BRUTE! POPAGANDA

Short mini-documentary on the BRUTE! Popaganda show in Prague this month. Film maker Rory Wilmer and I spent the day walking and drinking along the river Vltava and discussing my work. Also contains scenes from the opening of the show at Mad Bar which features a short speech by yours truly on Popaganda reproduction.

BRUTE! Exhibition - Prague

I decided, after several requests, to stage an exhibition of my work at a small bar gallery in Prague's famous Mala Strana district.
The owners of Mad Bar (Plaska 5, Praha 5), keen promoters of modern art, suggested I use their restaurant to display my Popaganda-themed work. Instead of using the more intense images for which I've become known, I instead chose a selection of more colourful creations.
This is also the first time I've employed the digital print-to-canvas system and I was very impressed with the results (although it didn't work so well with the black-heavy prints).
The gallery organiser turned out to be useless so Zuzana, my Czech girlfriend and PA, stepped in to organise the prints and help with the installation while I sent out eVites and set up Facebook events to promote the show.
Installation was pretty quick and glitch-free thanks to a fluid hanging system employed by the architects to protect the heritage building.
A last minute problem with the burning of the showreel led to me missing Gilbert Shelton and Robert Crumb's talk at the Lanterna across the bridge from the exhibition but there was a healthy turn-out for the event with several skate decks and canvases sold.

Show ends July 13th

Popaganda show in Prague

Poster for my forthcoming show at Mad Bar, Malo Strana, Prague (from June 11-July 13)

More BRUTE! Helmet roughs

More rough helmet designs for Bimmerworld racing team.

I first built a basic helmet shape in 3D (Poser 4) and then textured them with the artwork, taking snaps of the front, back, sides and top plus a three-quarter profile. Finally, in Photoshop, I cut and pasted them over the helmet line-art and photos supplied by the company.

Keep posted to see the final design evolve.

Kurator magazine cover by BRUTE!

Too few times in an artist's life will come clients offering him creative control over their content.

And so it was with now-defunct Kurator, whose art director seemed happy enough with my work until last month when they went suspiciously quiet and refused to answer my emails.

A quick scan of the web reveals no such magazine. Ah well.

Its a bitch of a time to be starting up such endeavors and my condolences go to the staff of yet another deceased monthly art and design title.

UPDATE: I spoke with the editor of the mag who informs me that they will be back in business in the next couple of months once they sort out their advertisers.

Here's the first of two covers I did for Kiev-based Kurator magazine.

Ink Originals from the featured cover will shortly be available from this blog.

Vectips Interview with Aidan Hughes

http://vectips.com/tips/interview-with-artist-aidan-hughes/

An interview I did with Vectips, a site specifically featuring the work of vector-based artists and illustrators.

BRUTE! Death Tongue album cover - Wayne Kramer

An album cover design I did for the celebrated MC5 guitarist, Wayne Kramer.

I was living in London's Notting Hill area and his record company was at the bottom of my street. Somehow, I managed to wangle my portfolio into their offices and this is the ensuing art.

BRUTE! Tohuvabohu Swordgirl Original

Another element from the Tohuvabohu art file.

This is the original ink art that was scanned in to complete the album cover.

Hand-drawn with brush-pen and rapidograph, this 5''x7'' illustration was the definitive final version before I traced it in Illustrator and coloured it.

I am now proud to present it for sale, price 275 euros (incudes shipping and handling). Contact: bruteprop@gmail.com

(If unsold in three weeks, I will then put it up for auction on eBay).

New BRUTE! Ink originals For Sale

Kafka Cafe
Old Man
Hitman
Cones

Another assortment of original ink sketches, roughs and composites for various art projects completed in 2008.
As usual, to purchase any of these illustrations, please either leave your request in the 'comments' box below or contact me at bruteprop@gmail.com

KMFDM Animation Frames Unearthed

A fan recently sent me two frames from the KMFDM animation 'Drug Against War' which I worked on with H-Gun Studios in Chicago, circa 1993. The top one is a three cel composite (additional inking by Pete Moriarty) while the one below is the basic illustration which was later coloured in Photoshop and animated in Director.

Special thanks to the Bert Bosman collection.

View the video here

New Food4Thought Ink comps

After my earlier illustration was deemed 'too morbid' by KPMG execs, I decided to do a friendlier version. These composites were used to create the pic and I am offering the original inks for sale.

Contact me at bruteprop@gmail.com for prices

KPMG illustration 'Food for Thought'

A pic I did for KPMG which was deemed 'too morbid'.
Available as an ink original from BRUTE! Propaganda Inks.

Interested? Leave a comment for purchasing/shipping details

Blacklight movie for Fox Atomic

My old boss at Zombie Interactive, Mark Long, has recently had one of his properties taken up by Fox Atomic and has asked me to provide propaganda posters for the post-apocalyptic worlds portrayed in the script.

See here for the article.

More here

Ribbon of Souls Tattoo - update

I've been spending a lot of time in the cafes of Prague, penciling and inking the Ribbon of Souls tattoo design for friend and client, Chris Lefler.

The pic features about 2/3rds of the eventual design and will be coloured once the inkwork has been completed in a couple of weeks.

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To see the earlier sketches, click here: http://bruteprop.blogspot.com/2009/02/brute-new-sleeve-tattoo-ribbon-of-souls.html

Kelly Brook update

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Almost on the final leg(?) of the illustration of Kelly Brook which I started vector-tracing over a week ago in my spare time.

I've learned a lot by using the gradient mesh and transform mesh tools and my anchor point tweaking has improved tremendously.

Its been an experience working this way as my normal output seldom includes so much gradient work but its handy to know if something of this type crops up again.

Keep watching for the final illustration. Feel free to make suggestions for the background (keep it simple).

Big ED

A quick Illustrator sketch of my good friend Edward Galore of Seattle, Washington. Ed was on the Zombie team back in the day and is still one good-looking SOB.

EDEN01 - 1st Creation Poster

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The first graphic I did for the Creation Project, whose philosophy of graphic architecture matches my own. Their idea is to include art at the planning stage, thereby eradicating the urban scribble of graffiti whilst retaining its graphic texture.
This A2 print is now available for a short period from BRUTE! Propaganda. Contact us by leaving a comment below.

BRUTE! PIG poster

A poster I did a while back for a client impressed with my artwork for the PIG vs. KMFDM sleeve. The background is supposed to represent Edgware Rd. flyover in London.

BRUTE!/PIG prints are available for 50 euros (includes shipping and handling).
Poster format A2. Signed by the artist.
To purchase, please contact us through the comments box below.

RYAN - BRUTE! Vector illustration up for grabs

Also in this month's 'For Sale' file is this vector illustration I did last year.
Please contact me here if you require purchasing information for this image.

448 Demystify LOGO for SALE

Every now and again I end up with a piece of art that hasn't been paid for and this one was done for an Australian gymnasium which has since gone out of business. If anyone is interested in purchasing the logo (at a reduced rate), please contact me here. I will add your business name free of charge.