Happy Halloween

Took it upon myself to give the new Sheffield Steel Rollergirls logo I designed a Halloween twist. I’d worked on a bride of Frankenstein remix of their older logo so I thought a witch theme would work well this time. 

More rollergirl work in the form of an original painting that will be raffled off for charity at the teams Goblin King Masquerade Ball. It was an opportunity to debut a new style I’ve been working away on in my sketchbooks. It was the first time I’ve taken one of these new sketches through to the acrylic stage and I’m pleased with the results. As for the pinball inspired background – a friend pointed out that THIS may have been on my mind...who am I to argue.

36.5cm x 54cm Arcylic on MDF

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Amber's Nectar

If you’re out searching for a thirst quenching beverage in Sheffield this month, look no further than a pint of Amber’s Nectar. The Sheffield Steel Rollergirls have teamed up with local brewery Blue Bee to produce a special beer that will be available in a selection of free houses in Sheffield during April. I was kindly invited to join the rollergirl on their visit to help brew Amber’s Nectar and it was great to see the processes involved (as well as the complimentary beer(s)!)

Check out a write up from Hand-Pumped Real Ale HERE.
Here’s a map showing where you can get yourself a pint of the good stuff.

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New SSRG Logo In Action

Photo by Jason Ruffell
It was great to see the new Sheffield Steel Rollergirls uniforms in action this past Saturday. They've had the logo printed on more sportswear-looking attire and I think it gives the whole team a real professional look. Just a shame they lost the bout!

Check out more of the action over at Roller Derby On Film, full of photos of the bout as well as previous Roller Derby events.

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2012 SSRG Logo

In preparation for their upcoming bout this Saturday I present the all new logo for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls. The design started with a desire for the text to be able to exist as a standalone graphic rather than the previous integrated layout. It was also a chance to toughen up Amber a bit and make her look like she would take out your Jammer without hesitation!

Head on over to their website for details on tickets for the bout this Saturday.

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Showroom Live Art 29/09/2011

To help celebrate the launch of the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls new 2012 calendar I provided some live art during the evening’s fun, the finished piece being raffled off. This time the event was at the Showroom Cinema here in Sheffield. Great crowd there on the night with a lot of people interested in the work I was doing. Always fun to do something from Rocky Horror too!

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Cirque Du Slay Poster

Another poster for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls. As is often the case with the themed title of the bout events, the poster needs to fit that style. This time I wanted to reference the busy layout of vintage circus posters. It’s a good job I’ve got so many themed fonts - jog on Times New Roman, you’re not needed anymore.

The bout is Sunday the 9th of October at Ponds Forge and you can purchase tickets HERE

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SSRG Banner

This is a fully digital piece done for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls to act as a helpful sign at bout events once it’s printed onto a 6 foot banner. I was aiming for a Gil Elvgren look to the piece and learned a lot about his colour palette. Had fun working on all the details and giving some attention to areas other than my usual portrait work. Look out for it at the next bout, which looks like it’s going to be the 2nd of July at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre.

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New SSRG T-Shirt Design

Another t-shirt design for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls! Tried to capture the classic sugar skull look but keep it feminine with the hair and eyes. Really pleased with how the printing has turned out as it still has all the detail of the original design. I’ve been told that there are different colourways of the design and I’ve seen it on the back of hoodies so it seems to have gone down well at the recent bout. Not too sure the t-shirt is available for purchase outside of the bout events so you’ll just have to make it to the next one to pick up a t-shirt for yourself!

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New SSRG Poster

Another poster design for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls (they do keep me busy!). This time a classic B Movie theme was the order of the day. After tackling new ground with The Thing digital piece, I felt confident to attempt the required cityscape scene that any self respecting monster movie poster requires. I tried to work in a few Sheffield landmarks and realised that painting buildings (more specifically the windows) is a real time consumer but it really needs that detail to sell the sense of scale of the giant brides. I’m still working on interesting lighting techniques so this was a chance to under light the brides with the raging fire below. A big thank you to Reynold Brown and others (many of whom went uncredited) for their amazing poster art of the 40s and 50s.

Tickets for the roller derby bout are available HERE.

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SSRG Posters

With the upcoming home bout of the Sheffield Steel Roller Girls I was asked to design the poster (I’d done their previous one) this time the theme being “Tarzan and Pain”. I always like the challenge provided by these posters as I often have to come up with original poses and characters. Posting this I realised I’d not posted a previous poster for a fundraiser in November – so now you can check out my version of a Pink Lady.

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Xmas Amber

Some more work for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls. This is a festive version of the logo I created for the team earlier last year. I thought rather than just stick a santa hat on her, I'd paint some tone and shade to change it from the flat vector of the team logo and make it more appealing for the front of a Christmas card.

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SSRG Merch!

Great to see my logo design for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls on some merchandise! Here it is on a regular T but at the recent Sheffield bout I caught it plastered on hoodies and vest tops too! Really pleased with how this turned out, I guess a nice clean vector makes for a good screen print!

Congrats to all the SSRG for winning their debut bout here in Sheffield!

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Smashdance Poster

Some more design work for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls. This time for their debut bout here in Sheffield; the appropriately named Smashdance. Obviously had the original 1983 Flashdance poster for inspiration. As advertised, Saturday the 24th of July is a date to mark in your calendar, tickets available HERE.

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Sheffield Steel Rollergirls New Logo

I've designed a few posters for the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls in the past and was asked to design their new logo. Went for a classic pin-up update of the previous version and added a tattoo banner. It was a nice change working on a full vector project, still a slightly foreign environment (node wrestling ahoy!) . The rollergirls call her Amber and she's soon to be printed on various merchandise.

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