THE FUDGE FACTORY

its aliiiiiive

2012-01-19T20:39:00.000-08:00

Going directly off the title , i wanted
to do something with a bit of an evil dead
feel , i also like that strong image of an
arm coming out of the earth ..then there was
the dilemma of working in the guitar , so i took
inspiration from old Man Ray photos and in particular
how he changed a woman's back into a violin..the result
is this , i like how the tuning forks kinda give it a
Frankenstein kinda feel

building an empire

2012-01-04T21:05:00.000-08:00

Here are some behind the scenes pics from the
'Amish musical " video shoot for the band electric
empire and their very fun song " yes I will "..

We shot over two days in Armidale (Rural NSW ) with
local teen performers ..It was an amazingly relaxed and
fun shoot and shooting the dance sequences provided a lot
of room for invention and play..which always makes for a
nice day at the office.

fresh from the oven

2012-01-04T20:21:00.000-08:00

here's a couple of new posters featuring animals in hats
( a fave of mine ) the first is a bit of an old sea captain
fused with General Custer ( i liked the idea of a horse riding
a horse..is that like an animal version of a piggy back).

The second is a bit of a bower bird fused with tom waits..
i got hooked on that idea of a bird stealing all these things
needed for a post festival party...and then give him a top
hat ..cause you know..you gotta have one.

I'm a rocket , man!

2011-12-12T20:11:00.001-08:00

I get influences and ideas from funny places..one of which
was Thomas Hoepker's very controversial 911 photo..i loved this
idea of something epic happening and the people in the foreground
going about their lives...

This work was a little bitter sweet though
as its the last artwork i will do for montpelier
as they will be going their own ways after this release

I hope i saved the best till last :)

have a little faith...

2011-12-12T20:00:00.000-08:00

I was asked to mix music and coffee together
on a poster and after half a morning of throwing
away ideas that showered in obviousness ..i came
up with the idea that the spooling holes on a
cassette tape look a little or could function as
little coffee cup coasters..the results of that
idea are , well , seen above

the world on a string part 2

2011-12-05T22:01:00.000-08:00

So here it is...

i wanted to capture the look and feel of a jean
pierre juenet film but on a much smaller scale .
I'm really proud of my FX work on this esp. the
blending of the puppet into the street scenes..

was a very relaxed , very fun shoot ..as it always
is with the delightful Avalanche city ..it was also
a joy trying to make one of my fave Sydney suburbs ,
MacDonaldtown , look and feel like Paris .

In the end this is a sweet little story that riffs
on the Cyrano tale but with hopefully my only little
stamp on it

and the winner is....

2011-12-04T18:04:00.000-08:00

wow such an amazing and successful night for the boys..
if anyone knows my work then they know i have worked with
them since their beginning and have pretty much done everything
visual since then ..so their big win ( five arias ) filled me
with a lot of pride and gladly my visual fingerprints could be
seen through out the night .. as shown below.

the video below is a collection of influences i had on the night
from my thank you from the band in their best band speech , to the
use of my doco footage in the bands profile to the performance
of feeding line where my projections are played behind the band.

below is the footage used on the jumbo screen behind the band
its almost like video collage , in it is the wide shots and
landscapes from the feeding line video , plus a plethora of
natural elements shot in close up around my local area plus my
first experimentations with time lapse and mixing time lapse with
photography in the computer..the result feels , i hope , a collection
of old " found " travel footage..

the apollo mission part two

2011-11-18T19:08:00.000-08:00

Here is my new clip for I Am Apollo ... its a homeless love story inspired by arthur stace ( the guy who wrote eternity everywhere) and stars the very very talented Penny Harpham and Kade Greenland..enjoy

don't get shirty!!

2011-10-31T15:33:00.001-07:00

Just a few days ahead of their massive
national november tour here is a sneak peek
at the shirts for this tour , including the
retro t , the quill and inkwell man with
calligraphy pen peg leg and the silhouette design
with my fave quote from milk and sticks..

I'm so happy to still be doing their tour t's and
now having had done 3 of their major tours ..its
good times

the lions share

2011-10-26T17:46:00.000-07:00

twins

2011-10-24T21:31:00.000-07:00

done months apart but surprisingly both released
on the same day these two releases were albums where
i worked purely as an art director , it was nice for
a brief change not having the onus of coming up with a
crazy concept . Both come with booklets to which i might
attach at a later date the layouts and designs to those.

rin tin tin pt 2

2011-10-20T02:23:00.000-07:00

Here is my new video for the very wonderful Patrick James . I'm very proud of this video and its based on an idea that's been floating in my head for years , could not be happier with the end result.

