Pointe Blank Part 2 Launch!

Pointe Blank launched at the Birmingham Royal Ballet on Monday night with a fabulous selection of artworks by 27 different designers/illustrators. This is the second collection for this project, (read about last year's project Coppelia here) this time for the ballet Hobson's Choice. Check out the collection online at http://www.pointeblank.co.uk/ and if you are in the Birmingham area pop along to the 6/8 Kafe 6/8 Temple Row,
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Soupa Zine Day – The Big Reveal

Last Saturday, a group of Soupa members made their way into London (some coming from *far away* so big thanks to them for getting up early) for a get together at The Book Club in Shoreditch.

The aim of the day was to design a promotional zine and the theme was 'Reveal.' This was decided by members ahead of the day to give them time to do a doodle or pen some pictures before we began. As you know, each member favours a different way of working and this is what we like best!

Soupa illustrators Harriet Gray, Luke Waller, Elissa Elwick, Jamie Littler, Anna Spencer, Carlos Garde-Martin, Mariana Lobao brought their pens, pencils, inks and other various materials, photographer Ted Kozak came along to photograph the event and went out and about in E1 gathering material for his photo collage piece.

And designers, Jo Spencer (me), Eurico Sá Fernandes, Pinelope Kourmozoglu and Mark Richardson created some typographical pages for the zine with Pinelope stitching her type into the paper.

After the event, Jo Spencer collated all the finished artwork and put them together to make up the zine so here's the big Reveal. We hope you like it.

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WRAP Issue 3 submissions

BE A PART OF ISSUE THREE

One double page of the forthcoming winter edition of Wrap will be dedicated to showing off 40 illustrations by 40 different people. 
Wrap would like to see what your favourite winter warming food dish is, to get our readers inspired for some cosy indoor cooking action! It can be anything from a good old roast dinner or a helping of beef stroganoff, to a bowl of crumble and custard! (Or something even more inspired!)

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

1. So there's a common element, please draw your foody ensemble on a plate or in a bowl!

2. Your illustration can use any style or technique, but please make sure the final image you send us measures 80mm x 80mm

3. It should be CMYK formatted and 300dpi

4. Please email it to wrapsubmissions@gmail.com with the title 'Hot Pots and Pies'

5. Deadline: 31st August 2011

Inkygoodness presents Character Totem Home-Coming

Birmingham, 6pm  -  10pm Thursday 21^st July 2011

Zellig Gallery, The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham B9 4AA

The Totems are coming home! Join Inkygoodness & friends in Birmingham for a very special Character Totem Home-Coming exhibition, all the way from Berlin where they debuted earlier this year at the Pictoplasma Character Design Festival.

‘Character Totem’ is an inspiring and colourful walk-through installation of hand-painted, wooden totem poles, lovingly created by an evolving collective of 32 illustrators, artists and image-makers from across the globe.

Totem artists include: Mc Bess (FR) / Toy Factory (BE) / Sneaky Raccoon (UK) / Felt Mistress (UK) / Ben Steers (UK) / Hattie Stewart (UK) / El Tobe (UK) / Loulou & Tummie (UK) / Tom J. Newell (UK) / Jason Devine (UK) & many more.

New artists for Summer 2011

To celebrate this new event (a UK exclusive) Inkygoodness have shortlisted a collection of international artists to create artwork inspired by the 'Character Totem' theme. Expect a diverse collection of drawings, paintings, prints and hand made objects by some of the best creative talents working in the industry today. Confirmed artists include:

Uberkraaft (UK) / Wilmer Murillo (HN) / Mr Phomer (PT) / Kristian Jones (UK) / DOODULL (UK) / Anna Charity (UK) / Crim Collective (UK) / Muxxi (GU) / Ocular Invasion (USA) / Marianne Vincent (CAN) / Ian Watson (UK) / Am I Collective (SA) / Suero-studio (ES) / Dan Marston (UK) / Johnnie Weiliang Hoek (BE) / Lesley Barnes (UK) & many more!

Launch night Thursday 21^st July

Less than 3 months after our Berlin debut, Inkygoodness land in Birmingham to present a lively evening of inspiring artwork, live art performances, animation screenings & music at the brand new Zellig Gallery space on Thursday 21^st July.

