Thanks for stopping by! DOGS & DICE is now an ‘archive blog’ or nearly 10 years behind the scenes in the studio. I’m continuing blog style updates at the new Dogs & Dice page over at CUTITOUT. I’m keeping this alive so there’s lots of vintage Cut it Out rummaging you can do. Happy digging! photograph: Allun Callender
I had a great time working with Ron Abuelo Rum in Panama and Agency Purple in London on this project. Special thanks to Gwyn Edwards & Becca Mitchell at Purple and Jack Cox at Debut Art. It was a ray of sunshine in the studio back in a cold January. Currently live across South America in print, up on billboards, animated ads and live events.#vamospanama
Artwork celebrating 60 years of The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)
The BTCC is one of the best-loved, most illustrious and famous motor racing championships in the world. Since its inception in 1958, it has attracted and captivated millions of fans around the world.
To celebrate 60 years of BTCC, BMW has released a collection of posters celebrating each decade of BMW’s involvement in the series. From the 1960’s right up to the 2000’s, each poster is crafted to celebrate a decade, with an iconic art-style from that era: Pop art and Tech noir to name a few. The vehicles featured in the posters are representative of each decade of racing carrying the livery of that era. The nostalgic creatives not only celebrate 60 years of Britain’s premier motorsport series, but also BMW’s passion for motorsport.
What is it about lost or disregarded childrens posessions? A dummy, a toy, a shoe, a bike. Symbols of a carefree existence? growing up? careless parenting or a buy cheap – buy twice throwaway culture? I do love the asthetic of a well worn kids bike though, with fun, risk and adventure written all over it – little wheels flyin’ along – freewheelin’. Sad to see them dumped but always compelling all the same. There’s a mountain of these at the local dump – which I find too sad to look at.
SKINNY GIRL DIET – La Sirena from cut it out studio on Vimeo.
Stoked to share my first music video. Skinny Girl Diet – La Sirena. Coinciding with the US vinyl release of their second Album ‘Ideal Woman‘. Created in association with Fiasco Management.
Additional art direction from Jackie Parsons.
The Accidental Memoir by Anthony Cropper & Eve Makis.
Published by 4th Estate. This really is a cool way to got those nuggets of gold out of your parents or family. Just ask them to fill out a few pages in their own time…
Internal illustrations a collaboration between Jackie Parsons and I.
AM Cover Dev. All Illustrations a collaboration with Jackie Parsons
This time last year Jackie Parsons and I were asked to create a cover, visual concepts and internal illustrations for an amazing 80 page book. The Accidental Memoir by Anthony Cropper and Eve Makis is a beautifully written book designed to glean unsuspecting and life changing stories and the magic of everyday experiences from anyone and everyone. We worked directly with the authors and book designers Playne Design to create this early version which was funded by The Arts Council UK. ( Read about it’s conception here ) Producing a limited run of 300 copies it was used as workshop tool by Anthony and Eve from creative writing groups to refugee centres and prisons. Earlier this year Harper Collins comissioned us to further develop the interior illustrations for a new commercial release. See next post for the next part of it’s journey.
Erica Buettner – The Book of Waves.
8 years ago I created the artwork for Erica’s first LP ‘True Love and Water‘ and now am very proud to have created the artwork for her second – The Book of Waves.
Beautiful music created by an amazing woman.
I built some 3D layered sets to create depth in the collages which were then photographed.
The CD comes with a fully illustrated inlay booklet.