Rin Tin Tin pt 1

2011-10-10T15:32:00.000-07:00

here are a few more pics grabbed off the screen
during the fx edit

Here is the latest tour poster for
sydneysider patrick james , the poster
is pretty much a preview for the upcoming
video for carry on..being we had not shot
it yet i had to construct it in the old
computer...

Here are a few screen grabs from the current
work in progress..its so so much fun building
a environment from scratch..

the apollo mission part one

2011-10-02T19:42:00.000-07:00

here are some behind the scenes snaps
from the performance part of the I am
apollo clip , added to this will be a
very rich and heartbreaking narrative.

shooting on the sound stage that day was some
of the most fun i have had on a shoot as it was so
different and such a controlled environment that i
could really take my time on shots...more to come soon

the world on a string part 1

2011-10-02T19:34:00.000-07:00

So working with avalanche city is such a
joy , they always give me a little of creative
room to breath , so when they ok'd the concept
of a puppeteer love story i felt i had free range
to come up with some pretty cute stuff , one being
this puppet theater backpack that my partner dimity
made and i decorated ..there is a making of it video
coming soon too

here a some early screen caps from the location
shoot , I'm having a lot of fun grading it to look
like the french film Amelie

putting the man back into manhattan

2011-09-28T00:19:00.000-07:00

one off poster for their cmj music
festival gig ..

also heres a couple of happy new yorkers with
my previous poster for the last usa tour

always look on the east side of life

2011-09-20T22:26:00.001-07:00

So I have been working with eastside
radio for a little while now and recently
we had a meeting to discuss a very firm branding
for the radio station (style , colour palette etc)

First off the bat was this shattered
record poster forming a human head , its a simple
idea but actually one of my faves for this year ,
i find myself very much drawn back into silhouettes

every now and again , I do something
i secretly hope becomes a fashion trend
tie ponchos , knitted bow ties , this time
its old school radio jackets..damn , I wish
I had one..fuck iPODS..this is where its at

tried to work a very 70's style jazz feel to this
kinda like it might have been for an underground
miles davis gig or something..wank wank wank...

here also is this years update
of the black gold poster

out foxed !

2011-09-12T16:04:00.000-07:00

so here she is , my little ode to Andy warhol
and pop art in the guise of a music video..

..by any other name

2011-08-29T16:38:00.001-07:00

this is an idea i have been kicking around since the
early-ish John Columbus days , this concept of being
able to project memories or dreams..its an idea i would
love to push further some day..

For mr chris rose and his band of thorns
i also did some promo shots..

old home movies

2011-08-27T18:07:00.000-07:00

unable to sleep one Saturday night i decided
to take a drive down memory lane and cut together
a loose collection of faux old home movies taken
from byron and I's recent trip to the USA to film
the video clip for Feeding line

this is part one...

make love not warhol

2011-08-20T21:10:00.001-07:00

From the outset this was going to be a challenge,
a challenge because almost every aspect of this seemed
to be the polar opposite to everything i had done in the
past . for starters , it was purely performance , it was
drenched almost drowned in colour and most importantly
noone seemed to be walking anywhere or going on some
trumped up spiritual journey..

so i felt very much outof my comfort zone ..
but as it turns out it was one of my most
comfortable shoots of all..shot with an old mate
and in his house against a green screen we took our time ,
bonded , played mortal kombat and ate bad mall food for
two days straight..it felt more like hanging out than making
a video..but of course ..then comes post production.

the cherry on top of this technicolour dessert was
having fellow video maker edward watson play andy
warhol..seeing him dressed as the father of pop art
was such a sheer delight ..

Here is a sneak peek of screen grabs i have
taken while doing the fx and post production

so as it stands at time of this blog im about
half way through post production and the sense
of fun and experimentation is still in the air..
so the moral kids..maybe step out of that comfort
zone once in a while..

tour of duty

2011-08-16T00:56:00.000-07:00

As the albums i have worked on are being released
so comes the tie in poster..i try to play with the
image a little to make it part of the album world but
not a cut and paste of the album cover

Not a ghost of a chance !

