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
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 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!
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.
Well we have finally got it sorted – the new Dead Good Kids Facebook page went live today. We have uploaded some of our favourite images of the Kids into the photos section. There are some montages of the main characters, and some portraits of the ever popular Edward & Verity. There are also some of the cute birds and the crazy gremlins! Check them out on Facebook and let us know what you think. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Dead-Good-Kids/114937028545213?ref=ts
We will be adding more images over the next few weeks, and some Greyhound specials closer to the launch on 21st May 2010.
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