Show of Hands Autumn Newsletter

Just finished the new Show of Hands autumn newsletter which has just gone to print. Put together a little design inspired by the lovely green setting of the photos. It gets sent out to a large fan base on a seasonal basis by post (the old fashioned way!).

Tavy Tour and Team Extreme

Tavistock will play host to the pre race party on the 14th September 4pm – 10:30pm, the evening will include a free music festival acts include Seth Lakeman and many others. There will also be a local food market in the Town Hall from 12pm-7pm , Team Extreme, the UK's only professional BMX, skateboarding & inline skating performers, will be on hand to to offer expert coaching and demonstrations. This is a FREE ticket only event and tickets are limited, please go to www.tavytourparty.co.uk booking page to register to download your tickets.

Wednesday 15th is Race Day. 10am Procession followed by official start to Stage 5 of the Tour of Britain for more information on the race itself please visit www.tourofbritain.co.uk.

Girly Legs Photoshoot

The crew at Girly Legs are keeping busy with a photoshoot this week at Prime Skatepark. Photo attached not by me but has the logo i designed for them layed over the top. See more behind the scenes photos on their facebook page. Also they have a little video edit here put together by Dan Wakeham with the logo.

Rural Graffiti

Found this while on a lunchtime stroll along the old railway track in Tavistock today. A sort of natural reverse graffiti

Demo Days Update for Plymouth Ski Slope

Demo Days for 2011 Season Skis and Boards With the help of Unleashed, Faraday Mill. No extra charge than a normal freestyle night. 7 - 9.30 each night. Keep an eye on the Facebook group here.

  • 8th Oct: Ride Snowboards
  • 15th Oct: Atomic Skis and Boards
  • 29th Oct Salomon and Scott Skis
  • 8th Nov: Burton and Forum Boards
  • 12th Nov: Libtec and Salomon Boards
  • 19th Nov: Possible competition - tbc.
  • Also coming at some point: Volkl, K2 and Line 

Playpen Music Agency New Website

After just having a Myspace page for a few years Playpen Music Agency asked me to give them a web presence to showcase their artists. You can see the new site here: www.playpenmusic.co.uk.  Playpen was established by Terry O’Brien who is a consultant to One Little Indian Records handling A&R for the label’s folk music imprint Unearthed. Ive worked with Terry on a few projects since autumn 2010 in particular with Jackie Oates and Sam Carter.

Snowboarding Photos from Plymouth Ski Slope

Ive been up at the local dry slope alot lately, mainly because i am doing a snowboard instructor course. Here are a few photos which are part of a bunch ive taken in preparation for some promotional material for the freestyle nights.

               

Flyer for Doc Brown's new Show

   

Doc Brown's show is running at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year, ive put together a tabloid/glossy mag influenced flyer and poster design for him to reflect the "Unfamous" theme.

Longdogs Charity CD Update

In 2008 Longdogs approached me to help design a Show of Hands charity CD in aid of CLIC Sargent. Ive just been informed the sales generated by this CD have reached over £5000. The money raised goes into the Jack Knightley fund to help other families facing this difficult journey of childhood cancer.

N.K.E. Logo pops up on BBCs Country Tracks

Many years ago i designed a graffiti styled N.K.E. logo for Nookie, its still being used on alot of their technical equipment, also it popped up on BBC presenter Ellie Harrison on Country Tracks, you can view the programme here.

Website re-design for Eliza Carthy

Just in the nick of time before the release of the album "Gift" a nice tidy up for Eliza Carthy's site featuring a few new "social" improvements to integrate it better with facebook and twitter. 

Nookie Advert in June Edition of Canoe & Kayak

   
New edition of Canoe and Kayak Mag runs ad ive put together for Nookie featuring the new spraydeck. Plus a sneaky photo of the printed ad taken in WHSmiths. 

Logo and designs for Girly Legs team

         

Girly Legs are an actions sports online resource for the ladies. Here are some designs i put together for them...quite like the monster one!

Morning Session at Prime Skatepark

Took a high quality lens up to Prime Skatepark today, fortunately there were a few rippers so captured some nice action shots, the natural light also ads a nice arty feel.

                   

Sam Carter's Website gets a mention over on the Guardian

I designed a website for Sam Carter autumn 2009, nice to see its gets a mention on the Guardian's website as a case study in the anatomy of a band website. Click here to view the article. 

Dryslope Snowboard Instructor Training

Just attended an induction to become a snowboard instructor at Plymouth Dryslope. Went well and im pretty excited about this course, it lasts 13 weeks and will be a good addition to my Outdoor Education degree. I’m going to enjoy learning how to teach plus it’ll improve my own skills and technical understanding. Dont worry it wont replace my design work!

First skate session in the sun

Amazing weather today so went out to Saltmill skatepark for a sesh, the photos i took made me realise what a great backdrop the park has looking over the Tamer from Cornwall to Devon!

     

Skatepark Demolition

Probably shouldn't have gone to look but curiosity got the better of me! This is what Plymouth's Central Park Skatepark looks like half demolished.