Idle Hands

Idle Eyes

2009-09-28T17:26:00.000-07:00

As of now, this blog is null and void. Please instead go to www.idleeyes.co.uk for new joint artistic endeavours, portfolio, blog and lovely garments.

Curriculum (in progress)

2009-06-06T07:13:00.001-07:00

Some designs I am working on for a friends new mix/club night based around Kingston/ Central London.

Fanzine Sale Poster

2009-06-06T07:12:00.001-07:00

Collector's Corner Ident

2009-05-29T09:00:00.000-07:00

Working on a moving image brief with Rachel Sale and Will Quirk - creating an ident for a fictional TV channel. Very happy.

Fanzine Project

2009-05-14T18:01:00.000-07:00

My fanzine originally on the theme of 'smoke' but which sort of gradually morphed into a way to vent my dislike of certain things! An A3 sheet which folds out into a poster celebrating pyromania, hypothetically of course. Will be selling copies at the CSM zine fair hopefully. Am done with folding and hand lettering, it hurts my hands. (The bottom photo is an A0 copy of the fold out poster, I like things in large scale).

Attention To Detail

2009-05-14T17:49:00.000-07:00

Small hand bound book attempting to categorize and document a box of junk that I own. Dry point etchings = Hand Killer. There are 10 pages in this book, the binding went pretty well considering it was my first real attempt, not perfect but there's always room for improvement.

Context

2009-04-29T08:37:00.000-07:00

For the second part of the context brief we had to choose a subject and document it in 100 via grids, making it into a system. I chose the first two shelves on my bookcase. The second grid is just the images in a random order, the first grid is trying to make some sort of sense of it. I chose to colour code it, which ended up being a far longer process than I had anticipated.

Easterball / Dangerball

2009-04-26T08:56:00.001-07:00

More fun in the Basement, post pub pre club and festival ticket euphoria (or something). Another Alex video.

Last day

2009-04-26T08:51:00.000-07:00

On the last day of the battle, or more like the last time we did anything (hopefully it will resume at some point), Rachel chose 'Romy' aka our chosen judge.

Rachel:

Me:

Rachel won. The current store stands at Sale 4 - Marchesi 2.

Comfort

2009-04-26T08:43:00.000-07:00

My next word was 'Comfort'.

Rachel:

Me:

The judge decided it was a draw.

Sale 3 - Marchesi 2.

Eat

2009-04-26T08:40:00.000-07:00

Rachel's next word was 'Eat'.

Rachel:

Me:

Turns out trying to hang up giant pieces of cardboard food in Ipswich town centre at night isn't that easy due to interruptions from passers by and a lack of good lighting near any trees, hence the park railings. We decided it was a tough decision and called in an outside judge, Rachel won.

Sale 2 - Marchesi 1.

Concealed

2009-04-26T08:35:00.000-07:00

The next day I came up with the word 'Concealed'.

Rachel:

Me:

The second video was sort of part of my submission, but as it was a joint video made by Alex and myself, it sort of didn't count. We just got a bit carried away with the video camera.

Sale 1 - Marchesi 1.

Marchesi Vs. Sale

2009-04-26T08:31:00.000-07:00

Long time no change due to extreme laziness and lack of motivation. Easter rolled around and after a ... less productive spring term at college, Rachel Sale and myself decided to have an ongoing 'battle' in the first week of the easter holidays. The premise was to each come up with a different word on alternate days and for both participants to come up with a response to that word in their format of choice.

Rachel:

Me:

The first word was 'Clean', but I failed miserably as I had completely forgotten about the challenge until half an hour before the deadline - whereas Rachel came up with a brilliant animation. Sale 1 - Marchesi 0.

Ear Wax, Kingston

2009-02-12T11:48:00.000-08:00

Flyers for a new club night in Kingston, artwork created by myself and Ellie Wintram from a combination of play dough and coloured chalks.

Lino Typographic Work

2009-02-09T16:50:00.000-08:00

Lino type work. The upper images are for a typographic project entitled 'Addicted to Reading' which entailed creating one or more posters designed to encourage reading in the general public.

Successful Lino

2009-01-27T09:28:00.001-08:00

New Print Design

2009-01-27T09:10:00.000-08:00

For silkscreening, if I can ever manage to coat a screen without messing everything up. Hopefully to work as a 2 colour print on paper and possibly t-shirts.

