July 26, 2010
When my friend Tom and I played our music at the last Heavy Pencil East a couple of months, we were just so excited to play.
But now we are even more excited as we have been asked to HEADLINE (!) at the Heavy Pencil in STOCKHOLM (!) as part of the Grolsch block party that is happening there in August.
Check out the flyer above.
More soon.
July 23, 2010
I am taking part in an exhibition at Analogue books, called 'Turn up the colour.' This is the flyer.
I have done one piece, using collage and drawing. It will be on sale at the show for a reasonable price.
Also, I have a new piece I did for the New Yorker in the EDITORIAL section as well as a piece of work I just finished for Urban Outfitters in the COMMERCIAL section.
July 07, 2010
Last week I spent 5 days painting this mural on a wall at Blossom House School, which is an independent school for kids with speech, language and communication difficulties.
The image is based on short stories written by about 50 of the kids as part of their English classes. The stories were AMAZING. So I drew this in pencil on the wall, and over 5 days, about 60 kids helped me paint the outline and fill in the color.
It was a brilliant week. I had so much fun there and met so many amazing people. Thanks to everyone who helped with the organization of it all, and most of all, thanks to everyone who helped me paint it.
Click on VIEW FULL PROJECT at the bottom of this post to see process photos. More process photos coming soon.
July 06, 2010
Hi.
The first thing to report is that I am now represented by Big Active. I have a whole portfolio of work on their site now, and I am excited about the future.
I want to say thanks to everyone at Heart who helped and supported me along the way.
The next thing I have to say is that I have 3 new tees available. One with Boxfresh and two with Supersuperficial. I am really happy with how all 3 have turned out. You can see them all on the COMMERCIAL section of my site.
Lot's more to come soon.
June 11, 2010
Heavy Pencil was a roaring SUCCESS on Wednesday!
If you turned up to look at what was going on that night, thank you SO much. It really was the most fun I have had in a long time.
Below are some pictures of the night. Click on 'view full project' at the bottom of this post to see more photos.
Check in again soon.
June 01, 2010
Hi.
Just thought I would show you a process photo of this massive alphabet poster I am working on. It is A0 in size, and is very nearly finished.
Also, there is a new piece that appeared in the Guardian at the weekend, in the EDITORIAL section.
May 25, 2010
OK people. On Wednesday June 9th, I am playing some music and doing some drawing at an event called 'Heavy Pencil East'.
I will be playing songs especially written for the night, with my best friend Tom, who I do the podcasts with (tomandjim.co.uk).
It promises to be quite a night as also drawing and playing their own songs will be Nick White of 'People I have never met and Conversations I have never had' fame, and Andrew Rae of Peepshow fame. Also, Luke Best of Peepshow will be playing some records.
It's going to be brilliant. See the flyer below for further details.
Hope to see you there.
May 09, 2010
Hi. Landfill editions, the same lovely people who printed my Risograph print, are now printing a full color 20 page comic of mine. Here are some process photos of them so far. See 'view full project' att he bottom of this post to see the pictures.
Also, I have just done a three color screenprint with Delkographik for a show called Fifteen, in Germany. Have a look at in the COMMERCIAL section.
May 03, 2010
Hello.
I have just done this cover for The Festivals Guide that was available in The Guardian this weekend. I am really please with the print quality. The colors are a good match to the original drawing.
Also, I have done a new design for a T-shirt with Collective Edition. I have worked with them before and I think they are great. Their website is really nice. Lot's of good tees. www.collectiveedition.com. To see the tees, go to the COMMERCIAL section.
I have a piece of work I did for a business card for MTV also in the COMMERCIAL section.
And last but not least, I have done a new print with Landfill editions. They had a brilliant room at the Pick Me Up art fair at Somerset House full of prints and mini books by lots of different people, all of which are printed on the Risograph machine. They had live demonstrations of how this amazing machine works there too. I love the print quality of the overlying colours. I have a comic being printed with them very soon. This print is also in the COMMERCIAL section.
