Showing posts with label Andy Council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andy Council. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

A Phoenix in London



http://www.illustrationweb.com/AndyCouncil

http://www.illustrationweb.com/AndyCouncil


Andy Council paints a dynamic centrepiece mural.
Commissioned for the new offices of Armstrong International in the heart of London's financial district, the elegant phoenix design is made up of many of the iconic modern high rise buildings found in the area and beyond.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Engage




Commissioned by Flourish Agency in the US, Andy Council completes this poster for Cleveland State University.
The design is one of a series based around the word 'Engage'; with a student and the project they are working on featured in the artwork. Andy's illustrates a type of wind turbine currently in development.


Thursday, May 30, 2013

Council Walks With Dinosaurs




Expert on all things prehistoric, Andy Council's interview with BBC's 'Walking with Dinosaurs' is now published on their website. Talking about his art and obsession with dinosaurs, Andy also takes us back to his childhood and first fossil (concrete) find! Have a read here.

Friday, April 26, 2013

DinoZoo 2




Andy Council has been working on a large scale project with Bristol Zoo to promote the return of DinoZoo, a host of 12 life-like animatronic dinosaurs taking up residence at the attraction. Over the last few weeks, Andy has attracted crowds at local shopping centres around Bristol, who have all eagerly looked on as he creates dinosaur masterpieces using only a spray can, a 20ft by 10ft board and his imagination. Andy has also been visiting schools in Bristol and South Wales to get an insight into the young pupils' local community and buildings, through their drawings and ideas. From this material, he has created a host of dinosaur illustrations, whose bodies are comprised of various landmarks relevant to the school’s area. Each dinosaur illustration is displayed within the Bristol Zoo grounds and is there for all to see as of the DinoZoo2 launch last month. Andy said, “My work involves dinosaurs and Bristol landmarks, so the DinoZoo project at Bristol Zoo Gardens is a perfect fit for me. I enjoy involving the local community, both the people and places!”

DinoZoo2 will be open every day until Sunday September 8 2013, and is free with Zoo admission. It will give visitors the chance to get up-close to this amazing new breed of dinosaurs and learn even more about their incredible characteristics.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Portas Pilots


photograph by www.paulgreenphotography.com
Andy Council has recently completed this magnificent mural of a horse in the Bedminster area of Bristol. It was commissioned as part of the Government’s ‘Portas Pilots’ – an initiative to get TV retail guru Mary Portas to help revitalise town centres. Bedminster’s bid, put together by local traders, community leaders and councillors, had the vision of turning the south Bristol suburb into a renowned ‘village’ centre for street art and street theatre, complete with a bicycle rickshaw service. Andy's large mural took several days of work to complete with the help of the Upfest team, the use of a scissor lift and dozens of cans of spray paint. The horse was chosen to reflect the area's mining past and it is purely coincidental that current news stories involve horses!

Friday, February 15, 2013

Sex Shop


Sometimes the image says it all....Andy Council creates this sex shop illustration for Nuts Magazine.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Miracle Gro Parade Float




Andy Council has recently completed a set of illustrations working with Dentsu for Miracle Gro plant food.  Andy produced several illustrations which run in sequence to form a stop motion style animation, the fantastical flower parade float is shown being built by lots of little people working together.  You can see it on the Miracle Gro Facebook Fan Page!