Mini Subs

Just realised I haven't posted many pages from my sketchbook recently (I post stuff on Instagram almost daily) so here's a few mini subs I drew a few weeks back.

Pictoplasma Debriefing

Well, Pictoplasma was an absolute blast. We had the best of times. Above is the window to Sur La Montagne where our show "Gotta Get Up To Get Down". Louise made a group of gurus/lifecoaches and Anton and Amphibina came along for the ride. I provided 24 drawings for the "Wall of Assuagement" (the remaining drawings are available HERE). A group of disparate characters who had benefitted in some way from the advice of G'Goob, Groam, Gooplin and Gromp.


Groam

The Wall of Assuagement

Gooplin

Here's a pic of us onstage giving our talk (no idea what we're laughing at!). Photo by Andre Bucci courtesy of Pictoplasma.

And here's an amusing photo, taken by Louise, of a dinner discussion.

Thanks to everyone involved (in Pictoplasma in general not just in the dinner. Although it was a particularly good dinner).

Nas - The Don for Secret 7"

Here's my hand drawn sleeve for The Don by Nas. It's my contribution to this year's Secret 7" exhibition which opened today. Hopefully someone bought it. Was it you? Once again it was a pleasure to take part alongside such great artists.

"Got To Get Up To Get Down" - Felt Mistress exhibition in Berlin for Pictoplasma

We're very pleased to announce that as part of Pictoplasmas we will we exhibiting at Sur La Montagne, Berlin, from April 10th until April 14th. "Felt Mistress - Gotta Get Up To Get Down" will consist of a "gaggle of gurus" including Groam (pictured above), some old favourites and 24 new drawings/paintings (see the snap shots below for examples) which will form The Wall of Assuagement. More details HERE.



We're also giving a talk as part of the conference on Friday afternoon. Gulp! Directly afterwards at Platoon Kunsthalle Louise will be making a new character from beginning to end in front of your very eyes! Gasp! See you there.

Judge Death

I fancied drawing Judge Death last night. So that's exactly what I did.

Book signing at Colours May Vary, Leeds

We'll be at Colours May Vary (Munro House, Duke St, Leeds) this Saturday (February 23rd) between 2.30 and 6.00 signing copies of Creature Couture. I'll be drawing portraits in the style of a Felt Mistress character (like these) in the front of every copy bought. Come along and say hello! More details HERE and a review of the store HERE.

UMO animated ad

UMO – Var finns hjälp att få? (65 sek) from Jakob Westman on Vimeo.

A new Felt Mistress project! Once again we've had the pleasure of working with Jakob Westman and the team at Kärnhuset in Sweden (click HERE to see our previous collaboration). This time it was for an animated ad and poster campaign for UMO. UMO is a website for young people with information about sex, health and relationships. The focus of this campaign is mental health and self esteem issues. We had a week to come up with three characters. They had to appeal to teens but without looking too childish or appearing to look too much like a certain type of teen (a goth or skater for instance). We came up with about 15-20 characters before finally deciding on the three below.



Louise then had another week to work her magic before we packaged them all up in a box and posted them off to Sweden. We can't believe how much life and personality Elinor Bergman, the animator, and the rest of the team gave them! It's particularly exciting for us as it's the first time we've ever seen our characters animated. The ad is topped off by a brilliant soundtrack by Patrik Arve (of Teddybears) with vocals by Britta Persson. A full list of the credits follows the photos below.



Client: UMO.se
Head of Communication: Liselotte Nordh Rubulis
Agency: Kärnhuset
Planner/Project Manager: Erik Thorsén
Account Manager: Johan Henriksson
Art Director: Jakob Westman
Copywriter: Paul Martinsson
Production Manager: Felicia Helldén Rhodin
Character Design: Felt Mistress
Louise Evans & Jonathan Edwards
Production: BLA Stockholm
Director/Producer: Petter Lennstrand
DP/Set Designer: Robert Komarek
Animator: Elinor Bergman elinorbergman.com
Post: Tomas Näslund
Music/Producer: Patrik Arve
Vocals: Britta Persson
Lyrics: Jakob Westman
Voice-over: Åsa Sandler (UMO)

UPDATE - English language version now available HERE.