This blog has now moved!

I've finally got round to migrating some of the posts from this blog over to my website, which I will be updating from now on. Therefore, this blog will no longer be updated. If you want to keep up with my work and any news, please visit my site at tomcolmans.com where you can find all of my work, along with the new blog section.

Gig posters

I've uploaded some more gig poster designs to my portfolio. Check them out here!

Musics!

A quick little update (as it's been about 5 months since the last one......sorry!). I've made a website for my band, and you can find it here: recklesscaution.co.uk

2015

So, it's that time again whereby I write a blog at the beginning of the new year, and put down a list of all the things I want to do (but never get around to finishing). Not this time!

Looking at what I wrote down last year, it seems like I have actually carried out some of the things on there, but not finished (duh). I'm still in the process of looking at my website, and bringing it in line with some of my other sites, but that's not too much of a problem until I've got some more work to put up.

I'm more concentrating on music at the moment, and that's taking up most of my creativity, but I've got some plans for the near future that will mean I will be posting more frequently.

Signing off!

Quick clean

Just an FYI really, I've just updated my theme and colours on the blog as I noticed they were slightly out of date. Swapped the neon blue for a nice shade of orange, and set all of the fonts to standard Arial to aid in cross platform reading.

I've also fixed a few issues with some of my Society6 prints, and I'm looking at what to keep, and what to remove. I've already taken one artwork down, and I've added some new products for others.

Society6 final call

So, I was looking through my old work up on Society6, and decided it's time for a clear out! So, in the next few weeks I'll be removing some of my old work, and I'm preparing to put some new stuff up there. This will be the last chance to pick up anything that's currently on there, if you were thinking of getting anything. Link is in the sidebar!

I'll have some more updates soon, I've been working on something quite exciting, and a bit of a departure from my usual projects

Animal heads

Returning back to an old project I started working on a while back.

Short update: Music, art & more

Hi all, sorry for the silence recently but I've been very unproductive and have had a lot of things on. Nonetheless, here's a quick roundup of some news.

Music

I've been working with a few others on a band recently, and it's now coming to fruition! We're called Reckless Caution, and we've recently set up a Facebook page. It would be great if you'd check us out and let me know what you think (also like our page, if you want!). We're also planning to start gigging soon, so more information on that will follow.

We've put up a couple of videos from our practice sessions on there, as well as some pictures of us galavanting about. You can find us on Facebook at the following link: Reckless Caution on Facebook

Illustration

I've been pretty slack with drawing recently. I'm working on a new style which I'm going to concentrate on under a different imprint. I'm pretty excited to see where it will go, and I'm looking to do more regular work to get back into the rhythm of things so expect some more things soon.

General

I'm getting back into coding on my new website, which is very slowly taking shape. I'm going to be leaving my main website as it is for the time being (although I may have a look at some of the gallery pages to give them a bit of a refresh). I'm still trying to decide what the best option for selling some of my stockpiled work is, I'm moving towards Etsy due to ease of use and the size of the site rather than setting up my own thing.

Anyway, that's probably enough blathering on for now. As always, stay in touch!

Volkswagen advertising

Just doing some research for work and started looking at old VW advertising. I love this one!

Music update

I've just updated a page on my website to link to some of my solo music work for listening and to purchase if you wish! Find it here:http://tomcolmans.com/music/

There will be more coming soon with the new band I'm working with, but for now have a listen to some of my solo work, and they are also available for purchase in digital and some physical versions!

2014

Oh hello there.....

A new year, a fresh start

So, it's now 2014. Insert generic "where is my jetpack/hoverboard/food pills" comment here. It's been an interesting year of development and creating art and design, so why not continue the trend?

Plans are for the organised ones

This year I have a number of goals in relation to art and illustration in general. In no particular order, I'm planning to:

• start drawing more, utilising my collection of various sized moleskine notebooks
• create more lino prints, thanks to receiving more professional quality tools
• sort out my ugly beast of a website
• set up a new online store to sell some of my handmade prints

I'm not setting myself any arbitrary time limits, as I always seem to break them. Anyway, hopefully some of the above will be ongoing work, so I'll be sure to try and focus on it!

Music and lyrical goodness

 Well, I'm in a band now, so I'll be sharing some more information on that as and when it is ready. For now, all I can say is that it's sounding pretty good so far.

Anyway, that's probably enough for now. Regular updates will resume shortly.

