ZOMBIE PRIDE HALLOWEEN PARTY POSTER

 

INSPIRED BY GIALLO AND EXPLOITATION HORROR FILM POSTERS,PROMO IMAGE AND MAIN POSTER I ILLUSTRATED TO MARK THE RETURN OF THE HOUSE OF TRANARCHY'S ANNUAL 'ZOMBIE PRIDE' HALLOWEEN PARTY, WHICH IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE BEST HALLOWEEN PARTY IN MANCHESTER...GET INVOLVED!

'WE ALL FALL DOWN' FINAL VERSION

 

FINAL VERSION OF MY CONCEPT ART FOR INDEPENDENT FILM 'WE ALL FALL DOWN'. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WONDERFULLY CREEPY PIECE GETTING PICKED UP SO I CAN DO THE STORYBOARDS!

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NICHO NATIVITY

ME AND FELLOW ARTIST FLORE FAUCHEUX OF FRANCE, CLOWNING AROUND AS LUCHA LIBRE IN SOME REALLY BAD PICTURES FROM THE NICHO NATIVITY ALT CHRISTMAS EVENT IN MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT! FLORE'S WORK IS AMAZING, CHECK IT OUT HERE.

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FINISHED PAINTING

THE FINISHED PIECE IN ZACK AND JAMES'S APARTMENT...THEY LOVED IT! THIS MAKES ME HAPPY :) = KIM = 

LARGE PAINTING COMMISSION: MANCHESTER CITISCAPE

I WAS RECENTLY COMMISSIONED TO CREATE A LARGE CUSTOM PIECE FOR MY FRIEND AND FELLOW CREATIVE, ZACK (@ZackEsterhuisen). ZACK CAME UP WITH THE CITISCAPE IDEA FOR THE PIECE, WHICH IS TO BE PART OF A FEATURE WALL IN THE CENTRAL MANCHESTER APARTMENT HE SHARES WITH HIS PARTNER. THE ROOM IN WHICH THE PAINTING WILL BE HAS BEEN FULLY DECORATED, WITH THIS RUG AS A KEY PIECE (SOURCED IMAGE): 

WE DECIDED THE PIECE WOULD USE COLOURS FROM THE RUG.... IT'S A LOT MORE COLOURS THAN I'M USED TO WORKING WITH! THIS WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE BUT A FUN ONE. 

I STARTED BY CREATING SOME SIMPLIFIED ILLUSTRATIONS TO HELP ME WORK OUT THE COMPOSITION. I SELECTED MANCHESTER SPECIFIC STRUCTURES WITH INTERESTING/ RECOGNISABLE OUTLINES:

(THIS ONE WAS JUST FOR FUN - THE CAT IS ZACK'S CAT, GUCCI!)

I SPENT A BIT OF TIME LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION - I WANTED THE PIECE TO LOOK PAINTERLY BUT ALSO A BIT LIKE A PRINT WHILST RETAINING MY STYLE. THE THREE OF US REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF A 1960S MINIMAL-STYLE PRINT LOOK TOO - THIS FITS IN WITH WHAT I'M INFLUENCED BY ANYWAY SO I USED THIS AS A GENERAL POINT OF REFERENCE WHEN PUTTING COLOURS TOGETHER:

(THESE PICS SHOW ONE HALF OF THE PIECE, I MASKED OFF AREAS AND TO CREATE ABSTRACT BLOCKS OF COLOUR WITH GOUACHE PAINT).

I COMPLETED THE PIECE WITH INKED LINEWORK IN MY SIGNATURE STYLE:

I'M HAPPY WITH THE PIECE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT IN SITU - IT WAS A NICE CHANGE AND REALLY USEFUL TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A PROJECT BASED ON THE SPECIFICATIONS OF A CLIENT WHILST TRYING TO RETAIN MY OWN VISUALLY STYLE.

