These illustrations I did last for Fana Spare Bank, with the Norwegian agency Orangeriet were never used, however they are up for a design award in Norway.
Check the awards here http://www.grafill.no/visuelt/live-feed/ and Orangeriet here http://www.orangeriet.no/fana-sparebank/saa-aldri-dagens-lys.aspx#1958
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...and something silly from the sketchbook, from an extremely fun project I'm working on at the minute.
Posted in Characters, Illustration, Prints, Sketchbook
Cover illustration for the May issue of Oryx, Qatar Airways in-flight magazine. http://www.oryxinflightmagazine.com/
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A few new illustrations from my dictionary corner tumblr project....dictionarycorner.tumblr.com
Posted in Editorial, Illustration, Sketchbook
Pictures of my egg in situ, they are un Manchester as we speak, coming back to London in a couple of weeks. If you fancy owning this egg and donating money to charity at the same time you can bid for it here http://auction.thebigegghunt.co.uk/lots/ss-eggterprise-by-chris-martin
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Another addition to my footballing print series, this time its the footwear...
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I have been asked to create an egg for the Big Egg Hunt 2013, a project for the charity Action For Children http://www.thebigegghunt.co.uk. Here are some WIP shots, more pro ones coming in the next few weeks, and hopefuly you'll come across it when its put out in London.
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This was a recent private comission I did for someone for Christmas, really happy with the way it turned out too. It was an extreely big piece (A1) so scroll along for some close ups...
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I was asked to illustrate this Moo Moo poster for Yazoo milkshake's new poster campaign. Popping up in magazines, bustops and the like across the UK now. Pretty chuffed with this as it's the first UK ad job I've done.
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I recently completed the Christmas window display for prestigious furniture brand Vitra, check the video out below.
vitra christmas window by chris martin 640x360 from Chris Martin on Vimeo.
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This is the start of a new print series I'm doing, stripping it right back with style to allow me to create a ton of prints quickly, and hopefully effectively.
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Illustration for the brand new 'Open' issue of Google Think Quarterly, for an article on the world of Wikipedia, check it online here. Published by the ever brilliant The Church of London. WIll hope to have shots of it in print asap.
Posted in Illustration, New Drawings
From my dictionary corner tumblr, go follow me http://dictionarycorner.tumblr.com/
quail \kweyl, verb:
To lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.
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From my dictionary corner blog....http://dictionarycorner.tumblr.com/
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I was asked, with my brand spanking new agency Synergy, to creat a masthead for the lovely guys at Form Fifty Five. Watch out for these as prints soon too...
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Chris Martin spends much of his working day deleting emails from misguided Coldplay fans, but any remaining time is spent tongue to cheek and crayons in hand. Chris also has a vicarious fascination with notions of friendship and love, things he is yet to experience thanks to his unwavering dedication to his art.
Clients include The Guardian, Nokia, Umbro, Nike, Dazed & Confused, Nexus Productions, FSB Norway, Love/Johnnie Walker, The RSPB, Macmillan, Hodder & Stoughton, Orange and Ray ban.