Loads of stuff I can't tell you about yet, which is annoying, but keep coming back, and I will be abel to show you soon.
April 09, 2010
I have a new piece of work in the EDITORIAL section. The New York Times magazines asked me to do spot illustrations for a column over a four week period.
A couple of weeks ago, I was in New York with some of the students I teach on the 2nd Year at Brighton University. I took 2 groups of about 15 to Mike Perry's studio in Brooklyn over 2 days. While we were there, we painted a mural on his wall. It was a brilliant project. Thanks Mike.
Click view full project at the bottom of this post to see more photos.
March 22, 2010
Hi.
I have a 3 page interview in this month's edition of Computer Arts. It's all about my methods and inspirations. Click VIEW FULL PROJECT at the bottom of this post.
Also, in the EDITORIAL section, I have a piece which is in Issue 28 of Little White Lies magazine.
I am working on a make over for this site, so there may not be another update for a little while. There are lot's of changes happening very soon.
More soon.
March 05, 2010
Hello.
Just a quick one to say that I have a lovely strip in the new issue of Taffy Hips, a beautiful New York based broadsheet zine printed on newsprint. Go to EDITORIAL to see it.
Here is another animated gif I made very quickly last week.
More coming soon.
February 16, 2010
Hello.
It's been a long time. I apologize.
Lot's of new things in the EDITORIAL section, some new SKETCHBOOK pages, and last but not least, my venture into the world of animated gifs.
I did a bit of animation while I was a student, and these gifs have reignited the flames. I want to do more. Click on the 'full project button at the bottom of this post to see more gifs.
More coming very soon.
Thanks.
February 16, 2010
Hello.
I collaborated with the incredible Andy Rementer for the 'If You Could' exhibition.
We produced a series of drawings that we then compiled into a zine.
The zine will be up for sale in the SHOP section of my site very very soon, so keep yours eyes peeled.
November 13, 2009
It's been a long time.
This month there is a new zine for sale on the SHOP section. It is the third issue of NOT THIS WORLD. There's only 50, so get your copy right now.
There is some work that I did for a pitch for Diet Coke that sadly didn't get picked, but you can see what I did in the COMMERCIAL section.
Also in the COMMERCIAL section there is a book cover I did for Popular.
There are some pieces of work that I did for an exhibition in Denmark called 'This is the end of the World as we know it'. I did 2 pieces and you can see them both in the EDITORIAL section.
In the SKETCHBOOK section there are some experiments in photoshop coloring that I have been working on recently for a bit of fun.
And finally, the image for you to look at here is a screenprint I have done for Landfill Editions.
I hope you enjoy looking at all of this stuff.
September 24, 2009
Hello traveller.
Today, I have some rare treats to show you.
First of all, in the EDITORIAL section, a cover for the Work section of the Guardian a few days ago.
Secondly, also in the EDITORIAL section, a new drawing that Mike Perry and I have done for Dwell magazine. There is also a time-lapse film showing us doing the drawing that can be found at this link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKerU7en334
And for now, a new drawing by Mike Perry and I that WILL be made available as a limited edition screenprint very soon.
Enjoy all of these things.
September 09, 2009
Here's something I just did for the New Yorker magazine, just to keep you ticking over.
September 03, 2009
Just a quick little one to tell you that my rug for Habitat was featured in the September issue of Elle Decoration. Click the 'view full project' button at the bottom of this post, to see the page with the rug on it.
Also, I am playing a small musical set of my own songs at Shunt, which is an amazing venue within the vast tunnels hidden behind the walls of London Bridge underground station. It's this Friday, at around 8.30pm.
More news coming soon.
August 21, 2009
Hello.
Last night was the Private View of my solo show in supersuperficial in Covent Garden. Loads of people turned up which was absolutely amazing and made me feel very privileged. Thanks to everyone who turned up. It was really good to see you there.
The show is on for a month, if you have a chance, please go and have a look. There are zines and prints for sale there, some at slightly discount prices.
Click on the view full project button to see all the pieces that are there as well as some photos from the night.
Back to real life now.
