WHAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW, WON'T YURT HER

I surprised my girlfriend with a Christmassy trip to Ashdown Forest for a couple of days, living in a Yurt and exploring the woodland around. Here are some photos form the trip

WATCH THIS SPACE

My new book is complete and ready to be printed. It won't be released until September 2013, but it doesn't stop me from showing a few pages from it:

EVERYTHING TOUCHING

I went on the road for a couple of weeks with Tall Ships & Dad Rocks! in a nine-seater van named Melanie. I filmed a few bits & pieces and edited them together. This is the result.

It is set to the song T=0 by Tall Ships, the opening track of their album Everything Touching
Everything Touching UK Tour from Owen Davey on Vimeo.

CITIZENS ARE DRESSED

Citizen Ink is a wonderful project exploring communication through illustration, and encourages consumers to think while they buy.

I created a shirt and some fun extras to accompany questions about the personal consciences in the military.

HOME FROM HOME

The image I made for the 100 Houses exhibition was created at the same time as a limited edition of 50 two-colour silkscreens for my own sales purposes. They are now available to buy from here.

TAKE SHELTER

I recently took part in an exhibition raising money for the charity Shelter. The theme was homes, so I went along an animal habitat route. My piece has already been bought but you can still buy other bits online here.

THE DAILY GRIND

I was asked to create this Flyer for Organ Grinder records. The image will be a screen-print soon, so keep an eye out for that

THE HIGH LIFE

Another map

MORAL GROUNDS

This piece was created for The Guardian about treating yourself & feeling good about it.

MANUAL LABOUR

I created this image for The Manual. Each image in the book is made with a single yellow plate and a single black plate, so the preparation for the final could only be black and yellow at different gradients. It was a fun way to work. My piece accompanied an article about the way that web-based typographers have to experiment with 'phrasing' much in the same way actors do when rehearsing lines.

ABSTRACT CONCEPT

In the process of creating a final piece for my new book with Templar, I accidentally hid an integral layer in Photoshop. This was what my screen showed me. I really liked it, so I thought, why not share it. Enjoy ...

BETWEEN A HARD PLACE & A ROCK

This piece was an editorial for Smithsonian Magazine, about the Pilgrims that escaped from a hostile England on the Mayflower and landed at Plymouth Rock. They were then an integral part of the creation of the U.S.

NICE ONE

It's Nice That featured my work on their blog the other day, along with some very nice words:

Coming across Owen Davey’s portfolio again was like running into an old friend on the street that you’ve absent-mindedly lost touch with – simultaneously really enjoyable and mildly guilt-ridden. You see we featured some of Owen’s work on the site way back when royal wedding hysteria was in full swing. He’d been working at Orange, had illustrated some charming plates and we vowed to ourselves that we’d give his work more of the space it deserved. But then we just lost touch (figuratively speaking).

Needless to say Owen’s illustrations are pretty darn excellent. He’s mastered a folk-influenced style of image-making that manages to appeal equally to adults and children without being saccharine – his approachable characters look spot on whether they’re adorning the pages of a wordless picture book or the opinion pages of The New York Times. So get yourself acquainted with Owen’s work as we’re pretty confident you’ll enjoy it as much as we do, albeit without those latent feelings of guilt.

LIFE STYLE

I have a bunch of Illustration stuff that I can't show you, so here are some recent Instagram photos instead:

JUST PASSING BY

As an attempt to practice and hone my animation skills, I am creating an indefinite series of 'Passing By' animations, exploring small moments of interest & beauty in life

STATE OF THE ART

A map of the US state of Colorado ...

GLOBE TOTTER

Just got bored waiting for some client feedback, so had a crack at making some flags of the countries I've visited in my lifetime. I've excluded countries I have driven through. It's quite a small list at the moment but I plan to constantly add to it, as I travel more and more of this wonderful Earth.

A LITTLE YELLOW BIRD TOLD ME

I designed a T-Shirt for Leisure Society & Arthritis Research UK for the Yellow Bird Project. Check it out and buy it here.

SHIFT COMMAND 3

Here's a screenshot of the WeTransfer homepage from yesterday. Thanks to Andrew Lyons for pointing this out to me :)

KUVVA YOURSELF UP

Kuvva asked me to create 7 Desktop Wallpapers, one for each day of the week. It's this week's featured set, which you can find & download here.