Life Moves

RVIVR recently played an all dayer in Swansea with one hell of a good line up of support. They were amazing, as were the support bands, but sadly the turn out was a bit piss poor. If you missed it for no good reason then you're an idiot because seriously, they were so fucking good. Anyway, here's the poster I designed for it which includes an illustration of Lala the penguin (if you don't know what I'm talking about click this link and check this shit out!!)

I also baked some banana cupcakes to sell as this was supposed to be a charity gig. I didn't charge for ingredients and the cakes were priced with a suggested donation of £1. I made £26 for charity in total despite not even making 26 cakes! They went down a storm, people were really generous and I was so proud of my achievement, however little it was!! So thanks to those who bought a cupcake! Also, thanks to my housemates who bought me this gorgeous cupcake stand for my birthday a few months earlier, I definitely think it aided my selling!!

If Monday Morning was a Person, I'd kick it in the...

My lovely friends of Dividers asked me to do a tshirt design. They gave me complete creative control to produce a design 'with a cute animal' on it. Gav told me to do a panda...but that made me not want to do a panda. I drew a giraffe. Fuck knows why, but the guys like it and they sold all the tshirts so I can't post you a link to buy one...but you could buy their Demo. From a totally unbiased point of view it's bloody good...no honestly, it even says so on punktastic. It's only £3 you tight fuck, buy it...now!!! Please :)

Heart Songs

For our last project of our second year in uni, we were allowed to write our own brief. I decided I was going to write mine on what's influenced me most since I've been in Swansea... music :)

I decided I'd produce a book of illustrations based on song lyrics from some of my favourite bands. After I realised the list of bands I'd been influenced by was stupidly long, I decided to cut it down to bands I'd actually seen in Swansea.

I did alot of research on the DIY scene/punk community. Jamie, Owen, Swansea Collective, El Ufo and Kerry Evans featured in my research so they deserve a shout out!

Cheap Girls
Her and Cigarettes
'She spends her money on cigarettes and such, well I love her and cigarettes so much.'
Collage/Coloured Pencils/Digital

Dividers
Brian Fallon Stole my Dress Sense
'I used to have a friend called fate, he hates me now. Everytime I ask him round for drinks, he lets me down'
Acrylic/Coloured Pencils


Thekidisfireworks
Four Track Heroes
'These are my hands, these are my hands. They craft nothing.'
Pencils/Digital/Masking Fluid/Acrylic


Brothers
That's Gnarly
'You're so fucking happy with your 9 to 5, that you can't even see and you're barely alive.'
Pencil/Markers/Fineliners

Bangers
Banging
'You don't believe in one night stands, so let's get married then.'
Pencil/Digital/FineLiner


Lemuria
Lipstick
'When you wear lipstick, I always want to kiss you.
But you use your lipstick as an excuse not to kiss me.
You prefer to kiss me in the morning, when you have morning breath
or at noon, when you have coffee breath.'
Painting with coffee/Digital Collage

The Arteries
Cornelia Marie
'What would you do if I said you were a noose?
That you were an anchor I gotta cut loose.
Would you help me on my way?'
Pencil/FineLiner/Coloured Pencils/Digital



My faves are probably the cheap girls and tkif illustrations. I got my marks back for this project the other day...76, which is a first, which is fucking outstanding considering I wanted an extension and I wasn't given one! Happy girl!!!

such a hoot! (i'm aware i'm not funny)

this is the poster i just finished for gav at el ufo. this show will be absolutely amazing, so be sure to come along if you can make it! the fact that bangers and sssnakes aren't even main support proves just how great these bands are.
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