23 July 2010

Stuka

Flying bomb parrot thing, stylized from a Ju87 pilots personal emblem.

22 July 2010

Tony Meeuwissen - Illustrator

Found this work today whilst flicking through an illustration agency website called Folio Boutique.

I love projects and approaches like this. So much so in fact, that I am considering a purchase. 

'Working as an illustrator since the 1960s, Tony Meeuwissen remains the only illustrator to win the prestigious Gold D&AD award, which he has won twice.

On the second occasion, Meeuwissen was given the award was for his playing card set, 'The Key of the Kingdom', which he began in the 1980s. 

This epic project was inspired by traditional, so-called 'transformation' decks of cards. In these sets, each card would be transformed into an image, and Meeuwissen spent three years working on his own visually playful illustrations in order to produce this celebrated deck'

Go check it out...



20 July 2010

19 July 2010

Fiona Banner at Tate Britain

Wanted to see this exhibition on Saturday but two days of heavy cold resulted in me feeling a bit sorry for myself instead. Its on until January 2011 so there's still plenty of time though.

17 July 2010

1977 Lancia Stratos

Another one created for the collection and one of my favourite cars of all time.

16 July 2010

Dark Webley

1961 Ferrari California Spyder

Taking a leaf out of Dinium's success below, here's a quick one for C-Poe too.