Quick post

Alright people? 2014 is here, so just a quick little update to say I've tidied up this blog a bit, and changed a couple of the fonts and colours to give it a slight freshen up. Standard "2014" update post coming soon (when I find some time!)

Update: Clutter City, online shop and new music!

Sorry for my lack of updates recently. Thought I'd just post a quick catch-up of things that has happened/is going to happen.

Clutter City

So, I took part in Clutter City at the Norwich Arts Centre on Saturday. I had a good time, and sold a few pieces of art to follow. I had a quick look at what other people were selling, to get a general idea of what products I should be making, and spoke to some people about their work and stalls. I've still got a fair amount of prints and such left over, which brings me on to my next comment...

Online Shop

Since I've got a nice selection of work to sell, and it's not the digital artwork sold through Society6 and Artflakes, I thought it would be a good idea to set up an online shop to sell some prints. I've not decided on the best way to do this yet (either a self hosted site, Etsy or such) but I'm getting the ball rolling with some photography and preliminary setup work. Once it's all in place, I'll be sure to post some information on it!

Music

And now, as I made the EP for Clutter City, it's time to start pushing my new musical project. It's called Laika Goes to Space and i've already written a few new songs for it. The first EP is out now, and you can find it at laikagoestospace.bandcamp.com. I've attached the artwork below, and it is avaliable as a digital download, or as a limited edition handmade cd. Go and have a listen and let me know what you think (and buy it if you'd like, of course!). I think this will be a bit more of a personal project, as I don't envision getting a band together to perform the material, but you never know what might happen.

Finally

So, that's about it for the moment. I'll start posting more pictures of some of the artwork I will be selling soon, as well as any other updates. I also need to get back into the regular Inspiration Round-up posts, which shall return shortly.

Clutter City Autumnal Market 2013

So guys, here it is! I will be taking part in this year's Clutter City at the Norwich Arts Centre. I'll have my little stall of prints, postcards and such, alongside 30 other people with some excellent things for sale! There's also live music and food to cater to your tastes, so why not pop along?

I'll be posting some images of the work i'll have for sale fairly shortly (once all of it is finished, of course!), but it would be great to see some of you guys and gals there!

Short update

Hi there!

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but I've been recently doing a lot of work for an upcoming fair, hoping to sell some work! Sorting out files with printers, coming up with concepts and actually making some prints!

I'll have some further info once everything is sorted out, and post some pictures of the finished products, but for now, here's a sneak peek at a print i've been working on.

Puppy p-p-p-power

Inspiration roundup #7

I'm suprised I've managed to keep this that updated, but it's nice having a place to post some of the things I find trawling the internet in my boredom looking for inspiration. To cut a long story short, here's post #7:

Space Alphabet print by Fify-Five Hi's: http://www.55his.com/products/space-alphabet

Recycled Vinyl record glasses by Vinylize: http://www.vinylize.com/

Animal illustrations/paintings by Amy Hamilton: http://amyhamilton.ca/

The Great British Butcher branding by Day By Day: http://www.designbyday.co.uk/projects/the-great-british-butcher.php

Smithsonian Suited for Space exhibition: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673218/on-view-ghostly-x-rays-of-nasa-spacesuits#1

Lomography

Lomography, a set on Flickr.

Photos form my Lomo Fish-eye camera

Quotation

Inspiration roundup #6

So, time for part 6 in this series then! I've been in a bit more of a creative mood recently, with a few ideas for some projects in my mind. Nothing has come out of it yet, but some of the things I have found for this post have made me think about pursuing a few ideas a bit further. For now, here's post number 6:

The Hipster Logo design guide. So bloody accurate, how many times have I seen this type of logo? (though I am slightly guilty of some parts of this): http://hipsterlogo.com/

Emerging from the logos by Yoni Alter. Amazing set of prints of Formula 1 cars stripped down to their advertising: http://www.yoniishappy.com/Emerging-from-the-logos-1

Incarnate (Three Degrees of Certanty II) by Maskull Lasserre. Carving a book into the shape of a skull must be time consuming, but it looks wonderful: http://maskulllasserre.com/artwork/2501867_Incarnate_Three_Degrees_of_Certainty_II.html

Photogenic Alchemy by Michael Cetta. Experimenting in the developing process by adding, amongst other things, absinthe and turpentine. The effects are striking: http://www.synapseshots.com/photogenicalchemy/