Just before Christmas, the lovely people at We Heart Arts asked me to design a new typographic t-shirt for them. It’s not to my usual style, but I’m pretty happy with it.
The main thing is, We Heart Arts is such a great cause, essentially raising money for creative projects across the world. To find out more about them, head here: http://www.weheartarts.com/
To buy the shirt, and help a great cause, head here: http://weheartarts.bigcartel.com/product/things-are-beautiful
New print available on my Society6 store. Perfect Christmas present for a film maker friend, family member or peeping Tom.
Just finished up some wedding invites for one of my best mate’s. They’re having a sweet (candy) themed wedding, in as much as there is going to be a pick-n-mix at the reception! I decided to immortalise them as jelly babies on the front.
M-Day is here! I am sans beard, and now ‘stached up for November - commonly known as Movember! I’m assuming everyone knows what Movember is, but for those that don’t, this is a brief explanation:
Grow a moustache in November to raise awareness of male prostate and testicular cancer, and get people to sponsor you for sporting said ‘stache.
(if you can’t be bothered to read the rest of the blog, please donate here:http://mobro.co/secretlyswedish)
So basically, look like a twat for a month, but all in the name of a good cause (and a bit of fun). I’d recommend heading over to the Movember website, as there’s more info - such as the fact that prostate cancer will effect 1 in 9 men, during their lives, and 10,000 a year die from it. Like I said, this is a really worthwhile cause! http://movember.com (The consideration gone in to the design of this years campaign is amazing too, and worth a look in its own right!)
The Movember website states that you have to start Movember clean shaven, but I’ve chose to bypass this. Why? Well here’s a few reasons:
- I can grow facial hair with very little effort, so starting the month clean shaven wasn’t going to make a big difference.
- For me, Movember is about raising awareness of male cancer, not just your ‘stache growing ability. I know I can grow one, so by wearing a ‘stache from the first day of Movember, I’m in for the hole month, and not a day is wasted!
- To expand on the above point, if I’m going to look like an idiot, for a good cause, I might as well do it for the whole month, and skip the growing period!
- When everyone else that doesn’t usually have facial hair is done with this month, they can just go back and shave it off - I’m going to have a week in December where I still have a handlebar, whilst the beard grows back it. I’m actually doing an extra week 
- I live in trucker hats and checked shirts, so the fact that I’m going to have a handle bar for a month will make this doubly humiliating, as I’m gonna look like a scrawny trucker!
- Finally, there has not been a point in the last 7 years where I haven’t willingly not had facial hair, and even for a good cause, I wasn’t going to to go fully bare. I’m sorry, you can call it a cop out, but I think the above points justify it.
- Add to that, tomorrow night I have a “party” with pretty much every client we work with attending. It’s going to be much more humiliating / satisfying for me to meet them wearing this thing above my upper lip.
So that’s it - bring on the challenge! If anyone would like to sponsor me, for this amazing cause, please follow the link: http://mobro.co/secretlyswedish
A wee illustration I worked on for my Maw’s new bathroom. You can grab one, here.
It’s been a while since I posted something that wasn’t Parks & Recs related, so here’s something to break things up a little. I’ve just added some “new” bits to my Society 6 store. Some you may have seen in different incarnations, and others (maybe 1?) you won’t have seen before.
If you feel so inclined, have a browse. They now offer a framing service, and there is free shipping (worldwide) until Sunday: http://society6.com/secretlyswedish
The crest of Ron Swanson. “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.” The greatest man to have ever lived. Grab it here: http://ow.ly/5EVWb
So, if you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll remember ages back I designed some Wes Anderson prints, based on some of my favourite quotes. The intention was to have these screen printed, but I’ve been pretty swamped with work, so they never materialised…
There’s still been a lot of interest regarding these prints, so I’ve come to the solution of selling a limited number of the prints over on Society 6. These are high quality Gicleé prints, so really nice things to have, and not your average digital print - THEY ARE GALLERY QUALITY!
For those still interested, you can pick them up here: http://www.society6.com/studio/secretlyswedish/store
So, I’ve been trying to get this shirt design printed for a while. It was initially designed for a band, but they went with another of my ideas. I put it up for scoring on Threadless, and it bombed. I’ve decided to give one last outlet a go, via All Tropical. If it fails to win there, I’ll just get it printed myself. If you like the design, please take the time to vote on it, today. There are only 24 hours left: http://ow.ly/4FwCB
**UPDATE - Thanks for the votes, people. But it came nowhere near close to winning. Such is life, eh? Will be printing it myself, so watch this space.**
I’ve been having a pretty manic few weeks with work. Having come out of hospital for a minor heart op (I’m fine, thanks for asking), I pretty much jumped straight back into things - working from my bed, in a very horizontal position. It was mistake, but I’ve had some pretty stupid freelance deadlines (mainly the fault of a certain Japanese, bow wearing cat) aside from my full time design job. I will be glad when this week is over, as the freelance stuff will finally be put to rest - aside from the few clients I like working with, and will always be willing to design for. My main focus has to be, and will be, my full time job at Whippet. Which, fortunately, I love.
Anyhoo, enough rambling. Here’s one of my recent logo projects, for which I’ve branded the super awesome Perergrine Proof. They a UK based proof reading company, who are worth making a note of. You shall be able to keep track of their escapades here: http://peregrineproof.tumblr.com
