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!

Andy Council's Scrapbook

If Bristol based illustrator & street artist Andy Council won the lottery, he'd save the crumbling Victorian building housing his studio. Andy Council's Scrapbook.

The Steam Age

This cool image is the work of Hannah Davies for the cover of Amazing and Extraordinary Facts; The Steam Age published by David and Charles. Written by Julian Holland the illustration took Hannah along a slightly different path with her work, she says "This was a fantastic project, very unusual and fun. A chance to delve into something completely different!" The book is out now.

FRAME X FRAME Phillips Drive Systems

Ian Naylor produces an outstanding animation for Phillips Drive Systems showing how the Phillips Screw Company can tighten up the world. WATCH IT NOW.

Popular Mechanics

Matthew Laznicka was thrilled with his commission from Hearst Publishing’s Popular Mechanics.

Originally commissioned as an editorial illustration, the success of the image meant the magazine decided to use it for the May 2011 cover. Matthew says “It had always been my dream to be on the cover. My father and grandfather were always subscribers and I loved as a child going through the old box my grandad had dating back to the 40's.”

FRAME X FRAME Olly

We present Olly by Mark Oliver, an oil hinged animator with a healthy interest in all mechanical. WATCH IT NOW.