Bar Nana

Fashion illustrator Gustabo is asked to create a contemporary face and persona for Bar Nana.
The exclusive lounge and restaurant located in the meat packing district of New York, takes its name from the French Nana made famous by the novelist Emile Zola and director Jean Renoir. Gustabo has used his sophisticated style to illustrate the iconic female, which is being used by the celebrity, model and fashion insider's 'hang out'.

New Talent Alert: Chris Gilleard

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Art Basel - Miami

a selection of Gustabo's photos from Art Basel - Miami

Gustabo gives us a snap shot of the latest Art Basel: Miami event, with some photos to illustrate the great time he had! 'Art Basel stages the world's premier Modern and contemporary art shows, held annually in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong. Founded by gallerists in 1970, Art Basel has been a driving force in supporting the role that galleries play in the nurturing of artists, and the development and promotion of visual arts.'

Gustabo says "It's filled with non-stop shows, people, parties, installations, promotions, films and events. It's a paradise for artists and art seekers alike. It has heaping portions of art fair with a sideshow of Electric Circus that has to be seen to be believed. The perfect storm of art, celebrity and commerce. The worlds eyes, ears and purse strings descend on Miami for 5 days and if you have something to show, want to be seen and/or heard, then this is the place !

From the Karl Lagerfeld / Marina Abromovich opening party, Pulse, Scope, PAMM, Jeff Koons, Louis Vuitton's La Maison au Bord de L'eau (at the Raleigh Hotel's beach front), Kanye West, Marilyn Minter and A Rod to the graffiti walls of Wynwood, whew!… to name a few, it was sensory overload!"

Supermayor!

 

on the tube

Pete Pachoumis is commissioned by The Ministry of Sound to create poster art for a campaign to save the famous club.
Proposed residential development of the land around the club could result in its closure, so The Ministry of Sound have been calling on the support of London Mayor Boris Johnson. Pete has produced a comical image to raise awareness and support for the case, which has been used across social media platforms, as posters and even projected on to the side of a nearby tower block.
After four years of talks, the final decision will be made today by the Mayor. Follow the news here.
Pete says "I was approached to create an image that would be eye catching, entertaining, memorable and tell a quick story all while capturing a likeness of the Mayor. I try my best when allowed in my illustration work to entertain the viewer (along with) the message that the client wishes to convey. This project was the sum of that in one single image; the Mayor swooping in and saving the Ministry of Sound all while placing a smile of the faces of the people in London."

Choose a Tash for Movember

The line up

Freddie Mercury

Hulk Hogan

Magnum PI

Ron Burgundy

Ron Swanson

Duncan Beedie joins Movember to raise cash and awareness for Prostate Cancer.
And not one to stop at the growth of his own 'tash', Duncan has also created five fantastic 'famous moustache' artworks which are now up for auction. You can enjoy the facial grooming of Freddie Mercury, Hulk Hogan, Magnum PI, Ron Burgundy and Ron Swanson as unique A3 giclée prints.
With 100% of the money going to the very worthy cause, bidding is open until Thursday 21st November.

If you'd also like to sponsor Duncan on his hairy journey go to his mo space.

Stylist Portraits

Montana Forbes was honoured to be featured in the first ever all-illustrated issue of Stylist Magazine.
Alongside iconic illustrators such as David Downton and Patrick Morgan, the brief was to create 16 portraits of the magazine's contributors, including Joanna Lumley and ex-Mulberry designer Emma Hill.

Sarah Beetson at The Brick Lane Gallery

Exhibiting at The Brick Lane Gallery from next week is Sarah Beetson with her stunning series of paintings; 'The Lost Boys'. The group show entitled 'Crossovers' runs from 23rd May 'til 2nd June, where Sarah will show six paintings - two of which are nearly 2 metres squared in size.

Sarah says " “The Lost Boys” explores the turbulent nature of child celebrity. I wanted to look at the darker more destructive side of Hollywood fame. The seven subjects (Corey Haim, River Phoenix, Heath Ledger, Brad Renfro, Christopher Pettiet, Jonathan Brandis and Sage Stallone) were a generation of boys all born in the 1970s or early 80s, and all began acting in childhood. I grew up watching them in Hollywood movies like “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead”, “Stand By Me”, “License To Drive, “The Neverending Story II”, “Rocky V”, “Sleepers” and “10 Things I Hate About You”. All died due to substance abuse or suicide in their 20s and 30s."

Hunger

There was good news for Paul Holland recently when he was selected and then won 'HUNGER' Magazine's competition with this submission of Lisa-Marie Presley. The illustration competition has run for the last few publications for which there is a cash prize and the opportunity to illustrate from Rankin's celebrity photographs. Paul says "I will be in pretty good company as Von & Oriol Angrill Jorda have previously been selected winners and featured". Issue 4 which is just out, features Paul's commissioned illustrations of Derek Blasberg, Labrinth & Elle Macpherson.

Ben Tallon works with CALM and launches transmedia awareness campaign Xpress

No stranger to working with some major charities, Ben Tallon uses his skills as illustrator and art director to launch Xpress; an awareness campaign to raise money for the The Campaign Against Living Miserably.

CALM works to prevent male suicide in the UK, and after meeting the charity, Ben was given a blank canvas to direct a campaign focused on raising money and awareness. His response has come from an urge to share the benefits of his own artistic expression, and so along with the support of his fellow creatives, Ben has launched Xpress.

On May 3rd 2013, Ben's company Quenched Music will release an exclusive album from which 100% of proceeds will go directly to the charity. It will feature the best of new UK and international music and some overseas 'heavyweights' who will be announced soon. Also featuring men working in the arts, Ben and the team now have the support of Stephen Merchant, Danny Dyer, Jon McClure and more. In addition, a campaign newspaper will be released alongside the album containing all interviews and features including the portrait above. It was created to support an exclusive interview with Steve for the campaign in which he discusses comedy, growing up, art and his movie career. The Xpress website will also showcase contemporary art, design, comedy, illustration, film and poetry.

Please support the cause through the crowdfunding campaign here.

Natural Curiosities

Chris Ede has created this piece for David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, a new TV series aired on the Eden channel. The art, commissioned by Red Bee Media has been in the Guardian as an A3 fold out poster, and in many major newspapers as a standard advertisement. Trine Johnson, producer at Red Bee Media says: "It was an absolute pleasure to work with Chris on this project. He was full of great ideas and suggestions and he worked tirelessly to get the piece right."

Shepherd East Conference Video

Matthew Robson has completed a fully animated conference video for Shepherd East.

Produced for Motus.tv Matthew animated seven separate characters for a 2 minute short "(it was) a testament to how far technology has moved forward over recent years." say Matthew.

Each of the characters (apart from Bruce Forsyth) are members of the Shepherd team, with the use of many 'in jokes' and personal catch phrases, the video "got a rapturous applause when shown at the conference." Matthew says of the production "Technically, it was using some new custom modified animation software that allowed me to dial in a much more nuanced performance for each character. Add to that the fact that style wise I’m moving away from black keylines in favour of coloured ones, and towards simpler, light and colour focused backgrounds with no keyline at all, all go to make it one of the jobs I’ve had the most fun with this year." See the animation.