Here are the rest of the musical portraits! They have been done for a while now, but I just haven't had a moment to upload them.

I am especially pleased with the Vampire Weekend one. It was hard to find any image material to work from there, so it is pieced together from all over the place. I would love to see these guys in concert!
So, now that they are all up - A-Z - which is you guys favourites?


In other news, I got onto the MA I applied for! 2011 is turning out to be an exciting year.

Sketchbook Mag Feature!

I am very chuffed to be featured in the lovely Sketchbook Mag's online edition.

Check out the full article here!

Out of hiding

So, I have been neglecting putting any work online for the last month, as I have been incredibly busy pretty much around the clock. Mainly, actually, with producing new artwork.

I recently applied for an MA in illustration. As part the application, you had to produce a series of images on the theme home / homelessness. I chose to do an excerpt from a children's book, which would deal with the difficulties of moving to a new country and creating a new home there.

The book chronicles a little girl, Sara, who, along with her parents, are moving to London.

This is one of the final sketches. This is what it looked like when I first scanned it into the computer

And the 6 final images. The text might be a bit hard to read, as the originals are A3. Just click on the images for full view.

The two weeks I had to produce this in were pretty manic; I scrapped my original idea day five, and did this instead in 7 days.
I tried to make it playful, and fun, though still educational; I hope it shows.

Happy birthday, Huset!

This has been a week of birthday stuff!

I celebrated my 24th this weekend, with loats of cup cakes and beers. I can recommend turning 24; it is brilliant!

I also just finished a commission for Huset i Magstræde, a culture centre in Copenhagen. They have platforms for both music (rock, alternative, jazz), cinema, spoken word, theatre and food, which I tried to incorporate into the poster.

The poster is for their 41st birthday event, which I will surely be attending.

My name is Tristan, and I am alive

More music stuff!

M - M.I.A.
The sample queen. I am not a fan of everything she does, but she does have her own unique style.

N - Nick Drake.
I love cello song.

O - Oh land.
Danish shooting star Nanna Øland.

P - Patrick Wolf
One of my all time favourites. Here is hoping he graces us with his presence at Roskilde Festival this summer.

Is your bed made? Is your sweater on?

So, I have been continuing work on my music project.

I - for Imogen Heap. Not a big fan of her recent album, but I listened to "Hide and Seek" on repeat for like a month when I first got it.

J - Joan as police woman.  I recently got to see Joan Wasser live for the second time, this time just 5 mins away from my flat. She was sporting a leather jumpsuit that very few people would be able to pull off and was fabulous on stage as always.

K - Kimya Dawson (of the Moldy Peaches). The Juno soundtrack is a favourite of mine.

L - Libertines. Pete Doherty and Carl Barat have the most amazing chemistry. Things just aren't right, if they're not in a band together.

So, I've been going through my favourite musicians, picking one artist/band per letter. However, some letters are incredibly hard, as there are next to none to pick from, and some are ridiculously hard, because there are simply too many.
Who knew that F and J are such a popular letters? Not me.

This is the new opening page of my portfolio.

I wanted to do something which was hand done and had a personal feel to it.

This is a spread of some of my favourite stuff off my work desk. The original image is quite large; A3.

I am quite pleased with the rough look of the black inks, but I'm still not sure about the spot colour. Any thoughts?