2011-08-10T18:40:00.000-07:00

*this is a re-post from the other week
had to take it down and put up the new link

its our ghost story filmed in Queensland just after
our return from the states , so some of it was actually
directed in the state of jet lag i think , which i hope
adds to the ethereal quality of it..besides all that
byron and I are mighty proud of it

boy oh boy

2011-08-09T23:36:00.001-07:00

So it is finally here , Boy and Bear's Moonfire
album . Its been a long journey with the boys and
its culminated into one stellar album ...
The design for the album was a real collaborative
effort , using both photography taken by members of
the band and my high concept chandelier narrative..

The pictures below are from the album booklet
the serve as a sneak peek to a much larger narrative
based around the chandelier concept.

We were trying to find a way to use both Jon harts band
photography and my art in a unique way..this kind of punk
defacement of his photos seemed to suit it the best and felt
a little cheeky

Below are the complete artworks for the album
shown in full for the first time i believe ..

also added is the national tour poster which was
very fun to beat up and age

falls at your feet

2011-08-05T23:52:00.000-07:00

So here is the latest single art for QLD band
Montpelier , i love that this band embraces the
across the board visual branding I have done with
them ..this little ditty came to me when i heard
someone talking about living at the end of the earth..
and I thought imagine a town at the end of the earth
the way they once thought of the earth..and then the
idea of these poor fisherman who go out everyday but fall
off the end and never come back..anyways..lets let the picture
do the talking shall we

the spotlight has gone dim

2011-08-05T23:43:00.001-07:00

my lady time , dim , recently took this photo
of two little ones wearing paper plate rabbit
masks she made..i flipped when i saw it and thought
it perfect for the single art for avalanche city's
next single you and i , im so glad they agreed..

can't this war be a little more civil

2011-07-21T15:34:00.000-07:00

face to face

2011-07-19T19:06:00.000-07:00

here is what my design for boy and bears spiffy
new website looks like..there is an App and itunes
interactive booklet coming soon and i will upload
how they look very soon...

milk and sticks won't break your bones

2011-07-17T19:36:00.000-07:00

Here is the new single cover for boy and bear's new
single, Milk and sticks. it was taken at the the saddest
looking gas station i have ever seen in the middle of
nowhere in kansas.

Here is the original pic before the fiddling with
the type . I must hand it to the boys with bears as
this was just a random photo i had put up and the saw
the opportunity to re-work it into this cover..

a horse is a horse , of course of course

2011-07-17T19:29:00.000-07:00

hey y'all..heres the front cover to dead letter
chorus' upcoming album yearlings. Its a fairly
different style for me and i was sort of taking my
cues from radioheads long term visual main man ,
Stanley Donwood. it dub it kid A with horsies.
The entire album art was built from my laptop while
on the road in the states recently..its an odd experience
doing it like that..fighting car sickness while being creative
is not a very sexy marriage..

face off

2011-07-06T17:56:00.000-07:00

This is a Re-working of the aaa pass from
the tour but i have fused it the main album image
from the upcoming album , that is below , a cover
that I art directed and then the forthcoming booklet
and itunes booklet / app will feature a lot more of my
artwork and design style ( the rip is a feature of the booklet)

*The photo is by jake from boy and bear

trailer trash

2011-06-29T18:38:00.000-07:00

Here is the two minute teaser trailer to the doco
Byron and I filmed earlier this year on the making of
Boy and bears first album , Moonfire.

enjoy

lets go fly a kite...

2011-06-20T20:33:00.001-07:00

so the Private Life is Renee Cassar's new project
its a fun mixture of pop rock and electro ..originally
she had something else in mind but being the over achieving
little sod i am i mocked up this hand painted reworking of 50's
childhood...and the new logo which was intended to be like a broken
old letter press mixed with an old crime photo...

I gather no moss...

2011-06-20T19:03:00.001-07:00

..cause I was in rolling stone
( well my b&b studio pic was)

what kind of mickey mouse operation is this!

2011-06-19T17:23:00.001-07:00

A very good friend of mine recently
introduced me to the work of Jerod Gibson
and if you know his work you can see the influence
on this poster right here..short story is i got asked
to do a poster for a cover of Disney songs night during
the fringe festival . The brief was something Disney but
not enough to get us sued...the result was this use of shapes
and type in a very cheeky way

ripped off and passing out

2011-06-07T23:14:00.000-07:00

heres the access all areas pass for boy
and bears latest sold out tour...this little
fella was in high demand..

pens and pencils into blood to gold

2011-06-06T21:01:00.000-07:00

this is a bit " last year" but going through some
of my old files i stumbled upon this animatic i did
for blood to gold and was pretty surprised by how
close i actually got it ...

feeding time!