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ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO

I MENTIONED THE ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO I'M WORKING ON WITH MY FRIEND SCOTT LOCKHART IN A PREVIOUS POST (FOR MANCHESTER BAND FRAZER KING'S SINGLE 'MOTHER MARY').WE CAME UP WITH THE STORY TOGETHER, I DESIGNED CHARACTERS/BACKGROUNDS ETC AND AM ILLUSTRATING THE ASSETS WHILE SCOTT IS ANIMATING IT ALL. THIS PET PROJECT GOT PUT ON THE BACK BURNER FOR A WHILE UNFORTUNATELY - SCOTT IS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP AN ANIMATION COMPANY WITH OUR MUTUAL FRIEND SAM AND I WANTED TO FOCUS ON EXHIBITIONS ETC - BUT WE'RE BACK ON IT NOW AND ON TRACK TO FINISH BEFORE THE END OF THE SUMMER! HERE ARE SOME FINAL, HAND DRAWN  ASSETS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON TODAY:

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MY NEW EXHIBITION @ MANCHESTER CORNERHOUSE

MUSIC VIDEO SNEAK PEEK II

HERE ARE A FEW SNATCHES OF THE HAND PAINTED ASSETS I'VE CREATED FOR THE ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO I'M WORKING ON FOR FRAZER KING (TO BE ANIMATED BY SCOTT LOCKHART):

THE TWO IMAGES ABOVE SHOW SEPERATE LAYERS WHICH WILL BE MERGED TOGETHER.

1a

1b

AND THESE SHOW THE 2 SEPERATE LAYERS COMPRISING ONE SHOT (1a) FOLLOWED B THE SAME SHOT WITH LAYERS MERGED TOGETHER.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME CREATING ASSETS FOR ANIMATION, AND THE STYLE WE'VE CHOSEN TO WORK IN MEANS EACH LAYER TAKES A BIT OF TIME, BUT I'M REALLY ENJOING IT! I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED DESIGNING THE MAIN CHARACTER:

SCOTT HAS ALL OF THE ASSETS FROM ME FOR OUR OLD LADY CHARACTER NOW, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER IN ACTION!

MORE UPDATES AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES...

KIM X

HALLOWEEN PART 2

I SPENT MY HALLOWEEN WATCHING A COUPLE OF BANDS IN A GREAT MANCHESTER VENUE CALLED KRAAK GALLERY (IT;S LIKE A GROTTY BASEMENT INSIDE AND THEY PUT ON GREAT CLUB NIGHTS AND EXHIBITIONS). THE AWESOME KLAUS KINSKI PLAYED, FOLLOWED BY THE MIND-BLOWING 100% BEEFCOCK AND THE TITSBURSTER, AND I WON A BATTENBERG CAKE FOR 'BEST COSTUME' (I ATTEMPTED ZOMBIE DONNA SUMMER BUT FAILED, SO WENT WITH DRAG ZOMBIE)! 

NOISE BANDS, FANCY DRESS, CHEAP BOOZE AND A SMALL BUT CRAZY ENTHUSIASTIC MOSHPIT MEANT FOR AN EXCELLENT NIGHT, MANCHESTER DOES HALLOWEEN SO WELL!

HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD ONE TOO WHATEVER YOU GOT UP TO! 

KIM X

PRE HALLOWEEN FUN & MY COSTUME

NOT SURE IF I'VE EVER MENTIONED IT ON HERE BUT I'M PART OF A MANCHESTER ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COLLECTIVE OF WEIRDOS CALLED TRANARCHY, WHO HOSTED A BIG ALL HALLOWS EVENT LAST NIGHT CALLED 'ZOMBIE PRIDE,' AND IT WAS AWESOME! CLICK THE LINK FOR MORE INFO AND PICS, I WENT FOR ZOMBIE FRIDA IN THE END:

NOT SURE WHAT I'LL BE DOING FOR ACTUAL HALLOWEEN BUT AS A CONTINUATION OF THIS THEME I'M THINKING MAYBE VLADIMIR TRETCHIKOFF'S GREEN LADY? I'LL POST PICS IF I CAN PULL IT OFF!

=KIM=

LAST POST ON THIS YEAR'S SKETCH-O-MATIC!

JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT A WHOPPING 975 PEOPLE TURNED UP TO HAVE THEIR PORTRAIT DONE FOR YEAR 2 OF 'SKETCH-O-MATIC' AT THE CORNERHOUSE, SURPASSING LAST YEAR'S FIGURE OF 954! I LOVE THE LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM AND PARTICIPATION THAT THIS INNOVATIVE, INCLUSIVE EVENT HAS GENERATED. JAMIE ALUN PRICE HAS PUT UP SOME PHOTOS OF SKETCH-O-MATIC SITTERS AND THEIR PORTRAITS HERE. BELOW IS ANOTHER PORTRAIT I DID OF A COUPLE, THE LADY HAD SUPER CUTE DIMPLES! CAN'T WAIT TO DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

KIM X

SKETCH-O-MATIC VIDEO

VID ABOUT SKETCH-O-MATIC AT MANCHESTER CORNERHOUSE, MY TALKING HEAD AND LIVE PORTRAIT ILLUSTRATIONS APPEAR FROM AROUND 1.00 - 1.09, LAST DAY IS TOMORROW, GO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN YET!

