NEWS
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Here's one of the limited edition screenprints I've put together for Liverpool
folk/blues/acoustic night Mellowtone. They'll be available for purchase
from Above the Beaten Track - See the Illustration gallery for variants.
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The Coral - Butterfly House is out in stores now. You can give the tracks a listen
at their myspace and visit their site for more info on where to buy!
Look out for the deluxe vinyl box set - portfolio will be updated soon...
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Rhino Mania hosts a private party at Chester Racecourse displaying the crash
of decorated Rhinos. Thank you to Chester Renaissance, Wild in Art
and of course Chester Zoo. Catch them on the streets from Monday 5th
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After 2 weeks of Duck's stealing my food and Gibbon's singing I finish Ecko
and my time in Chester Zoo comes to a close... You'll be able to catch him
in all his varnished glory this July in the Rhino Mania Stampede!
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The Chester Zoo Chronicles are underway and my new friend/cell mate Ecko the Rhino
is beginning to take shape as we're watched from behind the barriers
by small curious children... click here for more details...
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The Coral are due to make their return at the festivals this summer
with their new album "Butterfly House." Drummer Ian Skelly and I
have been working on the artwork, here's a glimpse at the 1st single release.
Visit their website here for a free download of the title track "Butterfly House."
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Behold "Rocktronica" - Baa Bar's latest City Slaying Poster
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CALM Fly Posters are up advertising Soundcity...
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Microcosm has been selected by Rhino Mania to decorate Chester Zoo's Rhino
using a design by Marc Ecko. Stay posted for more details...
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Here's another 3D picture I've been developing
based on the Sloth canvas I did at Draw the Line
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Galleries and Animation page have been updated with new work... Microcosm's currently designing an album cover for a notable band - details coming soon...
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Here's a snapshot from the Everton game showing the CALM animation on the big screen
(yes - it's been superimposed as the photos didn't come out too well, but you get the idea!)
Check out the animation here
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It's been a busy month... Draw the Line has had a little re-brand and gone up a notch working with Voluntary Arts England and Up for Arts to bring you the "Power to the Pencil" beer mat campaign, see the website here for more details....
Microcosm, in conjunction with Another Media, has just finished work on the Writing on the Wall Festival's 10th birthday brochure and festival guide coming to you May time.
CALM will be showcasing a short animation I've just completed this Saturday at Goodison Park, advertising their services and enabling viewers to download the file via bluetooth...
The Baltic branding has received a few updates... for amazing hand-made one-off pieces of jewelry, check them out here.
Stay tuned for visual updates and more...
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Microcosm T-Shirts now on sale over at Wasted Heroes Clothing! Quote "MICROCOSM" to get a cheeky discount code. Cheers to Russel Reid for putting them together. Buy Buy Buy!
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Caleb Butler's been so kind as to profile me in his blog "creative conscience," about my studio / apartment / world in one room... cabin fever...setting in...
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Happy New Year and all that Jazz! Microcosm continues to work alongside Another Media getting a company portfolio put together, watch this space! There's a few new bits added to the galleries, more on the way! Here's a little personal project I've been working on...
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Just finished a placement with Liverpool based design studio Smiling Wolf. Cheers to all in the pack for letting me tag along and work on some cool projects, here's a sneak peek below...
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The Culture Box logo sees the light of day!
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Microcosm is proud to announce the partnership with Liverpool's Another Media, taking on the role of managing their design projects.
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The Singh Twins invite Sparkle* Media members back to give interviews for the upcoming DVD of their "The Making of Liverpool" animation.
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Microcosm cards, stickers and badges all bundled up into spiffy little envelopes and given away in goody-bag format to the punters of "Above the Beaten Track."
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Mellotone's "Above the Beaten Track" music and arts event, held in Liverpool's
"View Two Gallery," invites "Draw the Line" to participate in their Saturday line up.
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The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) commission me to create a logo
advertising their 10th anniversary.
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After being commissioned by Arts in Regeneration (AiR) to produce artworks
based around the "Toxteth Big Lunch 09" event, the work is displayed in "the Bluecoat" gallery.
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The BBC big screens project "Places of Public Resort" launches in Clayton Sq, Liverpool featuring design elements from the flyers I produced to market the interactive event.
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CALM ask me to produce a magazine ad calling for sponsors / support for the upcoming Christmas "Santa Dash" event. DJ YOUSEF, running for CALM, features the work on his site.
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Liverpool fine art collective "Baltic" commission the design of their branding.
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Multimedia Agency "Mosquito Inc" holds a gallery in high street designer trainer
and clothing store "RAN" featuring a series of prints from the Microcosm.
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Arena Art & Design Association commission me to produce advertising for their art auction. They request me to submit my "Seven Ravens" print for the auction.
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Liverpool, Bold st. store "Ressurrection" invite me to include some preliminary sketches
from the CALM characters project to be included in their art gallery.
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International artists "The Singh Twins" return with one of their awards for "The Making of Liverpool" film Liverpool studio "Sparkle* Media" was hired to produce for them. The short animation won "The Heritage Award" for outstanding contribution to the arts and "The Creative Media Award" for filmmakers as shown in the picture below.
