Happy Xmas

Here is my view this morning, sunny but cold! Hope everyone who reads this has a very merry christmas and brilliant new year. I am ready to shut down for the year now - but already excited about doing new things next year including more posts on the blog!

Xmas Sale

Head down to the Mangle Sale this Saturday if you live near London where I will be selling goods at cheap prices along with lots of friends with their brilliant products.

New Poster

I have finally finished a new poster which is just at the printers - it will be available to (pre)order at my shop here

Calendar

My new 2010 calendar is now available to buy at the shop: http://www.marcuswalters.bigcartel.com/

T-shirts

I have been testing some T-shirt prints and have a few on my store:
http://www.marcuswalters.bigcartel.com/ more to come in the spring.

Getting closer

... I am still working on new posters. Nearly there.

New posters

I am just working on some new posters... they will be ready in time for xmas...

End of the year

I am just getting together some new work for my shop - some screenprints - new litho's for younger ones and for the first time, a calendar. It has been such a busy year with life and work I think I will start doing next years calendar in June! Hopefully there will be a big fanfare whe the shop is updated!

Ink Dot show

I am taking part in the ink dot show at the Howies Store, Queens Rd, Bristol from 26-11 to 24-12. Each print in the show will be available to buy as an A2 Gilcee. Here is my artwork...

Hitchhikers Guide

This one was a spot for the Waterstones Magazine, the main illustration will be up soon...

New York Times

This one is about Gender (and the recent story about the athlete Caster Semenya)

Monocole

I have been doing a few editorial illustrations recently. I like telling a story with pictures. These are for Monocole magazine.

Howies

Summer might be nearly over (before it has begun) - but its not too late to buy my designs from Howies Kids range...

New things...

Lots going on... Expect some new products, including a range specifically designed for kids...

Editorials

Been busy working, working on lots of new editorial illustrations (see sketch above) which will feature on the Autumn website update. Hopefully there will be a whole load of new screenprints, posters and other bits available for Christmas too! Gotta plan ahead!

Look Up

There is a meteor shower expected tomorrow (weds) night. Hopefully it will be a clear (warm and dry) night...

Back in Work

After an extended period of house building - being back and forth and in and out of work I feel I can now focus. New ideas are forming, new projects are being worked on and it's time to start posting again!

Illustrating a story

I am just mid way through illustrating a story for brilliant childrens magazine Anorak. Its a real challenge for me - I always like to tell some kind of story in my work, but I guess my brief is to translate the words into pictures The other challenging aspect is to o figurative work, which, if you haven't noticed, is not something I often do! I guess we'll wait and see how it turns out. This is an island that the characters visit on their travels...

Never enough

time these days, to post. I hope to be back on track soon, with an updated website, and plans for a new show in the autumn in London so better start making more artwork!

New Screenprints

These will be available to buy on my site very soon - they should be avaible at Elphicks (see links) before I get to put them up!

New studio, new work

There is a lot of new (good) things happening at the moment. I have just moved into a new studio (more soon) and have a new agent in the UK (Skinny Dip). I am just working on some work for a spring show in London next week - then its time to get back to the countryside to spring clean...

Patterns

I have been designing patterns recently for a few different projects - here is a rough version of one based on the sky.

A card

for cherry's 2nd birthday.

Postal Strike

A distinct lack of blog postings usually means being very busy... lots of new projects, sorting out a new studio, a new house and new baby takes up a lot of time. This is a bit of an old design which has just had a new life as Howies T-shirt of the week.

The Guardian

I did a couple of tests for The Guardian a little while ago - it didnt go through but it could of been nice - here is one of the first drafts.

Virgin Atlantic

Another pre christmas job was an illustrated page for the Virgin Atlantic calendar. This is another test image...

Howies

The great Welsh clothing company Howies asked me to do an illustration for their new catalogue. This is one of the versions created. Nice to be working with my fellow countryfolk!!

Honda

I worked illustrations for Honda just before Christmas, here is one of the drawings.

Happy New Year

A bit belated, but better late than never. Update coming soon.