WolfCarTee

For some reason it has taken me ages to get my little zine 'Wolves in Cars' up in the shop. (Read original post here)



Well, it's finally available to order and to celebrate this feat of effort there is a new Tee to match.
100% cotton in Mens and Womens fit.





Check out at -
www.buffalorun.bigcartel.com
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By the way, I have a table booked at the next Clutter City Market on Sat July 2nd at the Norwich Arts Centre, 10am - 4pm. If you're in the area come along and see all the glorious goods available from tons of local creative types!

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Missed the gig but got the album - Phosphorescent

Thrift WIP

A small piece of a current commission. Might be quiet on the blog front for a little while.

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Listening to....

Yeasayer - Wait for the summer

Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean

Timber Timbre - Bad Ritual

Thom

Portfolio piece - Thom Yorke of Radiohead.
I went for the Lotus Flower video look as I love to use large shapes/areas of flat black that his hat makes up. The colour scheme is directly inspired by King of Limbs cover palette.


Process.

I listen to Radiohead quite a lot these days although I've missed a a bunch of their albums (the ones between Kid A and In Rainbows, including the solo Thom Yorke releases). I have some catching up to do.

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Just added some prints to the Online Shop! Take a peek at BUFFALO RUN.

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Had the pleasure of seeing live last night - Staff Benda Bilili - They really know how to party.

AViAN

Recent commission for brand new label AViAN records. Underground electronic/techno straight outta Cambridge.



Check out their blog and have a listen at - avianmusic.tumblr.com



Many thanks to Vicki.

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The T-Shirt shop is now up and running at - www.buffalorun.bigcartel.com
Please check out the Tee range and check back for new prints soon.

If you're really feeling it, please share a link and tell all your friends.

Tees

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Buffalo Run


Relics (col)


Relics (bw)


3top


GiddyUp

Online shop up soon.
Pre-orders available - mail@joelbenjamin.co.uk

Brewtoo

Brew continued..

Closed

Not related to last posts claim of tee designs (coming soon), I have some work on a T-Shirt!
Norwich based Punk / Rock band 'This Business is Closed' are using a Wolf in Car for their tour tees. These tees are a limited edition, so quite possibly won't be available post tour. I'm pretty stoked with the print and was quite excited to see them being snapped up by fans at their show last saturday (from which my ears are still ringing).



I was also lucky enough to meet fellow Norwich freelancer Lauren Marina, check her work out HERE.

Thanks to Rob and the band.

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Now reading - Rework

Idle

Staying with the simple fashion based imagery, here's my latest. Nice things inspire nice thoughts, yes sir, the simpler the better.




I have no commissioned work on at the moment, something I'm working hard to remedy, so my life is pretty easy going. Having not practiced any meditative excercise for a while now, I decided yesterday to go to a drop-in yoga class. As the class was asked to gently breath, relax and let go of the days work inspired stresses and concerns I found myself thinking "Crikey, compared to these tense business bods my life isn't nearly stressful enough, I should go home and get to work!".
A selection of tee-shirt designs are on their way :)

Marine

Commissioned piece from late last year for a group of U.S supply marines! (Supply marines are the ones who get food and ammo supplies to the marines out in the field). The final image had lots of text on it; the code name of the team and their individual surnames, but that info has to stay confidential.

I was looking at a lot of Terry Dodsons comic book art while working on this one. I think it shows a little.



Glad they're back on air - Big Illustration Party Time!

Infinite

It's good practice to, every so often, take a break from what you usually do and have a dabble in something else. Here's me not drawing but messing around with digital photo collage instead. The infinite beauty and wonder of the natural world is the theme. Now I think of it, I may draw some of these, or something similar. It might be interesting to further remove the images from the original photo sheen & perfection.





Speaking of taking a break, I've just got back from a weekend away, hiking and climbing in the peak district. It was a flawlessly glorious good time, I hope to do it again soon as it's cleared out my head a treat. Up a big hill or small mountain you don't have to think because you're so stimulated by everything around you, but in such a better way than if you're absorbed in a film or computer game. It puts city life back into perspective and is generally very good for the soul. So says I.



Just bought and thoroughly digging - King of Limbs

Grey

A quick illustration for the cover of Lost Boy issue 2, a norwich based zine by good lad Liam Drane. Lost Boy documents Music, art, photography, skateboarding and plenty more.



The brief was to bascially draw whatever ideas I had regarding the words 'Lost Boy'. Since these guys were discovered I've been thinking about native, historical and lost cultures. Added to that, recent interest in horses and the wild west led to the image of the young Native American.

Two cover variations are printed for each issue. Another Norwich skateboarder/illustrator Janusz created the alternate cover image. His blog here.


Rough idea we didn't go with.

You can buy yourself a copy of Lost Boy at Cherry Cherry, Drugstore or online here! I'm sure I've seen it in Soundclash too.

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Really pleased to be reading - How to be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson (thanks Oxfam book shop!).

Shion

New fashion based pieces. Simple and straightforward, that's what I like at the moment. Just images.


Yes, I posed for this one.


No, I don't know this lady, she's from an older post at The Sartorialist. Still nice though, huh?

Last week I read a book on the philosophy of Aesthetics. I decided to buy the book in hopes of improving my understanding of the visual arts and maybe get an insight into what I myself am trying to do.
I'm sure I understood the most of it, but it tied my brain in knots at the same time. What did help me was learning that most theories and conclusions were drawn by critics upon looking at and examining a piece of artwork. They were all retrospectively formed theories.
I realise that I'm more concerned with the creative process and idea conception. I often worry myself with what a piece will mean before I've even put pencil to paper, and what it may say about me as a person. On reflection, I'm just going to churn them out and worry about any meanings and implications later, if at all.
Here's to more of the same!


Digging - Forty Ounce Clothing

Lost

Mention over at Lostboy zine blog. More on this soon.

Browse the whole of Lostboy blog, here.

Creative

Covertly phone snapped a little advertising I got in this months Creative Review. wohoo!



Lets hope it works.

Brick

Illustration for the March issue of 'Triathletes World' magazine. The article is all about how to train during winter without getting too bored.



Thanks to Marc at Natmags.




Best music I've ever discovered through a computer game - Enter the 37th Chamber.