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Monstar!

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:50:49 +0000

fellow creative (and creator of te awesome pdf mag New Sugar), Julian James is running a project called Monstar!.

Monstar! is a collaborative project based on the game Consequences.

I am totally in love with this idea since Consequences was a favourite game of mine when I was younger. The drawing version was my preferred mode. I remember lots of silly creatures which I found endlessly amusing and every time it was my turn to draw the legs, the creature/thing would always be excreting something (it always has to come back to poo and farts when you’re a child… or an adult).

There is some pretty cool artwork in there already, but Monstar! Is still growing and taking submissions. To find out more or grab a template go here and to have a flick through the game go here!

check out my concentric animal head

Red Lemon Club

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:35:16 +0000

Red Lemon Club:

Red lemon club is all about the art of self promotion for, er, artists!

It’s full of really useful articles and interviews and I’ve heard there is a book on the way!

MAIL MOUTH! - SPEWING MAIL!

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:51:20 +0000

MAIL MOUTH! - SPEWING MAIL!

Karin Dreijer Andersson accepting an award as Fever Ray....

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:23:45 +0000

Karin Dreijer Andersson accepting an award as Fever Ray. Amazing!

Pringle By David Shrigley | Video | Wallpaper* Magazine

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:15:58 +0000

Pringle By David Shrigley | Video | Wallpaper* Magazine:

David Shrigley created this hilarious animation about Pringle jumpers. Look out for all of the little amusing details, like the ‘gay/straight’ fader bar in the ‘ijumper’ program! haha!

Thanks to the cut-click team my Carnivore - Herbivore postcards...

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:15:52 +0000

Thanks to the cut-click team my Carnivore - Herbivore postcards are up, ready for the cut-click mail art exhibition. They got a little dirty in the post, but the damage ain’t so bad!

check out the rest of the pics here

I have chicken pox! I sketched this on my iPod while in the...

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:48:09 +0000

I have chicken pox!

I sketched this on my iPod while in the waiting room at the doctors yesterday, lots of horrid pox having a time at my expense!

"Press Release Cut-click Mail Art Exhibition East Coast School Of Art & Design Grimsby N.E..."

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:23:58 +0000

“*Press Release* Cut-click Mail Art Exhibition East Coast School Of Art & Design
Grimsby
N.E Lincs 19th January 2010 - 10th February 2010 Monday - Friday (closed weekends)
10am - 4pm We are very excited to bring to you the second cut-click exhibition. Featuring so far……Adoxographic Editions, Stuart Adams, Will Adams, Lesley Barnes, Jonathan Ben-Abeer, Rebecca Bold, Jeffrey Bowman, Alice Bradshaw, Dan Button, Chloe Cook, Emma Cowley, Warren Craghead, Abigail Daker, Sp:ke Dennis, Sarah Ferrari, Red Fox, Patrick Holley, Jellyface, Matt Joyce, Layer, Chris Lillywhite, Graham Lister, Littleclouds, Le McLennan, MrYen, Munano, Louise Norman, Marie-Louise Plum, Steve Rack, S. Riemer, Tigz Rice, Fabio Sassi, Roberto Scala, David Shillinglaw, Penny Tristram, Darren Turner, Caroline Twidle, Simon Warren, Alexis West, Stuart West, Simon Wild, April VirgoePlus a few anon artists.http://www.cut-click.co.uk”

- Cut-Click: *Press Release* Cut-click Mail Art Exhibition

kitsch dolls and porcelain ornaments! - Character inspiration

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:05:00 +0000

I’ve been doing some research for inspiration for new characters. I’ve been looking at some horrid/lovely kitsch figures, lots of porcelain ornaments and tacky crap! check out these gorgeous examples which I found on flickr….

They all seem to have manic or deformed faces, which I LOVE!

"Trapped in a toy shop! Check out the award winning animated short, alma! http://bit.ly/4TjGMz"

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:30:41 +0000

“Trapped in a toy shop! Check out the award winning animated short, alma! http://bit.ly/4TjGMz”

- KidrobotRules

Carnivore - Herbivore

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:42:36 +0000

The art and design pdf mag Cut-click are having a mail art exhibition in the new year, here is my submission. I illustrated two post cards one with a carnivorous creature and one with a herbivorous creature. It was an idea that came from thinking about how a single aesthetic feature of a character can give it a personality.

The exhibition runs from 19/01/10 to 10/02/10 at

EastCoast School of Art & Design
Westward Ho
Grimsby,
North East Lincolnshire,
DN34 5AW

open Mon - Fri (closed weekends) 10am -4pm

I sent some stickers with my sub so you might be able to grab one! also you can check out some of the other subs as they are added to the flickr group here

Herbivore

Carnivore

Amazing character illustration by amenc on Flickr

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:40:55 +0000

Amazing character illustration by amenc on Flickr

Hello hello hello and seasons greetings!

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:49:46 +0000

Hello to all of you out there!

It is almost 2010 and I thought this would be the perfect time to start a fresh with a long awaited website update willdotadams and a blog to go with!

I’ve decided that in 2010 I shall make more use of social networking in an attempt to meet more creatives and get involved with some of the interesting projects and collaborations that are being organised online. I also plan to use this blog to provide regular updates on projects that I am working on and to catalogue any research or inspiration that I come across. So hopefully it wont be just me who finds this blog useful/interesting.

SO, since it’s christmas I thought I would share the two books I received as presents. Firstly is ‘Illustraion Play’ published by viction:ry

Illustration play takes a look at some of the more tactile approaches to illustration, it features examples of illustration in textiles, paper sculpture and found materials. I was really drawn to the magical and amusing embroidered scenes by Megan Whitmarsh which feature lots of yeti like creatures shooting magical beams of colour. I also spent the best part of an hour staring at the beautiful paper sculptures by Peter Callesen.

Secondly is… ‘The Elements of Pop-up’ by David A. Carter and James Diaz

I’ve been thinking about building some pop-up artwork for a while so this book is perfect! it features some really clever techniques, I just need to make sure it stays out of the reach of my multiple neices and nephews so it doesn’t get destroyed before I get back to London. Hopefully I can post some examples of me putting these techniques into action in the new year.

So, thats it. my first ever blog post, here’s to many more!

wishing everyone and awesome new year!

willdotadams

Monstar!

Red Lemon Club

MAIL MOUTH! - SPEWING MAIL!

Karin Dreijer Andersson accepting an award as Fever Ray....

Pringle By David Shrigley | Video | Wallpaper* Magazine

Thanks to the cut-click team my Carnivore - Herbivore postcards...

I have chicken pox! I sketched this on my iPod while in the...

"*Press Release* Cut-click Mail Art Exhibition East Coast School Of Art & Design Grimsby N.E..."

kitsch dolls and porcelain ornaments! - Character inspiration

"Trapped in a toy shop! Check out the award winning animated short, alma! http://bit.ly/4TjGMz"

Carnivore - Herbivore

Amazing character illustration by amenc on Flickr

Hello hello hello and seasons greetings!

"Press Release Cut-click Mail Art Exhibition East Coast School Of Art & Design Grimsby N.E..."