New BRUTE! blog

The astonishing page lay-out capabilities of Wordpress have compelled me to set up a new blog.
Check out the new version at

http://blog.bruteprop.co.uk/

New BRUTE! Propaganda web site

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the BRUTE! Propaganda web site has been down for the last month. However, we have now re-opened with a new domain name so please go to:

http://www.bruteprop.co.uk

From next week, skate decks will be available from the shop as well as our new canvas prints so please keep checking the site.

Popaganda Show Price List

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We've been getting a lot of emails from people who couldn't make it to the Popaganda exhibition for details and prices so I have posted the price list for the show above.

Prices are in Czech krowns so I have included a link to a currency converter below.

Any further enquiries, you can contact us here bruteprop@gmail.com

Show ends July 13th Address: Mad Bar, Plaska 5, Mala Strana, Praha 5 (CZR)

Currency converter: http://www.xe.com/ucc/

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)

Abe Lincoln Posters by BRUTE!

Limited edition Abe Lincoln posters are still available from the BRUTE! Prop Shop, along with many others. Check them out at http://bruteprop.com/v3/shop_index.htm

IRON MAN action figure

There are some things more sexy than the most beautiful woman on Earth and this is it.

If you want to buy me one (or two so they can mate and have kids), the link is here: http://gamu-toys.info/sonota/sw/hot06/hot06.html

Terminator Salvation Trailer

I don't normally put up non-graphic film clips up on here but I was so impressed by this trailer for the new Terminator movie that I almost came on myself. This is the pinnacle of realistic CGI that was ushered in with Transformers but here splattered with grime and carrying real weight for a change. I cannot wait to see this...

BRUTE! Grenade logo for somethingawful.com

My approach to drawing technology has always been to draw attention away from the actual mechanics and concentrate more on the effect caused by textures arranged dynamically within a silhouette.

This logo I completed recently illustrates this pop idea simply and effectively.

Check out their site:
www.somethingawful.com

BRUTE! New Sleeve Tattoo - Ribbon of Souls

Chris Lefler, whose last BRUTE! sleeve tattoo, 'The Street', is nearing completion, has now commissioned one for his other arm. The design, which will curl around his arm like a serpent, will comprise of dozens of interlocking characters clambering upon each other.
Final inking to commence in a week or so so stay tuned for regular updates.

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ZPC: BRUTE! PC game on Amazon

I made this computer game back in 1996 for Zombie Games in Seattle, Washington.

It has become available on Amazon for a few bucks.
Check it out while they last at: http://www.amazon.com/ZPC-Pc/dp/B0009YN3O2

and see cut clips and animations from the game here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98vuEmgYm9k

NEW BRUTE! shop opens for business!

After a few months of prevarication, I finally came up with a short list of posters and opened the BRUTE! shop from which to sell them. Check them out at:
http://www.bruteprop.com/v3/shop_index.htm

Nobody the Idiot/BRUTE! art

Sean Harter came up with the brilliant idea of creating a super hero and then convincing a bunch of artists to give him their unique perspective on his klutzy character. Check out his site:http://nobody-the-idiot.deviantart.com/ and keep an eye out for the first issue, due out in March 2009.

Fonstruct: We don't like your type in here!

Fonstruct, my new addiction. It gets intense, almost like playing a game or a quiz. Check it out: http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/

Re-Gen Aidan Hughes Interview

An interview with Aidan Hughes for the industrial music magazine

Peter Hoskins

Australian actor, Peter Hoskins, who starred in my latest short film, Bobbysox.

ZFK magazine

Rory Wilmer and myself have decided to create our own design magazine. Contributors to have to put their work through the 'Filter' before publication, thus ensuring graphic continuity throughout. Above are a couple of examples of my contributions.

Soprano Print - Fleece Mural

Specler unleash their new BRUTE! Soprano mural poster.

ZFK: 'If...'

Cover art for the forthcoming ZFK screening of Lyndsay Anderson's 'If...'