Hot off the press , just 20 mins ago, a piece for the Jan 2010 issue of regular client Restaurant magazine. These are author Mark Stretton's predictions for the year ahead...
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Restaurant magazine - Mark Stretton predicts...
Hot off the press , just 20 mins ago, a piece for the Jan 2010 issue of regular client Restaurant magazine. These are author Mark Stretton's predictions for the year ahead...
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Daily Mail - Bird Feeders
An image just done for the Sat 2 January 2010 Daily Mail Weekend magazine's Gardening section.
Don't forget to feed the lil' birdies through the cold Winter months!
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tote Bag design #2
As yet unused....
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(Yes, it seems to be working ok again)!
Tote Bag design #1
I've actually been going longer than that! Poetic license, let's say.
Available exclusively from Print Club when you buy my new Wildman print
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Benjamin Franklin
A character who fascinates me. Author, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, soldier, and diplomat - there's barely a pie in his day in which he did not have a finger.
That said, I think I have his alledged lightning experiment a little wrong here - apparantly the key was on the kites's tail and not its main string.
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New screenprint - Le Diable
My latest screenprint
based on the Tarot card
50 cm by 70 cm
3 colours
Edition of 45
SouthBank 250 gsm
printed at Print Club London, Dalston
The words are from above the gates of Hell in Dante's Inferno - Abandon Ev'ry Hope Ye Who Enter Here!
Available directly from me ( email for details) or A Little Bit of Art - who this weekend are part of the 'All I Want For Christmas' market at the Truman Brewery off Brick Lane. Check It Out!
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Nonna's Deli @ York & Albany
A Christmas poster we did for Angela Harnett's delicatessen at York & Albany.
Screen-printed at Print Club in Dalston.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
New Screenprint - Wildman
Fresh off the print bed comes
Wildman of the Woods
limited edition of 40
50 cm by 70 cm
3 colours
on South Bank white 250 gsm
Available exclusively from Print Club
£39.57 including P & P
and a FREE tote bag!
Hurry, they won't last!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Self-Portrait as the Centre of the Universe
Yes folks, grandiosity is merely the flipside of depression!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Computing Which?
A piece about networking PCs and Macs - for the Jan 2010 issue of Computing Which?.
The Art Director, Mark Massey, himself a very talented photographer, wanted a generally muted image so that the two logos stood out. I chose a soft sepia palette.
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Restaurant magazine - November 09
A piece just done for the November issue of Restaurant magazine.
It's about the closure of the burger chain Tootsies and their acquisition by new giant on the block Giraffe.
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Daily Mail - Autumn
A piece for Saturday 7th November's Weekend magazine gardening tips section.
A mouse sitting cheekily upon a bed of Autumn leaves.
Christmas on Cheshire St, e2
Here's my design for the late night shopping on Cheshire St, London E2 - just off the top end of Brick Lane.
The design is based on Czech gingerbread or speculaas moulds. I was keen to avoid the more obvious seasonal clichés and wanted something with more of a Anglo-European look than the dominant and all-pervasive US traditions that bombard us.
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Tweed Cyclng Club
A design I was asked to produce by Jack Thurston, friend and founder/ secretary of the Tweed CC.
We are currently in the process of getting these letterpress printed onto heavy grey stock by my friend and fellow Walthamstovian Stephen Kenny - www.atwopipeproblem.com - check out his site.
Café Gallery Projects - Baker's Dozen
A flyer I was asked to design for a forthcoming show at the Café Gallery in Southwark Park, the fourth in a series curated this year by Liz Murray and Clare Goodwin.
The title text is Braggadacio - I love the way the number 13 has here created a very convincing B for BAKER'S DOZEN!
The preview is Sunday 8 November, the weekend after next. See you there.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Illustration Friday - "Frozen"
A new piece for this week's IF* 'Frozen'.
Here we see the famous Yeti of Tibet, standing atop a Himalaya, cussin' and generally acting Abominably.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Illustration Friday - "Flying" #3
Another image created for IF*
This time P L Travers formidable nanny Mary Poppins, flying through the sky on the East Wind.
I read the books as a kid and loved them - much better and madder and somehow darker than the Disney adaptation. Check them out. And check out the lady who wrote them - an amazing lady who lead an incredible life.
The image was created using an edding 1800 profipen 0.3 and brush and ink, coloured up and composited in PS.
Click on her dress to see her in all her glory!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Illustration Friday - "Flying"
An allegory of Love
Wing'd Cupid and the blushing Rose of Desire.
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Daily Mail - Saturday 10 October 2009
A piece that should be in today's Daily Mail Weekend magazine.
Net your winter cabbages to protect them from pigeons!
