Brand carrier t-shirt.

'Life is what you make it' t-shirt design. A single line flowing to create a script style piece of type. I like the strokes used, showing the imperfections. I could imagine this design working well as a screen printed piece.

Life is what you make it

Another t-shirt design I created for the Ringspun brief. I took the 'Life is beautiful' theme and used a commonly used phrase 'Life is what you make it'. The mostly white design is a hand drawn design and the other has been worked on using Illustrator to give it a dynamic style to create a feeling of movement.

Placement at Ringspun. Life is Beautiful.

I recently applied for a 6 month placement with Redinc Design who design Ringspun clothing. I had an interview which went well and was asked to complete a short brief to see if I could understand the brands style. The brief was to create 1) a brand carrier t-shirt based on the theme of 'Life Is Beautiful'. 2) a t-shirt based on the theme of 'Indigenous Warriors'. 3) a pair of denim jeans which have unique qualities.

This is a hand drawn logo for Ringspun. The typeface was designed to have a classic style, but have a contemporary gradient fill.

D&AD Degree Show Bar Illustration

I was asked a few weeks ago if I would like to do something for the bar area of our end of year degree show. I was told to do some illustrations, anything. This was very open so I thought it would be appropriate to have birds flying. To represent us leaving Uni and going into the industry. I added the line 'SPREAD YOU WINGS AND EAT WORMS'. I asked a friend and all-round creative Tom Blackett to work on the one-day project, asking him to take control of the type. His love for type and my passion for drawing created a great piece of work which got a huge amount of attention.

Monsterboy t-shirts

Images of the set of t-shirts I had printed for my Monsterboy project.

More faces of death

These are images of the final pieces I created for the anti-war project. Let me know what you think.

Lady town colour

Here is a development of the first piece 'lady town' which I am getting printed onto a t-shirt tomorrow.

robot leaflet.

Here is a mock up for the Recycle Robots leaflet. Simple, friendly and playful.

Lady Town

This is another piece inspired by my weird little brother Louis. He didn't know where I went ever year when I moved into Manchester city center. He called it 'LADY TOWN' because he thinks that's where all the women go shopping and he hates shopping.

'Magpies Eat Birds'

My little brother can sometimes be a great influence on my work. His name is Louis Hammond and he is 7. He lives in a bizarre world where he is king and everything is strange. He recently told me that not magpies are not birds and in fact they eat birds. I have no idea where he got that from but i thought it was amazing. He has all these little words of wisdom and he is never wrong.
I am including these images in my Monsterboy project as I feel they would make great t-shirt designs.

Illustrated typefaces

These are a selection of hand drawn typefaces I have created recently. They are all different, they all represent different things. I have created these to support my ongoing illustrations for 'Monsterboy'. They are fun and have a hand drawn charm which is kind of what I am trying to express. I want them to represent me, my style of design.

Robot A5 to A1 poster

I wanted to make something more interactive for people to have and desirable to keep. I have tried to tell a simple narrative of how the robots were created. Starting with the pens, next the Mac the the robot parts etc......

Monsterboy A5 to A1 poster

I have been looking at different way to format my designs. I have created an A5 document which pulls out to become an A1 poster. I printed onto tracing paper which I later found to be very difficult to fold and manipulate. It is stiff and less flexible than paper which means it is getting damaged on the folds.

paper faces 'what you saying bruv...?'

paper faces stop motion from sam on Vimeo.

Stop motion piece just for fun. Practice before the robots piece.

robot stop motion.

robots recycle stop motion from sam on Vimeo.

This is a stop motion piece I created for my recycling project. It is rough, flawed and needs refining but the idea is clear enough. Hope you like it.

Home Delivery ASOS.

I am currently working on a competition brief for 'asos' the online clothes company. The brief is to make men aware of the company and its attributes and make them interested in using the website. I have tried to connect the brand to men by creating neon signs with the type as seen in takeaways. Home delivery, piping hot brands, fresh styles etc. I think it would appeal to men. I am struggling to create a neon sign look I am happy with.

Books, lots of books.

I have been looking at different book making techniques over the last week or so. I want to see if a small book would be a successful canvas for my illustration and narratives. I worked with Lucy Schofield on Friday who really got me interested in all things books. Here are three I created. The first is a small flip book cropped and bound with two screw bolts. The second is a slightly larger flip book bound with string and the third is a simple stapled book. I looked into what would be applicable for sending out to people, thinking about cost, size and functionality.