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NovemberNov 19 Thursday 09
Roger Chouinard meets Saks Fifth Avenue, NYC
We’re still slightly early, but everyone is gearing up for the Christmas shopping sprees and you don’t get much more festive than the animated xmas window displays at Saks Fifth Avenue, New York. This year Saks approached Roger Chouinard, co-founder of Duck Studios …
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NovemberNov 16 Monday 09
Andy Smith Blue Inks Competition
Andy Smith is back with some of his indelible typography, this time in the form of a silkscreened book called ‘Blue Inks’. As you may have guessed, the book is printed entirely in shades of blue, and tells the story of the day-to-day life of a colour, including the …
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NovemberNov 12 Thursday 09
Ben’s Banjo Bliss
If you’re a fan of 50s cartoons and illustration then you’ll definitely enjoy the work of London-based illustrator and animator Ben Mounsey (aka Green Glasses). With his rockin’ retro-tinged style it’s no surprise that he’s got Cartoon Network and …
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NovemberNov 6 Friday 09
Marq Spusta
It’s always a treat when you stumble upon something truly great on a Friday morning! Having been listening to the Paulo Nutini track ‘Pencil Full of Lead’ I decided to look up who’d done the brilliant cover art, and it turned out to be Marq Spusta. And I was …
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NovemberNov 5 Thursday 09
Matt Taylor
Brighton-based illustrator Matt Taylor has a brand-spanking new site that you all should go check out! He’s done work for some clients we’d all love to have on our cv, including the likes of Orange, Penguin Books, Computer Arts and the brilliant Gallery 1988. But …
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The World of C86 from Matt Lyon
UK-based illustrator Matt Lyon (aka C86) isn’t afraid to use colour! Browsing through his portfolio is bound to brighten even the dullest, rainy autumn day, and to make it even better he’s just updated his C86 site, with a bunch of new work as well as downloadable …
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NovemberNov 3 Tuesday 09
Steve Rack interviews Thunder Chunky’s Stephen Chan
I was lucky enough to win a Society6 Grant for a Feature / Interview on the inspiring character blog, I Like Characters by Steve Rack. This is my first interview, and I do wonder how many people actually want to know about me. I hope it doesn’t bored you all to …
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Blood Sweat Vector Berlin | pt2
Update: Here are just a few pieces from the up coming Blood Sweat Vector Exhibition. There will be 30 to 40 more of these amazing vector artworks, so you would be crazy to miss it.
“…The exhibition consists completely of BSV members and will contain 40+ artworks …
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RAW Process!
Thunder Chunky’s Big Chief, and Master of Flash, Jon Raffe has teamed up with leading illustrator The Boy Fitz Hammond to create this super fun animation. Created for Manchester based Raw Design Studio to show off their secret design process and working environment. …
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NovemberNov 2 Monday 09
Sasquatches, mascots & maple syrup with MEOMI
We here at TC have been big fans of Meomi’s cute critters for a fair few years now, so we were chuffed to hear that they’d landed the contract to do the mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. And with only a year to go till the fuzzy fellas (including a …
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OctoberOct 31 Saturday 09
Astro Zombies!
Over at TC Towers, we’re not oblivious to the fact that it’s Halloween, and to get in the spirit, what better than some zombies? Well, how about zombies from space?? Inspired by the Misfits track ‘Astro Zombies’, illustrator Gary Hall (aka Nemons) has managed …
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OctoberOct 26 Monday 09
Win a limited edition Trick or Treat Vannen Watch!
As we draw near to the best festivity of the year – halloween, we decided to bring you something special. Something scarily special! We have teamed up with the mighty Vannen watches and you could win a limited edition ‘Trick or Treat’ watch designed by the …
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OctoberOct 20 Wednesday 09
Blood Sweat Vector Berlin
Ok, diaries at the ready folks! This November, the Blood Sweat Vector folks hit the streets of Berlin with collection of their shiney artwork for you all to admire. To be more precise, it’s actually hitting West Berlin Gallery, and the doors open on the 11th …
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OctoberOct 15 Thursday 09
Blog Action Day: Creative climate change!
For those who are uninitiated, Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blog. And we here at TC are very proud to take part this year, and introduce the issue of climate change. …
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OctoberOct 13 Tuesday 09
Mark Holmes, Pixar graphics guru
When you think about 3D animated movies, it’s easy to forget that they’re entirely man-made creations. From the characters, to the cities, to the weather, it’s all been thought up in somebody’s head. And add to that the huge impact of graphics. Every brand is …
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Mr Kone
Coming at ya from Mexico this morning, we bring you the supremely talented and colourful Mr Kone! The creation of illustrator César Evangelista Bautista, we’d like to congratulate him on hitting a big milestone… 10 years in the industry! With a client list to die …
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OctoberOct 8 Thursday 09
MUGO = (MUsic on the.GO)
We here at Thunder Chunky are big fans of Vinyl toys, even with our limited incomes and disapproving girlfriends. We have been waiting patiently for an MP3 X Vinyl toy crossover ever since learning about the increasingly popular rise of the mimobots. And now that day …
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OctoberOct 5 Monday 09
The paper art of Shin Tanaka
Japanese street artist Shin Tanaka is a paper folding genius, who’s best known for his elaborate paper sneakers. He started folding said sneakers in his student days to comfort his inability to buy the real thing. Apparently he’s been folding paper since he was 4 …
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OctoberOct 2 Friday 09
Ilustra Orange
A nice little gem dropped in to my inbox recently (unfortunately it was during my holiday, therefore it is a bit late, I’m so sorry man), it’s Artransmitte’s launch of their very first T-shirt, Ilustra Orange. Designed by Ilustralando, the first to kick off the …
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SeptemberSep 30 Wednesday 09
The Gross Uncle
Today I stumbled upon a real treat. Well, more accurately, a treat stumbled its’ way to me. I received an email from an illustrator & cartoonist called Grant Gilliland. He said some nice words about our site, but more importantly, when I went to visit his site I …
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