SECRET 7"

This weekend (13-14th) brings the first chance for the music loving public to see the collection of sleeves in the flesh created by the contributors of the Secret 7" project.

For those eager to see what will be available to purchase this year the majority of the artwork can currently be seen on the Secret 7" website. 

However, it won't be until the 20th April (Record Store Day) where the desired sleeves can be purchased from the venue. 

The details of which are as follows: 

Mother London Biscuit Building
10 Redchurch Street
London
E2 7DD

10am - 6pm


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Secret 7"

THE FIFTY NEW LOGOS PROJECT

This is my contribution to 'The Fifty New Logos Project' which asked designers to re-interpret the iconic Rolling Stones logo to celebrate their 50th Anniversary.

In order for the piece to make the connection I felt it had to be in colour, something that if you are familiar with my work I don't tend to incorporate. I'll be continuing to try and make colour my friend in the new year so consider this a taster.

To view the other submissions to the project click on the link below.

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The Fifty New Logos Project

SECRET 7'S

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Earlier this week brought the private view of Secret 7, a project which aims to rekindle some of the excitement for sleeve art in the digital era by exploring how a track would be interpreted by an array of brilliant artists.

The Idea Generation gallery hosted around 700 unique seven-inch sleeves inspired by tracks from The Cure, Florence + The Machine, Bombay Bicycle Club, CSS, DJ Shadow, Noah & The Whale and Ben Howard.

An aspect about the show that I really liked is the element of mystery, as each sleeve will lack the name of the creative until it is purchased. Some of my fellow image makers at Handsome Frank created covers for the exhibition, can you spot any of them?

On the 21st April (also known as Record Store Day) through to close on Sunday the exhibition is yours to own. Each of the one-of-a-kind heavyweight 7'' records will be available to take home with you for a minimum donation to Teenage Cancer Trust of £40.

Every penny profited from the sale of these exclusive vinyl records is going to the charity.

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Secret 7
Handsome Frank

ORIGIN - TREVELYAN JONES

I am delighted to share with you the artist I have booked to play at the opening of 'Origin', Trevelyan Jones.

Jones is one of London's best upcoming singer/songwriters who can be seen performing his rendition of country/folk and blues all around the big city. Known to captivate his audience with his moving voice and delicate guitar lines be sure to catch his acoustic set on Thursday 6th October at the exposure Gallery.

If you would like a little sample of what is to come please the links below.

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Trevelyan Jones on Reverbnation

Trevelyan Jones on Facebook

CREATIVE REVIEW

Here is something that I could not wait to share with you, a recent commission for Creative Review.

The crux of the article refers to a recent influx of celebrities being employed in creative roles by big brands. A prime example of this is Lady Gaga's new position as Polaroid's Creative Director. It was decided that this was the best approach to take for the illustration which can be seen in this issue of this wonderful publication.

More photos of the original piece can be seen on my website, Flickr and Behance.

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Stuart Whitton

Creative Review

MUSIC TO ACCOMPANY

I thought that I would share with you an important part of my work process... Music.

Unlike many people I've never been one for playlists as I find that I'm not always in the same mood as I may have been previously leaving the time spent creating a playlist waisted.

I tend to listen to an album over and over while drawing a piece as this helps me concentrate and lose myself in what I'm doing. This especially works when I come across a new album to listen to, however my favourite aspect about applying music in this way is that this each piece of my work has somewhat of a musical reference or tag attached.

For example whenever I hear Black Stone Cherry's self titled album my piece 'Brother' will instantly come to mind as that was all I listened to when drawing it. My latest piece 'Laughter' has a different album attached to it, I seemed to have a taste for something heavier and found myself listening to The Black Dahlia Murder's 2007 album 'Nocturnal'.

As I operate in this way I may compile a list on Spotify of the album's that have accompanied my recent work after producing a few more pieces.

I have however included the links to the album's I have mentioned below.

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Stuart Whitton

Laughter

The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal

Brother

Black Stone Cherry - Black Stone Cherry