blog.james-gibbs

I’m Your Poppet…

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:01:58 -0500

I’m Your Poppet…

Morning.

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:06:11 -0500

Morning.

Tatsushi Morimoto, circa 1980’s (via 50 Watts)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:23:00 -0500

Tatsushi Morimoto, circa 1980’s (via 50 Watts)

Bristol illustration life drawing class? I guess they also have...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:01:00 -0500

Bristol illustration life drawing class? I guess they also have less frequent ones with bears, owls, and wolves?

I was somewhat sad to hear about Kodak’s Chapter 11. Could...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:12:00 -0500

I was somewhat sad to hear about Kodak’s Chapter 11. Could it be the end for Kodak? Once a mighty player in the photography world with inspiring products such as the Brownie and Instamatic, now a sinking ship in the digital industry. But lets not forget: the photography community owes a lot to Kodak: Paving the way for the cost effective camera for the mass market, amazing advancements with the color Kodachrome film (see image -taken from my personal collection: Holiday magazine June 1949), and the simple, yet beautiful functionalist industrial design of products, by designers such as Kenneth Grange, are just a handful of the company’s innovations and achievements.

My friend just made my day by showing me these amazing...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:12:00 -0500

My friend just made my day by showing me these amazing re-imagination movie poster designs by Peter Stults. I especially love the Fritz Lang - 2001 poster. (via Movies From An Alternate Universe on the Behance Network)

It is my friend and fellow illustrator Victor Hagger’s...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:40:06 -0500

It is my friend and fellow illustrator Victor Hagger’s birthday today, so I made him this crazy, lemon and lime, Satanic, “get your boss out” vodka. - Happy Birthday Tag

I recently came across the very first project I did in my first...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:09:30 -0500

I recently came across the very first project I did in my first year of illustration at art school. Circa 2007, seems like such a long time ago! I feel sad that I don’t paint very much these days.

Quite recently I realised the comparison between Rick...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:35:00 -0500

Quite recently I realised the comparison between Rick Perry’s shorthand campaign icon and the Eye of Horus, An Ancient Egyptian symbol of royal power. It may be speculation and just coincidental, but is hard to argue against the key similarities in form and shape, such as the extra arch above “R” and that of the eye.

Beatle’s Yellow submarine number sequence for When...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:21:18 -0500

Beatle’s Yellow submarine number sequence for When I’m Sixty-Four. Art direction by Heinz Edelmann.

My entry for Anorak Magazine’s Happy Lunch. (via...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:05:00 -0500

My entry for Anorak Magazine’s Happy Lunch. (via AnorakMagazine)

I listened to The Doors for the first time in ages this...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:43:00 -0500

I listened to The Doors for the first time in ages this morning. Whilst listening to “The End” I had a flashback. Surprisingly not to some kind of fantasy, cliché Vietnam war scenario, but instead of a time when I was in a bar in Greymouth, New Zealand and decided to put this song on the duke box, mostly because I knew it was 11mins 44 seconds long, and I wanted to get my moneys worth. About ten minutes into the song, my choice nearly resulted in a bar brawl. Retrospectively, I have no regrets of this choice.

Made some snowflakes the other day. Although making them was...

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:00:12 -0500

Made some snowflakes the other day. Although making them was like being at playschool, it was on the other hand a very frugal alternative to buying ounces of garish synthetic decorations.

I’ve Just discovered this amazing collection of travel...

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:15:47 -0500

I’ve Just discovered this amazing collection of travel posters archived by Boston Public Library’s Print Department

A lovely piece of minimalist album art, reminiscent of the New...

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:47:02 -0500

A lovely piece of minimalist album art, reminiscent of the New Order - Power, Curruption & Lies album art by Peter Saville, for The Pattern theory self titled album.

Last night was as a night of beautiful music

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:32:18 -0500

Last night was as a night of beautiful music

Finally replaced my desk phone for the partially sighted with...

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:13:26 -0400

Finally replaced my desk phone for the partially sighted with this old green beauty. Almost impossible to use, and insanely annoying when it rings. This phone goes completely against my beliefs in terms of functionalist industrial design, but is an aesthetic paper weight non the less.

Breakbot - Baby I’m Yours (feat. Irfane) - HD by Irina...

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:02:00 -0400

Breakbot - Baby I’m Yours (feat. Irfane) - HD by Irina Dakeva of Wizz. I love the psychedelic style of this video. Reminds me of the work of Alan Aldridge, Heinz Edelmann, & Milton Glaser.

I got some new shoelaces through the post today. They were a...

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:55:34 -0400

I got some new shoelaces through the post today. They were a little on the long side, so I had to tie them round the heal. I like the results though.

Taken from “Minnie, the Little Fish Who Lived in a...

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:12:28 -0400

Taken from “Minnie, the Little Fish Who Lived in a Shoe”. Illustration by Nell Witters