Self-portrait for the launch of @grandmatter_ ’s new creative platform @andwherefore which delves into the ‘why’ in creativity 🙌 Asked to create a portrait for their Boundless series I thought I’d use it as a chance to cross a boundary of my own and open up a bit about my personal life 🙋♂️
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“On the outside, especially professionally, I’m used to presenting myself as someone who had everything together. But if you tear through the surface there are many layers to my personality which I find harder to reveal. There’s a playful and occasionally chaotic side, which I’m often only able to present within a rigid framework. There’s also a darkness at times both in my tastes, having grown up on noisy music and abstract art, and also being quite an anxious person who has dealt with periods of depression over the years. But this has all helped to make me the person I am today so I am happy for all the layers of light and shadow.” 💫
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A little making-of from my self-portrait for the launch of @grandmatter’s new creative platform @andwherefore which delves into the ‘why’ in creativity 🙌 See the final image and artwork description in next post 👈🎉
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‘Difference’ 2nd Edition, Part V – Continued experiments with hand-cut layers and accidental compositions.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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A little #makingof shot from my new series of typographic greeting designs in collaboration with @llreps 🎉 These will be hitting my shop very soon so keep your eyes peeled! 💥 👀 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends and family! 🎉 Hope you all have a wonderful holiday 🍂🦃 🥧🍁🍻💫⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Part of a new series of typographic greeting designs in collaboration with @llreps hitting my shop very soon! 💥⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Out Tomorrow! ⚡️ My new cover artwork for @obsmagazine for their feature article about @smillieonsea’s year alone at sea ⛵️ The artwork was inspired by traditional Japanese woodblock prints 🌊
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Art Direction by the brilliant @joannacochrane 🙌
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LOVE 💙💚💛❤️💜 It’s been a fun couple of weeks in the studio making some new greeting card designs with my US agents @llreps 🤜💥🤛 More soon!
Hello 👋🎉 It’s been a fun couple of weeks in the studio making some new greeting card designs with my US agents @llreps 🤜💥🤛 More soon!
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#Hello #greetingcard #typography #handmadetype #tactiletype #makingof #design #papercut #illustration #papercraft #papercutting #handmade #handcrafted #typetopia @thedailytype @handmadefont @type.gang @thedesigntip #graphicroozane @type_matters #EastLondon https://ift.tt/2OgWpuz
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 It’s been a fun couple of weeks in the studio making some new greeting card designs with my US agents @llreps 🤜💥🤛 More soon!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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… And here’s a little making-of from my @sfmagazine cover ✂️🎉
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Art Direction @itstaylorle Assisting @adamwilliams26 🙌
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#SanFrancisco #BayArea #EastBay #SouthBay #Berkeley #Oakland #Stanford #NorthBay #TribuneTower #CoitTower #HooverTower #CampanileTower #BayBridge #editorial #magazinecover #papercut #illustration #papercraft #papercutting #handmade #handcrafted #stilllife #photography #maker #paper #typography #handmadetype #tactiletype https://ift.tt/2CvsPzp
Out this week 🎉 A new cover for @sfmagazine to accompany their annual ranking of all 101 Bay Area cities 💯+1 💫 For the artwork I thought it would be fun to bring together some of the iconic towers from the different Bay Area districts to try and create a seamless papercut landscape ✂️🎉
Art Direction Taylor Le, Assisting by Adam Williams 🙌
My @timeoutla cover, which has been selected as one of the best 50 covers from the past 50 years, will be featured in the new book ‘Time Out 50: 50 Years, 50 Covers’ alongside the likes of Ralph Steadman, Alan Aldridge, Monty Python, Banksy, Tracey Emin and Andy Warhol 🙌🙌🙌
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A huge thanks to Creative Director @tmjh86 for this one 👊💥
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Big love to my new Spanish family! 🖤 Thanks so much for all being so amazingly warm, inviting and just generally awesome this weekend! Missing you all already and I hope to see you all again soon! 😘
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Photo pinched from @36daysoftype 👊
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Alongside my @brieffestival talk I will also be hosting a special papercut workshop on Saturday 6th ✂️🎉 I will be introducing attendees to papercutting and by the end of the session everyone will be able to take a fully finished piece of layered paper art home with them 🙌 Tickets are limited and available now at brieffestival.com/workshops 👊💥
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