2011-05-31T20:49:00.000-07:00

after months of production and countless teases
my video for boy and bears epic first album single
feeding line is up...enjoy the fruits of my very
long labour

psst

2011-05-29T17:49:00.001-07:00

here's a teaser image for an upcoming video
Byron and I shot in Queensland recently for the
very sweet and very amazing charlie mayfair..im
very excited about this one because it marks a massive
shift in my usual video style..gone is the whimsy and the
playfulness and this one centers more on atmosphere and
very heavily on emotion..im very keen to show it off in a few
weeks from now..

2011-05-29T17:43:00.000-07:00

this is an image i have been holding on to for
tin sparrow for a while..contacted over a year ago
to do some EP art work i worked a variation of this image
up for them..but as the band have done the smart thing and
taken their time making their EP as great as it can be
its been gathering dust for a while..but im very happy to
say this amazing sydney band is about to release their debut
EP and this surreal , semi biblical image can be unveiled ..

sneak peek-a-boo

2011-05-28T18:46:00.001-07:00

so after months of work on this my latest
boy and bear video for feeding line premiered
on triple j's website on friday..which was very
exciting having them show the first look at it..
it goes online on the youtubes and itunes tomorrow
but i decided to find my john west moments from the
clip and put up some stills from it..this was such
a big part of my life this year..it feels really
good to have it out there and not in my head

this concept is one i have kept for a few years now
like a little trump card up my sleeve so i am so happy
to have it attached to this band and this song..i feel like
it finally found the right house...

in the immortal words of enya...

2011-05-28T18:41:00.001-07:00

sail away sail away sail away....
so for some reason i got hung up on the
idea or pun of wavey hair and while looking
through pics of 20's silent actress' for another
project i couldnt help but not the extreme amount
of waves in their hair..thus my pea brain decided
to put little sail boats on them...so like liquid
gets into this chalk...boom this poster was born

meet me down the sock hop

2011-05-28T18:36:00.000-07:00

this was a pure joy doing this ..one i had been
working on the same concept for someone else for
a few weeks and this job was emailed to me to be done
quick and with the theme of the night i thought
it would be fun just to do something concept free and
just really embrace this style and era of design...
both client and i walked away happy...crazy!

shout outs

2011-05-25T03:35:00.000-07:00

theres a nice shout out from the boys
in this english interview last year about
me and the videos and art i do for the boys
i find it amusing that dave uses my real name
of jeff gordon and not my bs artname of jefferton
which he uses when we are face to face

i heart hart

2011-05-21T23:27:00.001-07:00

this is an online promo image for tim hart
one of the members of boy and bear , its his
very folk side project and i cant wait to work
with hi on his future projects

going up river to find charlie

2011-05-20T18:27:00.001-07:00

heres a behind the scenes pic from the
charlie mayfair shoot in QLD..the image
shown is a group of friends on the way to
a viking style / day of the dead funeral..
its something you dont get to do everyday

the rag trade

2011-05-20T18:07:00.001-07:00

so happy to be doing more boy and bear merch
here's a looksee at the shirts for their upcoming
tour

on my blog ..models always wear top hats

I honestly think this vomiting ocean head is the
weirdest fucking thing i have ever done..and they
loved it

cooking up a big pot of stu

2011-05-20T17:58:00.000-07:00

fried and mega brill muso stu larsen , whom
i had postered before in the past asked me to
art direct his ep..so i jumped at the chance to
do some design work that didnt involve some kinda
goofball idea from my head...using his wonderful
photos to steer me ..we are both very happy with
this result..its feels very personal..

new poster art

2011-05-20T17:55:00.000-07:00

biplane bus stop...if only

there will be blood

2011-05-20T17:50:00.000-07:00

i had the utmost fun doing this..
taking a dive bomb into something
really fucked up was a joy and im
lucky this band is the kind that supports
it..and always have..based the the tale of
the titular character i decided to increase
the blood shed to flood levels...once i started
it was rather hard to stop..there was temptation
to have humans and livestock floating in there but
for reasons of good taste i restrained myself

what are ya...yella!!!

