Masters show Summer 2008

Credits (starting from top): Ken K Chung, Conrad Stein, Handwash, Mark J Oliver. Click to get more detail out of the photos

Animated skeletons just love to dance!

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Old ish...

I know its on the blog already but I just cant leave it alone, more characters to come, def!

Mergs x

Badges!

Some badges I made for the show last week! Went down a treat, now I have none left!

The New Albion Comic

Some sample pages of a Sci-Fi British comic!

Illustrated covers: Philip K Dick Collected short stories

Books are collected by themes: "Androids", "Time-Travel" & "Parallel Worlds"
The covers loosely relate to the title and neatly join together!

Ilustrated People T-Shirt

This is part of a design for a T-shirt for Illustrated People in Bricklane, East London. Illustrated People is a London based design studio producing exclusive clothing all hand-printed! Its only part of the full design so be sure to check the shop out in the future and also their website http://www.illustratedpeople.com/

Louis Vuitton & MergsWorld Monogram

The monogram is essentially an observation of how some myths can be taken as reality (like religion) and how real life can escalate into myth (like religion!). It is also an experiment into the idea of the mythology behind couture and big fashion labels, handbags and limited edition designs having become a religion in its own right with private shrines dedicated all to their glory! The use of the LV monogram is not only a nod to its iconic image but also a reference to how some people feel when they see this pattern stretched over a piece of luggage or a tiny wallet. Im not an expert on fashion but I have seen in my time enough folk pausing for a moment of awe when they see it. Is it a bit too much? I dont know but it does certainly have that effect on some people which is interesting enough on its own. Its a work in progress and there are yet to be many more characters of myth and prominent figures of history and contemporary times to be added to the monogram.
Stay tuned for the updated versions!

MA Illustration Exhibition

"The Demons"

The stairs

"The Harpys and
Woods Of The Suicides"(XIII Dante's Inferno)
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The Early Bird...

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..gets to be sculpted into Silver Jewellery!
More to be added to the collection as soon as I get some more silver to play with!

Somewhere in Hell...

Theres a PARTY goin' on!

Cover Design and illustration for Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange

The Face of Another by Kobo Abe

Above: Alternate cover

Above: Initial version

A cover I did of a book I'm currently reading by a Mr. Kobo Abe! A stunning piece of writing about a man who loses his face and subsequently his identity, and his mind, sort of. Highly recommended, although if you don't fancy reading a wordy exercise in existentialism, perhaps watch the film of the same title, starring Tatsuya Nakadai!

"Smokin!!"

"The Look Of Love" triptych

Tengu with Nando's

Ever see a pigeon in the street digging in a box of chicken wings? Its a sad shameful sight when you see an animal eating its own kind...
The Tengu is a revered and also fearsome creature of nature in Japanese mythology. He is part bird part man, sometimes having the head and face of a bird some of them resemble men with great big noses, which can grow to great lengths with age. See my earlier posts for more Tengu related things! Theres a childrens book here somewhere! http://mergsworld.blogspot.com/2006/10/tanuki-and-tengus-magic-fan.html

Christopher D Ashley (Sunday Best Records UK)

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A Beta version of a CD Cover spread for Christopher D Ashley single.

Sunday Best Records.
Release date T.B.A

Will this get used? Who knows...

The Infinite womb...Coming Soon!

This will be a joint comic project with a few of my buddies, currently in the works...Stay tuned for updates!

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Tengu gone fishing!

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More artwork like this in the Oct & Nov Archives just on the right of this page!

My current sculpeys!

A really freaky monk, is he smiling or really grumpy?

Tengu dancing with fan, like a 'No' actor

Same figure different angle


These sculptures are inspired by Japanese 'Netsuke'. Go Google it!

Window design, Vintage Clothes shop, Macau

Mergsworld: The Silent Comic-strip

Introduction
Mergs lives in a grey and oppressive world, confined by a plethora of laws which are concerned with catergories, labels and order. This is Merg's world.


Pt.1 Sunrise!
Our protagonist awakes to the automated sound of chicken, and in his mind he sees the sun rise over grassy hils. As his eyes open he sees the world in the only colours as he knows it for, and prepares accordingly to his timetable for work duties.

Pt.2 Breakfast, cartoons and then...
Mergs takes pleasure in the little things in life; looking after stray cats and cartoons from an age gone by are his little treats before facing the day at the Old Factory. Without these (and a few other things) life as Mergs knows it holds very litle pleasures.


Pt.3 ...Off to work!

Pt.4 "Got a snout?"

Pt.5 "You need a new hat more than a snout, bub..."

Pt.6 Take flight!

Pt.7 Snow in the city
"Its cold and this hat is stinky, but hey, I feel like I've started the day well! I'm bettin' my granma's funky drawers that I've just made that old chap's day!"

Pt.8 Time for a snout...

Pt.9 A vision!
Right before Mergs' eyes a world comes into view within the smoke ring. He has never seen anything so strange, so bizarre...
...and is left speechless!

Pt.10 Sweating on the bus
As the vision dissolves back into the city, Mergs is left in a daze. His bus arrives and seats himself on the upper floor, reflecting on the mysterious world he has just been allowed to catch a glimpse of...and the world that is in front of him...

And he asks himself, "Just what is this place?"

To Be Continued...
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