“All you will need is a pencil, some paper, a global recession and some corporate anger and you’ll be able to draw this handsome fellow.” – Merill Kazanjian

Watch the making of video of the concert poster DKNG made for  Explosions in the Sky here.

Illustrators Ireland member Eoin Coveney was recently approached by Sony Ireland to produce an illustration to accompany the new single by Christy Moore- “My little Honda 50″ - the Client’s concept was to film a time-lapse video of an illustration to accompany the song instead of the usual route of showing stills or other arbitrary imagery…

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Dan Sinker, the author of ‘The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel’ gives a brief evolution of Paul Hornschemeier‘s cover for the book here. Do take a peek at Hornschemeier’s quite brilliant daily drawings too.

Illustrators Ireland member David McClelland was invited to do some live painting last weekend at Kings of Concrete a street art, music, dance & urban sports festival held in the Civic offices, Wood Quay, Dublin.
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IGI Member PJ Lynch offers us a great insight into his amazing work process. Enjoy!

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IGI member David McClelland present us with the making of: White Wolf Studio Shoes

I’ve had quite a few people ask me how I went about painting my white wolf studio shoes. Hopefully to empower you to make your own he has created the following small step-by-step of how I created the shoes.

View the Step by step.

IGI member Philip Dunne delights us with a very detailed step-by-step of one of his illustrations. Check the link below and amaze yourself. Step-by-step here

IGI Member Phil Dunne treat us with this very insightful step-by-step. Click here and enjoy!

Steve Simpson show us how to make a dead-cool skateboard today.

A custom skateboard art show featuring 30+ artists in aid of Kings of Concrete. Featured artists: ADW / Anto Sands / Asbestos / Askim / Barry Hughes / BRENB / Canvas / Chris Judge / D$ / Dan Leo / Donal Thornton / Gavin Beattie / Glenn Leyburn / Grim / I Am Doom / Jine / JOR / Lints / Loki / Maser / Mick Minogue / Morgan / Richard Gilligan / Richard Seabrooke / Risto / Splinky / Steve Simpson / Studio AAD / Unthink / Wes Trumble / Will St. Leger / xTTr & more. – The Bernard Shaw, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland July 2nd to 4th 2010 Official launch Friday 2nd July at 8pm. All decks will be available to buy for 250 euro each with 50% of the proceeds go towards the festival. More information at www.kingsofconcrete.com and www.alwaysreadthesmallprint.com
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