August 13, 2009
Finally, after a year of waiting, I can now tell you about my range of lovely things for Habitat.
I designed 3 patterns based on Urban landscapes while I was in New York last year, and these patterns have been placed on 2 tea towels, 2 plant pots, a cushion and a rug.
Click on the 'view full project at the bottom of this post to see all the products.
I have also added some spreads I have done for a children's book with Dorling Kindersley publishing, in the COMMERCIAL section and some new pages from my sketchbooks in the SKETCHBOOK section.
July 30, 2009
Hello.
I am VERY happy to announce that after about 6 months of drawing, thinking, emailing, coloring and communicating with far distant lands, BOING ISSUE 3 is now available to purchase from the SHOP section of my site!
For those of you who have no idea what BOING ISSUE 3 is, it is a collaborative effort, consisting of drawings, comic strips and thought trains from creative people. Each issue invites a new artist to take part in BOING. After 3 issues, BOING is now made by Andy Rementer, Alex Purdy, Luke Ramsay, Ben Jacques, Ron Rege jr, Mike Perry, and me.
This issue comes as a large newspaper, with a collaborative image by all of the artists as a centre-fold. It's lovely.
Also, I have copies of this year's BONNAROO music festival poster that I designed, for sale on the SHOP section.
More coming soon.
July 13, 2009
Hello.
Here are some photos from a workshop I did at the Rag Factory in Brick Lane as part of this year's Brighton University show.
The workshop was called 'My future drawings'. The idea was to try and imagine what your work would be like in 30 years time.
Their show was amazing, and the workshop was fun.
We wanted to turn all the drawings into a zine, but the man at the photocopy shop got confused and didn't know how to do what we were asking him to do.
June 26, 2009
Just a quick one for the end of the month.
I have done a tee for Collective Edition tees, which is shown in the COMMERCIAL section.
Also, I am currently working towards my first Solo show.
The show will be held in the Covent Garden branch of Supersuperficial, which is a really good shop selling limited edition tees.
More details will be coming soon, but here, to wet your appetite, is a drawing I am working on for the show.
June 01, 2009
Hello stranger. It's been too long.
There are updates all over! One new piece for the Guardian in EDITORIAL, a poster and a record cover in COMMERCIAL and some cards I have done for birthdays and anniversaries for friends in SKETCHBOOK, the first of which is a collaborative drawing with my girlfriend Brie Harrison.
www.briedee.com
The image above was done for a fantastic book due to come out next year i believe, entitled 'The Exquisite Book'. All sorts of different drawings by loads of different artists all join up to form a massive drawing.
It's quite an amazing idea. This is my page.
Come back soon, there is lot's of other stuff going on that I can't tell you about yet.
Also, please go and watch this time-lapse film of a drawing i did for Don't Panic.
www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/home/artist-profile---jim-stoten
April 01, 2009
Hello.
Not much of a change to the site this month. I have added a piece for Bearded magazine to the EDITORIAL section and here are some drawings I did for a group show in San Francisco at Giant Robot.
The theme was computer games. This is my selection of End of level guardians.
More coming soon.
February 16, 2009
First of all, I have added some stuff to the EDITORIAL section.
Second of all, I have completed and printed 'Not This World Issue No.2' which is about things that happen in a World that does not exist. I have also completed and printed 'Wonderful Words Issue No.2' which has some experiments in hand drawn type in it with some pages from my most recent sketchbook. There are only 50 of each, so get them while they are available.
Thirdly, I have started making weekly podcasts with my friend Tom. We talk about ideas and things that make us angry and then we sing songs about stuff too. Go here to look at the site and listen to us talking.
http://web.mac.com/terichards/iWeb/Site/Talking/Talking.html
I leave you with the covers (front and back) to 'Not This World Issue No.2'
February 02, 2009
Hello you.
I have made a massive breakthrough with my SHOP.
You can now access a much larger image of all the prints. Simply go to the SHOP, click on Prints on the far right column, then click on whatever print you want to look at. When the link comes up with the details of the print, click on the image to make it MUCH bigger. You can see them in so much detail and I am very excited about it.
