Tuesday 25 May 2010

ALBUM ARTWORK research

The Bad Brains unbeatable debut album, artwork by David Lee Parsons (Dave Ratcage)


More ratcage: http://www.punkvinyl.com/2004/12/07/selections-from-the-punk-vault-the-young-and-the-useless/

Good for punk record covers in general.
http://www.punkvinyl.com/category/records/


42 Reggae Album Cover Designs: The Art & Culture of Jamaica
http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/42-reggae-album-cover-designs-the-art-culture-of-jamaica-166.aspx
Ft. Jimmy Cliff's 'Struggling Man' LP.





Lemi Ghariokwu

http://mimimagazine.blogspot.com/2010/01/introducing-lemi-ghariokwu-renowned.html
Reknowned for Fela Kuti's bright and busy album artwork.

Wednesday 19 May 2010

Derrick Morgan the Conqueror

Oversize A3 screenprints - Derrick Morgan (Yellow and Black on White) - 2 left out a run of 5...


Oversize A3 - Derrick Morgan (Green and Black on White) - Also only 2 left out of a run of 4.

Also have 10 black printed on yellow A3.. Photo soon.

Reggae Rivalries and Dancehall Drama

The finished, colour version of my zine on fueds between different stars in Jamaica. Screen printed red and green on yellow paperstock, run of 40 zines. I am selling these at £2 a pop.








Saturday 8 May 2010

Clean ish


STUDIO

A comic based on the song Loraine by Linton Kwesi Johnson.

Perfume.

Penguin book design award, Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Before (Rough version):

After (2nd version):


Also wanna screen print this image (hence the half-tone dots) so watch this space for version 3!

Bastardry

Conjoined basterd. 665+1.

Following on from reggae rivalries...

Tea woe rough as fuck.. Monologue and sobriety of drawing has changed since..

Pizza doom. Same character, completely different facial features. Needs work. Needs to be more clear.

Ah fuck. I can't believe you done this.



Coinjoined colour.

Haircut again. Looks better in colour eh.. Find some way of makin it more clear in b&w.