mash puh tate ahs

wait for it

San Francisco's DEAD TO ME are coming to town in April we're putting them on in swansea so i knocked up a flyer and printed a bunch out, if you'd like one i'm sure they'll be loads on the floor after the mighty TAINT send off show tonight - cutting flyers out in the shape of a coffin takes time people.

DEAD TO ME rule so write the date in your calendar, it will be awesome!

i also drew a freaky looking bat for OK PILOT to use at their discretion;

i think that they're going to be featured on patches.

Every chance i've had to hit the dark room or the neg scanners in uni has been blundered, the most recent attempt was snowed off! i have a whole load of photos to sort out, if i do ever get round it then i'll upload some of them. 

Thanks for looking

sorry ma, i forgot to take out the trash...

i painted a picture of my mum's dad for her birthday

i never got to meet him but i hear he was one of the good guys.

no matter what you hear from a bands bio they're Never going to play with as much snot and ferocity!

Shiftless When Idle

not buying

got disheartened. drove fast. listened to THE TRANSGRESSIONS. lightened up.

rocket to russia

i'm up way too late tonight, my sleep patterns have gone do lally. i've been working on a poster for The Arteries/Astpai Eastern European 'AA/DC' tour that is happening throughout the bone chilling month of January, i'm really excited to visit a whole bunch of places that i've never been before, places like; Russia, Romania, Latvia and Transylvania! But... I am definitely not excited about the temperature!

anyways, this here design will be screen printed on to some fancy paper in time for all that;

to do list

so it's been a long long while since i updated this thing. 

i've been away with The Arteries for the last few months, as a result my brain has turned to spam and my creativity seems to be either stuck in a part of the spam that isn't accessible right now or just at an all time low. despite this, there is no time for fucking around! i have a huge list of design work to do and i have nearly 10 films to process and sort through. i will try my best to upload worthwhile images as and when i get things done...

here his what will soon become the cover art for the new SSSSNAKES LP

my friend Hamish Adams has written a highly entertaining tour diary, it's a real good read, you can pick it up right here.

thanks for looking!

it's not always smooth sailing...

the last real project that i worked on was the artwork for the new arteries record 'Dead Sea'

the album is initially coming out on CD via SWFU and Specialist Subject Records and is later going to be released on LP by Florida's Paper + Plastic.

here are all the bits laid out for the cd digi package;

and here is the layout for the insert/pull out poster;

you can pre order the CD and get a cool looking t shirt as well as the mp3s from Specialist Subject Record right now, just click here!

i'm going on tour next week and i'm planning to shoot millions of photos to make up for a huge lack of  camera action. it's going to be a while before i get shit processed and scanned but when i get round to it i will upload some images and hopefully make some sort of documentary photo zine also. 

just watch this space i guess... 

but don't hold your breath as you will definitely end up dead :(

taco time!

The Arteries are heading back to the east coast of the U.S of A in late October. Last time we were there we ate a million tacos so this time we are going to have a happy little taco on our t shirts. 

we're gunna get this guy printed up onto pocket tees.

oh lay!

number eleven

i just knocked up a poster for my friend stephen, this is the first show of the next arteries tour, i'm excited, it's been a while since we've been away on tour for longer than a few days.

kyle's mum's a bitch!

i recently did a t shirt design for canada's greatest export, The Flatliners

here it is for white shirts;

and here it is for black;

i've been working pretty flat out on the artwork for the new Arteries record and just finished it off, i'll upload a few bits when i get a chance...

thanks for looking!

drinkin' beer too slow

screen printed b sides

The fine folks at CoffeeBreathAndHeartAche records screen printed the B sides of the new Banquets 12"

it looks like they turned out alright!

catburgular

coming soon to pocket tees and patches at an arteries merch stand near you...

nothing is fucked here!

My friend Dave is in a Band from New Jersey called Banquets who they have a 12" coming out on Coffee Breath & Heartache  records. Buhdunka Dave asked me to do the artwork for the release...

The title of the record was inspired by The Big Lebowski, the cover art is also dude related.

here is what i did for the card cover/insert;

front

back

and the b side picture disc (on white wax)

Good Luck

i made a poster for Bloomington's rock group Good Luck ...

here it is;

i hope they like Ace as much as me!

Dave Cave is putting on the show and he says that he is getting a bunch screen printed, i guess they will be available at the show.

printed

The fine folks over at GET A GRIP screen printed a batch of the poster that i designed for Chillerton's final show/Carpet's 30th birthday bash...

oh, and Bangers finally got round to using that design i did for them - GAG printed them on pocket tees and canvas patches;

Bangers are on tour in europe right now! 

to all the freaks over at table nine...

love stinks

i did  drawing for my friend hugh who is about to start putting on punk shows at a cafe in cardiff - he said he is going to ask ssssnakes to play a show...

party 'til you puke!

I was asked to make a poster for a party dude named carpet's birthday show

the waiting room on the wall

I've been busy getting photos, prints and frames ready for a final exhibition at my school, yesterday the wonderfully helpful kerry evans framed up all the prints and i hung around trying my best to help, then i got it all up on the wall today. 

i took some photos of the process with the camera on my phone

The exhibition opens tomorrow night at 6pm at swansea met then goes to london and opens at the free range gallery for a week on june 10th, there will be free beer and wine at both and photography too...

here is a better photo (thanks lot!)

Gent 04/10

jon flying saucer booking shoe

my friend jon books shows for bands, jon is in, arguably the greatest band of all!

i drew him a logo so that he has something to put on the bottom of tour posters...

dnob JP some mother fuckers

a while ago i messed up a design for a band called Banquets  by spelling their name wrong and all sorts...

A good buddy of mine named PJ saw the failed attempt and liked where it was going and asked if could make it into a shirt design for him to use as merch at Rad Fest in N.Carolina which he will be playing (will a full backing band named, 'some mother fuckers') later this month.

this is what i came up with;

PJ is an awesome dude and a really talented song writer, check him out and go see him play wherever you can!

hey ho! lets go!

twice a day bozo!

you don't know who's watching...

later today Arteries have the pleasure of gracing the same stage as (amongst other non assholes) this collection of assholes. i don't think that i could possibly be less excited to be playing with one of my all time favourites, oh well, up the punx or something... right? yeah right!

Function is the key...

For the past couple of years i've been working on a photographic project titled 

'The Waiting Room'

Some of my photos are being shown as part of a multimedia exhibition at the Candid Arts Trust in London. The exhibition is on show between the 2nd and 11th of this month, but there is a private view on Thursday night...