Failed Printing

2009-01-24T19:56:00.001-08:00

I decided to try making use of the print room at college and use lino printing to continue some of my typographic work, though this is the first attempt and it only clicked that I had carved the lino block back to front when I first inked up, but decided to carry on anyway just to try it out. I have since re-cut the block and re-printed, but as the inks are oil based it will be another day or so before they are completely dry. My hands feel pretty battered from all the carving and slips of the tool... I also got a new fish eye extension lens which has re-newed my photo taking habits.

London Art Fair & Design Blogs

2009-01-13T14:56:00.000-08:00

Over the Christmas holidays I got a bit obsessed with design blogs, which spread to interior design and DIY craft ideas, I think it all relates to DIY culture etc, its so interesting to see the way people can take something really old and beaten up/ugly then turn it into something aesthetically pleasing and functional. Or just make amazing things in general. Decor8, Design*Sponge, and More Ways to Waste Time are particularly good that I have found/read so far. This is all on top of blogs such as Monster Munch, Indie NC, FFFFOUND!, Fecal Face, OMG! Posters and quite a few more.

Burnt toast map.

I think this is a Swoon etching.

Michele del Campo - my new favourite painter. Kind of reminds me of Conor Harrington.

Geir Moseid

Kirsty got us free tickets to the London Art Fair in Angel this evening. It was so good, unfortunately I only found the section I really liked just as it was closing, heres some of my favourites, more on Flickr.

Tell it to the Street Preacher

2009-01-08T16:37:00.000-08:00

Illustration for IP1 and a good find in my old room.

Type & Portrait.

2009-01-01T19:39:00.001-08:00

A cure for insomnia: drawing challenges.

Blockbusters.

2009-01-01T18:41:00.001-08:00

Clearly an influence. I think the first image is from the American version, but I like the design. Though when I used to watch it on British TV as a child I'm pretty sure I thought it was the most boring thing ever.

Patterns & Tiles.

2009-01-01T14:28:00.000-08:00

Playing around with patterns and tiles, though I need to work on it to make the edges all match up. The top image works well as a desktop background, though ideally I need to properly align the shapes so it will work on a smaller, tiled scale.

Festivities & so on.

2008-12-29T07:21:00.001-08:00

I took all of these on raw, which seems to work out a hell of a lot better than shooting jpegs. It's also my aim to finish a sketchbook properly for the first time in probably years.

Splurge.

2008-12-20T16:28:00.001-08:00

New sketchbook, new effort needed after a bit of a lazy term. Until January I will be mostly reading my favourite comics and drawing. Hopefully.

New Flyer

2008-12-05T10:03:00.000-08:00

Photography Project

2008-11-26T17:49:00.000-08:00

College photography project, photographing colours on black and white film with a manual SLR.

Screen Shots

2008-11-26T10:11:00.001-08:00

Some screen shots from my FF Meta video. After adding this video to my Flickr, it got noticed by a German Typography blog, so if anyone can speak German and fancies translating this page for me, that would be great! - http://www.fontblog.de/font-karaoke - the basic message I get from it is that they noticed I made lots of mistakes?!

FF Meta

2008-11-22T19:33:00.001-08:00

Typography project for college.

Favourites Pt. 6

2008-11-15T19:46:00.000-08:00

there were lots more but i sort of filtered it down. i need to take more photos.

Favourites Pt. 5

2008-11-15T19:40:00.001-08:00

Favourites Pt. 4

2008-11-15T19:34:00.000-08:00

Favourites Pt. 3

2008-11-15T19:28:00.000-08:00

Favourites Pt. 2

2008-11-15T19:23:00.000-08:00

Favourites Pt. 1

2008-11-15T19:18:00.000-08:00

I have been going through my vast folders worth of photos from the past two or three years, picking out my favourite portraits of the people I know. They're not in any particular order, and the images per post is limited so there will be a succession.

Christmas Gig

2008-11-10T12:19:00.001-08:00

New flyer for Lovin' It Promotions in good old Ippo. The first one I've done that I quite like.