2011-05-10T15:35:00.000-07:00

heres a sneak peek still from the upcoming
boy and bear video ..shot all around the us
during the month of april and may....

2011-05-08T20:23:00.000-07:00

heres a video i did back in
feb..was so much fun working
with them again and with the lovely
lisa mitchell who also features on the
song..i shot it solo and aimed it have it
look like a developing polaroid..or as we now
know it hipstamatic...they have such a chilled
70's folk vibe i thought it seemed fitting.

who sells sea shells?

2011-05-07T06:11:00.000-07:00

heres the latest video for NZ band avalanche
city..love these guys and it as an honour shooting
this videa all around nsw and southern victoria..ps
the beach where dave sings is used in where the wild
things are and was chosen pretty much because of that
reason..hope you enjoy

all of the lights....

2011-05-06T20:01:00.001-07:00

so heres a preview for the single artwork for
boy and bears new song feeding line.. the song is
released on itunes and triple j may the 9th..the
image is another taste tester for the album and video
concept which are both on their way...

MONT BLANC

2011-03-30T23:23:00.000-07:00

I love working with a band committed to sticking to
a concept and Montpelier is the best example of
this with their commitment to stick with my concept of
the sky being the ocean ( a childhood notion that i now use)
i look forward to exploring this even further when we
work on their upcoming album

the bottoms are torn by the way to leave blank room for
the band to write what and where the gig is being played..

across the universe

2011-03-30T23:06:00.000-07:00

The artworks were done many many moons
ago for the maquarie university compilation
cd known as universe city ..i did this the previous
year and its great fun as its finding a theme
for the whole album then running with it..this
year i was compelled to play with textures and
the notion of outer space..the original idea of the
observatory head was actually a biodome head but
as with everything it evolved and became this..

it was also an exercise in doing something out of
my usual colour palette comfort zone
so im glad its out now and has some great bands
such as my peeps boy and bear and tin sparrow..

if you build it ..they will come

2011-03-26T19:40:00.000-07:00

here's the single cover for Georgia
fairs song Marianne ..its a great track and the
still is taken from the recent video shoot

ode to joy

2011-03-26T19:16:00.000-07:00

This current crop of poster art is full of
odes and references..ranging from the obvious
playing with the iconic image from 2001 to the
cheeky tip of the hat to the famous Woodstock
poster..added into the mix is the reworking of a
photo i took of a fake bison in the museum of
natural history in new york..honestly i took
so many i could use them for an entire years work..

bringing an avalanche to the ocean

2011-03-19T21:03:00.001-07:00

had a great time over the weekend shooting
baxter from new zealand band avalanche city ,
who this week have the number one song in their
home country with love love love..we shot
the follow up video along the great ocean road
in victoria ...i was inspired to shoot it there
as thats where some of where the wild things was filmed
added to that it had an amazing coastline and lighthouse

anyways the clip will be up in the next few weeks or so
but just wanted to share a taste

this pic is what it looks like after
you film a shot like the one at the top
of the post

heres a few more shots

let the lights guide you home

2011-03-10T22:31:00.000-08:00

above is the tour artwork for boy and bears
autumn tour ,the top on is the main tour poster
( with even more dates to be added!!!) and the others
are for the street presses in each state..

the art work is a teaser , if you will , for a much larger
concept that will be applied to the band over the next
few months..im so excited about this..its a concept i love
and have nurtured for year and to apply it to a band like
this is a pure joy...

the production of these images was kinda funny as i had
the very nice Andrew Finnegan play the explorer dressed
in costume hired garb and then we went to the local mall
and in their carpark is a large green wall that we used for
our own make shift sfx studio..i must say we got some pretty
strange looks

new video coming soon

2011-03-10T22:22:00.001-08:00

coming very soon is the new video for
Georgia fair..the track is called Marianne
and heres a sneak peek..

we shot it on a very hot January day down
on the coast..we shot it to look like old
photography and i joked we were shooting
it on hipstavision after the iphone app
called hipstamatic..an app that ages photos..

anyways clip and single will be released
very soon

east side stories

2011-03-10T22:15:00.001-08:00

here are some recent posters i
have done for the lovely peoples at
eastside radio..
i kinda took that jazz feel and ran
with it like a kid with his pants full
of bee's

and now for my next trick

2011-02-28T22:35:00.000-08:00

its no secret i love the old timey stuff
as well as old magician posters so when
doing this poster for the wonderful tin sparrows
residency at the oxford arts factory i thought
it would be fun to play with these themes as well
as things that seem to be falling from the sky..
a concept thats been used on their upcoming
ep..

you have something on your.......