Admission: Free

@Zellig Gallery, The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham B9 4AA

Featuring:

• Ammo Magazine - Issue 7 EXCLUSIVE LAUNCH!!!
• Live drawing by Matt Saunders, Kris Jones & Crim Collective
• Animation screening by Brucey Art
• Inkygoodness + MakeMake clothing stall
• Live music by Health & Efficiency
• Complimentary drinks & nibbles

Exhibition open daily, Tue - Sat, 11am - 6pm till 30th July

For further information & photos of the Inkygoodness Character Totem project, visit our Inkygoodness site: http://inkygoodness.com/blog/character-totem-launch-night/

About

Inkygoodness are a Bristol-Birmingham based event company who provide a unique platform for emerging talent to showcase their work alongside established artists, offering opportunity for professional development through self-promotion, collaboration and networking.

We’ve been showcasing new and emerging talent in illustration, character design and lowbrow art since 2008, organising events across the globe. Inkygoodness have travelled to Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, London and most recently Berlin; debuting our first international exhibition as part of the Pictoplasma Character Walk earlier this year.

We invite submissions from creatives around the globe, and have worked with artists from as far afield as Guatemala, Venezula, South Africa and USA.

www.inkygoodness.com

Film Winter

By Clare Kelly. Originally posted on her blog: www.passthepattern.tumblr.com

I spotted this poster up at a university inviting creatives to take part in Stuttgarter Filmwinter. Through the powers of Google Translate*, I’ve been conversing with Wand 5 – the group behind the festival and found out that the poster (which doubles as an entry form) was designed by Berlin-based Apfel Zet.

And notably, it was intern Susan Kreher who designed it. I thought it was pretty cool and wanted to share it with you.

If you’d like to find out more about the festival or enter it; visit www.filmwinter.de

*Rely on this at your will. I told them some pretty odd things about myself via the medium of translation!

Paint it make it – Illustration event

Illustration Rally is putting together their first ever event – they are getting together with some great artist to put together a crafty day for all to enjoy. The day will be featuring zine making, live drawing, origami, and you will even be able to buy some lovely cake. All the proceeds will go toward the Japan tsunami appeal on JustGiving.

The day will feature live drawing, origami, cakes and zine making, where you can bind and customise your own zine with the work of some of the hottest illustrators around! Everything we raise from this event will be donated to our Japan tsunami appeal on JustGiving!

Essential links:

Facebook event page | Twitter hash tag: #paintitmakeit | Dave Bain's detailed overview of the day | JustGiving page | Illustration Rally

Details:

When: Saturday the 25th of June \ 10am til 5pm Where: The Book Club, 100-106 Leonard Street, City of London, Greater London EC2A 4XS What: Live drawing, origami, cakes and zine making,

Artists involved:

Uberkraaft, Ben the illustrator, Aaron Miller, Gaia Bordicchia, Yupyland, Andy Coucil, Tom Bagshaw, Bubblefriends, Bubi Au Yeung, Dave Bain, Gemma Correll, Bex Glover, Lou Lou & Tummie, Mr Millerchip, the boy fitz hammond, Toy Factory, Lesley Barnes, Seb Burnett, Jonathan Edwards, Fon The Pern, Ruben Ireland, Thereza Rowe, Robert Shadbolt, The Tree House Press, Carlton Hibbert, Erica Sharp, Lea Wade, Natsuki Otani, Stephen Chan

To the pointe

Post by Clare Kelly Curated by graphic designer and illustrator Claire Hartley, Pointe Blank is a collaboration between Birmingham Royal Ballet and 27 artists across the UK. Claire invited Soupa members Jo, Harriet and Jamie to take part and they were delighted to oblige.

Themed around the story of Coppelia, each artist was asked to represent the story any way they wanted to; and here are some of my favourites. Of course, all the Soupa ones are my faves!

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Jo Spencer’s lino print which has been digitally offset.

Harriet Gray’s figurative portrayal.

The Hidden Dingbat Collective’s beautiful paper cut.

Claire Hartley’s heart-shaped offering.

And Jamie Littler’s somewhat dark illustration.

See the full collection of artists’ work, here http://www.pointeblank.co.uk/