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
There's No Place Like Home
Just under a week to go on the Ella Doran "There's No Place Like Home" secret auction! Hurry down there and place a bid, All designs are one-offs and all proceeds go to Shelter.
Newsletter - The Design Festival
'There's No Place Like Home' exhibition and secret auction
The exhibition is now on in our Cheshire Street shop and is looking fantastic! You now have an opportunity to place your bid on a collection of artist designed placemats. Click here for a PDF of all the contributions - once you have decided on your favourite simply email info@elladoran.co.uk and include the word 'BID' in the title. In the email give the name of the artist and collection you would like to bid on and the amount you would like to bid. Please note there is a minimum bid on each set of 6 placemats of £30 and remember all the profits go to the Shelter charity.
The closing date for bids is the 3rd October.
International contributors: Paul Bommer, James Brown, Amy Cushing, Anthony Dickens, Ella Doran, Chris Eckersley, Sharon Elphick, Michelle Grabner, Katy Hackney, Jason Hart, Dan Holliday, Melodie Holliday, Inkie, Kim Jenkins, Michael Marriott, Peter McDonald, Sue Parker, Martin Parr, Rob Ryan, Zakee Shariff, Andrew Stafford, Dandy Star and Sparks Studio.
The highest bidders will be notified by email on Monday 5th October.
Newsletter - The Design Festival
'There's No Place Like Home' exhibition and secret auction
The exhibition is now on in our Cheshire Street shop and is looking fantastic! You now have an opportunity to place your bid on a collection of artist designed placemats. Click here for a PDF of all the contributions - once you have decided on your favourite simply email info@elladoran.co.uk and include the word 'BID' in the title. In the email give the name of the artist and collection you would like to bid on and the amount you would like to bid. Please note there is a minimum bid on each set of 6 placemats of £30 and remember all the profits go to the Shelter charity.
The closing date for bids is the 3rd October.
International contributors: Paul Bommer, James Brown, Amy Cushing, Anthony Dickens, Ella Doran, Chris Eckersley, Sharon Elphick, Michelle Grabner, Katy Hackney, Jason Hart, Dan Holliday, Melodie Holliday, Inkie, Kim Jenkins, Michael Marriott, Peter McDonald, Sue Parker, Martin Parr, Rob Ryan, Zakee Shariff, Andrew Stafford, Dandy Star and Sparks Studio.
The highest bidders will be notified by email on Monday 5th October.
Restaurant Magazine - Nov '09
A piece I've just done for the November issue of Restaurant's City section.
Here the author looks at predictions for the economy and whether or not the recession is over or just on a ledge. Whichever way you look at it it seems there's no real way to know.
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Final artwork and the original rough.
Dip pen and ink, coloured up in PS
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Guardian Review - Hypochondria
A piece I did for the cover of last Saturday (22 Aug 09)'s Guardian Review cover.
It was a piece about the history and meaning of Hypochondria in life, literature and art.
A piece I really enjoyed doing. More jobs like this please!
Dip pen and ink, coloured up in PS.
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Ella Doran - There's No Place Like Home, #1
A set of placemats I designed for designer Ella Doran, in conjunction with the charity Shelter.
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Ella Doran - There's No Place Like Home, #2
A set of placemats I designed for designer Ella Doran, in conjunction with the charity Shelter.
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Ella Doran - There's No Place Like Home, #3
A set of placemats I designed for designer Ella Doran, in conjunction with the charity Shelter.
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Ella Doran - There's No Place Like Home, #4
A set of placemats I designed for designer Ella Doran, in conjunction with the charity Shelter.
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Ella Doran - There's No Place Like Home, #5
A set of placemats I designed for designer Ella Doran, in conjunction with the charity Shelter.
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Ella Doran - There's No Place Like Home, #6
A set of placemats I designed for designer Ella Doran, in conjunction with the charity Shelter.
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Daily Mail - Gardening - Raspberries
A job just done for Saturday 8th August '09's Daily Mail Weekend magazine's Gardening section.
How to protect your late raspberries from pesky light-feathered birdthieves.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Guardian Money -25 July 09
A piece I've just finished ( and indeed started!) today, for this Saturday's Guardian Money section front cover, for the delightful Sarah Habershon.
The subject was the Cash ISAs currently on offer - many are not nearly as good as they seem, and other, better, ways of saving are available.
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Linework created using a 0.3 Staedtler pigment liner, composited in PS. 'Watercolour' effect created using scanned in black ink, applied with a fine-ish brush.
Football Heroes Gold - Guiseppe Meazza
One of the two Brylcream boys of the 1934 Italian football team.
Football Heroes Gold
These are the designs for the forthcoming book Football Heroes Gold, to be published in 2010.
All masters of the Game - except the bearded chap in the flat cap, who couldn't kick a ball if it was sitting still on his toes.
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