2011-02-21T14:55:00.000-08:00

natural selection posters are always fun
and this came from a random doodle i did
on the bus..originally it was fox tail mo
and the person had the two opposing foxes tied
behind his head ..but this was hard to pull off
so squirrel's were next in line and seemed to work
a treat...( how old am i using expressions like that)

hold them or fold them

2011-02-20T19:36:00.000-08:00

I have always enjoyed my working relationship/
friendship with the amazing sydney singer/sonwriter
jack carty through our work together on his ep and
recent single we share a drive to push ourselves
just that little bit further so i was excited to
see what we could do together for his upcoming album
"one thousand origami birds"

The trick was to have something that related to that very visual title but also not be obvious..this cave world had been an idea i had been trying to get going but never really found the right context until this..it was a case of taking from jacks lyrics about paper birds flying too close to the sun and then , boom, it hit me that the birds could be escaping this world only to sentenced to death for doing so..it was a wonderful and vivid picture that was placed in my head and the world flowed fast after that..
there is in fact atleast 10 other parts to this world that didnt make it to this world that i may blog about after its release

this last image is the back cover as a pure image without
the cave and explorer in front of it..it was a fave of mine
and i just wanted to share it here

go you husky's

2011-01-20T21:48:00.001-08:00

this one was a long process going through many ideas
some goodish , some bullshit narnia rip offs and then
going through my old ideas diary i came across an image
when i drew it was just a silly throw away image but when
thinking about the title history's door , the two seemed
destined and melbourne band husky seemed to agree..
this also kicks off a relationship with these guys as i will
be art directing their album and directing and producing an
epic animated video clip in the next few months

good times ahead

patrick james

2011-01-20T21:39:00.000-08:00

so i have been a fan of patrick james' music since i saw him
at a natural selection night about 6 months ago so when i was
asked to do a branding of sorts for him i jumped at the chance.
the artwork is for his various media pages as well as this we
did a publicity photo shoot , where i have been experimenting
in hand tinting , on top of this on the day we decided to do
an off the cuff , one take , live version of his song carry on..
my years of training on shoot the player really paid off as this
was a very fun , laid back performance the results of which are
above..

cover me ..im going in

2011-01-20T21:35:00.001-08:00

so the other night i received an email asking me
if i could do a cover for a surf/western band called
the tin stars...never one to back down from a challenge
i accepted and here is the result

trapped in amber

2011-01-02T18:31:00.000-08:00

So i have known the directors of this show
for a while now..they are very good friends so
i was very excited when they asked me to do a promo
series of photos and poster for their upcoming play..

im so happy for them and tim aka mase is like the
godfather of old time-y to me so to get a hearty thumbs
up on these faux aged photos makes me extra happy

an amazing xmas gift

2010-12-26T21:23:00.000-08:00

this is amazing news for me
rage ( a popular music video show)
held their annual top 50 videos of the year
at number 8 was rabbit song
and at number 23 was blood to gold
this is such an honour ..i am so completely
blown away by it

the au news also placed rabbit song as their
number 9 video of the year alongside yeasayer,
kanye west and Mia..

carmen coming soon

2010-12-23T16:32:00.000-08:00

this week byron and i headed down along the
southern coast of new south wales to shoot the
video for Canadian Carmen townsend ..its so nice
and such an honour to shoot a video for a visiting
international act..the video is patrly inspired by
wuthering heights and should be up post xmas

campfire of the gods

2010-12-12T13:36:00.000-08:00

this is an idea i have been throwing around
for a while but when asked to do a next big
things , artist line up an erupting volcano
came to mind...

the world in the palm of your hand

2010-12-01T15:54:00.000-08:00

that curious expression was bouncing
about in my head , so when i was asked to
do a poster for jason collett ( im a big
broken social scene fan ) i was very
excited and thought this seemed apt..
something about going solo and having that
world out there in your grasp..or something
maybe i was bored and thought it look cool..
who knows..

jurassic parking lot

2010-11-23T17:15:00.000-08:00

just once i would like to wake up in suburbia
and have this happen..this is my postcard where
the headline should be " wish i was here"...

