VAUXHALL TRADE CLUB TURNS 20

This is the final image from the Vauxhall Trade Club 20th birthday ad I art directed, that we shoot back in June. The ad was to celebrate Vauxhall Trade Clubs 20 years of existence and how far they have come over the years.

The creative chosen had two scenes. A modern day scene with a brand new Vauxhall Corsa, and the 1991 scene with a 1991 Vauxhall Nova from Vauxhall's heritage centre (which is the old version of the Corsa) which we themed and styled. It was interesting on the shoot to see the size difference between the two cars, with the Nova being quite a bit smaller.

After the photoshoot it went back to the photographers studio for some retouching work that helped transformed both of the images especially the 1991 image. It was shot and retouched by Nigel Harniman and his team.

Here are a few behind the scenes photos that I took during the shoot.

JULY & AUGUST UPDATE

Over the last couple of months since my last post my illustration has been hanging in the Serco Headquarters for another part to the AOI exhibition 'The River Thames' competition. Fingers crossed, I will have some pictures of it hanging in their building soon to show.

It's been really busy at Palmer Hargreaves too. I've been there over a year now  which has gone so fast, and I'm loving every minute of it. In July, I went on my first photoshoot, by myself (previous shoots had been with Senior Art Directors) to art direct an idea of mine showing how far a car companies trade club has come over it's 20 years of its existence. It was shot on set in a garage in Bristol with 2 cars, a brand new modern day car (we had to take the covers of the seats it was that new) and a 20 year old car from a heritage centre. Here is a picture from the shoot below:

I will soon put the ad on my website after it has ran, along with ads from my last year as I update my portfolio.

I look forward to posting next months adventures. If not sooner, as I head off to Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time tomorrow.

THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT

We did this project at work called the "The Sketchbook Project" it's based in the US but we decided to get everyone in the company drawing/painting/whatever they fancied doing in 5 minutes. The results are shown on there website or you can go and see it for real on it's tour in the US.

http://www.arthousecoop.com/library/1150#page-slide_4

SERCO CIVIL GOVERNMENT BUILDING

I found out today that my Illustration, that is nearing to the end of 'The River Thames' exhibition at The London Transport Museum has been chosen to be displayed in the Serco Civil Government building from June 6th till July 15th. I was only one of twelve people to be selected from the fifty illustrators on show at the LTM. I'm delighted and thank AOI for selecting me.

WATCH ILLUSTRATION

I finally got round to illustrating this watch that I got for Christmas from my brother. It's a paper watch from Suck Uk, a great gadget store if you haven't already checked them out: http://www.suck.uk.com/. This is the result. A big ben style front with a person trying to fix it on the strap.

PRIVATE VIEW

Last night was the private view for the Serco Prize of Illustration 2011, there where 50 illustrations a wide range of styles and sizes. It was fantastic to see my illustration hanging on the wall next to them all. Here are a few photo's from the evening.

FIRE MARSHALL TRAINING

Today at work we had some Fire Marshall Training. It was pretty enjoyable, as they taught us with the helping hand of this controllable fire, which fire extinguisher to use for the right type of fire.

Whilst I was outside, the Rodge our freelance Art Director did this: