We Made This. We get a fair few CVs and portfolios emailed in to the studio each week, particularly at this time of year: some okay, some good, and some, occasionally, brilliant.
Which is what happened the other day, when Xavi Garcia sent us his screenprinted Work:Fail manifesto. We figured it might be helpful for other students out there to use him as a good example of how to get a foot in the door, as well as being a fine way of giving Xavi a bit of free publicity. Often the first point of contact is an email. Some tips on that would be: always find a named person to send your email to; don't CC all the agencies you're applying to; and make sure you tailor your email to each company individually rather than copying and pasting (we have a stack of emails sent through from students telling us why they'd really like a placement at NB:Studio). We Made This: Roadsworth. While we were out in Amsterdam, we came across the work of Canadian stencil artist Roadsworth (Peter Gibson), and really liked it, so we thought we'd share.
He's been doing his thing since 2001, using stencils to adapt the existing road graphics, mainly on the streets of Montreal, initially as a protest against the lack of cycle lanes, but increasingly as a commentary on car culture, oil dependancy and authoritarianism. We're not sure how successful it is on those counts, but as a way of injecting a little wit and lyricism into the urban landscape, it rocks. Type at work in the real world. Brickify. THE UNDERBELLY PROJECT. JESUS2000. My journey to a million drawings... Sunday Illustration Inspiration #2. Written by Jacques van Heerden On Monday, February 28th, 2011 with 3 Comments so far in Illustration, Inspiration The purpose of this series is to inspire you creatives out there for a fresh inspirational start on Monday.
Mondays are usually the worst days of the week as you have to get out of your weekend routine, however with some inspiration things could be different. This is the Sunday Illustration Inspiration series, bringing you inspiring illustrations every Sunday. Enjoy the inspiration.