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Its been too long since I've been to Battle Lines but I couldn't miss this one with two of my favourite artists battling it out at the new Resist Vegan kitchen restaurant inside the Key Theatre. The battle didn't disappoint with Si taking an early lead and covering most of his board within an hour, Chunxx came back strong though adding lots of detail and some very nice white on black. The eventual winner, decided by the crowd, was Si Mitchell who's freaky faces stole the show. Check out all the photos here and give the artists an Instagram follow by clicking the buttons at the end of the blog. Battle Lines is back on the last Friday of March at a location to be announced. Fingers Black Tee
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The Fingers t-shirts are now in stock. Gildan Heavy t-shirts are made from 100% cotton*, and are a 185gsm weight. Size Chest (to fit): S - 34/36" M - 38/40" L - 42/44" XL - 46/48" XXL - 50/52"
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I've recently launched a campaign to help me get some t-shirts printed. If I pre-sell 20 before the end of February we go to print. If I don't sell 20 then everyone gets a refund. Here is how the design came about.  The original sketch was completed a few weeks ago during a session where I was experimenting with new feet for my Korpworm character. I'd settled on these 3 pointed feet that, to me, look a little like the corners of a pillow case. I added all the other detail like the feathers, body stripes and arms but then, in order to fix what I thought was missing in the overall composition, I added really big fingers.  Next stage was to scan the design and run it through Illustrator to turn it into a vector image. I knew the image would naturally work as black ink on a white t-shirt but I also wanted to add an option to have white ink on a black t-shirt (because black t-shirts are a lot more popular). So you can see from the image below I've added a small white border.   Now being a poor starving artist I cant just go and pay for 20 t-shirts to be printed (don't feel sorry for me, I love my job) so I needed to mock up what they would look like. Luckily there are a few free Photoshop mock up files you can grab off the internet that do a great job and in past experience have been very accurate to what actually gets delivered.   So the wrinkles are added to make it look more realistic but the first bit of feedback I got was you could have ironed the shirts...so I found a neat little Android app called UMM: Universal Marketing Mock-up that creates mock ups for you on a mobile device.   If the campaign is successful the boys and girls and Sea Dog Print Studio have saved me a spot mid-March to have them printed so you can feel confident that the quality will be super high.
So help me out and pre-order your t-shirt today using the links below.  I was back in my adopted hometown of Southsea on Saturday 9th February at the Spray for your Soul event. This was a small paint jam hosted by Staggering Good Brewery at their new bar the House of Rapture. This venue is amazing and I highly recommend you go visit. Set in the heart of an industrial estate from the outside it looks like any regular work unit until you spot the neon purple cross hanging above the door which is a small hint on what to expect when you go inside. The entire venue has been fitted with reclaimed materials from a church with pews for seating, full size stained glass windows throwing the warmest light across a smattering of Dinosaur heads and giant crosses. You have to see it to believe it, hats off to the owners for doing such an amazing job and being such gracious hosts. Also big thanks to Samo at Play Dead for inviting me along to paint with him, M-One, Winniemmay and Syrup. Check out the photos courtesy of Make Light Work and if you like what you see all the artists Insta links are down the bottom.  As you can see the venue was dark with just a small heater above me providing my only source of light. This added to the mood of the place but presented a challenge for an artist painting a mural. Luckily I had Mike on hand from Make Light Work who kindly set up a battery powered LED light to help me see what I was doing. So cool that some people just have these things lying in their car.  Although you might not be able to tell from the photo I was pretty happy with how my piece looked. The geometric pattern in the background looked good in different shades of grey and the custom korpworm, now know as korposaurus, popped out nicely. All done with stencils and spray paints. SHOP KORPMargeworm Tee
£19.99
Launched on the electric boxes of Bristol during the Upfest 2018 weekend. There are only 2 Margeworm t-shirts left. Fingers White Tee
£19.99
Sold out The Fingers t-shirt is now in stock. Gildan Heavy t-shirts are made from 100% cotton*, and are a 185gsm weight. Size Chest (to fit): S - 34/36" M - 38/40" L - 42/44" XL - 46/48" XXL - 50/52" 3XL - 54/56" 4XL - 58/60" 5XL - Gildan Standard Fingers Black Tee
£19.99
The Fingers t-shirts are now in stock. Gildan Heavy t-shirts are made from 100% cotton*, and are a 185gsm weight. Size Chest (to fit): S - 34/36" M - 38/40" L - 42/44" XL - 46/48" XXL - 50/52" Bring The Paint Tee
£21.99
THE "BRING THE PAINT POSTER" T-SHIRT. These posters were a major part of my wall at the 2019 Bring The Paint street art festival in Leicester and its so good to see them on a t-shirt. The t-shirt features the BTP poster on the back and a small Blackworm pocket print on the front. Printed by Sea Dog Print Studio in Portsmouth for a high quality finish the tee comes in either Black or Red and will be printed on Gildan Premium t-shirts made from 100% cotton which are a 185gsm weight. Size Chest (to fit): S - 34/36" M - 38/40" L - 42/44" XL - 46/48" 2XL - 50/52" 2019 Hoodie
£42.00
Sold out The design features the latest Korpworm on the back and the KORP logo across the chest. Please be aware that the images here are mock ups of the anticipated final product. These hoodies come with a double fabric hood, matching coloured cords and twill tape puller on the zip, and a ribbed cuff and hem, these awesome hoodies also have a small hidden opening in the right hand pocket for your headphone cord to feed through and hidden ear phone loops too! They are made from 80% cotton and 20% polyester, and are a 280gsm weight. Size Chest (to fit): S - 36" // M - 40" // L - 44" // XL - 48" // XXL - 52" ARTIST INSTAGRAM LINKSI've been busy in the sketchbook recently. I thought you might like to see.      Struggling with what to buy? I'm very pleased to announce you can now buy vouchers direct from my on line shop. These vouchers can be redeemed for art, workshops or merch.  Me and a few friends (CurtisCreationz, Guts and M-one) made a colouring book. All sold out now so thank you if you bought one, if you missed out or keen for more make sure you sign up for my newsletter as I'll be doing another one soon.    Huge thanks to everyone that came to the preview event for the For What Its Worth show. This was the first exhibition I've hosted at my studio so to sell almost half of the work on the opening night was nothing short of remarkable. Here are some photos of the night taken by the Studio 4 official photographer Chewy Rowell.         I cant thank the family of Brian John Taylor enough for trusting me with his work. I hope he would have liked seeing it displayed and sold in this format. The show will run to the end of the year, open days are every Friday 10am to 3pm or you can visit by appointment. The exhibition took place directly opposite my studio as you can see from the photos below.    The family of Brian John Taylor have allowed me to add a twist to the event that fits with their ethos of ensuring all the artwork goes to a loving home. As a result the show is titled "For What Its Worth" and will be an opportunity for you to name your own price for each piece of artwork. The preview night will be on the 1st December at 7pm and the first people through the door will get an envelope with details of how to name your own price. The earlier you arrive, the better the envelope. There will be over 50 pieces on display and you will only be able to name your own price on the preview night. Email me to be added to the guest list.      If you fancy learning a little about urban art come along to one of my winter workshops where we will be doodling, cutting, spraying, pasting and, of course, knitting.    |
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