It's a guy thing!

2010-11-18T18:31:00.001-08:00

So here's the cover for guy sebastains retrospective
album twenty ten . i co art directed this with debaser
which was a big thrill , as they have done some of my fave
album covers of recent years..theres a bit of a story attached
to how this became the cover art of what might be a number one
album..wouldnt that be insane..my shit would be every where..

so this city was built just on a whim ..an idea
i had one morning and from the outset it felt right..
so happy with it i just sent it spec to sony and the
recording artist i had in mind..then i get a urgent
phone call asking if the clock city could be used for
guy sebastian , and im no spaz thinking how great the
exposure would be , so i said yes..about a week later
im on the shoot and feeling like a fish that grew big
over night in someone elses pond..it was a great experience
and now..ta da nationwide my clock city will be on shelves
everywhere

below is the back page of the booklet and above is the
under tray image..im so happy with the extent sony has used
my clock city in this

lior has gone to the birds part 2

2010-11-15T18:04:00.001-08:00

to add to the bird houses at front of stage
this massive looping projection played behind
him..it shows subirdia at dawn with the little
bird families coming out and greeting the day

lior has gone to the birds

2010-11-15T17:44:00.001-08:00

so a few weeks ago i was asked by lior
a much loved australian singer/songwriter
to work on some stage design..after throwing
around some ideas we liked this idea of subirdia..
a town of birds all with their own stories ..
so i got to work hand crafting these doll house/
bird houses filled with little families and cute
bird related in jokes...inspired by wes andersons
mr fox film these took a week or so to make but
after a few breakdowns and tantrums , i think
they came good

in stores now..but not for long

2010-11-11T19:53:00.000-08:00

a brisbane store is selling the montpelier
shirt i did recently featuring the upside down
boat , that ties into the upside down world branded
for them..it trips me out no end to see this in a
store window...

hope is for the hopeless

2010-11-11T19:46:00.000-08:00

So, im pretty sure this is my
first headshot cd cover but both
jack and i wanted it to have a story
or its own artwork attached to it and
i was keen to do something that looked
like a projected image..it was originally
ladders leading out of suburbia and into the
sky but this bird / freedom image was just
a last minute thing and then all involved felt
it was the right image..
anyways its a great song..head to his myspace
to have a listen

friday night projectile

2010-11-11T19:43:00.001-08:00

this is a few weeks old but heres a pic of
the animated projection of lighthouse island
playing on stage amongst the band and out old
lamp lighthouses..

this is where the wild things are

2010-11-04T16:51:00.000-07:00

I have known and worked for dead letter
for some years now and was eagre to do a video
and was over the moon when it was run wild
that i got to do the video for..its such a great
song..so we nutted out the idea of this of a where
the wild things are type situation but with a peter
pan style love story..this was my first solo effort
minus byron on camera and after a wobbly start
( footage now lost forever and will stay that way)
i found my footing and grew more and more confident..
in the end im very happy with the result and i find the
love story to be very sweet and touching..if i do say so
myself.

heres some of my fave stills from the vid

tim and jean - come around

2010-11-03T20:08:00.000-07:00

so here is one of my latest videos
this originally was going to be a space
epic in the style of the early 70's but
after discussing it with the boys they wanted
to do something a lot less obvious...
which i applaud..after discussing there love
of the film nowhere boy and the early 60's
rockabilly scene i refanged the story to this
kinda middle aged - coming of age - story
tat has a lot of visial nods to the era..
it was also the most fun ive had shooting

relax it's completely natural...

2010-11-02T20:15:00.000-07:00

when i sourced the balerinas
a siren went off in my head that
i needed to turn them into flowers..
i really enjoy this new branding we
are continuing on for natural selection
and its such a great night..
the last one sold out and i like to tell myself
it was because of the poster..

run wild video - sneak peek

2010-10-26T17:41:00.000-07:00

this picture was taken by dimity
on the dead letter chorus video shoot
over the last few days..more of her
lovely bts photos soon as well as
the video which is a love child of
where the wild things are and peter pan

the city so nice ...

