!Permalink

Lucian in the Dark

To celebrate Halloween, we have got a very special offer for Dead Good Kids customers. Until 31st October 2010 you can buy our 4 limited edition prints with a massive 40% discount, saving you £50 per print!

Our very special limited edition artworks include two Dead Good Kids favourites, Shadow Penguin and Lucian in the Dark, as well as two Dead Good Wrestlers pieces, Sanchez the Wrestler and Pile Driver Wrestlers . All prints come individually signed and numbered, and the edition for each artwork will only go to 50 prints in total. So buy one quick, before they are all gone!

We have several other promotions running in the shop at the moment. Buy all 5 original Dead Good Kids artworks, featuring the 5 main characters  – Edward, Verity, Vincent, Samara and Calamity for just £170 – a saving of £67.50. And finally there is a three for the price of two deal on the Dead Good Pets – Dexter, Percival & Mervin.

We've been shortlisted for a CIN Award

By On September 17, 2010 In Dead Good Kids, Illustration With No Comments Permanent Link to We've been shortlisted for a CIN AwardPermalink

We were very pleased to hear today that we have been short listed for a CIN Award in the Graphic Design / Illustration category for the Greyhound project.

The Greyhound

The Greyhound

The Greyhound project was the first project we’ve worked on which really fused our graphic design work and artwork, in particular the Dead Good Kids character series. For the project Martin came up with a new Dead Good Kids character, Graham the Greyhound, and lots of new artworks.

Graham features on the swinging sign outside the pub (as pictured), and on numerous pieces of the graphic design work, including the menu’s, leaflets, adverts, staff t-shirts, rack illustration and much more. Inside the pub Graham takes pride of place in several artworks on the wall, alongside other Dead Good Kids favourites Edward and Verity.

CIN is a fantastic resource for Derby creatives, and we are big supporters of its work. To be short listed for a CIN award is a great honour for us.

We are really looking forward to the awards ceremony, which is on Tuesday 21st September 2010 at 6pm at Quad in Derby. And just as icing on the cake, one of our favourite creatives – Wayne Hemingway – is presenting the awards, so hopefully we will get to mingle with him too!

Introducing Graham the Dead Good Greyhound

By On May 16, 2010 In Character Art, Dead Good Kids, Illustration With No Comments Permanent Link to Introducing Graham the Dead Good GreyhoundPermalink

Hello from Graham the Greyhound! Graham was created as part of a collaboration with the Derby Brewing Company, for their new pub The Greyhound, on Friargate in Derby.

The pub will feature the Dead Good Kids art throughout, and Design and i has done all of the design and branding for the new pub. This illustration of Graham was commissioned for the swinging pub sign at The Greyhound. The illustration builds on the Dead Good Kids style, using a a variation of the Victorian color scheme from the Dead Good Kids. There is another more detailed version of the artwork featured within the pub, with the Greyhound in a night time scene.

The Greyhound opens to the public at 8.30pm on Thursday 20th May 2010.