In other news, I am currently working on a few projects for various clients, aswell as nearing completion of 'Not This World 2'.
Also look out soon for a special newspaper edition of 'BOING!', a continuing collaboration with Andy Rementer, Alex Purdy and Luke Ramsay.
Here is a new Poster available at the SHOP section. It is a drawing I did for Human Empire.
January 05, 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
Went quick didn't it.
I have updated the EDITORIAL, SKETCHBOOK, and COMMERCIAL sections with new stuff for you to look through.
This image is the front cover for Sportsday Megaphone's new single 'Meet me in the middle'.
December 15, 2008
CHRISTMAS SALE!
all prints have been reduced to £30 for a limited time only.
get them now for your friends and family.
December 11, 2008
Have a look at these drawings I did with Mike perry. We did them in the summer in lot's of different diners all along the coast from L.A. to San Francisco.
November 20, 2008
Just a quick one to show you.
I did this drawing for a colouring in book. Here are some photos of my page after it had been coloured in.
Also, I put a new image on the Editorial section.
Lots more coming soon.
November 04, 2008
Lots to tell you about in this instalment!
I have added some new work to the editorial section, for you to look at, and very soon, I am going to have a lot of new stuff on the commercial section too. Just got to wait a little while longer.
In the meantime, I have done 2 brand new images for Human Empire to be made into a T-shirt and a 4 colour limited edition screenprint.
November 04, 2008
Also, I did these drawings for Levi's. They made them into some T-shirts which are available to buy from their site.
levi.com
October 03, 2008
Hello.
Here are some photos of the joyful bewilderment private view last night. All the work looked amazing, and the place was absolutely packed so a fun night was had by all.
In other news, I have just put a new zine by me and my good friend Mike Perry onto the shop section. It is full of work that we did for the 'pile of drawings' show we did earlier this year.
There are lots of very exciting projects in the pipeline which I cannot wait to tell you all about, but I just have to keep a lid on it for a little bit longer.
More son.
jim.
September 19, 2008
just a quick post to tell you that i am taking part in a massive group exhibition at the beginning of october called 'the joyful bewilderment.'
its an amzing line up including the likes of james jarvis, rob ryan, andy rementer, mike perry, damien correll and josh patherick.
it runs from 2 october - 27 october, at the rough trade east gallery, dray walk, old truman brewery, 91 brick lane, london, e1 6ql.
September 04, 2008
Hello. It's been a busy month. There's lots of updates all over the site including a new drawing for The Guardian, some new sketchbook work and some new things for sale in the Shop section. Also, I have T-shirts available to buy at supersuperficial.com.
August 04, 2008
Hello. I have been in New York and California for the last 2 months, making things with my friends there. It's been really good fun and I have lots of ideas for things to do now that I am home. There will be more frequent updates to this section of my site from now on, as there's some exciting stuff in the pipeline, so please keep checking in.
In the meantime here is a drawing I did whilst in California, that I will be soon making available as a limited edition screenprint.
More soon.
Jim.
May 20, 2008
Hello.
This month, I am very excited to be able to say that I now have prints for sale on the shop section of this site.
The prints are full colour lithographic A2 prints of 2 brand new artworks. Please go and have a look. You can purchase them by clicking on the image and following instructions.
Go buy one of each at the link below, they are good.
http://jimtheillustrator.bigcartel.com/
April 14, 2008
I just submitted this design to Urban Outfitters for a T-shirt. It should be out soon, so keep an eye out for it. Also click the 'view full project' button to see the other T-shirt I did for them last year.
In other news, I am getting 2 full colour A2 litho prints done to sell on the shop section very soon. The drawings are brand new and I am very excited about them. More coming soon.
April 12, 2008
Hello. So, to those of you who came to our private view last night, from both me and Mike, a big THANKYOU. It was great. Hope you enjoyed it to. The show is on for a month, please go and have a look.
Also, please join up to my mailing list in the Contact section. This will mean that whenever there is a new product or event, I can tell you about it directly.
Thanks.