2010-10-19T22:52:00.000-07:00

..i postered it twice..one is
just for the mercury lounge show
with other australian band city riot
and the other is for all three boy and
bear nyc shows..i love working my branding
on this...and putting those lighthouses in place
of the nyc skyline was pure joy..its nice when
you can work with a smile on your face

tim and jean - come around

2010-10-19T02:10:00.000-07:00

This was such an incredibly fun video shoot
doing it small scale and with friends and new
friends made for such a light hearted atmosphere..
The story is a middle age - coming of age tale of
man who is rigid and bored encountering this new world
thats opening up during the early 60's and his meagre
adventures that follow as he attemps to live the rebel
life..as a film nerd it was pure joy putting in many
refrences from the age such as rebel without a cause and
the man in the grey flannel suit.

for the birds

2010-10-13T23:42:00.000-07:00

this was someting very different for me
but something im very proud of , its a direction
i would loved to steer towards every once in a
while..in a way its related in composition to push pin
studios bob dylan poster from the 60s..its just a
image that i felt from the get go was working and
thats pretty rare...plus i hope that the winter
people might be impressed by i as i would love to
work with them at some stage.

climb every mountain

2010-10-12T23:03:00.001-07:00

I always liked the idea that
if you dug far enough that you would
reach china so when i was coming up with
this idea i thought imagine if you climbed
high enough what would you reach..and the hope
would be , paradise..to make the effort all worth
while...so this s part of a huge branding for
the band that will evolve over the next few months

dont wanna brag about it

2010-10-10T20:19:00.000-07:00

a few weeks i got asked to
photograph local fave band
cloud control for the cover
of the brag..i wanted to infuse
some kinda artwork into it and
decided upon what we coined on the
day a " landbrella"

what wasnt planned on the day was
all these office dogs hanging around
so i decided to put them in the shoot
to make it more playful..we were so
happy with the results we made it the main
story picture...

hey boss..the planes the planes!

2010-10-09T02:38:00.001-07:00

theres gold in them thar hills

2010-10-07T19:48:00.001-07:00

funny story i was working on this
when i heard a real mr whippy drive
down our street..bare foot i chased
it for four streets and eventuall caught
up to it and bought a yummy choc top..

behind the scenes : day two

2010-10-01T17:57:00.001-07:00

this was our rebel without
a cause remake part of the clip.
so much fun filming a drag race on
bikes ..i highly endorse doing one..
side note ..if you want birds to fly up
in your shot , fed them pizza shapes

shoot the player: passenger

2010-10-01T17:37:00.000-07:00

This was my first shoot with
amelia and jonathan in a while
and my first shhot with my 550d
had so much fun on this shoot and
passenger is an amazing singer..
I may be doing a video for him very soon!

behind the scenes : day one

2010-09-30T05:34:00.000-07:00

heres some behind the scenes pics of
kade playing the bored 60's business man
in the video of come around for band
tim and jean..more about this shoot soon

and then there was light.....houses

2010-09-30T05:27:00.000-07:00

heres some behind the scenes pics from
the lighting/set/band rehearsal for the
boy and bear national tour..the star field
wasnt done so we just had these mocked up as
well as a animation projection..boy oh boy i
think this will be the gig of the year

dont cry tin sparrow , you'll rust

2010-09-26T01:53:00.000-07:00

this is a kinda sneaky peak at the upcoming
album art for amazing sydney band tin sparrow..
as you might be able to tell im really into
unexplained phenomena at the moment and this idea
of boats raining ( be it not from clouds as the
album art might reveal ) anyways more on this later
for now here is the web banner for their myspace

times fly in hd

2010-09-24T18:07:00.001-07:00

keepers found

2010-09-21T20:16:00.001-07:00

so here it is my flyer/poster
for the finders keepers markets
twas a massive honour being asked
to do this..was a long journey but i am
very happy with it..it feels a lot like
the stuff i was doing for cuthbert and
the nightwalkers which made me happy as
that was a great era in my life...
also nice to be putting ink on the paper
again after a lot of video and photographic
work..

so im gonna keep track of this and get
pics of it out and about and at the event..:)

mavis forever

2010-09-19T18:15:00.000-07:00

wow , this totaly blew my mind
that someone had my album art for
mexican mavis tattoed on their body..

georgia fair ep art revealed

2010-09-15T23:22:00.001-07:00

this is essentially a text free
look at the ep work for georgia
fair..it was this image that lead
to the clip..the clip is an adaptation
of the art..a first for me..im very proud
of this work and will probably look back on
it as one of those key turning points on what
i hope is a large map of my artistic career.