barnyard animals

Following on from my last post, Meet Tyrone will be part of a group exhibition titled "Animal Conclave", opening this Thursday evening (18th Oct) at Blank Space Gallery in Surry Hills. On display will be new works based on "Animals
in 3D", (the theme of Meet Tyrone's current season tees & hoodies). I'm really looking forward to seeing more of Bill Chen's artworks. He combines his talents as a 3D animator, graphic designer & artist to produce captivating three-dimensional artworks such as the one featured on the flyer above.

Meet Tyrone will be joined by SMC and Striker - the three independent artists collaborating to fuse a rustic earthy theme with street style.

I haven't yet seen the work of SMC and Striker, but the exhibition info describes them as follows:
"SMC is a self-taught artist who uses character based styles & images, concentrating on simple black definite lines & a minimal colour palette...
His influences include 60's comics, cubism & Japanese pop art."
"Like his squid brethren that hide amongst the rocks of the ocean, 'Striker' hides amongst the citizens of the city... Half man, half squid, 'Strikers' images are on the darker side of the ocean."

The exhibition runs from Thursday 18th - Wednesday 24th October. I'll look forward hearing your comments!

Charlotte Lance has freelanced as an illustrator and graphic designer since she graduated from Melbourne's NMIT in 2004. Her work is delicately drawn and the faces of her boys & girls, mice & pigs, and storybook characters are so expressive. She uses mainly ink, watercolour, gouache and acrylic - some works full of vibrant colour, others, such as "Little Miss Muffett" (pictured below) are rendered with subtlety. (Pictured at top is "Three Blind Mice" and below, "Fragile: Handle with Care".)

In addition to working on illustrating a series of children's books, Charlotte has launched children's clothing label BOYGIRL. Designs such as those pictured below have been screen printed onto 100% cotton t-shirts (also designed by Charlotte) and are currently stocked at The Bag, Prahran and Scarlet Jones, Malvern East. Very cute indeed!