KIM X

SKETCH-O-MATIC

BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE IT DOWN FOR SKETCH-O-MATIC AT MANCHESTER CORNERHOUSE LAST NIGHT, THE QUEUES WERE MASSIVE, SO MUCH FUN! THE EVENT RUNS UNTIL THE 21ST OF OCTOBER, STOP BY AND GET YOUR PORTRAIT DONE, IT'S ONLY £1! GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE OTHER ARTISTS TAKING PART. HERE IS A LIVE PORTRAIT I DID LAST NIGHT OF MY FRIEND JOE:

KIM X

RADIO INTERVIEW

TUNE IN TO MANCHESTER RADIO STATION ALL FM TOMORROW FROM 9AM, I'M GONG IN TO TALK TO DJ FIONA LEDGARD ABOUT MY WORK AND 

SKETCH-O-MATIC WHILST MAKING HER PLAY A SELECTION OF DOOM, METAL AND 1980S POP...

FOLLOW FIONA ON TWITTER!

KIM X

SKETCH-O-MATIC

I'M BOTH EXCITED AND NERVOUS TO ANNOUNCE THAT I'LL BE TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S 'SKETCH-O-MATIC' EVENT AT THE MANCHESTER CORNERHOUSE GALLERIES! A FANTASTIC LIVE DRAWING EVENT, WHICH INVITES THE PUBLIC TO ENTER THE SKETCH-O-MATIC BOOTH, IN WHICH SITS CONCEALED AN ARTIST AND MINI ARTIST'S STUDIO. ONCE INSIDE, THE SITTER CAN HAVE THEIR PORTRAIT DONE BY AN ANONYMOUS ARTIST (FOR A SMALL DONATION OF £1) AND 5 MINS LATER THE DRAWING POPS OUT OF THE BOOTH SLOT, MUCH LIKE A MINI PHOTOBOOTH.

OUT OF RESPECT FOR HALLOWEEN, I'VE DESIGNED AN EC HORROR COMICS-STYLE 'FRAME' FOR THE LIVE PORTRAITS THAT I'LL BE DOING DURING MY SLOT IN THE BOOTH ON FRIDAY (6-7PM), SO MY SITTERS WILL COME AWAY WITH A PORTRAIT SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

OBVIOUSLY THE LIVE PORTRAITS WILL BE LESS POLISHED, THEREFORE MORE INTERESTING, I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER TO TAKE PHOTO'S OF THE RESULTS! 

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ODD BAR EXHIBITION

A FEW PHOTOS FROM MY EXHIBITION LAUNCH THE OTHER NIGHT.... 

     ZACK ESTERHUIZEN OF PERKY PAIR      DESIGN AND ANIMATION (FAR RIGHT)

THE WORK IN SITU @ ODD BAR NORTHERN QUARTER

MOSS AND TONYA

JACK AND MAX

TONYA AND ME

WAS A REALLY GOOD TURN OUT IN THE END, I THINK BETWEEN 20 - 30 OF MY FRIENDS CAME SO THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE IT DOWN! ALSO I WOULD RECOMMEND ODD BAR TO ANY ARTISTS/ ILLUSTRATORS WHO HAVE WORK THEY'D LIKE TO EXHIBIT THAT'S PERHAPS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR A GALLERY SPACE-  IT'S USUALLY PRETTY EASY TO SELL THINGS THERE, THEY HELP TO PROMOTE YOUR STUFF AND THROW IN A FEW BOTTLES OF WINE ON THE LAUNCH NIGHT, BONUS!

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TONIGHT! : 'RECKONING' EXHIBITION

JUST GOT BACK FROM INSTALLING MY EXHIBITION AT ODD BAR (MANCHESTER NORTHERN QUARTER). TITLED 'R E C K O N I N G,' THE PIECE DEPICTS A WALL OF HAIRLESS CATS DELIVERING DIVINE RETRIBUTION, OCULARLY....

THE WORK WILL BE UP FROM TODAY UNTIL THE 3RD OF OCTOBER - I'LL BE THERE TONIGHT FROM 7PM FOR THE 'LAUNCH', COMPLIMENTARY WINE FOR EARLY BIRDS! 

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