hello. i have an illustration in todays guardian newspaper on the front of the society section. its an interesting article about the needs of the social work system and the people involved. well worth a read plus you get my drawing for free. it was an interesting piece to work on and also how the header was written in response to the illustration which made the whole process a solid collaboration
i recently purchased' the twelve days of christmas' by brian wildsmith.
his first childrens book was published in 1962 and he has won various awards over the years. alot of his book contain themes of animals, nature, or are based on fables but i had never seen this one before. it feels very contemporary in its use of colour and pictorial abstraction
being back home over christmas is always a nostalgic time. this year i found a box of old skate videos including the classic public domian. heres a classic clip
over the christmas holidays i managed to get a chance to try lithography, thanks to the great technicians at Camberwell. its a process the responds well to direct drawing and something i will try to push in 2009
the catalogue for the print series by 'if you could.....' is now available to buy from their website. It is a collection of all 24 prints produced over the last year and includes work by Kam Tang, Antony Burrill, Hellovon and many more. Also an exhibition of all the prints can be seen until the end of the month at Kemistry gallery
let the joy begin! two christmas sales. the first is this sunday, the 7 th dec at concrete Hermit from 11am -6pm and if you cant make that then there is even more goodies up for grabs on wednesday the 10th at the THree Kings Pub , 7 clerkenwell close EC1R ODY. joining me will be the rest of peepshow, garudio studiage, emily forgot, hellovon and more
been working on an animation with pete mellor also of peepshow for the last three weeks. it is for a bed company and tells the story of a bear struggling to hibernate heres a couple of stills but i will post the animation on my website soon
just finished designing a level for the new playstation game 'little big planet' were the player can build their own levels. i don't know much about these games but it seems pretty amazing as you build from different materials that the real laws of physics are applied to. i used the tools to create a level of drawings, which works in a modular system. i would like to keep this in mind and apply the same restrictions when making some new drawings
hello, just finished an editorial piece for american airlines inflight magazine so keep an eye out if you happen to be flying to, from , within the states
been working on some new drawings for a zine that will be publish a bit later in the year by You and Me Books. more about this project once it is printed
lots too catch up on as ive been letting this blog gather dust. so firstly i recently did some work for a show involving havana rum.i created a tattoo sheet based on the code of sailors but adapted for someone landlocked on the streets of london. more photos on teh site soon
hello just got the sample back of my new 'honk for peace' t-shirt i wanted to create a design that interacts with the public. these are on sale at the peepshop. if you buy one and get 'honked' by passers by in their cars , let me know
luke best is an illustrator based in london.this blog contains work in progress and occasionally non work related things to share. more work can be see at www.lukebest.com