Hot Rods And Hairy Beasts is showing at the Coningsby Gallery, London from Monday 29th September until Saturday 4th October 2008.
Private View Thursday 2nd October from 6.30pm.
The Hot Rods and Hairy Beasts Show runs all this week, and it's looking pretty good even If I do say so myself:)
We're having a Private View on Thursday night so if any Londoners need hooked up with a invite then drop me an email.
Hot Rods & Hairy Beasts
Posted by Linzie Hunter at 5:56 am on September 24th
Just popping up to remind any of you around the London area that I'll be taking part in the Hot Rods & Hairy Beasts Exhibition which opens next week. The PV is on Thursday so drop me an email if you'd like an invite. It's going to be a great show. Full Show Blurb follows...
Monday 29th September until Saturday 4th October 2008
And here's an exclusive preview of some of the work from the show!
Hot Rods, Hula Girls, Hairy Beasts, Himalayan Head Hunters and the Holy Bible are just some of the subjects under discussion by illustrators Linzie Hunter,Rod Hunt,Nishant Choksi and Allan Sanders. No subject is too small for this group of seasoned professional illustrators and adventurers. With clients spanning the world of advertising, publishing, design and edtorial this band of battle scarred buccaneers are prepared for the eventuality of just about anything. Their motto is simple : to illustrate the obscure ...and beyond!
Linzie Hunter The terrifying Linzie Hunter originated from the barren highlands of Scotland but now resides in a North London suburb where she feasts on worms and grubs whilst working for clients including Random House, BBC, The Guardian & Little Brown. Linzie recently hit the headlines with her lettering work based on the spam e-mails in her inbox. Her book "Secret Weapon: 30 hand-painted spam postcards" is published by Chronicle Books in Autumn 2008.
Rod Hunt Born in rural Dorset, the diabolical Rod Hunt now inhabits the swampland of Greenwich, South London where he feeds mostly on shrubs and berries. Rod has developed a reputation for retro tinged illustrations & detailed character filled landscapes and among his client list he includes FHM, Maxim and Vodafone. Notably Rod illustrated the cover of the best selling book “Change the World 9 to 5” published by We Are What We Do. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Association of Illustrators.
Nishant Choksi The monstrous Nishant Choksi originated from a murky lagoon in the centre of London and is now often found foraging in the wooded areas of Crouch End. A real life B-Movie monster, Nishant is inspired by advertising of the 40’s and 50’s and has worked for The Washington Post, The Guardian, JWT, Macmillian and others. Nishant recently worked on a prominent print ad campaign for Vodafone and has just completed work on his first TV spot for them.
Allan Sanders Born in the frozen tundra of the Northern wastelands, the horrendous Allan Sanders, a mostly hairless biped, now resides near the water in a settlement known as Brighton. Existing on a diet of rock pool delicacies, Allan has produced quirky, character-based and often humorous illustrations for clients including New Scientist, The Economist, The Guardian and The LA Times. Last year Allan became the poster boy for The Oregon Humane Society’s “End Petlessness” campaign.
Hot Rods And Hairy Beasts is showing at the Coningsby Gallery, London from Monday 29th September until Saturday 4th October 2008.
Old School at The Uppercase Gallery
Posted by Linzie Hunter at 8:44 pm on August 26th
Living nowhere near Calgary, I was unable to attend the opening of the Old School show at the Uppercase Gallery at the weekend.
"The “Old School” theme celebrates the aesthetics of twentieth century education through an art exhibition and companion book, as well as curated objects. It is inspired by vintage flash cards, old desks, biology class, science fairs, crayons, card catalogs, textbooks, class photos, teachers, yearbooks, lunchboxes, gym class, maps, lockers, report cards, film strips, recess, spelling, chalk… and the list goes on!"
See more of Janine's Photos and Blog posts at the Uppercase Blog: http://uppercase.squarespace.com/
Owner Janine Vangool has done a brilliant job converting the space into an old timey school classroom and with over 80 artists taking part it looks like a cool show
Here's my old school contribution to the show, a mixture of hand stamping, letraset and gocco printing.
My Secret Weapon!
Posted by Linzie Hunter at 3:13 pm on July 15th
It's still pretty amazing to me that my spam lettering project from last November has drawn so much attention.
Yesterday, I received a couple of advance copies of my spam book Secret Weapon - 30 Hand painted Spam Postcards which is being published by Chronicle Books.
the inside front and back covers feature the names of spam emailers...
Both Christina and Kim at Chronicle were great to work with and I had a lot of say in the overall design of the book.
The book contains some old and new images frm the project
Keen beans can now pre-order a copy from Chronicle or Amazon.
The current August issue of How magazine also has a six page feature about the project and how the book came about.
Back by Popular Demand!
Posted by Linzie Hunter at 11:58 am on June 23rd
Back by popular demand - not a phrase I get to say all that often.
My first set of alphabet tea towels I created with Yuko at Patapri.com sold out in a couple of hours, so Yuko has whipped up a second edition in new colour combinations.
Hopefully anyone who missed out the first time, can pick one up today. www.patapri.etsy.com
Globe 100
Posted by Linzie Hunter at 2:47 pm on May 20th
A couple of weeks back I was contacted by Greg Klee at the Boston Globe to do a bit of lettering this years Globe100 magazine featuring the best businesses in Massachusetts.
This year marks its 20th anniversary and I was asked to illustrate the magazines title for a column which looked back over different industries in the region over the last 20 years. Greg referenced the piece below that he had seen on Illoz, for colour scheme and feel.
I worked on some lettering on the computer and also on paper using some nice pentel brush pens which I have become quite addicted to buying.
Some roughs using the lettering samples and lots of scanned papers.
The Final version. Ta da.
It was a fun, stress free gig and Greg was very nice to work with to boot.
Rob D was kind enough to drop me an email today when he saw the finished piece in print... It was nice that he recognised it as my work even though they seem to have missed off my credit.
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