Drip

2008-11-10T12:18:00.001-08:00

Rejected pitch. I'd wear it. Think I might print it myself.

The London Project

2008-11-10T12:12:00.001-08:00

Final illustrative piece for 'The London Project' at college, more images on flickr. Yeahhh.

Advertising

2008-11-10T12:01:00.001-08:00

I should probably document more of my college work. Here are the sketches explaining our group pitch. I didn't get any photos of the final 60 second thing, but I'm certain someone took some. The additional photos are other ideas from the group as a whole.

Faile - "Lost in Glimmering Shadows"

2008-11-10T11:53:00.000-08:00

i went wandering to find the faile show near kennington. it was a bit of a weird location, hard to place, being some sort of community school hall or something, but once inside it was awesome. more on flickr.

Kingston

2008-11-05T17:01:00.000-08:00

Bizzyness

2008-10-20T17:58:00.001-07:00

IP1

2008-10-18T09:23:00.001-07:00

For an article on underage drinking.

Henna & Stencils

2008-10-18T09:20:00.001-07:00

Dear Tate

2008-10-13T12:17:00.000-07:00

More Flyers

2008-10-13T12:09:00.000-07:00

IP1 Badges

2008-09-14T05:22:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure why the colours came out reversed, but here are 2 designs for IP1 promotional badges.

Lovin' It Promotions - 2nd October

2008-09-13T16:46:00.000-07:00

For Lovin' It Promotions, Ipswich.

Indefinite Hiatus

2008-08-21T09:59:00.000-07:00

Nothing to post until I manage to sort out phone lines, wireless and general stuff in my new flat.

Until then I need to get busy.

Euro

2008-08-11T06:28:00.000-07:00

A load of work all came at once after I left England, some of it is still in talks, process etc. This is for the Essex band 'Angry vs. The Bear', and so these are some mock ups. Not sure of the final outcome yet.

First of a series of flyers for Ipswich based promoter "Lovin' It Promotions'.

Concept

2008-07-13T10:44:00.000-07:00

Not sure if I like it or where its going, but I currently have nothing better to do.

Winding Down

2008-06-23T06:21:00.001-07:00

Above is a collaboration started by Joel Millerchip, then a couple of bits done by me, then I think its going to be passed to one or two more people before its finished.

Everythings sort of winding up before I go home for the summer now, I'm very happy with my Distinction and the sale of my final piece. Hopefully the summer will be productive and inexpensive...

Markers

2008-06-02T12:37:00.000-07:00

Some hastily scanned images from my sketchbook, drawn over the past 24 hrs. I'm not really sure where they're going, but hopefully some final designs will appear soon... for something.

Coffee Drawings

2008-06-01T14:38:00.000-07:00

Firstly, a drawing of Cat Power, drawn on request for Jess a few months ago, but I forgot all about it. Ink, nib and coffee wash. And then, carrying on the coffee theme, a set of three slightly-bigger-than-A1 pieces for display at Kone's 21st birthday at Juno bar in Shoreditch last night. Uni posca markers and coffee wash.

Oddieworld

2008-05-27T16:33:00.000-07:00

New character design for Oddieworld books as part of my internship, done in their house style.

Flyers & Doodles

2008-05-22T09:12:00.000-07:00

Drawings from my new moleskine summer sketchbook and spraypainted little flyers to leave out in my half of the booth in the exhibition for people to pick up.

CSM Foundation Exhibition

2008-05-21T08:26:00.000-07:00

These photos are from setting up our individual booths for the foundation exhibition, which starts next Tuesday. The dates and info are:

Public Opening Times:
Tuesday 27th May 11-6pm
Wednesday 28th May 11-2pm
Thursday 29th May 11-6pm
Friday 30th May 11-6pm
Saturday 31st May 11-4pm

Nearest Tube: Farringdon or Chancery Lane

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, 10 Back Hill, London EC1r EN

Boxfresh... Problems.

2008-05-21T05:50:00.000-07:00

After wandering round covent garden with Jess and Kone, we discovered the 'You vs Boxfresh' competition going on and went to doodle on some free blank t-shirts. Here is my entry for the design competition, but I'm currently having alot of problems with trying to get it uploaded onto the site, it doesn't seem to be accepting it... if anyone can help me out, it would be much appreciated.