'Elisava School of design' - books and posters

A collaboration with soonintokyo, made for Barcelona school of design, here are the books and posters that i illustrated.

Jamie J Johnson's, 'SOUNDS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT'

I had the chance to see my friend Jamie's new film at a screening last month. Its proper funny! a brilliant documentary in which Jamie followed a selection of contestants around in the lead up to the Junior Eurovision song contest.

It's released on the 8th May, and i urge anyone reading this (if anyone is ?) to go see it :

Here's the trailer :

http://www.soundsliketeenspiritthemovie.co.uk/

Ribblestrop book launch and website

Ribblestrop is Andy Mulligan's first book, and has been hailed by The Independent as the ‘next big thing’ for 2009.

http://ribblestrop.co.uk/

55DSL Tees

get yours now....http://www.55dsl.com/1055/spring-summer-2009/ss09-male/serge-seidlitz.php

The Economist

A bunch of artists were commisioned by Dye Holloway Murray to create and ad each for The Economist, The brain chap doing a dot to dot was mine- See the rest of the ads here : http://www.dhmlondon.com/work.php?work=25

...we'll be ploughing the fields by summer time!

Kipling Monkey world tour website

I've been working with 'And Partners' in New York on this competition micro site - Win a trip to the destination of your dreams at http://kiplingpromo.com/

i'm not an artist -Elisava school of design

SooninTokyo commissioned me to draw a story about a man who is struggling with a creative idea. The posters are to advertise and promote Elisava School of Design in Barcelona and is named after the slogan of the school - 'I'm not an artist' (The daily odyssey of the creative process). The artwork has been used for posters, print ads (featured in this months Creative Review), and a book is currently in production. You can see all the artwork in more detail at the exciting new interactive website, http://iamnotanartist.org/

IdN - The craft issue

http://www.idnproshop.com/

Chris Oldland illustration blog Q&A

I chose to contact successful illustrator Serge Seidlitz last week, and after a little luck with my e-mails managed to gain his attention. A successful illustrator with a great clients list and available through Debut Art, I thought he would be interesting for gaining a little insight into how the successful get along in the industry.

So, anyway, he was kind enough to reply to my e-mail questionnaire this week and here I have his answers and a little insight into how he works and his path into the profession.

• What was your first commission?
My first actual commission as an illustrator was a portrait of Brian Wilson for Mojo magazine,
I had been working four or five years as a graphic designer/ in-house illustrator at cartoon network before becoming freelance and taking on proper commissions.

• Did it take long for you to find work?
I got a job at Cartoon Network straight out of college which helped in giving me a foundation in the industry.

• How was this achieved?
Portfolio and guidance from tutors.

• You're with Heart agency at the moment, but how did you promote yourself before that?

No I'm not! (He’s with Debut Art. My mistake, I had a cold when I wrote the questions!) I didn't promote myself before I was represented as I was full time in house (see above).

• Does most of your work come from repeat clients?
No, it comes from all sorts of different clients, - some comes from repeat clients.

• You have a very distinct style; do all of your clients expect your work to appear similar? Is this ever limiting for you?
I have enough scope within in my work to play with new ideas and push myself, so it doesn't limit me. It’s important as an illustrator ( I think ) to be ideas based and then everything stems from that, if you limit yourself to style over content you'll just be a passing trend. Most of the time, I think people develop their work as they go, improving and experimenting in order to keep fresh.

• What sort of work forms the bulk of your commissions?
Advertising, editorial, marketing, publishing, online content, a bit of TV.

• Do you have any plans for the future?
Keep at it, and see where it takes me.

• Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Wouldn't like to say Chris - who knows - hopefully doing something creative that makes me happy.

An interesting (and incidentally quite amusing) character and a little insight.
Thank you Serge. I wish you all the best.

from : http://chrisoldlandillustration.blogspot.com/