Personal Commissions

Below is a handful of personal commissions I was asked to tackle this year. Many thanks to everyone who got me involved in their special occasion!!!

Squirrel Hosting

Here's a recent commission I did for Squirrel Hosting showing a conga of happy squirrels for their shop page. Ta to Jonny!!!

Fright Night 2013

 

Here is the final poster for Fright Night 2013 which kicks off this sunday.

Expect Mexican Day of the Dead style antics and no doubt some nasty roaming zombies again. Cheers to April & Scott for another cool job!

 

CHIC interview

Here's an interview I did for CHIC: Lifestyle Magazine about my recent work for Fright Night and the Kelham Island pumps I've been doing. Thanks a million to Charlotte for making this happen and doing such a nice job of it for me!!!

ps. Sadly I have no connection to the pornographic actress Linda Lovelace.

Radar Men From The Moon

The October 2013 Kelham special hits the pumps this month with this sequel to the fast selling Rocket Man beer label I worked on last year. Again this was inspired by the 1940s serial and next year will see a third pump in the Rocket Man series.

For an A4 signed print of this and the last design combined go to my shop here.

It's been the most mental few weeks of my life which saw the welcome arrival of our lovely daughter Róisín Nellie Connolly. I could use a few pints of this now to be honest :)
Hats off to my beautiful wife Melissa x

Meadowhall Parklife Show

I spent most of last week at Meadowhall's Park Lane for their Parklife event. For the first 2 days I was doing a pop-up show and for the remaining 3 I scaled the show down to do workshops with kids who fancied having a crack at some comic artwork.

I went in a bit scared knowing how busy Meadowhall can get but it worked out fine being in a bustling centre with constant visitors and I met some very sound people! Here's a glimpse...

Thanks to all who dropped by, it was great to meet you, and massive thanks to the young people who had a crack at doing a drawing for the picket fence in my pretend park. Here's a selection of some of the work...

I'm knackered now but it was well worth it. It's made me want to escape the studio much more often! Thanks to Kieran for the photos, and Alex and Caroline for setting it upand putting up with me!
Thanks also to the young artist in the top photo for wanting to be in it, and his folks for the thumbs up to put it on my blog.

Meadowhall Pop-Up Exhibition

I'm doing a pop-up exhibition at Meadowhall starting tomorrow. 

I'll be there for 5 days from the 21st-25th near Debenhams in the lower aisle.

During fri-sat-sunday I'll also be doing some comic-book workshops with the kids.

Come along and say hello!

FREE ENTRY!

Mind Control

This month sees the launch of 'Mind Control', the final part of my Light vs Dark collab with The Kelham Island Brewery. I was aiming for an Xmen tone for this feisty lady. With an Abv of 6.9% she's the one I've most been looking forward to. After a couple of pints she'll be controlling your every move!

A signed A4 print of Mind Control is now available in my shop here.

Cheers to everyone who tried the beers and checked out the prints! My first beer pump artwork 'King of the Rocket Men' will be returning next month, followed by the sequel 'Radar Men From the Moon' in October.

After that I'll be back for more in 2014!

Pearl Harbour Adaption App

 

The Pearl Harbour comic adaption I worked on for Comics in the Classroom is available now for the small sum of 69p from the App store.

It was a real challenge as I'm not used to drawing military rooms, vehicles and uniforms etc but I really like how it turned out and feel proud of it. If you like mine then they have plenty of other historical events to choose from too. They're intended partly as a learning tool to introduce teens to historical topics.

Check it out!

Exposed Magazine Interview

I recently spoke with my old mate Julz Gray who writes a beer collumn for Exposed Magazine.
Check out the interview here.
Nice one Julz!

Crimson Steel

Light vs Dark (part 5 of 6) kicks off this month with 'Crimson Steel'. He will hit the pumps soon via my collaberation with The Kelham Island Brewery. There is also an interview with me and the Brewery in this months Exposed Magazine which I'll post up here asap. Cheers to Julz Gray for that!

The artwork is available now as a signed print from my online shop.

A5 Pale Rider pencil sketch

I was itching to do some pencils so I've worked up three hand-drawn A5 sketches based on the rider in my new Pale Rider print. I'm going to put one in with each of the next 3 orders of the print. It's available now at my online shop.

Frog In Your Throat

I just worked on the rebrand of the Frog In Your Throat lozenge for traditional sweets co AL Simpkins.
It was alot of fun, particularly sticking a frog in a cape!

Pale Rider - Out Now!

 

 Here's my homage to the Kelham Island Brewery's flagship beer.

Available from my shop here

...or from the brewery here

Pale Rider

 

My new Steel City print kicks off today with this awesome trailer by bad4ss video man Northshot. It is soundtracked by the impressive Sheff band The Clench with a gravelly voiceover by James Bonsall.

I'll be at the Kelham Island Brewery on monday as part of their open day wih a table full of my wares. The print is available from both me and the brewery.

Check out the trailer now here.

Mistress Flames!

 

Part 4 of my 'Light vs Dark' collaberation with The Kelham Island Brewery kicks off this month with this female member of the baddies team. Mistress Flames is a strong ruby mild ale and her character is very much inspired by the villains of DC Comics. She is a fiery vamp with a jovial but evil streak. I'm really chuffed with this character design and this is my personal fave of the set (in artwork terms).

This signed print is now available from my shop.

Sheffield Star interview

I did an interview with the Sheffield Star all about my recent 'Light vs Dark' beer pump series with The Kelham Island Brewery.

Check out what was said here.

Cheers to Richard M for a lovely plug!!!

Coming soon...

One for the Goths!

My Light vs Dark set (a collaberation with the Kelham Island Brewery) continues this month with Gentleman Death. This dapper gothic gent is the leader of the baddies and is a nod to genius dastardly characters like Skeletor and General Zod, with a bit of Basil Fawlty thrown in.

I tasted the beer last week at the brewery and it's bloody lovely. It should be hitting the pumps very shortly so keep em peeled. You can buy a copy of this A4 print and see more info here.

The Great Pie & Peas Up

Here's a close-up of the one-off artwork I did for the St Lukes Hospice 'Great Pie & Peas Up' campaign. For a chance to win it check out the info about holding your own pie & peas party this month at their facebook page. A large framed version of this picture will go to the biggest fund-raiser. They are raising money for their new in-patient unit.